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Austin Adams

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 11"
Weight
205 lb
Number
#49
Born
August 19, 1986 in Montgomery, AL, United States
MLB debut
July 12, 2014
dbWAR
-.2
4 season(s)
IP
16.2
ERA
7.02
FIP
6.99
K/9
7.6
FIP−
155
100 = avg

Austin Adams was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2019 he struck out 14 batters over 16.2 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.02 was 55.8% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 6.99 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2019.

FIP6.99
K/97.6
WHIP1.86
WAR-.3

WAR by season

0.40.0-0.3151619

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2019DET/MIN15016.2000181314137.026.991.867.67.0156155-0.3
2016CLE19018.100027201779.825.981.858.33.4234143-0.2
2015CLE28033.1201371423133.783.701.506.23.595930.4

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2015CLE11000000.000.000.000.000.0000.0%0.0%.000-0.3-114-0.0—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB38308287.267.421.533.40018.4%
vs RHB423610257.278.357.528.36816.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Austin Adams throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Four-Seam Fastball54.1%17296.22,20532.0%13.7%43.3491.133
Slider38.4%12286.82,50354.1%37.7%18.111.483
Changeup6.6%2189.91,95738.1%50.0%5——
Austin Adams's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.