Players · B · Pitcher · 2023
Richard Bleier
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 238 lb
- Born
- April 16, 1987 in Miami Beach, FL, United States
- MLB debut
- May 30, 2016
- dbWAR
- 4.5 9 season(s)
- IP
- 30.2
- ERA
- 5.28
- FIP
- 5.11
- K/9
- 4.7
- FIP−
- 118 100 = avg
Richard Bleier was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2023 he struck out 16 batters over 30.2 innings across 27 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.28 was 22.0% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 16th of 20 on his team, and 429th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.11 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.8% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. His -0.1 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, 2023.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BOS | 27 | 0 | 30.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5.28 | 5.11 | 1.37 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 122 | 118 | -0.1 | |
| 2022 | MIA | 55 | 1 | 50.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3.55 | 3.27 | 1.44 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 90 | 82 | 0.8 | |
| 2021 | MIA | 68 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 19 | 44 | 6 | 2.95 | 3.01 | 0.98 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 69 | 71 | 1.2 | |
| 2020 | MIA/BAL | 21 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2.16 | 2.77 | 1.08 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 49 | 62 | 0.4 | |
| 2019 | BAL | 53 | 1 | 55.1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 5.37 | 4.19 | 1.32 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 119 | 93 | 0.6 | |
| 2018 | BAL | 31 | 0 | 32.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1.93 | 2.70 | 1.22 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 46 | 65 | 0.7 | |
| 2017 | BAL | 57 | 0 | 63.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 1.99 | 4.37 | 1.18 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 46 | 100 | 0.4 | |
| 2016 | NYY | 23 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1.96 | 2.67 | 1.04 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 47 | 64 | 0.5 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 47 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .372 | .400 | .628 | .437 | 12.8% |
| vs RHB | 85 | 78 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .269 | .318 | .397 | .308 | 11.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Richard Bleier 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.
| Sinker | 194 | 88.1 | 2,007 | 50.0% | 15.5% | 59 | .305 | .807 | |
| Cutter | 178 | 86.0 | 1,985 | 51.7% | 15.1% | 38 | .263 | .608 | |
| Slider | 46 | 77.3 | 2,047 | 37.0% | 40.0% | 10 | — | — | |
| Splitter | 24 | 78.5 | 487 | 16.7% | 10.0% | 7 | — | — | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 17 | 88.9 | 2,032 | 58.8% | 30.8% | 7 | — | — |
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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.