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Nick Christiani

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #58

Born: July 17, 1987 in Elizabeth, NJ, United States
MLB debut: August 23, 2013

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 13.0
ERA: 5.54
FIP: 5.29
K/9: 5.5
FIP−: 141

Nick Christiani was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2014 he struck out 8 batters over 13.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.54 was 48.0% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 5.29 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 13.3% of swings (6.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.0%. His -0.2 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP5.29

K/95.5

WHIP1.38

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2014	CIN	10	0	13.0	0	1	0	12	8	8	6	5.54	5.29	1.38	5.5	4.2	148	141	-0.2
2013	CIN	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2.25	8.05	1.00	2.3	4.5	58	208	-0.2

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																					Trend
2014	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.2	-123	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	19	14	6	1	4	1	.429	.526	.929	.559	5.3%
vs RHB	38	36	6	1	2	7	.167	.211	.278	.223	18.4%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2014.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2014.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .251.

Pitch sequencing

What Nick Christiani 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.

Season


Sinker	71.2%	131	92.4	1,749	41.2%	8.5%	37	.243	.732
Four-Seam Fastball	14.1%	26	90.9	1,371	46.2%	17.6%	9	—	—
Slider	7.1%	13	84.1	856	53.8%	42.9%	4	—	—
Intentional Ball	6.5%	12	80.8	1,232	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Nick Christiani'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.