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Eddie Gamboa

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: December 21, 1984 in Merced, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 2, 2016

dbWAR: .1
IP: 13.1
ERA: 1.35
FIP: 4.27
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 102

Eddie Gamboa was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2016 he struck out 11 batters over 13.1 innings across 7 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 1.35 was 67.8% lower than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 4.27 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.4%. 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, 2016.

FIP4.27

K/97.4

WHIP1.27

WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	TB	7	0	13.1	0	2	0	9	2	11	8	1.35	4.27	1.27	7.4	5.4	32	102	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	23	21	5	0	2	5	.238	.304	.286	.268	21.7%
vs RHB	31	25	4	1	6	6	.160	.323	.280	.287	19.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Eddie Gamboa 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.


Knuckle Ball	74.8%	166	70.2	735	42.2%	20.0%	34	.147	.459
Sinker	13.5%	30	86.7	1,504	40.0%	23.1%	9	—	—
Cutter	10.8%	24	81.6	1,299	45.8%	14.3%	4	—	—

Eddie Gamboa'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.