P · 2017
Tom Koehler
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #34
- Born
- June 29, 1986 in Bronx, NY, USA
- MLB debut
- September 5, 2012
- dbWAR
- -1.1 6 season(s)
- PA
- 21
- AVG
- .048
- OBP
- .048
- SLG
- .048
- wRC+
- -97 100 = avg
Tom Koehler is a pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 1 hit across 21 plate appearances in 11 games. His batting average was .048, 81.3% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .048 clip and slugged .048, for an OPS of .095, 87.3% lower than the league mark of .750. He averaged 73.3 mph off the bat and made contact on 52.6% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -97 wRC+ puts his offence 197% below average. That comes to -0.4 dbWAR — -5.0 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -4.3 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .000 | .167 | 0.0% | 71.4% | .042 | -5.0 | -97 | -0.4 | |
| 2016 | 30 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .098 | .115 | .098 | .000 | .217 | 1.8% | 50.0% | .098 | -10.0 | -54 | -0.8 | |
| 2015 | 30 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .120 | .154 | .140 | .020 | .273 | 3.1% | 43.8% | .137 | -9.1 | -27 | -0.7 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 27 | 13 | 72.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 83 | 54 | 62 | 35 | 6.69 | 6.05 | 1.62 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 153 | 139 | -0.8 | |
| 2016 | 33 | 33 | 176.2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 176 | 85 | 147 | 83 | 4.33 | 4.60 | 1.47 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 103 | 110 | 1.0 | |
| 2015 | 32 | 31 | 187.1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 85 | 137 | 77 | 4.08 | 4.53 | 1.37 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 103 | 114 | 0.7 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | 50.0% |
| vs RHP | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 80.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 155 | 123 | 35 | 9 | 24 | 25 | .285 | .421 | .553 | .413 | 16.1% |
| vs RHB | 179 | 165 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 37 | .291 | .341 | .473 | .350 | 20.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 4 tracked batted balls in 2017. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 73.3 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 90.4 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 25.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -9.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Tom Koehler hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .048 | .048 | .048 | .042 |
| Bases empty · thin | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 |
| Runner on first · thin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Tom Koehler 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, and how often it misses in 2017.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 539 | 92.9 | 2,117 | 44.5% | 13.5% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 270 | 78.8 | 2,508 | 43.0% | 24.7% | |
| Slider | 261 | 85.5 | 2,221 | 42.1% | 35.0% | |
| Sinker | 122 | 93.2 | 2,060 | 36.9% | 14.6% | |
| Changeup | 73 | 85.4 | 1,649 | 41.1% | 28.6% | |
| Unknown | 11 | 87.3 | 2,360 | 27.3% | 0.0% |
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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.