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Matt Langwell

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #43

Born: May 6, 1986 in Bryan, TX, United States
MLB debut: June 2, 2013

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 14.0
ERA: 5.14
FIP: 4.91
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 127

Matt Langwell was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2013 he struck out 12 batters over 14.0 innings across 13 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.14 was 33.0% higher than the league average of 3.87. Stripping out defence, his 4.91 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.6% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.4%. 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, 2013 regular season.

FIP4.91

K/97.7

WHIP1.43

WAR-.1

Pitching Regular season

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

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2013	AZ/CLE	13	0	14.0	1	0	0	13	8	12	7	5.14	4.91	1.43	7.7	4.5	133	127	-0.1	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2013	AZ	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.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2013. 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	21	19	4	0	2	3	.211	.286	.211	.237	14.3%
vs RHB	41	35	9	2	5	9	.257	.366	.543	.398	22.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2013.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2013.

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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 .253.

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Langwell 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 Fastball	51.6%	128	90.0	1,936	45.3%	22.6%	32	.281	.910
Slider	14.9%	37	82.9	859	59.5%	10.5%	4	—	—
Sinker	14.1%	35	90.4	2,096	45.7%	11.1%	4	—	—
Changeup	9.7%	24	83.9	1,845	29.2%	7.7%	9	—	—
Curveball	9.7%	24	75.2	1,276	33.3%	44.4%	5	—	—

Matt Langwell'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.