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Scott McGough

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 36
B/T: R/R
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #48

Born: October 31, 1989 in Monroeville, PA, United States
MLB debut: August 20, 2015
Drafted: 2008, round 46
College: Oregon
High school: Plum
Salary, 2025: $750,000

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 16.0
ERA: 6.75
FIP: 5.89
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 142

Scott McGough was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2025 he struck out 16 batters over 16.0 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.75 was 62.3% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 5.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.8% of swings (14.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.3%. 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, 2025.

FIP5.89

K/99.0

WHIP1.56

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2025	AZ/ATH	13	0	16.0	0	0	0	18	12	16	7	6.75	5.89	1.56	9.0	3.9	162	142	-0.2
2024	AZ	26	2	32.2	1	3	0	34	27	25	21	7.44	6.04	1.68	6.9	5.8	182	148	-0.5
2023	AZ	63	1	70.1	2	7	9	60	37	86	30	4.73	4.76	1.28	11.0	3.8	109	110	0.1
2015	MIA	6	0	6.2	0	0	0	12	7	4	4	9.45	3.73	2.40	5.4	5.4	239	94	0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2024	AZ	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-117	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. 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	39	32	7	1	6	11	.219	.359	.375	.337	28.2%
vs RHB	36	35	11	3	1	5	.314	.333	.686	.425	13.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Scott McGough 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


Four-Seam Fastball	38.7%	115	92.3	2,386	47.8%	17.0%	32	.281	.910
Splitter	33.3%	99	84.8	1,356	46.5%	43.1%	19	.158	.463
Slider	23.6%	70	86.4	2,647	34.3%	36.4%	14	—	—
Sinker	4.4%	13	92.2	2,353	46.2%	16.7%	2	—	—

Scott McGough'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.