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Fu-Te Ni

Age: 28
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 170 lb
Number: #59

Born: November 14, 1982 in Pingtung County, Taiwan
MLB debut: June 29, 2009

dbWAR: .1
IP: 23.0
ERA: 6.65
FIP: 5.04
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 123

Fu-Te Ni was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2010 he struck out 22 batters over 23.0 innings across 22 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 6.65 was 63.1% higher than the league average of 4.08 — the second worst on his team, and 447th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.04 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.0% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.0%. 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, 2010 regular season.

FIP5.04

K/98.6

WHIP2.00

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2010	DET	22	0	23.0	0	1	0	27	17	22	19	6.65	5.04	2.00	8.6	7.4	163	123	-0.1
2009	DET	36	0	31.0	0	0	0	20	9	21	11	2.61	4.16	1.00	6.1	3.2	60	96	0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2010. 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	44	36	11	0	6	12	.306	.432	.444	.394	27.3%
vs RHB	72	57	16	2	13	10	.281	.408	.456	.376	13.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Fu-Te Ni 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	59.6%	264	87.7	2,215	40.2%	17.8%	58	.224	.686
Slider	24.4%	108	76.4	571	52.8%	39.1%	25	.320	.892
Changeup	12.2%	54	79.5	1,762	37.0%	28.0%	12	—	—
Intentional Ball	3.6%	16	72.8	2,050	0.0%	—	0	—	—

Fu-Te Ni'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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Similar players

Nearest 2010 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

George SherrillLAD

ERA: 6.69
FIP: 5.20
SO: 25
WAR: -0.3

Sean GallagherPIT

ERA: 5.77
FIP: 5.45
SO: 43
WAR: -0.6

Randy WilliamsCWS

ERA: 5.40
FIP: 5.24
SO: 22
WAR: -0.2

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Scot ShieldsLAA

ERA: 5.28
FIP: 5.43
SO: 39
WAR: -0.5

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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.