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Ken Takahashi

Age: 40
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #36

Born: April 16, 1969 in Kanagawa, Japan
MLB debut: May 2, 2009

dbWAR: .2
IP: 27.1
ERA: 2.96
FIP: 4.12
K/9: 7.6
FIP−: 95

Ken Takahashi was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2009 he struck out 23 batters over 27.1 innings across 28 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 2.96 was 31.4% lower than the league average of 4.32 — the second best on his team, and 70th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.12 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (11.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.8%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP4.12

K/97.6

WHIP1.35

WAR.2

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2009	NYM	28	0	27.1	0	1	0	23	9	23	14	2.96	4.12	1.35	7.6	4.6	69	95	0.2	—

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2009	NYM	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.5	-128	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	62	53	16	1	6	13	.302	.387	.472	.380	21.0%
vs RHB	54	45	7	1	8	10	.156	.278	.289	.258	18.5%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2009.

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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 .262.

Pitch sequencing

What Ken Takahashi 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	40.3%	186	87.8	2,451	51.1%	10.6%	37	.297	.873
Changeup	29.9%	138	81.2	1,951	41.3%	39.0%	37	.162	.629
Slider	23.9%	110	78.0	559	40.0%	39.0%	20	.250	.600
Sinker	2.6%	12	88.0	2,787	50.0%	0.0%	2	—	—
Curveball	2.2%	10	71.8	1,100	30.0%	0.0%	2	—	—

Ken Takahashi'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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Nearest 2009 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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FIP: 4.20
SO: 57
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FIP: 3.97
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FIP: 4.07
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Dennys ReyesSTL

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FIP: 3.88
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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.