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Donnie Joseph

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 27
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #49

Born: November 1, 1987 in San Marcos, TX, United States
MLB debut: July 11, 2013

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 0.2
ERA: 81.00
FIP: 21.13
K/9: 27.0
FIP−: 565

Donnie Joseph was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2014 he struck out 2 batters over 0.2 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 81.00 was 2065.2% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 21.13 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 41.7% of swings (16.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.0%. 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP21.13

K/927.0

WHIP9.00

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2014	KC	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	5	6	2	1	81.00	21.13	9.00	27.0	13.5	2,165	565	-0.1
2013	KC	6	0	5.2	0	0	0	4	0	7	4	0.00	2.70	1.41	11.1	6.4	0	70	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	100.0%
vs RHB	7	6	5	1	1	1	.833	.857	1.500	.980	14.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Donnie Joseph 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


Slider	56.7%	17	82.7	360	41.2%	71.4%	4	—	—
Sinker	43.3%	13	89.2	1,488	30.8%	0.0%	3	—	—

Donnie Joseph'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.