P · 2016
César Vargas
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 237 lb
- Born
- December 30, 1991 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
- MLB debut
- April 23, 2016
- dbWAR
- -.1 2 season(s)
- PA
- 9
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -117 100 = avg
César Vargas is a pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2016 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 9 plate appearances in 6 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .739. He averaged 66.8 mph off the bat and made contact on 53.3% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -117 wRC+ puts his offence 217% below average. That comes to -0.2 dbWAR — -2.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2016.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2016. These four terms sum to -2.0 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2016 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 55.6% | .000 | -2.3 | -117 | -0.2 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | 34.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 5.03 | 4.82 | 1.65 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 120 | 115 | 0.1 | — |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 80.0% |
| vs RHP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 25.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 77 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .271 | .338 | .329 | .300 | 24.7% |
| vs RHB | 77 | 66 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | .333 | .403 | .621 | .427 | 11.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 3 tracked batted balls in 2016. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 66.8 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 89.1 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 8.7° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2016.
Situational hitting
How César Vargas hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2016.
Pitch sequencing
What César Vargas 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, and how often it misses in 2016.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 378 | 89.3 | 1,206 | 42.3% | 16.8% | |
| Slider | 148 | 79.3 | 968 | 41.2% | 44.2% | |
| Curveball | 29 | 75.0 | 1,521 | 24.1% | 60.0% | |
| Changeup | 18 | 80.2 | 1,207 | 38.9% | 25.0% | |
| Cutter | 17 | 88.8 | 1,219 | 41.2% | 0.0% | |
| Sinker | 13 | 88.7 | 1,139 | 46.2% | 25.0% |
Head to head
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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.