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Lisalverto Bonilla

Age: 27
B/T: S/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #59

Born: June 18, 1990 in Samana, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: September 4, 2014

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 36.2
ERA: 8.10
FIP: 6.43
K/9: 6.9
FIP−: 148

Lisalverto Bonilla was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2017 he struck out 28 batters over 36.2 innings across 10 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 8.10 was 85.9% higher than the league average of 4.36 — the second worst on his team, and 523rd of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.43 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.9% of swings (12.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. His -0.5 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, 2017.

FIP6.43

K/96.9

WHIP1.75

WAR-.5

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2017	CIN	10	4	36.2	1	3	0	42	33	28	22	8.10	6.43	1.75	6.9	5.4	186	148	-0.5	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	CIN	5	8	1	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.375	.167	.000	.333	12.5%	37.5%	.289	-0.2	76	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2017. 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	81	66	23	5	11	8	.348	.430	.682	.459	9.9%
vs RHB	91	78	19	3	11	20	.244	.352	.436	.347	22.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2017.

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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 .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Lisalverto Bonilla 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	35.4%	231	92.3	2,081	42.0%	11.7%	55	.291	.976
Changeup	27.0%	176	84.4	1,553	45.5%	34.1%	39	.256	.960
Curveball	23.2%	151	79.6	2,052	44.4%	36.8%	37	.297	.809
Sinker	14.0%	91	91.6	2,029	36.3%	25.8%	14	—	—

Lisalverto Bonilla'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 2017 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Ricardo PintoPHI

ERA: 7.89
FIP: 6.36
SO: 25
WAR: -0.5

Kevin QuackenbushSD

ERA: 7.86
FIP: 5.82
SO: 23
WAR: -0.3

Miguel DíazSD

ERA: 7.34
FIP: 7.02
SO: 33
WAR: -1.0

Wily PeraltaMIL

ERA: 7.85
FIP: 5.34
SO: 52
WAR: -0.1

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.