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Chris Beck

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #54

Born: September 4, 1990 in Commerce, GA, United States
MLB debut: May 28, 2015

dbWAR: -2.5
IP: 34.0
ERA: 4.50
FIP: 6.84
K/9: 5.6
FIP−: 165

Chris Beck was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2018 he struck out 21 batters over 34.0 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.50 was 8.4% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 11th of 18 on his team, and 339th of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.84 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.2%. His -0.9 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, 2018.

FIP6.84

K/95.6

WHIP1.59

WAR-.9

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	CWS/NYM	20	0	34.0	0	0	1	34	17	21	20	4.50	6.84	1.59	5.6	5.3	108	165	-0.9
2017	CWS	57	0	64.2	2	1	0	73	46	42	34	6.40	6.84	1.65	5.8	4.7	147	157	-1.4
2016	CWS	25	0	25.1	2	2	0	31	18	20	17	6.39	5.36	1.89	7.1	6.0	153	128	-0.2
2015	CWS	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	10	4	3	4	6.00	4.13	2.33	4.5	6.0	151	104	0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	NYM/CWS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.5	-122	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	71	61	17	2	9	7	.279	.380	.443	.365	9.9%
vs RHB	78	66	17	6	11	14	.258	.359	.591	.401	17.9%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2018.

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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 .247.

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Beck 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


Four-Seam Fastball	46.1%	260	95.2	2,098	38.5%	16.5%	68	.265	.929
Slider	33.7%	190	86.4	2,419	52.1%	32.6%	33	.303	1.075
Changeup	18.3%	103	88.5	1,685	32.0%	27.3%	25	.200	.471
Sinker	2.0%	11	94.5	1,870	27.3%	25.0%	2	—	—

Chris Beck'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 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Deck McGuireLAA

ERA: 6.16
FIP: 6.95
SO: 33
WAR: -1.0

Tim CollinsWSH

ERA: 4.37
FIP: 5.76
SO: 21
WAR: -0.3

Comparable

Jarlín GarcíaMIA

ERA: 4.91
FIP: 6.37
SO: 40
WAR: -1.3

Comparable

Chris HatcherOAK

ERA: 4.95
FIP: 5.50
SO: 30
WAR: -0.4

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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.