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David Holmberg

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #36

Born: July 19, 1991 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: August 27, 2013

dbWAR: -2.3
IP: 57.2
ERA: 4.68
FIP: 6.80
K/9: 5.2
FIP−: 156

David Holmberg was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2017 he struck out 33 batters over 57.2 innings across 37 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 4.68 was 7.4% higher than the league average of 4.36 — 13th of 21 on his team, and 334th of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.80 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.9% of swings (7.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. His -1.2 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, 2017.

FIP6.80

K/95.2

WHIP1.68

WAR-1.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2017	CWS	37	7	57.2	2	4	0	63	30	33	34	4.68	6.80	1.68	5.2	5.3	107	156	-1.2
2015	CIN	6	6	28.1	1	4	0	36	24	15	16	7.62	8.57	1.84	4.8	5.1	192	216	-1.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	CIN	6	12	1	0	0	0	2	5	.125	.364	.125	.000	.333	16.7%	41.7%	.276	-0.4	69	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

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	87	77	22	3	6	8	.286	.368	.494	.373	9.2%
vs RHB	185	152	41	9	28	25	.270	.384	.520	.382	13.5%

Pitch sequencing

What David Holmberg 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	43.3%	466	87.7	1,972	42.9%	10.8%	97	.278	.905
Changeup	19.7%	212	81.7	1,708	34.0%	23.2%	54	.315	1.007
Slider	18.0%	193	80.4	2,087	38.9%	25.0%	39	.231	.799
Curveball	14.3%	154	73.1	2,321	42.2%	19.2%	31	.258	.748
Sinker	4.5%	48	86.6	1,852	43.8%	27.8%	8	—	—

David Holmberg'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.

Braden ShipleyAZ

ERA: 5.76
FIP: 6.24
SO: 18
WAR: -0.3

Chris BeckCWS

ERA: 6.40
FIP: 6.84
SO: 42
WAR: -1.4

Mike PelfreyCWS

ERA: 5.92
FIP: 6.35
SO: 79
WAR: -1.5

Jacob TurnerWSH

ERA: 5.08
FIP: 5.88
SO: 23
WAR: -0.4

Comparable

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.