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Drew Hutchison

Age: 32
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #36

Born: August 22, 1990 in Lakeland, FL, United States
MLB debut: April 21, 2012

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 105.1
ERA: 4.53
FIP: 4.93
K/9: 5.8
FIP−: 124

Drew Hutchison was a starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2022 he struck out 68 batters over 105.1 innings across 28 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 3-9. His ERA of 4.53 was 14.1% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 18th of 23 on his team, and 371st of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.93 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.0% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.7%. His -0.2 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, 2022.

FIP4.93

K/95.8

WHIP1.48

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	DET	28	18	105.1	3	9	114	53	68	42	4.53	4.93	1.48	5.8	3.6	114	124	-0.2
2021	DET	9	2	21.1	3	1	20	5	10	11	2.11	4.39	1.45	4.2	4.6	49	103	0.1
2018	PHI/TEX	16	5	42.2	2	2	50	32	31	26	6.75	6.42	1.78	6.5	5.5	163	155	-0.8
2016	PIT/TOR	9	3	24.0	1	0	28	14	22	7	5.25	5.69	1.46	8.3	2.6	125	136	-0.2
2015	TOR	30	28	150.1	13	5	179	93	129	44	5.57	4.42	1.48	7.7	2.6	141	112	0.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	DET	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-124	-0.0
2018	PHI/TEX	4	5	1	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.000	.500	20.0%	40.0%	.317	-0.0	98	0.1
2016	PIT	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-117	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. 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	206	186	56	11	20	37	.301	.369	.532	.389	18.0%
vs RHB	258	231	58	4	22	31	.251	.319	.351	.300	12.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Drew Hutchison 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	40.4%	711	92.4	2,256	46.3%	15.5%	148	.297	.907
Slider	37.1%	653	86.0	2,581	43.2%	27.6%	164	.274	.688
Sinker	12.2%	215	92.7	2,303	35.3%	7.8%	63	.206	.545
Changeup	10.2%	180	86.5	1,738	34.4%	24.1%	42	.286	.929

Drew Hutchison'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 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Zach ThompsonPIT

ERA: 5.18
FIP: 4.87
SO: 90
WAR: 0.0

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Brad KellerKC

ERA: 5.09
FIP: 4.50
SO: 102
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Cole RagansTEX

ERA: 4.95
FIP: 4.91
SO: 27
WAR: 0.0

Very close

José UreñaCOL

ERA: 5.01
FIP: 4.65
SO: 63
WAR: 0.6

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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.