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Branden Kline

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: September 29, 1991 in Frederick, MD, United States
MLB debut: April 20, 2019

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 5.0
ERA: 1.80
FIP: 2.19
K/9: 12.6
FIP−: 49

Branden Kline was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2020 he struck out 7 batters over 5.0 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 1.80 was 59.6% lower than the league average of 4.45. Stripping out defence, his 2.19 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 39.2% of swings (22.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 35.0%. 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, 2020.

FIP2.19

K/912.6

WHIP1.00

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2020	BAL	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	2	1	7	3	1.80	2.19	1.00	12.6	5.4	40	49	0.2
2019	BAL	34	0	41.0	1	4	0	44	27	34	19	5.93	5.87	1.54	7.5	4.2	132	130	-0.3

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. 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	8	5	1	0	3	1	.200	.500	.400	.425	12.5%
vs RHB	12	12	1	0	0	6	.083	.083	.083	.074	50.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Branden Kline 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	60.2%	53	95.1	2,055	60.4%	24.1%	6	—	—
Changeup	23.9%	21	86.6	1,322	57.1%	64.7%	9	—	—
Slider	15.9%	14	84.2	2,205	42.9%	40.0%	2	—	—

Branden Kline'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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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.