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Garrett Richards

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: May 27, 1988 in Riverside, CA, United States
MLB debut: August 10, 2011

dbWAR: 7.1
IP: 42.2
ERA: 5.27
FIP: 3.46
K/9: 7.6
FIP−: 87

Garrett Richards was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2022 he struck out 36 batters over 42.2 innings across 32 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 5.27 was 32.9% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 17th of 21 on his team, and 452nd of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.46 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.0% of swings (13.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.5%. 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, 2022.

FIP3.46

K/97.6

WHIP1.34

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	TEX	32	2	42.2	1	1	1	44	25	36	13	5.27	3.46	1.34	7.6	2.7	133	87	0.5
2021	BOS	40	22	136.2	7	8	3	158	74	115	60	4.87	4.72	1.60	7.6	4.0	114	111	0.8
2020	SD	14	10	51.1	2	2	0	47	23	46	17	4.03	4.28	1.25	8.1	3.0	91	96	0.6
2019	SD	3	3	8.2	0	1	0	10	8	11	6	8.31	5.75	1.85	11.4	6.2	184	128	-0.0
2018	LAA	16	16	76.1	5	4	0	64	31	87	34	3.66	4.13	1.28	10.3	4.0	88	100	0.9
2017	LAA	6	6	27.2	0	2	0	18	7	27	7	2.28	2.43	0.90	8.8	2.3	52	56	0.9
2016	LAA	6	6	34.2	1	3	0	31	9	34	15	2.34	3.32	1.33	8.8	3.9	56	79	0.7
2015	LAA	32	32	207.1	15	12	0	181	84	176	76	3.65	3.86	1.24	7.6	3.3	92	97	2.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	BOS	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.200	.333	0.0%	40.0%	.250	-0.3	50	0.0
2019	SD	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-124	-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	80	74	18	0	6	12	.243	.300	.311	.275	15.0%
vs RHB	105	94	26	3	7	24	.277	.343	.468	.354	22.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Garrett Richards 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


Slider	37.7%	267	88.6	2,604	49.4%	31.8%	69	.232	.623
Changeup	34.7%	246	90.0	1,689	41.9%	25.4%	60	.200	.550
Four-Seam Fastball	25.0%	177	94.4	2,309	49.2%	16.3%	39	.410	1.156
Curveball	2.3%	16	76.7	2,858	37.5%	33.3%	1	—	—

Garrett Richards'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.

Brett MartinTEX

ERA: 4.14
FIP: 3.63
SO: 40
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Packy NaughtonSTL

ERA: 4.78
FIP: 3.14
SO: 31
WAR: 0.5

Ty BlachCOL

ERA: 5.89
FIP: 3.86
SO: 29
WAR: 0.5

Aaron LoupLAA

ERA: 3.84
FIP: 3.76
SO: 52
WAR: 0.5

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.