P · 2021
Sam Selman
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 198 lb
- Born
- November 14, 1990 in Austin, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- August 1, 2019
Age shown as of the 2022 season.
- dbWAR
- -.2 5 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -121 100 = avg
Sam Selman is a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -121 wRC+ puts his offence 221% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -121 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 4.91 | 4.97 | 1.15 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 124 | 125 | -0.1 | |
| 2021 | 25 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 5.76 | 5.25 | 1.28 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 135 | 123 | -0.1 | |
| 2020 | 24 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 3.72 | 3.86 | 1.14 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 84 | 87 | 0.2 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4.35 | 6.12 | 1.16 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 97 | 136 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 43 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .250 | .395 | .469 | .368 | 18.6% |
| vs RHB | 67 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .207 | .299 | .293 | .273 | 16.4% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Sam Selman hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Sam Selman 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, and how often it misses in 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 272 | 90.9 | 2,346 | 48.5% | 20.8% | |
| Slider | 220 | 79.8 | 2,450 | 47.7% | 20.0% |
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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.