P · 2018
Eddie Butler
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Number
- #31
- Born
- March 13, 1991 in Chesapeake, VA, USA
- MLB debut
- June 6, 2014
- dbWAR
- -3.0 8 season(s)
- PA
- 3
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .333
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- 42 100 = avg
Eddie Butler is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 3 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .333 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .333, 54.2% lower than the league mark of .728. He averaged 84.5 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 42 wRC+ puts his offence 58% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.2 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, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.1 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 33.3% | 0.0% | .235 | -0.2 | 42 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .000 | .111 | 5.3% | 31.6% | .099 | -3.6 | -52 | -0.3 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .000 | .077 | 0.0% | 10.5% | .058 | -4.0 | -70 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .000 | .100 | 0.0% | 54.2% | .038 | -5.3 | -85 | -0.5 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 30 | 0 | 49.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 5.62 | 6.14 | 1.57 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 135 | 148 | -0.9 | |
| 2017 | 13 | 11 | 54.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 3.95 | 4.66 | 1.43 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 91 | 107 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | 17 | 9 | 64.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 51 | 47 | 21 | 7.17 | 5.44 | 1.69 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 171 | 130 | -0.4 | |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | 79.1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 102 | 52 | 44 | 42 | 5.90 | 5.89 | 1.82 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 149 | 149 | -1.0 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 83 | 73 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .260 | .317 | .466 | .331 | 9.6% |
| vs RHB | 145 | 129 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 21 | .310 | .372 | .519 | .383 | 14.5% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2018.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 2 tracked batted balls in 2018. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 84.5 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 89.7 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 50.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -9.5° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Eddie Butler 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 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 |
| Bases empty · thin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 |
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, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Eddie Butler 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 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 287 | 93.6 | 2,071 | 41.5% | 14.1% | |
| Sinker | 249 | 93.5 | 1,991 | 50.6% | 10.8% | |
| Cutter | 104 | 89.5 | 2,238 | 35.6% | 20.0% | |
| Changeup | 104 | 88.4 | 1,747 | 35.6% | 18.0% | |
| Curveball | 97 | 84.0 | 2,497 | 42.3% | 21.9% |
Head to head
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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.