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Pitcher · 2018

Murphy Smith

Age
31
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
210 lb
Born
August 25, 1987 in Nashua, NH, USA
MLB debut
August 27, 2018
dbWAR
-.0
1 season(s)
IP
3.1
ERA
8.10
FIP
4.96
K/9
0.0
FIP−
120
100 = avg

Murphy Smith is a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2018 he struck out 0 batters over 3.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.10 was 95.2% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 4.96 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 11.5% of swings (6.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 0.0%. His -0.0 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, 2018.

FIP4.96
K/90.0
WHIP1.80
WAR-.0

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2018303.100053018.104.961.800.02.7195120-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB663000.500.500.667.5060.0%
vs RHB1072010.286.400.286.3180.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Murphy Smith 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 Fastball66.0%3191.81,96835.5%5.3%
Murphy Smith'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.

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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.