P · 2019
Hector Velázquez
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 218 lb
- Born
- November 26, 1988 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
- MLB debut
- May 18, 2017
- dbWAR
- .7 6 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -117 100 = avg
Hector Velázquez is a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2019 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 .252. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .758. He made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -117 wRC+ puts his offence 217% 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, 2019.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2019. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -117 | -0.0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -121 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34 | 8 | 56.1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 34 | 49 | 28 | 5.43 | 4.74 | 1.53 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 121 | 105 | 0.2 | |
| 2018 | 47 | 8 | 85.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 30 | 53 | 26 | 3.18 | 4.15 | 1.45 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 77 | 100 | 0.5 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 24.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2.92 | 4.58 | 1.14 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 67 | 105 | 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 RHP | 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 | 119 | 102 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 24 | .235 | .336 | .480 | .346 | 20.2% |
| vs RHB | 128 | 110 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 25 | .309 | .386 | .436 | .357 | 19.5% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Situational hitting
How Hector Velázquez 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 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · 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, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What Hector Velázquez 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 2019.
| Changeup | 294 | 85.9 | 1,480 | 36.1% | 23.1% | |
| Sinker | 269 | 91.1 | 2,051 | 49.4% | 11.0% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 227 | 92.2 | 2,175 | 48.0% | 32.7% | |
| Slider | 165 | 83.0 | 2,120 | 41.2% | 32.5% | |
| Curveball | 25 | 76.9 | 2,162 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
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.