P · 2017
Johnny Barbato
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 231 lb
- Born
- July 11, 1992 in Miami, FL, USA
- MLB debut
- April 5, 2016
Age shown as of the 2018 season.
- dbWAR
- -.7 4 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -124 100 = avg
Johnny Barbato is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2017 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 .255. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .750. He averaged 94.9 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -124 wRC+ puts his offence 224% 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, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -124 | -0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 12.15 | 11.11 | 2.40 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 293 | 268 | -0.5 | |
| 2017 | 24 | 0 | 28.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 4.08 | 5.46 | 1.50 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 94 | 125 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7.62 | 4.45 | 1.38 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 182 | 106 | 0.0 |
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 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 68 | 56 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 5 | .321 | .441 | .500 | .414 | 7.4% |
| vs RHB | 62 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | .130 | .242 | .315 | .251 | 29.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2017. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 94.9 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 94.9 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 100.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 18.0° 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, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Johnny Barbato 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 | 0 | .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, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Johnny Barbato 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 2017.
| Sinker | 166 | 94.0 | 1,981 | 41.6% | 11.1% | |
| Slider | 111 | 86.4 | 1,953 | 48.6% | 40.0% | |
| Curveball | 103 | 78.4 | 2,506 | 50.5% | 34.1% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 92 | 94.2 | 2,004 | 43.5% | 17.4% |
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.