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Danny Barnes

Age: 29
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: October 21, 1989 in Manhasset, NY, United States
MLB debut: August 2, 2016

dbWAR: .5
IP: 41.0
ERA: 5.71
FIP: 4.89
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 118

Danny Barnes was a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2018 he struck out 38 batters over 41.0 innings across 47 appearances, going 3-3. His ERA of 5.71 was 37.5% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 16th of 19 on his team, and 452nd of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.9%. His -0.1 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.

FIP4.89

K/98.3

WHIP1.68

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	TOR	47	41.0	3	3	47	26	38	22	5.71	4.89	1.68	8.3	4.8	138	118	-0.1
2017	TOR	60	66.0	3	6	48	26	62	24	3.55	4.58	1.09	8.5	3.3	81	105	0.2
2016	TOR	12	13.2	0	0	14	6	14	5	3.95	2.20	1.39	9.2	3.3	94	52	0.4

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	91	75	20	4	14	21	.267	.385	.560	.405	23.1%
vs RHB	100	90	27	2	8	17	.300	.354	.456	.349	17.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Danny Barnes 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	65.0%	514	91.7	2,243	50.2%	24.4%	105	.257	.854
Changeup	23.6%	187	79.6	1,368	31.0%	15.9%	41	.341	.910
Slider	10.7%	85	82.1	2,403	36.5%	31.4%	18	.278	.794

Danny Barnes'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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Bryan ShawCOL

ERA: 5.93
FIP: 4.92
SO: 54
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Mike Wright Jr.BAL

ERA: 5.55
FIP: 4.78
SO: 74
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Chris RusinCOL

ERA: 6.09
FIP: 4.64
SO: 47
WAR: 0.1

Very close

Jalen BeeksTB

ERA: 5.51
FIP: 4.64
SO: 42
WAR: 0.0

Very close

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.