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Heath Hembree

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 220 lb

Born: January 13, 1989 in Spartanburg, SC, United States
MLB debut: September 3, 2013

dbWAR: .3
IP: 1.1
ERA: 0.00
FIP: 2.51
K/9: 13.5
FIP−: 58

Heath Hembree was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2023 he struck out 2 batters over 1.1 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 0.00 was 100.0% lower than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 2.51 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 44.4% of swings (22.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 25.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 50.0%. 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, 2023.

FIP2.51

K/913.5

WHIP0.75

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	TB	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.00	2.51	0.75	13.5	6.8	0	58	0.0
2022	PIT/LAD	26	22.0	3	1	0	26	18	17	17	7.36	7.43	1.95	7.0	7.0	186	187	-0.8
2021	CIN/NYM	60	58.0	2	7	9	45	36	83	24	5.59	4.34	1.19	12.9	3.7	131	102	0.4
2020	BOS/PHI	22	19.0	3	0	0	26	19	20	8	9.00	8.82	1.79	9.5	3.8	202	198	-0.8
2019	BOS	45	39.2	1	0	2	34	17	46	18	3.86	4.78	1.31	10.4	4.1	86	106	0.1
2018	BOS	67	60.0	4	1	0	53	28	76	27	4.20	4.19	1.33	11.4	4.0	101	101	0.4
2017	BOS	62	62.0	2	3	0	72	25	70	18	3.63	3.92	1.45	10.2	2.6	83	90	0.7
2016	BOS	38	51.0	4	1	0	51	15	47	17	2.65	3.83	1.33	8.3	3.0	63	91	0.6
2015	BOS	22	25.1	2	0	0	25	10	15	9	3.55	5.58	1.34	5.3	3.2	90	141	-0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-112	-0.0
2018	BOS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-118	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. 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 RHB	4	3	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.177	50.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Heath Hembree 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


Slider	72.2%	13	84.1	2,681	61.5%	66.7%	3	—	—

Heath Hembree'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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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.