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Mike Kickham

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 33
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #59

Born: December 12, 1988 in St. Louis, MO, United States
MLB debut: May 28, 2013

dbWAR: -1.1
IP: 2.0
ERA: 13.50
FIP: 10.67
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 250

Mike Kickham was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2021 he struck out 2 batters over 2.0 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 216.5% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 10.67 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.2% of swings (15.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. 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, 2021 regular season.

FIP10.67

K/99.0

WHIP3.00

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2021	LAD	1	0	2.0	0	0	5	3	2	1	13.50	10.67	3.00	9.0	4.5	316	250	-0.1
2020	BOS	6	2	14.0	1	1	21	12	17	5	7.71	7.83	1.86	10.9	3.2	173	176	-0.4
2014	SF	2	0	2.0	0	0	8	5	1	1	22.50	10.13	4.50	4.5	4.5	601	271	-0.1
2013	SF	12	3	28.1	0	3	46	32	29	10	10.16	5.73	1.98	9.2	3.2	263	148	-0.5

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																					Trend
2013	SF	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.167	.200	0.0%	16.7%	.216	-0.5	30	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	3	2	1	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	.659	33.3%
vs RHB	9	8	4	1	0	1	.500	.556	.875	.597	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Mike Kickham 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	84.4%	38	82.6	2,419	50.0%	28.6%	8	—	—

Mike Kickham'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.