Players · K · Pitcher · 2019

Nick Kingham

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #62

Born: November 8, 1991 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 29, 2018

dbWAR: -.7
IP: 55.2
ERA: 7.28
FIP: 5.48
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 122

Nick Kingham was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2019 he struck out 46 batters over 55.2 innings across 25 appearances, going 4-2. His ERA of 7.28 was 61.5% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 17th of 21 on his team, and 514th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.48 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (9.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.8%. His -0.2 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, 2019.

FIP5.48

K/97.4

WHIP1.85

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2019	PIT/TOR	25	4	55.2	4	2	1	78	45	46	25	7.28	5.48	1.85	7.4	4.0	161	122	-0.2
2018	PIT	18	15	76.0	5	7	0	79	44	69	26	5.21	5.65	1.38	8.2	3.1	126	136	-0.6

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2019	PIT	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.000	.000	25.0%	50.0%	.178	-1.0	2	0.0
2018	PIT	13	25	2	0	4	0	1	10	.087	.160	.130	.043	.154	4.0%	40.0%	.143	-3.5	-22	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	123	110	39	7	11	20	.355	.413	.664	.445	16.3%
vs RHB	136	119	39	4	14	26	.328	.398	.538	.394	19.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.

Loading 2 batted balls…

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2019.

Below averageLeague averageAbove average

Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .252.

Pitch sequencing

What Nick Kingham throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

ShowBatter

Four-seamKnuckle curveChangeupCutterSinkerSlider

Select a count to see exactly what Nick Kingham throws in it.

Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	39.2%	403	91.9	2,310	43.7%	13.7%	90	.356	1.076
Knuckle Curve	19.3%	198	80.1	2,372	43.4%	24.2%	51	.255	.708
Changeup	16.7%	172	85.1	2,044	45.3%	27.1%	40	.325	.961
Cutter	13.0%	134	90.6	2,281	46.3%	16.9%	28	.393	1.130
Sinker	10.4%	107	90.0	2,164	47.7%	24.4%	15	.400	1.233
Slider	1.3%	13	82.0	2,354	30.8%	16.7%	5	—	—

Nick Kingham'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.

Head to head

Put Nick Kingham beside up to three others.

Compare — add up to 3 more players

Nick Kingham

Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Mike Wright Jr.BAL

ERA: 7.98
FIP: 5.26
SO: 30
WAR: -0.0

Very close

Adam ConleyMIA

ERA: 6.53
FIP: 5.19
SO: 53
WAR: -0.0

Very close

Jimmy YacabonisBAL

ERA: 6.80
FIP: 6.36
SO: 33
WAR: -0.5

Andrew SuárezSF

ERA: 5.79
FIP: 5.85
SO: 25
WAR: -0.3

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.