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Adam Plutko

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #45

Born: October 3, 1991 in Upland, CA, United States
MLB debut: September 24, 2016

dbWAR: -2.0
IP: 56.1
ERA: 6.71
FIP: 7.13
K/9: 7.0
FIP−: 167

Adam Plutko was a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2021 he struck out 44 batters over 56.1 innings across 38 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 6.71 was 57.3% higher than the league average of 4.27 — 16th of 23 on his team, and 531st of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.13 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.2% of swings (11.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.3%. His -1.4 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.

FIP7.13

K/97.0

WHIP1.63

WAR-1.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	BAL	38	1	56.1	1	2	1	65	42	44	27	6.71	7.13	1.63	7.0	4.3	157	167	-1.4
2020	CLE	10	4	27.2	2	2	1	30	15	15	7	4.88	5.32	1.34	4.9	2.3	110	120	-0.0
2019	CLE	21	20	109.1	7	5	0	115	59	78	26	4.86	5.23	1.29	6.4	2.1	108	116	0.4
2018	CLE	17	12	76.2	4	5	1	78	45	60	23	5.28	6.10	1.32	7.0	2.7	127	147	-0.9
2016	CLE	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	7.36	6.69	1.91	7.4	4.9	176	160	-0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2019	CLE	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-120	-0.0	—
2018	CLE	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	0.0	—

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	92	83	28	6	5	21	.337	.391	.651	.432	22.8%
vs RHB	163	137	37	11	22	23	.270	.364	.591	.399	14.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Adam Plutko 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	49.9%	506	91.6	2,249	46.0%	22.1%	98	.296	.944
Cutter	33.0%	335	87.7	2,382	39.7%	25.2%	85	.306	1.132
Slider	10.2%	103	83.0	2,499	31.1%	29.8%	24	.333	.940
Curveball	6.9%	70	76.9	2,894	30.0%	31.6%	13	—	—

Adam Plutko'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 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Shane GreeneATL

ERA: 7.23
FIP: 6.72
SO: 24
WAR: -0.5

Buck FarmerDET

ERA: 6.37
FIP: 6.59
SO: 37
WAR: -0.8

Hyeon-Jong YangTEX

ERA: 5.60
FIP: 6.51
SO: 25
WAR: -0.6

Alex YoungAZ

ERA: 6.58
FIP: 6.25
SO: 43
WAR: -0.8

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.