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Tyler Thornburg

Age
34
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 11"
Weight
190 lb
Number
#63
Born
September 29, 1988 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut
June 19, 2012
dbWAR
1.0
7 season(s)
IP
19.0
ERA
3.32
FIP
4.22
K/9
6.6
FIP−
106
100 = avg

Tyler Thornburg was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2022 he struck out 14 batters over 19.0 innings across 14 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 3.32 was 16.4% lower than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 4.22 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.8% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. 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, 2022.

FIP4.22
K/96.6
WHIP1.42
WAR.1

WAR by season

1.40.5-0.4151618192022

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2022ATL/MIN14019.001016714113.324.221.426.65.2841060.1
2020CIN707.0000631053.862.481.5712.96.487560.2
2019BOS16018.2000211622107.715.411.6610.64.8171120-0.1
2018BOS25024.0200281521105.636.041.587.93.8136145-0.4
2016MIL67067.08513381690252.152.830.9412.13.451681.4
2015MIL24034.1020311434123.675.111.258.93.193129-0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2015MIL33000001.000.000.000.000.0000.0%33.3%.000-0.8-119-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB36276175.222.389.370.34913.9%
vs RHB514710049.213.275.255.24417.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Tyler Thornburg 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.

Four-Seam Fastball58.0%21093.52,40540.5%20.2%47.213.664
Curveball21.5%7876.12,61548.7%19.2%11——
Changeup13.8%5084.71,44728.0%26.3%10——
Slider6.6%2483.42,26037.5%20.0%6——
Tyler Thornburg'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.