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Keith Hessler
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 244 lb
- Born
- March 15, 1989 in Washington, DC, United States
- MLB debut
- August 8, 2015
- dbWAR
- -.4 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 21.2
- ERA
- 4.15
- FIP
- 5.27
- K/9
- 4.6
- FIP−
- 126 100 = avg
Keith Hessler was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2016 he struck out 11 batters over 21.2 innings across 17 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.15 was 0.9% lower than the league average of 4.19 — 6th of 18 on his team, and 265th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.27 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.2% of swings (7.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.7%. 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, 2016 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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| 2015 | AZ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .881 | +0.4 | 488 | 0.1 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 44 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .278 | .395 | .500 | .390 | 13.6% |
| vs RHB | 59 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .269 | .356 | .423 | .332 | 8.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Keith Hessler 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 Fastball | 282 | 91.6 | 2,105 | 44.3% | 12.5% | 62 | .258 | .780 | |
| Slider | 128 | 83.0 | 405 | 38.3% | 28.8% | 26 | .308 | .896 |
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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.