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Ben Rowen

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #39

Born: November 15, 1988 in Dunedin, FL, United States
MLB debut: June 15, 2014

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 11.1
ERA: 5.56
FIP: 6.26
K/9: 6.4
FIP−: 147

Ben Rowen was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2021 he struck out 8 batters over 11.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.56 was 30.3% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 6.26 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.6% of swings (6.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. 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, 2021.

FIP6.26

K/96.4

WHIP1.24

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2021	LAA	8	0	11.1	0	0	0	12	7	8	2	5.56	6.26	1.24	6.4	1.6	130	147	-0.2
2016	MIL	4	0	3.0	0	0	0	10	5	2	0	15.00	1.81	3.33	6.0	0.0	358	43	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	22	21	7	2	1	3	.333	.364	.714	.446	13.6%
vs RHB	27	23	5	1	1	5	.217	.296	.391	.300	18.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Ben Rowen 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	51.5%	102	71.4	2,616	52.0%	20.9%	22	.227	.672
Sinker	46.0%	91	79.7	1,891	41.8%	7.9%	22	.318	1.059

Ben Rowen'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.