P · 2018
Kevin Shackelford
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #60
- Born
- April 7, 1989 in Charlotte, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- June 29, 2017
- dbWAR
- .1 4 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -116 100 = avg
Kevin Shackelford is a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 66.7% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -116 wRC+ puts his offence 216% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -116 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .291 | -0.1 | 77 | 0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7.88 | 3.29 | 2.13 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 190 | 79 | 0.1 | |
| 2017 | 26 | 0 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 38 | 13 | 4.70 | 4.79 | 1.40 | 11.2 | 3.8 | 108 | 110 | 0.0 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 24 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .368 | .417 | .526 | .381 | 12.5% |
| vs RHB | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .400 | .471 | .467 | .417 | 23.5% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Kevin Shackelford hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Kevin Shackelford 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 57 | 93.0 | 2,543 | 45.6% | 12.0% | |
| Slider | 57 | 86.6 | 2,674 | 56.1% | 29.0% | |
| Sinker | 48 | 93.9 | 2,393 | 37.5% | 8.3% |
Head to head
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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.