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Kevin Shackelford

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #60

Born: April 7, 1989 in Charlotte, NC, United States
MLB debut: June 29, 2017

dbWAR: .2
IP: 8.0
ERA: 7.88
FIP: 3.29
K/9: 7.9
FIP−: 79

Kevin Shackelford was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2018 he struck out 7 batters over 8.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.88 was 89.8% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 3.29 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.5% of swings (8.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.1%. 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, 2018.

FIP3.29

K/97.9

WHIP2.13

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2018	CIN	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	CIN	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

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-116	-0.0
2017	CIN	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.000	.500	0.0%	33.3%	.291	-0.1	77	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	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.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .247.

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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	35.2%	57	86.6	2,674	56.1%	29.0%	10	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	35.2%	57	93.0	2,543	45.6%	12.0%	9	—	—
Sinker	29.6%	48	93.9	2,393	37.5%	8.3%	15	.467	1.033

Kevin Shackelford'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.