P · 2021
Dan Winkler
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #62
- Born
- February 2, 1990 in Effingham, IL, USA
- MLB debut
- September 21, 2015
- dbWAR
- .6 10 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -118 100 = avg
Dan Winkler is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2021 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 .244. 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 averaged 60.3 mph off the bat and made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -118 wRC+ puts his offence 218% 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, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -116 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 40 | 30 | 5.22 | 5.74 | 1.56 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 122 | 135 | -0.4 | |
| 2020 | 18 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 2.95 | 5.32 | 1.20 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 66 | 119 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | 27 | 0 | 21.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 4.98 | 5.84 | 1.34 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 111 | 130 | -0.2 | |
| 2018 | 69 | 0 | 60.1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 23 | 69 | 20 | 3.43 | 2.76 | 1.19 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 83 | 67 | 1.2 | |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2.51 | 2.81 | 0.91 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 58 | 64 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.43 | 15.4 | 3.9 | 0 | 24 | 0.1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10.80 | 18.13 | 1.80 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 273 | 458 | -0.3 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 85 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .229 | .353 | .343 | .315 | 22.4% |
| vs RHB | 105 | 80 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 21 | .200 | .390 | .400 | .365 | 20.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2021. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 60.3 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 60.3 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -58.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Dan Winkler 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 | 0 | .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, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Dan Winkler 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 2021.
| Cutter | 524 | 91.2 | 2,551 | 47.1% | 26.1% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 158 | 94.0 | 2,548 | 43.7% | 25.7% | |
| Curveball | 56 | 82.4 | 2,619 | 30.4% | 31.3% | |
| Sinker | 50 | 92.7 | 2,386 | 40.0% | 15.8% |
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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.