P · 2021
R.J. Alaniz
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Born
- June 14, 1991 in McAllen, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- April 12, 2019
- dbWAR
- -.2 4 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -112 100 = avg
R.J. Alaniz is a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. 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. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -112 wRC+ puts his offence 212% 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 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -112 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .872 | +0.5 | 468 | 0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 10.30 | 1.50 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 79 | 241 | -0.2 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 9.19 | 5.38 | 1.66 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 204 | 120 | -0.1 |
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 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .667 | .429 | 25.0% |
| vs RHB | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .296 | 20.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How R.J. Alaniz 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 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · 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, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What R.J. Alaniz 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.
| Sinker | 36 | 92.8 | 2,128 | 58.3% | 28.6% | |
| Changeup | 17 | 86.3 | 1,585 | 47.1% | 25.0% | |
| Slider | 16 | 83.7 | 2,343 | 37.5% | 0.0% |
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.