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Wes Benjamin

Age: 28
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb

Born: July 26, 1993 in Winfield, IL, United States
MLB debut: August 16, 2020

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 22.2
ERA: 8.74
FIP: 7.18
K/9: 7.5
FIP−: 168

Wes Benjamin was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2021 he struck out 19 batters over 22.2 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 8.74 was 104.8% higher than the league average of 4.27 — the second worst on his team, and 562nd of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 7.18 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.0% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.0%. His -0.6 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.

FIP7.18

K/97.5

WHIP2.03

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2021	TEX	13	2	22.2	0	2	0	29	22	19	17	8.74	7.18	2.03	7.5	6.8	205	168	-0.6
2020	TEX	8	1	22.1	2	1	0	24	12	21	7	4.84	4.58	1.39	8.5	2.8	109	103	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	37	29	12	3	7	3	.414	.514	.759	.521	8.1%
vs RHB	75	65	17	3	10	16	.262	.360	.446	.355	21.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Wes Benjamin 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


Four-Seam Fastball	43.8%	202	91.3	2,297	49.5%	19.1%	35	.286	.914
Cutter	28.2%	130	85.3	2,291	46.2%	28.1%	32	.281	.861
Curveball	14.8%	68	78.2	2,489	35.3%	11.5%	14	—	—
Changeup	12.6%	58	84.1	1,662	44.8%	21.2%	12	—	—

Wes Benjamin'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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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Bryan GarciaDET

ERA: 7.55
FIP: 6.91
SO: 32
WAR: -1.0

Jefry RodriguezWSH

ERA: 5.92
FIP: 6.95
SO: 20
WAR: -0.6

Comparable

Shane GreeneATL

ERA: 7.23
FIP: 6.72
SO: 24
WAR: -0.5

Comparable

Buck FarmerDET

ERA: 6.37
FIP: 6.59
SO: 37
WAR: -0.8

Loosely similar

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.