Players · D · Pitcher · 2023
Zach Davies
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Born
- February 7, 1993 in Puyallup, WA, United States
- MLB debut
- September 2, 2015
- dbWAR
- 10.1 15 season(s)
- IP
- 82.1
- ERA
- 7.00
- FIP
- 4.58
- K/9
- 7.9
- FIP−
- 106 100 = avg
Zach Davies was a starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2023 he struck out 72 batters over 82.1 innings across 18 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 2-5. His ERA of 7.00 was 61.5% higher than the league average of 4.33 — the worst on his team, and 528th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.58 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.0% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.1%. His 0.7 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, 2023.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | AZ | 18 | 18 | 82.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 64 | 72 | 39 | 7.00 | 4.58 | 1.66 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 162 | 106 | 0.7 | |
| 2022 | AZ | 27 | 27 | 134.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 122 | 61 | 102 | 52 | 4.09 | 4.83 | 1.30 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 103 | 122 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | CHC | 32 | 32 | 148.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 162 | 95 | 114 | 75 | 5.78 | 5.45 | 1.60 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 135 | 128 | -0.1 | |
| 2020 | SD | 12 | 12 | 69.1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 21 | 63 | 19 | 2.73 | 3.88 | 1.07 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 61 | 87 | 1.3 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 31 | 31 | 159.2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 63 | 102 | 51 | 3.55 | 4.56 | 1.29 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 79 | 101 | 1.8 | |
| 2018 | MIL | 13 | 13 | 66.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 35 | 49 | 21 | 4.77 | 4.39 | 1.33 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 115 | 106 | 0.6 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 33 | 33 | 191.1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 204 | 83 | 124 | 55 | 3.90 | 4.22 | 1.35 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 90 | 97 | 2.7 | |
| 2016 | MIL | 28 | 28 | 163.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 166 | 72 | 135 | 38 | 3.97 | 3.89 | 1.25 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 95 | 93 | 2.5 | |
| 2015 | MIL | 6 | 6 | 34.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 3.71 | 3.81 | 1.21 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 94 | 96 | 0.5 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CHC | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .000 | .231 | 0.0% | 18.2% | .155 | -6.0 | -12 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 32 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .154 | .170 | .192 | .038 | .296 | 1.8% | 45.5% | .158 | -7.7 | -12 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | MIL | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .000 | .143 | 0.0% | 42.1% | .059 | -4.0 | -80 | -0.1 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 32 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .125 | .236 | .167 | .042 | .182 | 10.1% | 21.7% | .200 | -7.1 | 15 | 0.3 | |
| 2016 | MIL | 28 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .094 | .111 | .094 | .000 | .161 | 1.6% | 36.1% | .094 | -11.0 | -54 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | MIL | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .000 | .100 | 0.0% | 21.4% | .068 | -2.8 | -73 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 203 | 178 | 51 | 5 | 23 | 31 | .287 | .369 | .438 | .355 | 15.3% |
| vs RHB | 174 | 154 | 47 | 5 | 16 | 41 | .305 | .370 | .487 | .370 | 23.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Zach Davies 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.
| Sinker | 445 | 89.5 | 2,096 | 44.3% | 9.5% | 101 | .406 | 1.067 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 381 | 89.4 | 2,215 | 44.9% | 17.5% | 66 | .182 | .652 | |
| Changeup | 370 | 80.7 | 1,769 | 36.8% | 37.2% | 110 | .273 | .786 | |
| Cutter | 169 | 87.5 | 2,243 | 35.5% | 14.5% | 30 | .300 | .653 | |
| Curveball | 92 | 77.0 | 2,647 | 40.2% | 20.0% | 16 | .188 | .688 | |
| Slider | 28 | 81.7 | 2,354 | 35.7% | 50.0% | 6 | — | — | |
| Sweeper | 12 | 78.7 | 2,642 | 25.0% | 16.7% | 4 | — | — |
Head to head
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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.