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Pitcher · 2021

Keone Kela

Age
28
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
220 lb
Born
April 16, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB debut
April 7, 2015
dbWAR
3.2
7 season(s)
IP
10.2
ERA
5.06
FIP
5.23
K/9
11.0
FIP−
123
100 = avg

Keone Kela is a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2021 he struck out 13 batters over 10.2 innings across 12 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 5.06 was 18.7% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 5.23 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 22.6% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.1%. 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, 2021.

FIP5.23
K/911.0
WHIP1.31
WAR-.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202112010.22201161335.065.231.3111.02.5119123-0.1
2020302.000031314.508.192.0013.54.5101184-0.1
201932029.220119733112.123.521.0110.03.347780.4
201854052.03424381966193.292.971.1011.43.379721.0
201739038.2412181251172.793.260.9111.94.064750.6
201635034.0510302345176.094.561.3811.94.51451090.0
201568060.1751521668182.392.641.1610.12.760671.3

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB292852110.179.207.393.25334.5%
vs RHB19176123.353.421.529.41115.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Keone Kela 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.

Four-Seam Fastball53.2%10794.72,33655.1%12.8%
Curveball46.3%9381.62,45440.9%29.5%
Keone Kela'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.

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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.