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Colton Murray

Philadelphia Phillies National League East

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 195 lb

Born: April 22, 1990 in Overland Park, KS, United States
MLB debut: September 2, 2015

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 31.2
ERA: 6.25
FIP: 5.07
K/9: 8.8
FIP−: 121

Colton Murray was a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2016 he struck out 31 batters over 31.2 innings across 24 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 6.25 was 49.2% higher than the league average of 4.19 — the worst on his team, and 468th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.07 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (11.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.8%. His -0.2 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, 2016.

FIP5.07

K/98.8

WHIP1.48

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	PHI	24	0	31.2	1	1	0	34	22	31	13	6.25	5.07	1.48	8.8	3.7	149	121	-0.2
2015	PHI	8	0	7.2	0	1	0	11	5	9	2	5.87	4.96	1.70	10.6	2.3	148	125	-0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-123	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	57	50	12	2	7	17	.240	.333	.400	.319	29.8%
vs RHB	85	73	22	4	6	14	.301	.366	.562	.396	16.5%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .255.

Pitch sequencing

What Colton Murray 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	67.4%	361	93.4	2,313	46.0%	21.0%	82	.280	.879
Curveball	24.1%	129	81.2	1,287	40.3%	34.5%	35	.314	.877
Slider	5.8%	31	86.8	764	38.7%	33.3%	4	—	—
Changeup	1.9%	10	84.9	1,528	40.0%	0.0%	2	—	—

Colton Murray'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 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Andrew BaileyPHI

ERA: 5.36
FIP: 4.66
SO: 41
WAR: -0.0

Chris HatcherLAD

ERA: 5.53
FIP: 5.21
SO: 43
WAR: -0.3

Mark LoweDET

ERA: 7.11
FIP: 5.66
SO: 49
WAR: -0.5

Zack GodleyAZ

ERA: 6.39
FIP: 4.97
SO: 60
WAR: 0.0

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.