Pitcher · 2017
Ryan Merritt
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 170 lb
- Number
- #69
- Born
- February 21, 1992 in McKinney, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- May 30, 2016
- dbWAR
- .8 2 season(s)
- IP
- 20.2
- ERA
- 1.74
- FIP
- 3.06
- K/9
- 3.0
- FIP−
- 70 100 = avg
Ryan Merritt is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2017 he struck out 7 batters over 20.2 innings across 5 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 2-0. His ERA of 1.74 was 60.0% lower than the league average of 4.36 — the third best on his team, and 9th of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.06 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 12.5% of swings (5.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.9%. His 0.5 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, 2017.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1.74 | 3.06 | 1.45 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 40 | 70 | 0.5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.64 | 2.06 | 0.55 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 39 | 49 | 0.3 |
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 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .455 | .591 | .451 | 0.0% |
| vs RHB | 67 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .258 | .299 | .290 | .263 | 10.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Ryan Merritt 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 2017.
| Cutter | 114 | 85.2 | 1,808 | 41.2% | 14.6% | |
| Changeup | 81 | 81.7 | 1,415 | 40.7% | 10.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 72 | 87.3 | 1,837 | 30.6% | 4.2% | |
| Curveball | 52 | 72.1 | 1,962 | 55.8% | 20.0% |
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Similar players
Nearest 2017 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.