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Spencer Patton

Age
35
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
200 lb
Number
#44
Born
February 20, 1988 in Urbana, IL, United States
MLB debut
September 4, 2014
dbWAR
-.0
6 season(s)
IP
12.1
ERA
5.11
FIP
6.74
K/9
5.1
FIP−
156
100 = avg

Spencer Patton was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2023 he struck out 7 batters over 12.1 innings across 12 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.11 was 17.9% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 6.74 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.1% of swings (8.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.7%. His -0.3 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.

FIP6.74
K/95.1
WHIP1.54
WAR-.3

WAR by season

0.80.2-0.31516212223

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2023OAK12012.1000137765.116.741.545.14.4118156-0.3
2022TEX707.000043533.865.681.006.43.997143-0.1
2021TEX42042.1222361848153.833.191.2010.23.290750.8
2016CHC16021.1110201322145.485.021.599.35.9131120-0.1
2015TEX27024.0110242428129.005.511.5010.54.5227139-0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016CHC22000001.000.000.000.000.0000.0%50.0%.000-0.5-122-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB21205214.250.286.600.36719.0%
vs RHB34278153.296.382.556.3798.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Spencer Patton 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.

Four-Seam Fastball52.7%10891.32,03844.4%18.5%25.200.890
Slider43.4%8981.41,93537.1%21.1%20.350.881
Spencer Patton'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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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.