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Chris Mazza

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
190 lb
Born
October 17, 1989 in Walnut Creek, CA, United States
MLB debut
June 29, 2019
dbWAR
.3
5 season(s)
IP
5.1
ERA
11.81
FIP
13.05
K/9
8.4
FIP−
329
100 = avg

Chris Mazza was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2022 he struck out 5 batters over 5.1 innings across 2 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 11.81 was 197.7% higher than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 13.05 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.2% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.3%. 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, 2022.

FIP13.05
K/98.4
WHIP2.81
WAR-.5

WAR by season

0.4-0.1-0.519202122

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2022TB205.1100975611.8113.052.818.410.1298329-0.5
2021TB14027.100126142174.614.051.216.92.3108950.2
2020BOS9630.0120341629154.804.261.638.74.5108960.4
2019NYM9016.111021101155.513.521.596.12.8122780.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2019NYM33000001.000.000.000.000.0000.0%33.3%.000-0.8-123-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1182122.250.455.625.46418.2%
vs RHB24197243.368.500.684.50512.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Mazza 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.

Cutter32.8%4584.22,24833.3%21.7%13——
Slider32.1%4477.42,30245.5%30.0%6——
Sinker25.5%3589.21,80937.1%0.0%6——
Chris Mazza'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.