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Kyle Barraclough

Age: 33
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 229 lb

Born: May 23, 1990 in Santa Clara, CA, United States
MLB debut: August 7, 2015

dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 7.2
ERA: 12.91
FIP: 11.21
K/9: 4.7
FIP−: 259

Kyle Barraclough was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2023 he struck out 4 batters over 7.2 innings across 3 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 12.91 was 198.1% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 11.21 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.8% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.7%. 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, 2023 regular season.

FIP11.21

K/94.7

WHIP2.61

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2023	BOS	3	7.2	1	1	0	14	11	4	6	12.91	11.21	2.61	4.7	7.0	298	259	-0.5
2022	LAA	8	9.0	0	1	0	7	3	9	4	3.00	2.45	1.22	9.0	4.0	76	62	0.2
2021	MIN	10	13.0	2	0	0	12	8	18	8	5.54	6.71	1.54	12.5	5.5	130	157	-0.3
2019	WSH/SF	43	33.2	1	2	0	38	21	40	21	5.61	6.36	1.75	10.7	5.6	125	141	-0.5
2018	MIA	61	55.2	1	6	10	40	26	60	34	4.20	4.97	1.33	9.7	5.5	101	120	-0.3
2017	MIA	66	66.0	6	2	1	53	22	76	38	3.00	3.66	1.38	10.4	5.2	69	84	0.9
2016	MIA	75	72.2	6	3	0	45	23	113	44	2.85	2.11	1.22	14.0	5.4	68	50	2.1
2015	MIA	25	24.1	2	1	0	12	7	30	18	2.59	3.42	1.23	11.1	6.7	65	86	0.3

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																					Trend
2017	MIA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-127	-0.0
2016	MIA	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, 2023. 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	12	10	6	2	2	1	.600	.667	1.200	.744	8.3%
vs RHB	34	25	8	1	4	3	.320	.471	.560	.443	8.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Kyle Barraclough 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


Slider	31.4%	49	77.0	2,343	40.8%	28.0%	12	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	26.9%	42	91.1	2,327	35.7%	20.0%	12	—	—
Sinker	22.4%	35	90.6	2,146	22.9%	0.0%	6	—	—
Cutter	15.4%	24	89.1	2,412	45.8%	9.1%	3	—	—

Kyle Barraclough'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.