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Ryne Harper

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 217 lb

Born: March 27, 1989 in Nashville, TN, United States
MLB debut: March 31, 2019

dbWAR: .7
IP: 35.2
ERA: 4.04
FIP: 4.96
K/9: 7.8
FIP−: 116

Ryne Harper was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2021 he struck out 31 batters over 35.2 innings across 34 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 4.04 was 5.4% lower than the league average of 4.27 — 8th of 23 on his team, and 264th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.96 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.4% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.9%. His -0.1 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, 2021.

FIP4.96

K/97.8

WHIP1.18

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	WSH	34	35.2	0	2	0	28	16	31	14	4.04	4.96	1.18	7.8	3.5	95	116	-0.1
2020	WSH	23	23.2	1	0	0	29	20	25	9	7.61	5.09	1.61	9.5	3.4	171	114	-0.0
2019	MIN	61	54.1	4	2	1	54	23	50	10	3.81	3.66	1.18	8.3	1.7	85	81	0.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	WSH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-122	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	70	62	16	2	6	13	.258	.329	.387	.316	18.6%
vs RHB	78	69	12	4	8	18	.174	.269	.391	.285	23.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

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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 .243.

Pitch sequencing

What Ryne Harper 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


Curveball	52.6%	298	72.0	2,176	54.0%	23.1%	56	.232	.762
Four-Seam Fastball	21.9%	124	86.5	1,822	43.5%	19.2%	30	.200	.681
Slider	15.5%	88	76.6	2,062	43.2%	26.7%	23	.261	.857
Slow Curve	10.1%	57	68.6	2,182	38.6%	18.9%	22	.136	.273

Ryne Harper'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 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Anthony BassMIA

ERA: 3.82
FIP: 4.93
SO: 58
WAR: -0.1

Very close

Tim HillSD

ERA: 3.62
FIP: 4.71
SO: 56
WAR: 0.0

Very close

Tyler KinleyCOL

ERA: 4.73
FIP: 4.65
SO: 68
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Brad HandWSH

ERA: 3.90
FIP: 4.58
SO: 61
WAR: 0.1

Very close

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.