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Sam Howard

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 29
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 195 lb

Born: March 5, 1993 in Cartersville, GA, United States
MLB debut: June 10, 2018

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 2.0
ERA: 9.00
FIP: 16.11
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 406

Sam Howard was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2022 he struck out 1 batter over 2.0 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 9.00 was 126.8% higher than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 16.11 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.0% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 33.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.3%. 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, 2022.

FIP16.11

K/94.5

WHIP3.00

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	PIT	3	0	2.0	0	0	2	2	1	4	9.00	16.11	3.00	4.5	18.0	227	406	-0.3
2021	PIT	54	1	45.0	3	4	34	28	60	32	5.60	4.86	1.47	12.0	6.4	131	114	-0.0
2020	PIT	22	0	21.0	2	3	17	9	27	9	3.86	4.81	1.24	11.6	3.9	87	108	0.1
2019	COL	20	0	19.0	2	0	21	14	23	10	6.63	6.27	1.63	10.9	4.7	147	139	-0.2
2018	COL	4	0	4.0	0	0	5	1	1	3	2.25	5.66	2.00	2.3	6.8	54	136	-0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2019	COL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-107	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	7	4	2	1	2	0	.500	.714	1.250	.729	0.0%
vs RHB	5	3	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.284	20.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Sam Howard 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


Four-Seam Fastball	53.4%	31	91.3	2,203	51.6%	15.4%	3	—	—
Slider	46.6%	27	83.0	2,154	37.0%	25.0%	4	—	—

Sam Howard'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.