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Drew Rucinski

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #51

Born: December 30, 1988 in Neenah, WI, United States
MLB debut: July 10, 2014

dbWAR: -.8
IP: 18.0
ERA: 9.00
FIP: 8.70
K/9: 3.0
FIP−: 201

Drew Rucinski was a starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2023 he struck out 6 batters over 18.0 innings across 4 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 0-4. His ERA of 9.00 was 107.8% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 8.70 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.8% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 6.3%. His -0.7 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.

FIP8.70

K/93.0

WHIP2.28

WAR-.7

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	OAK	4	4	18.0	0	4	27	18	6	14	9.00	8.70	2.28	3.0	7.0	208	201	-0.7
2018	MIA	32	0	35.1	4	2	34	17	27	13	4.33	3.81	1.33	6.9	3.3	104	92	0.3
2017	MIN	2	0	4.1	0	0	10	5	5	2	10.38	8.23	2.77	10.4	4.2	238	189	-0.2
2015	LAA	4	1	7.0	0	2	10	6	4	6	7.71	6.85	2.29	5.1	7.7	195	173	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	MIA	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	75.0%	.000	-1.0	-130	-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	46	34	15	3	9	4	.441	.543	.735	.523	8.7%
vs RHB	49	44	12	2	5	2	.273	.347	.500	.365	4.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Drew Rucinski 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	30.3%	106	84.2	2,104	45.3%	36.7%	24	.375	1.300
Four-Seam Fastball	28.3%	99	89.0	2,068	36.4%	15.2%	17	.294	.971
Sinker	26.6%	93	89.1	1,988	33.3%	2.3%	27	.259	.693
Changeup	7.7%	27	83.6	915	14.8%	100.0%	1	—	—
Curveball	7.1%	25	78.8	2,441	32.0%	28.6%	9	—	—

Drew Rucinski'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.