P · 2019
James Marvel
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- September 17, 1993 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- September 8, 2019
- dbWAR
- -.3 2 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -119 100 = avg
James Marvel is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2019 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 4 plate appearances in 4 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .252. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .758. He averaged 72.8 mph off the bat and made contact on 60.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -119 wRC+ puts his offence 219% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.1 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2019.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2019. These four terms sum to -1.0 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -119 | -0.1 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 8.31 | 6.56 | 1.79 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 184 | 146 | -0.2 | — |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 37 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .351 | .500 | .363 | 8.1% |
| vs RHB | 47 | 42 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .405 | .444 | .714 | .478 | 12.8% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 2 tracked batted balls in 2019. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 72.8 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 88.0 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 50.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- 6.5° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Situational hitting
How James Marvel hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What James Marvel 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, and how often it misses in 2019.
| Sinker | 109 | 90.6 | 1,834 | 30.3% | 8.8% | |
| Curveball | 87 | 79.6 | 2,282 | 39.1% | 34.6% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 69 | 90.3 | 1,881 | 44.9% | 14.7% | |
| Changeup | 66 | 84.5 | 1,263 | 51.5% | 35.1% |
Head to head
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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.