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Pitcher · 2020

Ty Buttrey

Age
27
B/T
L/R
Height
6' 6"
Weight
240 lb
Born
March 31, 1993 in Matthews, NC, USA
MLB debut
August 16, 2018
dbWAR
1.6
3 season(s)
IP
26.1
ERA
5.81
FIP
4.94
K/9
6.2
FIP−
111
100 = avg

Ty Buttrey is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2020 he struck out 18 batters over 26.1 innings across 27 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 5.81 was 30.5% higher than the league average of 4.45 — the second worst on his team, and 271st of 323 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.94 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.0% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. His -0.0 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, 2020.

FIP4.94
K/96.2
WHIP1.41
WAR-.0

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202027026.123528171895.814.941.416.23.1130111-0.0
201972072.1672693284233.983.491.2710.52.988771.1
201816016.10141562053.311.631.2211.02.880390.5

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB524412367.273.353.545.35613.5%
vs RHB6055161311.291.333.455.33818.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Ty Buttrey 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 2020.

Four-Seam Fastball58.2%24996.12,23244.6%16.8%
Slider22.2%9582.21,91238.9%28.6%
Changeup19.6%8486.21,82441.7%22.2%
Ty Buttrey'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.

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Nearest 2020 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.