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Ralph Garza Jr.

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #61

Born: April 6, 1994 in Edinburg, TX, United States
MLB debut: May 29, 2021

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 35.0
ERA: 3.34
FIP: 5.17
K/9: 4.4
FIP−: 130

Ralph Garza Jr. was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2022 he struck out 17 batters over 35.0 innings across 19 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 3.34 was 15.8% lower than the league average of 3.97 — 12th of 22 on his team, and 188th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.17 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.3% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.1%. 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.

FIP5.17

K/94.4

WHIP1.54

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2022	TB	19	0	35.0	2	2	0	38	13	17	16	3.34	5.17	1.54	4.4	4.1	84	130	-0.3
2021	MIN/HOU	27	0	30.1	1	4	1	24	12	29	14	3.56	4.88	1.25	8.6	4.2	83	114	-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	64	58	21	3	6	10	.362	.422	.586	.425	15.6%
vs RHB	89	76	17	1	10	7	.224	.330	.303	.295	7.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Ralph Garza Jr. 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


Sinker	33.3%	171	87.8	2,162	42.1%	9.0%	44	.205	.590
Slider	23.0%	118	77.5	2,367	40.7%	31.5%	28	.286	.783
Changeup	18.9%	97	83.1	1,705	41.2%	34.0%	24	.333	.843
Four-Seam Fastball	12.6%	65	91.2	2,247	55.4%	12.1%	14	—	—
Cutter	9.9%	51	89.4	2,246	31.4%	17.2%	20	.300	1.114
Curveball	2.3%	12	80.0	2,495	50.0%	20.0%	4	—	—

Ralph Garza Jr.'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 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Tyler BeedePIT

ERA: 5.14
FIP: 4.99
SO: 39
WAR: -0.3

Andrés MachadoWSH

ERA: 3.34
FIP: 4.51
SO: 46
WAR: -0.0

Erich UelmenCHC

ERA: 4.67
FIP: 5.00
SO: 21
WAR: -0.2

Garrett HillDET

ERA: 4.03
FIP: 5.15
SO: 40
WAR: -0.3

Comparable

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.