P · 2021
Duane Underwood Jr.
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- July 20, 1994 in Raleigh, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- June 25, 2018
Age shown as of the 2023 season.
- dbWAR
- 1.2 9 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -120 100 = avg
Duane Underwood Jr. is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2021 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 .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 33.3% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -120 wRC+ puts his offence 220% 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, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -0.9 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -120 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -121 | -0.0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5.18 | 5.06 | 1.44 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 120 | 117 | -0.1 | |
| 2022 | 51 | 1 | 57.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 28 | 57 | 25 | 4.40 | 2.92 | 1.43 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 111 | 74 | 1.0 | |
| 2021 | 43 | 0 | 72.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 35 | 65 | 27 | 4.33 | 4.27 | 1.43 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 102 | 100 | 0.4 | |
| 2020 | 17 | 0 | 20.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 5.66 | 4.74 | 1.50 | 11.8 | 2.6 | 127 | 106 | 0.0 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5.40 | 4.24 | 1.37 | 10.0 | 2.3 | 120 | 94 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.25 | 7.16 | 1.25 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 54 | 173 | -0.1 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| vs RHP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 141 | 125 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 24 | .296 | .362 | .536 | .379 | 17.0% |
| vs RHB | 179 | 160 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 41 | .250 | .318 | .362 | .302 | 22.9% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Duane Underwood Jr. 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .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, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Duane Underwood 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, and how often it misses in 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 424 | 94.1 | 2,170 | 49.3% | 16.6% | |
| Changeup | 321 | 87.8 | 1,608 | 43.0% | 34.2% | |
| Curveball | 293 | 80.6 | 2,388 | 38.2% | 26.8% | |
| Sinker | 120 | 93.3 | 2,035 | 46.7% | 12.5% | |
| Cutter | 10 | 90.0 | 2,139 | 10.0% | 50.0% |
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.