Players · W · Pitcher · 2023
Nick Wittgren
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- May 29, 1991 in Torrance, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 19, 2016
- dbWAR
- 2.7 9 season(s)
- IP
- 29.0
- ERA
- 4.97
- FIP
- 4.36
- K/9
- 5.6
- FIP−
- 101 100 = avg
Nick Wittgren was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2023 he struck out 18 batters over 29.0 innings across 27 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.97 was 14.6% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 13th of 23 on his team, and 393rd of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.36 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.4% of swings (7.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.1%. His 0.2 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | KC | 27 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 4.97 | 4.36 | 1.41 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 115 | 101 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | STL | 29 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5.90 | 3.84 | 1.55 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 149 | 97 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | CLE | 60 | 1 | 62.1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 35 | 61 | 17 | 5.05 | 4.84 | 1.25 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 118 | 113 | -0.0 | |
| 2020 | CLE | 25 | 0 | 23.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 3.42 | 4.42 | 1.01 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 77 | 99 | 0.2 | |
| 2019 | CLE | 55 | 0 | 57.2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 18 | 60 | 15 | 2.81 | 4.17 | 1.08 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 62 | 93 | 0.6 | |
| 2018 | MIA | 32 | 0 | 33.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 31 | 15 | 2.94 | 3.13 | 1.31 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 71 | 75 | 0.5 | |
| 2017 | MIA | 38 | 0 | 42.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 22 | 43 | 13 | 4.68 | 3.58 | 1.39 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 107 | 82 | 0.6 | |
| 2016 | MIA | 48 | 0 | 51.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 3.14 | 3.67 | 1.16 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 75 | 88 | 0.6 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | MIA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -127 | -0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 68 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .246 | .324 | .361 | .306 | 14.7% |
| vs RHB | 60 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .283 | .367 | .453 | .361 | 13.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Nick Wittgren 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 173 | 92.0 | 2,152 | 43.9% | 11.3% | 45 | .267 | .810 | |
| Slider | 172 | 83.0 | 2,386 | 45.3% | 17.1% | 40 | .200 | .523 | |
| Cutter | 63 | 87.4 | 2,339 | 52.4% | 16.2% | 15 | .267 | .753 | |
| Changeup | 56 | 85.0 | 1,643 | 25.0% | 17.4% | 12 | — | — |
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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.