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Ian Thomas

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 28
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #67

Born: April 20, 1987 in Norfolk, VA, United States
MLB debut: March 31, 2014

dbWAR: .2
IP: 23.1
ERA: 3.86
FIP: 3.69
K/9: 8.9
FIP−: 93

Ian Thomas was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2015 he struck out 23 batters over 23.1 innings across 14 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 3.86 was 2.6% lower than the league average of 3.96 — 10th of 15 on his team, and 252nd of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.69 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.1% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.5%. 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, 2015.

FIP3.69

K/98.9

WHIP1.33

WAR.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	LAD/ATL	14	1	23.1	1	1	0	20	10	23	11	3.86	3.69	1.33	8.9	4.2	97	93	0.2	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	LAD	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.000	.000	25.0%	25.0%	.178	-0.4	2	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	38	33	4	0	5	10	.121	.237	.182	.207	26.3%
vs RHB	61	53	16	2	6	13	.302	.373	.472	.372	21.3%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Ian Thomas 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	53.3%	217	90.0	2,123	47.0%	22.1%	36	.333	.982
Changeup	26.8%	109	78.9	1,750	53.2%	40.7%	29	.172	.398
Curveball	10.8%	44	73.6	1,553	38.6%	12.5%	11	—	—
Cutter	8.8%	36	86.8	1,111	47.2%	15.8%	10	—	—

Ian Thomas'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 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Randall DelgadoAZ

ERA: 3.25
FIP: 3.79
SO: 73
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Blake TreinenWSH

ERA: 3.86
FIP: 3.49
SO: 65
WAR: 0.8

Very close

Jake DiekmanPHI

ERA: 4.01
FIP: 3.63
SO: 69
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Arquimedes CamineroPIT

ERA: 3.62
FIP: 3.80
SO: 73
WAR: 0.5

Very close

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.