Pitcher · 2019
Wei-Chung Wang
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 160 lb
- Number
- #51
- Born
- April 25, 1992 in Taitung City, Taiwan
- MLB debut
- April 14, 2014
- dbWAR
- -.1 2 season(s)
- IP
- 31.0
- ERA
- 3.77
- FIP
- 5.18
- K/9
- 5.2
- FIP−
- 115 100 = avg
Wei-Chung Wang is a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2019 he struck out 18 batters over 31.0 innings across 25 appearances, going 3-0. His ERA of 3.77 was 16.2% lower than the league average of 4.51 — 7th of 17 on his team, and 156th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.18 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.0%. His -0.1 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, 2019.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25 | 0 | 31.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 3.77 | 5.18 | 1.32 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 84 | 115 | -0.1 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 9.91 | 3.75 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 310 | 227 | -0.1 |
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 | 57 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .220 | .298 | .280 | .262 | 15.8% |
| vs RHB | 72 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 9 | .254 | .347 | .476 | .352 | 12.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Wei-Chung Wang 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 2019.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 227 | 91.4 | 2,163 | 45.4% | 12.4% | |
| Slider | 195 | 84.1 | 2,343 | 45.6% | 24.4% | |
| Changeup | 83 | 83.6 | 1,922 | 31.3% | 29.3% | |
| Curveball | 13 | 76.8 | 2,494 | 30.8% | 0.0% |
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Similar players
Nearest 2019 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.