P · 2021
Jake Brentz
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- September 14, 1994 in Ballwin, MO, USA
- MLB debut
- April 3, 2021
Age shown as of the 2022 season.
- dbWAR
- .1 3 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- —
- OBP
- 1.000
- SLG
- —
- wRC+
- 365 100 = avg
Jake Brentz is a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. He made contact on 100.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 365 wRC+ puts his offence 265% above average. That comes to 0.0 dbWAR — +0.3 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 +0.4 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .725 | +0.3 | 365 | 0.0 | — |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 23.63 | 8.36 | 3.94 | 15.2 | 16.9 | 595 | 211 | -0.2 | |
| 2021 | 72 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 76 | 37 | 3.66 | 4.23 | 1.28 | 10.7 | 5.2 | 86 | 99 | 0.3 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .725 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 91 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 21 | .116 | .292 | .203 | .251 | 23.1% |
| vs RHB | 187 | 160 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 55 | .231 | .333 | .406 | .326 | 29.4% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Jake Brentz 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.000 | — | .725 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .725 |
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 Jake Brentz 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 | 647 | 96.9 | 2,248 | 49.8% | 22.1% | |
| Slider | 308 | 85.2 | 2,230 | 44.8% | 43.2% | |
| Changeup | 140 | 91.0 | 1,682 | 36.4% | 42.4% | |
| Sinker | 10 | 97.1 | 2,265 | 20.0% | 0.0% |
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.