P · 2021
Kyle McGowin
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Number
- #61
- Born
- November 27, 1991 in Southampton, NY, USA
- MLB debut
- September 5, 2018
- dbWAR
- -.5 7 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -122 100 = avg
Kyle McGowin is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. 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. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -122 wRC+ puts his offence 222% below 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 -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -122 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .291 | -0.1 | 76 | 0.0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -116 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 4.20 | 4.60 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 98 | 108 | 0.0 | |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 4.91 | 4.01 | 1.27 | 13.1 | 4.1 | 110 | 90 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 10.13 | 7.59 | 1.63 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 225 | 168 | -0.4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5.87 | 6.42 | 1.43 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 141 | 155 | -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% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 64 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 19 | .222 | .344 | .463 | .348 | 29.7% |
| vs RHB | 64 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .155 | .234 | .259 | .226 | 25.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Kyle McGowin 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · 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 Kyle McGowin 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.
| Slider | 353 | 81.1 | 2,731 | 48.4% | 31.1% | |
| Sinker | 106 | 90.9 | 2,346 | 48.1% | 16.7% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 56 | 91.2 | 2,343 | 44.6% | 18.2% |
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.