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Kyle McGowin

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 202 lb
Number: #61

Born: November 27, 1991 in Southampton, NY, United States
MLB debut: September 5, 2018

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 30.0
ERA: 4.20
FIP: 4.60
K/9: 10.5
FIP−: 108

Kyle McGowin was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2021 he struck out 35 batters over 30.0 innings across 27 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.20 was 1.5% lower than the league average of 4.27 — 10th of 23 on his team, and 288th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.60 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.2% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.3%. 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, 2021.

FIP4.60

K/910.5

WHIP1.17

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	WSH	27	0	30.0	0	0	21	14	35	14	4.20	4.60	1.17	10.5	4.2	98	108	0.1
2020	WSH	9	0	11.0	1	1	9	6	16	5	4.91	4.01	1.27	13.1	4.1	110	90	0.1
2019	WSH	7	1	16.0	0	1	22	18	18	4	10.13	7.59	1.63	10.1	2.3	225	168	-0.4
2018	WSH	5	1	7.2	0	0	6	5	8	5	5.87	6.42	1.43	9.4	5.9	141	155	-0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	WSH	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-122	-0.0
2019	WSH	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	.333	0.0%	0.0%	.291	-0.1	76	0.0
2018	WSH	1	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.5	-116	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	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.

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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SliderSinkerFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	68.3%	353	81.1	2,731	48.4%	31.1%	83	.169	.601
Sinker	20.5%	106	90.9	2,346	48.1%	16.7%	22	.273	.785
Four-Seam Fastball	10.8%	56	91.2	2,343	44.6%	18.2%	7	—	—

Kyle McGowin'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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Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Miguel DíazSD

ERA: 3.64
FIP: 4.81
SO: 46
WAR: -0.0

Very close

Will SmithATL

ERA: 3.44
FIP: 4.17
SO: 87
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Ross DetwilerMIA

ERA: 4.64
FIP: 4.89
SO: 62
WAR: -0.0

Very close

Ralph Garza Jr.MIN

ERA: 3.56
FIP: 4.88
SO: 29
WAR: -0.0

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.