Pitcher · 2019

Matt Wotherspoon

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: October 6, 1991 in Mountain Top, PA, USA
MLB debut: April 3, 2019

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 4.2
ERA: 15.43
FIP: 9.86
K/9: 3.9
FIP−: 219

Matt Wotherspoon is a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2019 he struck out 2 batters over 4.2 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 15.43 was 242.4% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 9.86 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.9% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 7.7%. 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, 2019.

FIP9.86

K/93.9

WHIP2.57

WAR-.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																			Trend
2019	2	0	4.2	0	0	0	10	8	2	2	15.43	9.86	2.57	3.9	3.9	342	219	-0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	15	14	6	0	1	0	.429	.467	.429	.396	0.0%
vs RHB	11	9	4	2	1	2	.444	.545	1.222	.676	18.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Wotherspoon 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	62.1%	64	90.9	2,156	45.3%	20.0%
Slider	21.4%	22	82.1	2,025	27.3%	45.5%
Changeup	16.5%	17	84.1	1,893	23.5%	0.0%

Matt Wotherspoon'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.

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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.