Players · S · Pitcher · 2016 regular season
Layne Somsen
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Born
- June 5, 1989 in Yankton, SD, United States
- MLB debut
- May 14, 2016
- dbWAR
- -.3 Regular season, 1 season(s)
- IP
- 2.1
- ERA
- 19.29
- FIP
- 16.43
- K/9
- 7.7
- FIP−
- 392 100 = avg
Layne Somsen was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2016 he struck out 2 batters over 2.1 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 19.29 was 360.3% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 16.43 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 13.3% of swings (6.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 18.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.5%. His -0.3 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, 2016 regular season.
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19.29 | 16.43 | 3.86 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 460 | 392 | -0.3 | — |
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 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .350 | 14.3% |
| vs RHB | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .571 | .667 | 1.429 | .811 | 11.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Layne Somsen 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Cutter | 32 | 88.5 | 1,779 | 50.0% | 12.5% | 6 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 20 | 76.9 | 1,258 | 50.0% | 18.2% | 5 | — | — |
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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.