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Zac Reininger

Age: 26
B/T: S/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 190 lb

Born: January 28, 1993 in San Antonio, TX, United States
MLB debut: August 27, 2017

dbWAR: -1.6
IP: 28.0
ERA: 8.68
FIP: 8.82
K/9: 5.5
FIP−: 196

Zac Reininger was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2019 he struck out 17 batters over 28.0 innings across 25 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 8.68 was 92.6% higher than the league average of 4.51 — 19th of 21 on his team, and 533rd of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 8.82 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.7% of swings (7.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.1%. His -1.1 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, 2019 regular season.

FIP8.82

K/95.5

WHIP2.14

WAR-1.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2019	DET	25	1	28.0	0	3	44	27	17	16	8.68	8.82	2.14	5.5	5.1	193	196	-1.1
2018	DET	18	0	21.1	1	0	28	18	18	9	7.59	5.79	1.73	7.6	3.8	183	139	-0.3
2017	DET	10	0	9.2	0	0	16	8	5	3	7.45	7.09	1.97	4.7	2.8	171	163	-0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

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	55	42	14	3	12	6	.333	.473	.667	.463	10.9%
vs RHB	85	80	30	8	4	11	.375	.400	.850	.500	12.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Zac Reininger 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	33.2%	177	94.4	2,309	43.5%	16.4%	39	.385	1.284
Sinker	26.6%	142	93.1	2,179	40.1%	12.7%	28	.393	1.292
Slider	23.5%	125	83.7	2,509	38.4%	16.7%	27	.296	.852
Curveball	12.8%	68	80.5	2,660	33.8%	24.4%	24	.417	1.583
Changeup	3.9%	21	84.2	1,624	23.8%	42.9%	4	—	—

Zac Reininger'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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Similar players

Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Alex McRaePIT

ERA: 8.78
FIP: 8.31
SO: 19
WAR: -0.9

Dan StrailyBAL

ERA: 9.82
FIP: 9.34
SO: 33
WAR: -2.0

Comparable

Edwin JacksonDET

ERA: 9.58
FIP: 7.65
SO: 52
WAR: -1.6

Comparable

Brock StewartTOR

ERA: 9.82
FIP: 8.59
SO: 19
WAR: -1.0

Loosely similar

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.