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Luis Escobar

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 23
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lb

Born: May 30, 1996 in Cartagena, Colombia
MLB debut: July 13, 2019

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 5.2
ERA: 7.94
FIP: 7.45
K/9: 3.2
FIP−: 165

Luis Escobar was a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2019 he struck out 2 batters over 5.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.94 was 76.3% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 7.45 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.8% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 6.9%. 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, 2019 regular season.

FIP7.45

K/93.2

WHIP2.47

WAR-.1

Pitching Regular season

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

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2019	PIT	4	0	5.2	0	0	0	10	5	2	4	7.94	7.45	2.47	3.2	6.4	176	165	-0.1	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2019	PIT	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-119	-0.0	—

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	12	9	5	0	2	1	.556	.667	.667	.571	8.3%
vs RHB	17	13	5	1	2	1	.385	.438	.692	.450	5.9%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2019.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .252.

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Escobar 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	39.4%	41	95.2	2,266	31.7%	5.6%	10	—	—
Sinker	28.8%	30	94.9	2,167	53.3%	36.8%	7	—	—
Changeup	19.2%	20	84.2	1,751	30.0%	14.3%	2	—	—
Curveball	12.5%	13	78.6	2,227	15.4%	25.0%	3	—	—

Luis Escobar'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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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.