Pitcher · 2023
Spenser Watkins
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #97
- Born
- August 27, 1992 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
- MLB debut
- July 2, 2021
- dbWAR
- -.3 3 season(s)
- IP
- 4.1
- ERA
- 10.38
- FIP
- 8.79
- K/9
- 8.3
- FIP−
- 203 100 = avg
Spenser Watkins is a starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2023 he struck out 4 batters over 4.1 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 10.38 was 139.7% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 8.79 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.2% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.0%. 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, 2023.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10.38 | 8.79 | 2.08 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 240 | 203 | -0.2 | |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 | 105.1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 55 | 63 | 30 | 4.70 | 4.24 | 1.41 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 118 | 107 | 0.7 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 10 | 54.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 49 | 35 | 19 | 8.07 | 6.37 | 1.70 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 189 | 149 | -0.8 |
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 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .307 | 28.6% |
| vs RHB | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .417 | .500 | 1.083 | .628 | 14.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Spenser Watkins 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 2023.
| Sinker | 27 | 90.0 | 1,979 | 51.9% | 0.0% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 23 | 90.4 | 2,174 | 39.1% | 20.0% | |
| Cutter | 19 | 86.1 | 2,283 | 52.6% | 18.2% | |
| Slider | 15 | 76.9 | 2,471 | 53.3% | 37.5% |
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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.