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Kyle McGrath

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185 lb

Born: July 31, 1992 in Louisville, KY, United States
MLB debut: July 30, 2017

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 4.0
ERA: 4.50
FIP: 9.91
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 239

Kyle McGrath was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2018 he struck out 4 batters over 4.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.50 was 8.4% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 9.91 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.6% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.2%. 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, 2018.

FIP9.91

K/99.0

WHIP1.50

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2018	SD	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	4.50	9.91	1.50	9.0	6.8	108	239	-0.2
2017	SD	17	0	19.0	0	0	0	14	6	16	6	2.84	3.79	1.05	7.6	2.8	65	87	0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-119	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	9	8	1	1	1	1	.125	.222	.500	.305	11.1%
vs RHB	9	7	2	1	2	3	.286	.444	.857	.525	33.3%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2018.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2018.

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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 .247.

Pitch sequencing

What Kyle McGrath 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


Changeup	50.0%	33	77.2	2,030	39.4%	43.8%	9	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	48.5%	32	86.4	2,036	53.1%	7.7%	6	—	—

Kyle McGrath'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.