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Shintaro Fujinami

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 180 lb

Born: April 12, 1994 in Sakai, Japan
MLB debut: April 1, 2023

dbWAR: .2
IP: 79.0
ERA: 7.18
FIP: 4.61
K/9: 9.5
FIP−: 106

Shintaro Fujinami was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2023 he struck out 83 batters over 79.0 innings across 64 appearances, going 7-8. His ERA of 7.18 was 65.7% higher than the league average of 4.33 — the second worst on his team, and 533rd of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.61 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.1% of swings (13.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. 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, 2023.

FIP4.61

K/99.5

WHIP1.49

WAR.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2023	OAK/BAL	64	7	79.0	7	8	2	73	63	83	45	7.18	4.61	1.49	9.5	5.1	166	106	0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. 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	144	123	26	4	19	35	.211	.313	.390	.307	24.3%
vs RHB	213	179	47	5	26	48	.263	.376	.413	.353	22.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Shintaro Fujinami 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	56.5%	793	98.4	2,013	45.6%	25.6%	168	.244	.774
Splitter	19.8%	278	92.8	1,180	41.0%	37.2%	70	.243	.756
Cutter	16.2%	227	88.3	2,040	45.4%	38.2%	41	.171	.581
Sweeper	6.1%	86	84.3	2,178	36.0%	27.3%	17	.235	.588
Slider	1.2%	17	84.6	2,058	41.2%	33.3%	4	—	—

Shintaro Fujinami'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 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jalen BeeksTB

ERA: 5.95
FIP: 3.82
SO: 47
WAR: 0.6

Calvin FaucherTB

ERA: 7.01
FIP: 4.85
SO: 25
WAR: 0.0

Jonathan HernándezTEX

ERA: 5.40
FIP: 4.55
SO: 34
WAR: 0.2

Hogan HarrisOAK

ERA: 7.14
FIP: 5.02
SO: 56
WAR: 0.0

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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.