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Players · K · Pitcher · 2023

Brett Kennedy

Age
29
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 0"
Weight
200 lb
Born
August 4, 1994 in Pomona, NJ, United States
MLB debut
August 8, 2018
dbWAR
-.4
3 season(s)
IP
18.0
ERA
6.50
FIP
4.64
K/9
4.5
FIP−
107
100 = avg

Brett Kennedy was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2023 he struck out 9 batters over 18.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 6.50 was 50.1% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 4.64 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.5% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.8%. 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, 2023.

FIP4.64
K/94.5
WHIP1.44
WAR.1

WAR by season

0.1-0.1-0.31823

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2023CIN5218.01001913976.504.641.444.53.51501070.1
2018SD6626.2120362018126.756.311.806.14.0163152-0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2018SD69000004.000.000.000.000.0000.0%44.4%.000-2.3-119-0.1—

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB433411163.324.405.618.4227.0%
vs RHB40358016.229.300.343.28715.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Brett Kennedy 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 Fastball42.9%13393.12,17040.6%20.0%28.214.773
Changeup28.1%8783.61,40939.1%20.8%26.308.795
Sinker23.5%7392.11,97935.6%12.5%15.333.967
Slider5.5%1783.82,29823.5%—0——
Brett Kennedy'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.