P · 2021
Thomas Eshelman
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #73
- Born
- June 20, 1994 in Carlsbad, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 1, 2019
- dbWAR
- -1.6 5 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -115 100 = avg
Thomas Eshelman is a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He averaged 57.3 mph off the bat and made contact on 75.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -115 wRC+ puts his offence 215% below average. That comes to -0.0 dbWAR — -0.3 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -0.2 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -115 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.6 | -116 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 6 | 27.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 7.16 | 6.39 | 1.59 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 168 | 150 | -0.4 | |
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 34.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3.89 | 5.76 | 1.24 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 87 | 129 | -0.3 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6.50 | 7.33 | 1.61 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 144 | 163 | -0.8 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 46 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .225 | .304 | .425 | .315 | 13.0% |
| vs RHB | 80 | 74 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 5 | .338 | .388 | .595 | .417 | 6.3% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 1 tracked batted balls in 2021. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 57.3 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 57.3 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 0.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -77.0° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Thomas Eshelman hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RISP · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Thomas Eshelman 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 2021.
| Sinker | 190 | 86.6 | 1,845 | 43.2% | 8.0% | |
| Slider | 118 | 77.8 | 1,906 | 37.3% | 24.5% | |
| Changeup | 63 | 81.3 | 1,474 | 30.2% | 9.1% | |
| Curveball | 46 | 76.2 | 1,835 | 43.5% | 9.1% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 24 | 85.7 | 1,820 | 41.7% | 22.2% |
Head to head
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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.