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Ben Taylor

Cleveland Indians American League Central

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lb

Born: November 12, 1992 in Montgomery, AL, United States
MLB debut: April 7, 2017

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 6.0
ERA: 6.00
FIP: 5.33
K/9: 12.0
FIP−: 128

Ben Taylor was a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. In 2018 he struck out 8 batters over 6.0 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.00 was 44.6% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 5.33 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.9% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 32.0%. His -0.0 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.

FIP5.33

K/912.0

WHIP1.17

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2018	CLE	6	0	6.0	0	0	0	6	4	8	1	6.00	5.33	1.17	12.0	1.5	145	128	-0.0
2017	BOS	14	0	17.1	0	1	1	20	10	18	9	5.19	4.89	1.67	9.3	4.7	119	112	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	12	11	4	1	1	1	.364	.417	.727	.482	8.3%
vs RHB	13	13	2	1	0	7	.154	.154	.462	.255	53.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Ben Taylor 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


Four-Seam Fastball	61.6%	61	93.0	2,118	52.5%	19.4%	15	.267	1.046
Slider	22.2%	22	84.1	1,819	50.0%	30.0%	5	—	—
Changeup	10.1%	10	84.2	1,684	40.0%	50.0%	1	—	—

Ben Taylor'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.