Pitcher · 2018
Ben Taylor
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Born
- November 12, 1992 in Montgomery, AL, USA
- MLB debut
- April 7, 2017
- dbWAR
- -.1 2 season(s)
- IP
- 6.0
- ERA
- 6.00
- FIP
- 5.33
- K/9
- 12.0
- FIP−
- 128 100 = avg
Ben Taylor is 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.
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 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 | 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.
| 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 61 | 93.0 | 2,118 | 52.5% | 19.4% | |
| Slider | 22 | 84.1 | 1,819 | 50.0% | 30.0% | |
| Changeup | 10 | 84.2 | 1,684 | 40.0% | 50.0% |
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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.