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Caleb Baragar

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 27
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: April 9, 1994 in Jenison, MI, United States
MLB debut: July 25, 2020

dbWAR: .4
IP: 23.0
ERA: 1.57
FIP: 4.30
K/9: 6.3
FIP−: 101

Caleb Baragar was a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2021 he struck out 16 batters over 23.0 innings across 25 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 1.57 was 63.3% lower than the league average of 4.27 — the second best on his team, and 11th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.30 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. 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, 2021.

FIP4.30

K/96.3

WHIP1.35

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2021	SF	25	0	23.0	2	1	2	19	4	16	12	1.57	4.30	1.35	6.3	4.7	37	101	0.1
2020	SF	24	1	22.1	5	1	0	17	10	19	5	4.03	4.04	0.99	7.7	2.0	90	91	0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	SF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.5	-121	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	41	31	10	0	8	6	.323	.463	.387	.391	14.6%
vs RHB	57	50	9	1	4	10	.180	.263	.320	.245	17.5%

Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .243.

Pitch sequencing

What Caleb Baragar 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	81.0%	290	92.8	2,362	46.2%	20.8%	67	.269	.757
Slider	17.3%	62	83.0	2,681	35.5%	33.3%	12	—	—

Caleb Baragar'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 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Drew HutchisonDET

ERA: 2.11
FIP: 4.39
SO: 10
WAR: 0.1

Ryan BurrCWS

ERA: 2.45
FIP: 4.23
SO: 33
WAR: 0.3

Domingo TapiaKC

ERA: 2.67
FIP: 3.35
SO: 26
WAR: 0.6

Lou Trivino IIIOAK

ERA: 3.18
FIP: 3.78
SO: 67
WAR: 0.8

Comparable

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.