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Cory Abbott

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 217 lb

Born: September 20, 1995 in San Diego, CA, United States
MLB debut: June 5, 2021

dbWAR: -2.2
IP: 39.1
ERA: 6.64
FIP: 5.95
K/9: 9.2
FIP−: 137

Cory Abbott was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2023 he struck out 40 batters over 39.1 innings across 22 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 6.64 was 53.2% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 18th of 21 on his team, and 512th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.95 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.0% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.9%. His -0.5 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.

FIP5.95

K/99.2

WHIP1.70

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2023	WSH	22	0	39.1	1	2	48	29	40	19	6.64	5.95	1.70	9.2	4.3	153	137	-0.5
2022	WSH	16	9	48.0	0	5	44	28	45	25	5.25	6.36	1.44	8.4	4.7	132	160	-0.9
2021	CHC	7	1	17.1	0	0	20	13	12	11	6.75	8.94	1.79	6.2	5.7	158	210	-0.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	CHC	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.000	.500	0.0%	33.3%	.292	-0.1	81	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	72	61	19	5	8	17	.311	.403	.590	.419	23.6%
vs RHB	112	96	29	4	12	23	.302	.384	.469	.371	20.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Cory Abbott 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


Knuckle Curve	46.8%	332	84.7	2,368	49.7%	36.2%	73	.247	.618
Four-Seam Fastball	45.7%	324	92.3	2,316	46.0%	15.9%	74	.365	1.137
Slider	7.3%	52	86.7	2,167	46.2%	20.8%	10	—	—

Cory Abbott'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 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

José RuizAZ

ERA: 5.89
FIP: 6.26
SO: 39
WAR: -0.7

Very close

Stephen NogosekNYM

ERA: 5.61
FIP: 6.22
SO: 25
WAR: -0.4

Very close

Kaleb OrtBOS

ERA: 6.26
FIP: 5.86
SO: 24
WAR: -0.2

Taylor ClarkeKC

ERA: 5.95
FIP: 5.07
SO: 65
WAR: -0.1

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.