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Cole Waites

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #79

Born: June 10, 1998 in Lawrenceville, GA, United States
MLB debut: September 13, 2022

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 2.1
ERA: 15.43
FIP: 4.11
K/9: 7.7
FIP−: 95

Cole Waites was a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2023 he struck out 2 batters over 2.1 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 15.43 was 256.2% higher than the league average of 4.33. Stripping out defence, his 4.11 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.4% of swings (9.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.3%. 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, 2023.

FIP4.11

K/97.7

WHIP3.43

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2023	SF	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	6	4	2	2	15.43	4.11	3.43	7.7	7.7	356	95	0.0
2022	SF	7	0	5.2	0	0	0	6	2	4	4	3.18	6.11	1.76	6.4	6.4	80	154	-0.1

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	7	7	4	0	0	1	.571	.571	.714	.559	14.3%
vs RHB	8	6	2	0	2	1	.333	.500	.333	.398	12.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Cole Waites 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	67.7%	44	95.7	2,371	50.0%	18.2%	10	—	—
Slider	30.8%	20	83.5	2,150	35.0%	25.0%	3	—	—

Cole Waites'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.