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Pitcher · 2024

Alex Wood

Age
33
B/T
R/L
Height
6' 4"
Weight
215 lb
Number
#58
Born
January 12, 1991 in Charlotte, NC, USA
MLB debut
May 30, 2013
Drafted
2012, round 2
College
Georgia
High school
Ardrey Kell
Salary, 2024
$8.5M
dbWAR
-.1
1 season(s)
IP
39.1
ERA
5.26
FIP
5.30
K/9
7.6
FIP−
130
100 = avg

Alex Wood is a starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2024 he struck out 33 batters over 39.1 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 1-3. His ERA of 5.26 was 29.0% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 21st of 23 on his team, and 444th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.30 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 20.7% of swings (8.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.7%. 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, 2024.

FIP5.30
K/97.6
WHIP1.78
WAR-.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB514617139.370.431.522.41717.6%
vs RHB1351123451624.304.398.518.39417.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Wood 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 2024.

Sinker46.0%34890.51,94449.4%20.0%
Slider31.5%23881.42,05039.1%28.8%
Changeup22.4%16984.51,66442.0%16.1%
Alex Wood'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
20249939.1130512333195.265.301.787.64.3129130-0.1

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Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.