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Pitcher · 2024

Kirby Snead

Age
30
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 1"
Weight
218 lb
Born
October 7, 1994 in Alachua, FL, USA
MLB debut
July 28, 2021
Drafted
2016, round 10
College
Florida
High school
Santa Fe
dbWAR
.1
1 season(s)
IP
10.1
ERA
4.35
FIP
3.84
K/9
6.1
FIP−
94
100 = avg

Kirby Snead is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2024 he struck out 7 batters over 10.1 innings across 11 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.35 was 6.8% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 3.84 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.6%. 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.

FIP3.84
K/96.1
WHIP1.84
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 LHB20186024.333.400.500.39120.0%
vs RHB28236053.261.393.391.35510.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Kirby Snead 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.

Sinker40.8%8092.62,30345.0%13.9%
Slider21.4%4282.22,70245.2%50.0%
Four-Seam Fastball19.9%3992.62,39346.2%35.3%
Changeup17.9%3587.02,01317.1%18.2%
Kirby Snead'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
202411010.1000125774.353.841.846.16.1107940.1

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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.