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Austin Bibens-Dirkx

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: April 29, 1985 in Salem, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Portland (Portland, OR).

High School: McNary HS (Keizer, OR)

School: University of Portland (Portland, OR)

Debut: May 17, 2017 (Age 32-018d, 21,367th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 12, 2018 (Age 33-136d)
vs. LAA 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Ballplayers Agency

Full Name: Austin Mitchell Bibens-Dirkx

Nicknames: El Rubio

Pronunciation: \BIBB-ins DIRKS\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

5.27

114.1

WHIP

1.434

Summary of 23 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
TEX	23

Platoon
vs LHB	12
vs RHB	11

Home/Road
Home	12
Away	11

Outs
1	9
0	8
2	6

11 Opps
TOR	4
CLE	3
HOU	3
BAL	3
CHW	3
LAA	2
TBR	1
OAK	1
WSN	1
NYY	1
SEA	1

20 Batters
Yonder Alonso	2
Justin Smoak	2
Todd Frazier	2
Aaron Judge	1
Trey Mancini	1
Steven Souza Jr.	1
Josh Reddick	1
José Bautista	1
Tyler Naquin	1
Caleb Joseph	1
Kaleb Cowart	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Chris Davis	1
Alex Bregman	1
Tony Kemp	1
José Abreu	1
Khris Davis	1
Kendrys Morales	1
Shohei Ohtani	1

9 Parks
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	12
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	7
9	7
89	4
78	4
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	5
2	5
4	3
3	3
7+	3
6	2
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
-2-	2
1--	2
12-	1
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

35 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	15
1 on	5
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	4
6	2
7	1
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	9
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	5
-1	2
-3	2
-4..	1

Ahead	13
Tied	5
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
3-2	4
1-0	4
1-1	3
2-1	2
2-2	2
1-2	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
RF	4
DH	4
LF	3
3B	2
2B	1
CF	1
C	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	6
5th	5
3rd	4
9th	3
6th	2
1st	1
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-05-26	Justin Smoak	TOR		TEX	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	3	6%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	2017-05-26	Kendrys Morales	TOR		TEX	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	4	DH	8%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2017-05-31	Steven Souza Jr.	TBR	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 2	0	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Morrison Scores
4	4	4	1	2017-06-11	Brian Goodwin	WSN		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	2017-06-19	Justin Smoak	TOR	@	TEX	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	10%	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	2	2017-06-19	José Bautista	TOR	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	3	9	12%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2017-06-24	Aaron Judge	NYY		TEX	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	3	9	9%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	2017-06-30	José Abreu	CHW		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
9	9	9	2	2017-06-30	Todd Frazier	CHW		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	5	9%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
10	10	10	3	2017-06-30	Todd Frazier	CHW		TEX	behind 2-5	b 4	0	---	8,(3-2) CBCBFBFX	1	4	5	10%	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	2017-07-18	Chris Davis	BAL		TEX	ahead 6-1	b 4	1	123	2,(1-0) .BX	4	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Tejada Scores; A. Jones Scores/unER; J. Schoop Scores
12	12	12	1	2017-07-29	Trey Mancini	BAL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	1	6	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	13	2	2017-07-29	Caleb Joseph	BAL	@	TEX	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	2	9%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	14	1	2017-08-22	Kaleb Cowart	LAA		TEX	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	1-3	7,(3-2) BFSB+3B>F1>X	3	9	4	10%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Cron Scores; M. Maldonado Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2018-05-29	Nelson Cruz	SEA		TEX	ahead 3-2	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) FSBBX	1	4	DH	10%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	2018-07-03	Josh Reddick	HOU	@	TEX	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	7,(2-2) CBFBFFX	1	6	9	9%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	3	2	2018-07-03	Tony Kemp	HOU	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	7	12%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Federowicz Scores
18	18	4	1	2018-07-21	Yonder Alonso	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	-2-	2,(1-0) .BX	2	5	3	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Encarnación Scores
19	19	5	2	2018-07-21	Tyler Naquin	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Y. Gomes Scores
20	20	6	3	2018-07-21	Yonder Alonso	CLE	@	TEX	ahead 9-0	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	7	1	2018-07-24	Khris Davis	OAK	@	TEX	tied 10-10	t 10	1	12-	4,(2-1) B*BFX	3	4	DH	38%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Martini Scores; J. Lowrie Scores
22	22	8	1	2018-07-28	Alex Bregman	HOU		TEX	behind 1-7	b 9	0	-2-	5,(3-1) FB.BBX	2	2	6	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Springer Scores
23	23	9	1	2018-09-05	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@	TEX	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	3	DH	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)