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Jason Grimsley

Age
39
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
205 lb
Number
#38
Born
August 7, 1967 in Cleveland, TX, United States
MLB debut
September 8, 1989

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dbWAR
-.5
Regular season, 2005–2006 only
IP
27.2
ERA
4.88
FIP
5.17
K/9
3.3
FIP−
114
100 = avg

Jason Grimsley was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2006 he struck out 10 batters over 27.2 innings across 19 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.88 was 7.8% higher than the league average of 4.53 — 11th of 15 on his team, and 301st of 466 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.17 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 14.0% of swings (7.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 8.5%. 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, 2006 regular season.

FIP5.17
K/93.3
WHIP1.37
WAR-.0

WAR by season

0.0-0.2-0.40506

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2006; his career began in 1989, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

Trend
2006AZ19027.212030151084.885.171.373.32.6108114-0.0
2005BAL22022.012024141095.736.291.504.13.7133147-0.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2006; his career began in 1989, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

Trend
2006AZ44000002.000.000.000.000.0000.0%50.0%.000-1.1-120-0.1—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2006. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB534813053.271.340.292.2795.7%
vs RHB655917437.288.323.559.37610.8%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2006.

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Not in the 2006 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.

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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.