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Jason Johnson
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #16
- Born
- October 27, 1973 in Santa Barbara, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 27, 1997
- dbWAR
- 2.8 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 29.1
- ERA
- 5.22
- FIP
- 5.42
- K/9
- 6.1
- FIP−
- 125 100 = avg
Jason Johnson was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2008 he struck out 20 batters over 29.1 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 5.22 was 20.6% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 360th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.42 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 16.1% of swings (6.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.4%. His -0.2 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, 2008 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 1997, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 1997, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 57 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .300 | .375 | .540 | .383 | 12.3% |
| vs RHB | 73 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 13 | .262 | .342 | .477 | .363 | 17.8% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2008.
Pitch sequencing
What Jason Johnson 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 161 | 92.1 | 2,164 | 38.5% | 7.4% | 42 | .381 | 1.232 | |
| Sinker | 131 | 91.3 | 1,943 | 46.6% | 11.1% | 38 | .237 | .615 | |
| Slider | 113 | 83.2 | 414 | 41.6% | 42.1% | 21 | .190 | .482 | |
| Curveball | 59 | 76.9 | 904 | 40.7% | 21.1% | 9 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 15 | 81.0 | 1,602 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 5 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 11 | 83.8 | 1,263 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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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.