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Jon Lieber
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Number
- #32
- Born
- April 2, 1970 in Council Bluffs, IA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 15, 1994
- dbWAR
- 5.2 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 46.2
- ERA
- 4.05
- FIP
- 5.27
- K/9
- 5.2
- FIP−
- 122 100 = avg
Jon Lieber was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2008 he struck out 27 batters over 46.2 innings across 26 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 4.05 was 6.3% lower than the league average of 4.32 — 8th of 15 on his team, and 209th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.27 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.8% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 2.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.2%. 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 1994, 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 1994, 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 | 73 | 68 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 11 | .368 | .411 | .721 | .470 | 15.1% |
| vs RHB | 131 | 125 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 16 | .272 | .287 | .456 | .323 | 12.2% |
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 Jon Lieber 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.
| Slider | 263 | 82.0 | 839 | 40.3% | 36.5% | 78 | .205 | .648 | |
| Sinker | 180 | 87.5 | 1,981 | 46.1% | 9.8% | 41 | .390 | 1.017 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 154 | 87.5 | 1,821 | 53.2% | 16.5% | 43 | .349 | .907 | |
| Changeup | 34 | 83.1 | 1,405 | 26.5% | 4.8% | 17 | .235 | .471 | |
| Cutter | 31 | 86.0 | 1,256 | 54.8% | 0.0% | 9 | — | — | |
| Unknown | 28 | — | — | 32.1% | 50.0% | 5 | — | — |
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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.