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John Grabow
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #34
- Born
- November 4, 1978 in Arcadia, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- September 14, 2003
- dbWAR
- 1.3 Regular season, 2005–2011 only
- IP
- 62.1
- ERA
- 4.76
- FIP
- 5.08
- K/9
- 5.5
- FIP−
- 129 100 = avg
John Grabow was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2011 he struck out 38 batters over 62.1 innings across 58 appearances, going 3-1. His ERA of 4.76 was 20.9% higher than the league average of 3.94 — 9th of 15 on his team, and 362nd of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.08 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.5%. His -0.5 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, 2011 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2011; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | CHC | 58 | 0 | 62.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 33 | 38 | 28 | 4.76 | 5.08 | 1.52 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 121 | 129 | -0.5 | |
| 2010 | CHC | 28 | 0 | 25.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 7.36 | 5.69 | 1.87 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 181 | 139 | -0.3 | |
| 2009 | PIT/CHC | 75 | 0 | 72.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 27 | 57 | 40 | 3.36 | 4.20 | 1.41 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 78 | 97 | 0.5 | |
| 2008 | PIT | 74 | 0 | 76.0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 62 | 37 | 2.84 | 4.54 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 66 | 105 | 0.2 | |
| 2007 | PIT | 63 | 0 | 51.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 26 | 42 | 19 | 4.53 | 4.28 | 1.45 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 101 | 96 | 0.4 | |
| 2006 | PIT | 72 | 0 | 69.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 32 | 66 | 30 | 4.13 | 3.98 | 1.41 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 91 | 88 | 0.8 | |
| 2005 | PIT | 63 | 0 | 52.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 28 | 42 | 25 | 4.85 | 4.46 | 1.37 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 113 | 104 | 0.2 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2011; his career began in 2003, 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 | 101 | 90 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 14 | .244 | .293 | .422 | .314 | 13.9% |
| vs RHB | 181 | 157 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 24 | .287 | .374 | .490 | .377 | 13.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What John Grabow 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 | 340 | 88.0 | 1,778 | 38.2% | 11.5% | 93 | .366 | 1.137 | |
| Changeup | 289 | 81.3 | 1,851 | 40.5% | 33.8% | 71 | .239 | .665 | |
| Slider | 282 | 82.1 | 556 | 45.0% | 34.0% | 76 | .171 | .484 | |
| Unknown | 29 | — | — | 34.5% | 33.3% | 8 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 10 | 75.4 | 1,296 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.