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Jake Peavy

San Francisco GiantsNational League West
Age
35
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
195 lb
Number
#44
Born
May 31, 1981 in Mobile, AL, United States
MLB debut
June 22, 2002
dbWAR
2.7
4 season(s)
IP
118.2
ERA
5.54
FIP
4.36
K/9
7.7
FIP−
104
100 = avg

Jake Peavy was a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2016 he struck out 102 batters over 118.2 innings across 31 appearances, 21 of them starts, going 5-9. His ERA of 5.54 was 32.1% higher than the league average of 4.19 — the second worst on his team, and 417th of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.36 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.2% of swings (11.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. His 1.0 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, 2016.

FIP4.36
K/97.7
WHIP1.43
WAR1.0

WAR by season

1.30.70.01516

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016SF3121118.259013473102365.544.361.437.72.71321041.0
2015SF1919110.2860994478253.583.871.126.32.090981.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2016SF17315030212.185.241.185.000.3336.5%38.7%.199-3.0170.1
2015SF19417130117.194.216.333.139.3332.4%41.5%.240-2.5480.4

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB2272056271839.302.360.561.39217.2%
vs RHB29327172111863.266.313.461.33321.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

—————2 AB—4 AB—1 AB——5 AB—1 AB—2 AB—3 AB—2 AB
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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .255.

Pitch sequencing

What Jake Peavy 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.

Cutter33.2%67385.198446.1%23.6%163.282.783
Four-Seam Fastball26.9%54688.92,18652.9%18.1%118.237.845
Sinker17.3%35088.72,17344.6%10.2%77.312.891
Curveball14.6%29578.754542.4%37.8%79.266.819
Changeup6.8%13782.81,66434.3%35.8%36.306.824
Slider0.7%1481.269142.9%28.6%3——
Jake Peavy's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Luis SeverinoNYY
ERA
5.83
FIP
4.48
SO
66
WAR
0.4
Very close
Wade MileySEA
ERA
5.37
FIP
4.45
SO
137
WAR
1.4
Very close
Jaime GarcíaSTL
ERA
4.67
FIP
4.49
SO
150
WAR
1.3
Very close
Sonny GrayOAK
ERA
5.69
FIP
4.67
SO
94
WAR
0.6
Very close
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.