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Jon Switzer

Age
30
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 3"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#52
Born
August 13, 1979 in Bowling Green, KY, United States
MLB debut
August 2, 2003

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dbWAR
-.3
Regular season, 2005–2009 only
IP
3.1
ERA
8.10
FIP
7.90
K/9
8.1
FIP−
183
100 = avg

Jon Switzer was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2009 he struck out 3 batters over 3.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 8.10 was 87.4% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 7.90 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 25.9% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.6%. His -0.1 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP7.90
K/98.1
WHIP1.80
WAR-.1

WAR by season

0.1-0.1-0.305060709

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2003, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.

Trend
2009NYM403.100043328.107.901.808.15.4187183-0.1
2007TB21019.002027171378.054.341.796.23.3180970.1
2006TB40033.2220381718194.545.791.694.85.1100128-0.3
2005TB204.000053576.755.773.0011.315.8157134-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB862122.333.5001.000.59825.0%
vs RHB982001.250.333.250.28311.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Jon Switzer 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 Fastball44.8%3088.62,39833.3%23.1%7——
Slider28.4%1982.193747.4%33.3%3——
Sinker14.9%1086.92,20160.0%0.0%3——
Jon Switzer'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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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.