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Jerome Williams

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 260 lb
Number: #57

Born: December 4, 1981 in Honolulu, HI, United States
MLB debut: April 26, 2003

dbWAR: -1.3
IP: 17.1
ERA: 5.71
FIP: 6.61
K/9: 4.2
FIP−: 158

Jerome Williams was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2016 he struck out 8 batters over 17.1 innings across 11 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.71 was 36.3% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 6.61 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.4% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.9%. His -0.4 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.

FIP6.61

K/94.2

WHIP1.62

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	STL	11	0	17.1	0	0	0	22	11	8	6	5.71	6.61	1.62	4.2	3.1	136	158	-0.4
2015	PHI	33	21	121.0	4	12	1	161	78	74	34	5.80	5.24	1.61	5.5	2.5	146	132	-0.7

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	STL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-120	-0.0
2015	PHI	20	36	2	0	1	0	1	14	.065	.094	.097	.032	.118	2.8%	38.9%	.090	-6.5	-59	-0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	29	25	3	0	3	3	.120	.241	.200	.215	10.3%
vs RHB	52	47	19	4	3	5	.404	.442	.745	.493	9.6%

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.

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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 Jerome Williams 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.

Season


Sinker	35.7%	104	89.7	1,961	39.4%	5.3%	21	.333	1.114
Cutter	29.6%	86	86.5	808	45.3%	33.3%	22	.409	1.140
Changeup	17.9%	52	83.8	1,655	38.5%	23.3%	17	.118	.505
Four-Seam Fastball	12.7%	37	89.8	1,983	32.4%	20.0%	10	—	—

Jerome Williams'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.