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Justin Hampson

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #45

Born: May 24, 1980 in Belleville, IL, United States
MLB debut: September 10, 2006

dbWAR: 1.2
IP: 10.0
ERA: 1.80
FIP: 3.79
K/9: 3.6
FIP−: 95

Justin Hampson was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2012 he struck out 4 batters over 10.0 innings across 13 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 1.80 was 55.2% lower than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 3.79 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.5% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.8%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP3.79

K/93.6

WHIP1.10

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2012	NYM	13	0	10.0	0	0	6	2	4	5	1.80	3.79	1.10	3.6	4.5	45	95	0.1
2008	SD	35	0	30.2	2	1	31	10	19	10	2.93	3.30	1.34	5.6	2.9	68	76	0.5
2007	SD	39	0	53.1	2	3	48	16	34	16	2.70	3.28	1.20	5.7	2.7	60	73	0.9
2006	COL	5	1	12.0	1	0	19	10	9	5	7.50	6.40	2.00	6.8	3.8	166	141	-0.1

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2012	NYM	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.2	-124	-0.0
2008	SD	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-135	-0.0
2007	SD	4	4	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	25.0%	.000	-1.1	-137	-0.1
2006	COL	3	5	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.000	.000	20.0%	20.0%	.182	-0.6	-3	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	23	20	3	0	2	3	.150	.227	.150	.184	13.0%
vs RHB	14	11	3	0	3	1	.273	.429	.455	.393	7.1%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2012.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2012.

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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 .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Justin Hampson 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


Slider	42.3%	60	81.7	642	50.0%	21.2%	12	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	34.5%	49	85.7	1,772	34.7%	0.0%	10	—	—
Curveball	19.7%	28	73.9	1,286	35.7%	14.3%	10	—	—

Justin Hampson'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.