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Justin Lehr
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #62
- Born
- August 3, 1977 in Orange, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- June 20, 2004
- dbWAR
- -.8 Regular season, 2005–2009 only
- IP
- 65.1
- ERA
- 5.37
- FIP
- 6.30
- K/9
- 4.5
- FIP−
- 146 100 = avg
Justin Lehr was a starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2009 he struck out 33 batters over 65.1 innings across 11 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 5-3. His ERA of 5.37 was 24.3% higher than the league average of 4.32 — the second worst on his team, and 375th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.30 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.6% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. His -0.7 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.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2009; his career began in 2004, 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 | 124 | 107 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 14 | .234 | .339 | .430 | .343 | 11.3% |
| vs RHB | 162 | 145 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 19 | .324 | .379 | .552 | .405 | 11.7% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2009.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2009.
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Lehr 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 | 352 | 85.7 | 1,652 | 42.3% | 8.2% | 83 | .349 | 1.001 | |
| Cutter | 184 | 84.0 | 1,252 | 40.2% | 11.5% | 46 | .239 | .648 | |
| Changeup | 177 | 79.8 | 1,271 | 33.3% | 23.2% | 42 | .286 | .957 | |
| Curveball | 167 | 71.3 | 1,574 | 44.3% | 24.3% | 41 | .244 | .621 | |
| Sinker | 92 | 85.6 | 1,922 | 39.1% | 12.5% | 24 | .208 | .780 | |
| Slider | 92 | 78.6 | 666 | 55.4% | 9.7% | 16 | .313 | 1.165 |
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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.