Players · B · Pitcher · 2009 regular season
Jeff Bennett
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #30
- Born
- June 10, 1980 in Donelson, TN, United States
- MLB debut
- April 6, 2004
- dbWAR
- .8 Regular season, 2007–2009 only
- IP
- 46.2
- ERA
- 5.01
- FIP
- 5.37
- K/9
- 5.2
- FIP−
- 124 100 = avg
Jeff Bennett was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2009 he struck out 27 batters over 46.2 innings across 44 appearances, going 2-4. His ERA of 5.01 was 16.0% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 13th of 15 on his team, and 338th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.37 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.4% of swings (6.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.6%. His -0.3 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 2007–2009; 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 2007–2009; 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 | 108 | 89 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 12 | .393 | .491 | .596 | .468 | 11.1% |
| vs RHB | 125 | 102 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 15 | .304 | .407 | .382 | .364 | 12.0% |
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 Jeff Bennett 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.
| Sinker | 514 | 92.4 | 2,033 | 42.0% | 12.9% | 122 | .311 | .885 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 157 | 92.5 | 1,955 | 40.1% | 9.8% | 33 | .303 | .811 | |
| Slider | 139 | 86.6 | 817 | 42.4% | 28.6% | 31 | .452 | .971 | |
| Curveball | 20 | 83.0 | 920 | 15.0% | 0.0% | 3 | — | — | |
| Intentional Ball | 13 | 85.2 | 1,564 | 0.0% | — | 0 | — | — |
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Nearest 2009 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.