Players · H · Pitcher · 2007 regular season
D.J. Houlton
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- August 12, 1979 in Fullerton, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- April 9, 2005
- dbWAR
- -.1 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 28.0
- ERA
- 4.18
- FIP
- 4.81
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
D.J. Houlton was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2007 he struck out 21 batters over 28.0 innings across 18 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 4.18 was 6.6% lower than the league average of 4.47 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 208th of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.81 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. 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, 2007 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | LAD | 18 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .100 | .182 | .133 | .033 | .250 | 8.6% | 51.4% | .158 | -4.9 | -18 | 0.0 | — |
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 | 54 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .255 | .296 | .392 | .306 | 14.8% |
| vs RHB | 59 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .278 | .322 | .463 | .342 | 22.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What D.J. Houlton 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.
| Fastball | 223 | 89.2 | 2,624 | 50.7% | 15.5% | 52 | .212 | .537 | |
| Curveball | 102 | 74.8 | 1,381 | 38.2% | 23.8% | 27 | .222 | .437 | |
| Changeup | 48 | 81.2 | 2,130 | 37.5% | 32.0% | 14 | — | — | |
| Unknown | 39 | — | — | 41.0% | 25.0% | 8 | — | — | |
| Slider | 14 | 82.6 | 858 | 42.9% | 20.0% | 4 | — | — |
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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.