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Josh Johnson
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Number
- #55
- Born
- January 31, 1984 in Minneapolis, MN, United States
- MLB debut
- September 10, 2005
- dbWAR
- 21.5 Regular season, 18 season(s)
- IP
- 81.1
- ERA
- 6.20
- FIP
- 4.62
- K/9
- 9.2
- FIP−
- 120 100 = avg
Josh Johnson was a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2013 he struck out 83 batters over 81.1 innings across 16 appearances, 16 of them starts, going 2-8. His ERA of 6.20 was 60.3% higher than the league average of 3.87 — the second worst on his team, and 461st of 496 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.62 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.6%. 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, 2013 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | TOR | 16 | 16 | 81.1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 56 | 83 | 30 | 6.20 | 4.62 | 1.66 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 160 | 120 | 0.3 | |
| 2012 | MIA | 31 | 31 | 191.1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 180 | 81 | 165 | 65 | 3.81 | 3.40 | 1.28 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 95 | 85 | 3.6 | |
| 2011 | FLA | 9 | 9 | 60.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 56 | 20 | 1.64 | 2.64 | 0.98 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 42 | 67 | 1.6 | |
| 2010 | FLA | 28 | 28 | 183.2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 155 | 47 | 186 | 48 | 2.30 | 2.41 | 1.11 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 56 | 59 | 5.8 | |
| 2009 | FLA | 33 | 33 | 209.0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 75 | 191 | 58 | 3.23 | 3.06 | 1.16 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 75 | 71 | 5.6 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 14 | 14 | 87.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 35 | 77 | 27 | 3.61 | 3.37 | 1.35 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 83 | 78 | 1.9 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 4 | 4 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7.47 | 4.58 | 2.43 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 167 | 102 | 0.2 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 31 | 24 | 157.0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 54 | 133 | 68 | 3.10 | 3.99 | 1.30 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 68 | 88 | 2.4 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 4 | 1 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3.65 | 4.07 | 1.70 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 85 | 95 | 0.1 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | TOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .000 | — | 50.0% | 50.0% | .352 | +0.1 | 120 | 0.0 | |
| 2012 | MIA | 29 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | .094 | .127 | .094 | .000 | .263 | 3.3% | 56.7% | .106 | -10.0 | -46 | -0.2 | |
| 2011 | FLA | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .000 | .333 | 8.7% | 43.5% | .195 | -2.2 | 14 | 0.1 | |
| 2010 | FLA | 27 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .085 | .100 | .085 | .000 | .143 | 1.5% | 36.4% | .087 | -12.5 | -64 | -0.4 | |
| 2009 | FLA | 32 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .194 | .265 | .355 | .161 | .346 | 7.8% | 42.9% | .279 | -3.4 | 61 | 0.7 | |
| 2008 | FLA | 14 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .133 | .161 | .200 | .067 | .333 | 2.9% | 52.9% | .165 | -4.7 | -15 | -0.0 | |
| 2007 | FLA | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | -0.8 | -125 | -0.0 | |
| 2006 | FLA | 23 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .095 | .116 | .143 | .048 | .211 | 2.0% | 46.9% | .117 | -9.0 | -48 | -0.2 | |
| 2005 | FLA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .000 | .500 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .224 | -0.3 | 28 | 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 | 225 | 204 | 56 | 5 | 18 | 52 | .275 | .330 | .397 | .322 | 23.1% |
| vs RHB | 159 | 140 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 31 | .350 | .410 | .621 | .446 | 19.5% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2013.
Pitch sequencing
What Josh Johnson 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 | 654 | 92.9 | 1,746 | 46.8% | 15.5% | 161 | .317 | .891 | |
| Slider | 303 | 86.1 | 671 | 43.2% | 39.1% | 66 | .273 | .718 | |
| Sinker | 197 | 92.9 | 1,946 | 39.6% | 12.0% | 49 | .327 | .890 | |
| Curveball | 193 | 79.1 | 1,099 | 43.5% | 49.4% | 40 | .150 | .450 | |
| Changeup | 111 | 88.6 | 1,505 | 32.4% | 16.7% | 27 | .519 | 1.441 |
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Nearest 2013 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.