Players · B · Pitcher · 2006 regular season
Jermaine Van Buren
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #37
- Born
- July 2, 1980 in Laurel, MS, United States
- MLB debut
- August 31, 2005
- dbWAR
- -.3 Regular season, 2 season(s)
- IP
- 13.0
- ERA
- 11.77
- FIP
- 6.38
- K/9
- 5.5
- FIP−
- 141 100 = avg
Jermaine Van Buren was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2006 he struck out 8 batters over 13.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 11.77 was 160.0% higher than the league average of 4.53. Stripping out defence, his 6.38 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.8% of swings (6.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 23.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.3%. His -0.2 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, 2006 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .350 | .552 | .650 | .510 | 10.0% |
| vs RHB | 35 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .250 | .371 | .321 | .325 | 14.3% |
Not in the 2006 data: pitch types, recorded in every park from 2008. The play-by-play goes back to 2005, but the measurements on each pitch and batted ball arrived later, so the panels built from them are left off this season.
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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.