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Justin Berg

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #64

Born: June 7, 1984 in Antigo, WI, United States
MLB debut: August 13, 2009

dbWAR: .1
IP: 12.0
ERA: 3.75
FIP: 5.11
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 130

Justin Berg was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2011 he struck out 6 batters over 12.0 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.75 was 4.9% lower than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 5.11 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 9.5% of swings (3.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.5%. 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, 2011 regular season.

FIP5.11

K/94.5

WHIP1.42

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2011	CHC	8	12.0	0	11	5	6	6	3.75	5.11	1.42	4.5	4.5	95	130	-0.1
2010	CHC	41	40.0	1	45	23	14	20	5.17	5.08	1.63	3.1	4.5	127	124	-0.2
2009	CHC	11	12.0	0	10	1	7	1	0.75	2.18	0.92	5.3	0.8	17	50	0.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

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2011	CHC	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-123	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2011. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	20	17	5	1	3	2	.294	.400	.588	.417	10.0%
vs RHB	32	27	6	0	3	4	.222	.344	.333	.317	12.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2011.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2011.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Justin Berg 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.

Season


Sinker	80.9%	148	88.5	1,742	35.1%	10.0%	35	.257	.838
Slider	13.7%	25	80.7	469	40.0%	7.7%	8	—	—

Justin Berg's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.