P · 2018
Jaime García
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- MLB debut
- July 11, 2008
- dbWAR
- 3.9 8 season(s)
- PA
- 4
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -122 100 = avg
Jaime García is a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2018 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 4 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .248. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He made contact on 37.5% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -122 wRC+ puts his offence 222% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -1.0 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2018.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2018. These four terms sum to -0.9 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -122 | -0.1 | |
| 2017 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .152 | .176 | .273 | .121 | .167 | 2.7% | 21.6% | .194 | -4.0 | 11 | -0.3 | |
| 2016 | 25 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .171 | .205 | .171 | .000 | .280 | 3.9% | 33.3% | .171 | -6.1 | -2 | -0.4 | |
| 2015 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .000 | .154 | 4.5% | 34.1% | .115 | -7.0 | -43 | -0.6 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 33 | 14 | 82.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 53 | 73 | 44 | 5.82 | 5.16 | 1.54 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 140 | 124 | -0.3 | |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | 157.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 77 | 129 | 64 | 4.41 | 4.25 | 1.41 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 101 | 97 | 1.7 | |
| 2016 | 32 | 30 | 171.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 179 | 89 | 150 | 57 | 4.67 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 111 | 107 | 1.1 | |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | 129.2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 35 | 97 | 30 | 2.43 | 3.00 | 1.05 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 61 | 76 | 2.8 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 101 | 91 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 22 | .187 | .250 | .363 | .268 | 21.8% |
| vs RHB | 268 | 227 | 65 | 9 | 37 | 51 | .286 | .390 | .498 | .386 | 19.0% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2018.
Situational hitting
How Jaime García hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2018.
Pitch sequencing
What Jaime García 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, and how often it misses in 2018.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 480 | 89.2 | 2,323 | 44.6% | 9.8% | |
| Sinker | 442 | 89.2 | 2,154 | 41.2% | 19.5% | |
| Slider | 221 | 81.0 | 2,737 | 46.2% | 35.7% | |
| Changeup | 169 | 81.5 | 1,958 | 34.3% | 39.2% | |
| Curveball | 68 | 72.2 | 2,720 | 38.2% | 26.3% |
Head to head
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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.