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John Gaub

Age
26
B/T
R/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#54
Born
April 28, 1985 in St. Paul, MN, United States
MLB debut
September 12, 2011

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dbWAR
.0
Regular season, 1 season(s)
IP
2.2
ERA
6.75
FIP
3.03
K/9
10.1
FIP−
77
100 = avg

John Gaub was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2011 he struck out 3 batters over 2.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 6.75 was 71.2% higher than the league average of 3.94. Stripping out defence, his 3.03 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 40.7% of swings (20.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.0%. His 0.0 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.

FIP3.03
K/910.1
WHIP1.50
WAR.0

Pitching Regular season

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

Trend
2011CHC402.200022326.753.031.5010.16.8171770.0—

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB860022.000.250.000.17725.0%
vs RHB442001.500.500.750.54625.0%

Pitch sequencing

What John Gaub throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SliderFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Slider52.8%2883.761839.3%42.9%6——
Four-Seam Fastball43.4%2391.52,75047.8%33.3%3——
John Gaub'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.