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Jason Waddell

Age: 28
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #43

Born: June 11, 1981 in Huntington Beach, CA, United States
MLB debut: May 31, 2009

dbWAR: .1
IP: 1.2
ERA: 5.40
FIP: 0.70
K/9: 10.8
FIP−: 16

Jason Waddell was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2009 he struck out 2 batters over 1.2 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.40 was 24.9% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 0.70 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 0.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.0%. 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, 2009 regular season.

FIP0.70

K/910.8

WHIP1.80

WAR.1

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2009	CHC	3	0	1.2	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	5.40	0.70	1.80	10.8	0.0	125	16	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2009. 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	6	6	2	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.300	33.3%
vs RHB	2	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	.451	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Jason Waddell 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	54.8%	17	88.4	1,917	47.1%	25.0%	5	—	—
Slider	32.3%	10	77.0	727	50.0%	0.0%	2	—	—

Jason Waddell'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.