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Justin Wilson
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #32
- Born
- August 18, 1987 in Anaheim, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 20, 2012
- Drafted
- 2008, round 5
- College
- Fresno State
- High school
- Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan
- Salary, 2025
- $2.25M
- dbWAR
- 6.0 11 season(s)
- IP
- 48.1
- ERA
- 3.35
- FIP
- 2.95
- K/9
- 10.6
- FIP−
- 71 100 = avg
Justin Wilson was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2025 he struck out 57 batters over 48.1 innings across 61 appearances, going 4-1. His ERA of 3.35 was 19.4% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 178th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.95 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.7% of swings (16.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.5%. His 1.0 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, 2025.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BOS | 61 | 0 | 48.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 18 | 57 | 20 | 3.35 | 2.95 | 1.41 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 81 | 71 | 1.0 | |
| 2024 | CIN | 60 | 0 | 46.2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 29 | 51 | 13 | 5.59 | 4.73 | 1.46 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 137 | 116 | -0.0 | |
| 2022 | CIN | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.45 | -0.71 | 0.82 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 62 | -18 | 0.2 | |
| 2021 | CIN/NYY | 42 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 5.29 | 5.26 | 1.41 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 124 | 123 | -0.2 | |
| 2020 | NYM | 23 | 0 | 19.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 3.66 | 3.04 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 82 | 68 | 0.4 | |
| 2019 | NYM | 45 | 0 | 39.0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 2.54 | 3.91 | 1.33 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 56 | 87 | 0.5 | |
| 2018 | CHC | 71 | 0 | 54.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 69 | 33 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 1.43 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 83 | 88 | 0.7 | |
| 2017 | DET/CHC | 65 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 22 | 80 | 35 | 3.41 | 3.38 | 1.29 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 78 | 78 | 1.1 | |
| 2016 | DET | 66 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 27 | 65 | 17 | 4.14 | 3.18 | 1.33 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 99 | 76 | 1.0 | |
| 2015 | NYY | 74 | 0 | 61.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 21 | 66 | 20 | 3.10 | 2.69 | 1.13 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 78 | 68 | 1.3 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -118 | -0.0 | — |
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 | 96 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .212 | .292 | .282 | .265 | 26.0% |
| vs RHB | 111 | 98 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 32 | .306 | .382 | .439 | .354 | 28.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Justin Wilson 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 | 382 | 94.5 | 2,251 | 55.2% | 34.2% | 64 | .219 | .728 | |
| Slider | 272 | 88.0 | 2,290 | 40.4% | 34.5% | 88 | .261 | .623 | |
| Cutter | 121 | 91.4 | 2,370 | 46.3% | 17.5% | 24 | .417 | .981 | |
| Splitter | 41 | 85.1 | 1,130 | 43.9% | 28.6% | 10 | — | — |
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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.