Players · L · Pitcher · 2014 regular season

John Lannan

Age: 30
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #31

Born: September 27, 1984 in Long Beach, NY, United States
MLB debut: July 26, 2007

dbWAR: 5.1
IP: 4.0
ERA: 15.75
FIP: 13.38
K/9: 4.5
FIP−: 358

John Lannan was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2014 he struck out 2 batters over 4.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 15.75 was 321.0% higher than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 13.38 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 13.5% of swings (5.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.5%. His -0.5 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP13.38

K/94.5

WHIP2.25

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2014	NYM	5	0	4.0	1	0	7	7	2	2	15.75	13.38	2.25	4.5	4.5	421	358	-0.5
2013	PHI	14	14	74.1	3	6	86	44	38	27	5.33	4.37	1.52	4.6	3.3	138	113	0.5
2012	WSH	6	6	32.2	4	1	33	15	17	14	4.13	3.71	1.44	4.7	3.9	103	92	0.5
2011	WSH	33	33	184.2	10	13	194	76	106	76	3.70	4.28	1.46	5.2	3.7	94	109	1.3
2010	WSH	25	25	143.1	8	8	175	74	71	49	4.65	4.47	1.56	4.5	3.1	114	110	1.0
2009	WSH	33	33	206.1	9	13	210	89	89	68	3.88	4.70	1.35	3.9	3.0	90	109	1.5
2008	WSH	31	31	182.0	9	15	172	79	117	72	3.91	4.79	1.34	5.8	3.6	90	111	1.2
2007	WSH	6	6	34.2	2	2	36	16	10	17	4.15	5.43	1.53	2.6	4.4	93	121	0.0

Batting Regular season

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


2013	PHI	12	25	4	0	1	2	11	.190	.261	.238	.048	.400	8.0%	44.0%	.234	-1.6	40	0.2
2012	WSH	6	11	1	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.000	.200	9.1%	36.4%	.158	-1.4	-10	0.0
2011	WSH	30	65	5	1	5	3	24	.088	.133	.140	.053	.125	4.6%	36.9%	.131	-9.5	-31	-0.2
2010	WSH	24	50	4	0	4	4	22	.091	.167	.136	.045	.182	8.0%	44.0%	.151	-6.9	-21	-0.0
2009	WSH	30	65	9	0	0	2	21	.155	.183	.172	.017	.243	3.1%	32.3%	.166	-8.8	-14	0.0
2008	WSH	28	55	1	0	0	4	24	.022	.102	.022	.000	.048	7.3%	43.6%	.078	-11.5	-73	-0.4
2007	WSH	6	13	2	0	1	0	5	.154	.154	.231	.077	.250	0.0%	38.5%	.169	-1.8	-14	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	12	11	4	2	1	2	.364	.417	1.091	.639	16.7%
vs RHB	9	8	3	1	1	0	.375	.444	.875	.563	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

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

ShowBatter

Four-seamCurveballSinkerSliderChangeup

Select a count to see exactly what John Lannan throws in it.

Pitch arsenal

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

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	44.6%	41	87.9	1,480	31.7%	5.6%	12	—	—
Sinker	18.5%	17	87.6	1,760	52.9%	14.3%	3	—	—
Curveball	16.3%	15	74.4	959	33.3%	20.0%	2	—	—
Slider	10.9%	10	82.0	458	60.0%	66.7%	0	—	—

John Lannan'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.

Compare John Lannan with…

Side by side with up to three others.

Compare with… add up to 3 more players

John Lannan

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.