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Kelvin Jimenez

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #56

Born: October 27, 1980 in Sanchez, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 27, 2007

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 24.0
ERA: 5.63
FIP: 6.92
K/9: 4.1
FIP−: 160

Kelvin Jimenez was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2008 he struck out 11 batters over 24.0 innings across 15 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.63 was 30.1% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 397th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.92 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (9.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.6%. His -0.6 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, 2008 regular season.

FIP6.92

K/94.1

WHIP1.79

WAR-.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2008	STL	15	0	24.0	0	0	0	28	15	11	15	5.63	6.92	1.79	4.1	5.6	130	160	-0.6
2007	STL	34	0	42.0	3	0	0	56	35	24	17	7.50	4.22	1.74	5.1	3.6	168	94	0.3

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2008	STL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	33.3%	.000	-0.8	-130	-0.0
2007	STL	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.000	—	33.3%	66.7%	.242	-0.2	37	0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2008. 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	51	43	10	1	8	5	.233	.353	.442	.359	9.8%
vs RHB	63	53	18	4	7	6	.340	.419	.585	.436	9.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2008.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2008.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .263.

Pitch sequencing

What Kelvin Jimenez 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.

Season


Sinker	37.2%	154	93.5	2,140	38.3%	20.3%	37	.297	1.089
Four-Seam Fastball	25.8%	107	93.8	1,955	34.6%	11.8%	30	.267	.671
Slider	25.8%	107	85.7	646	38.3%	28.9%	23	.304	.799
Splitter	8.7%	36	83.7	1,023	52.8%	25.0%	4	—	—
Unknown	2.4%	10	—	—	30.0%	0.0%	3	—	—

Kelvin Jimenez'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.