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Jim Hoey

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #37

Born: December 30, 1982 in Trenton, NJ, United States
MLB debut: August 23, 2006

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 24.2
ERA: 5.47
FIP: 5.58
K/9: 5.1
FIP−: 142

Jim Hoey was a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2011 he struck out 14 batters over 24.2 innings across 26 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 5.47 was 38.8% higher than the league average of 3.94 — 14th of 17 on his team, and 402nd of 457 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.58 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 21.9% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.9%. His -0.4 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.

FIP5.58

K/95.1

WHIP1.91

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2011	MIN	26	24.2	1	2	34	15	14	13	5.47	5.58	1.91	5.1	4.7	139	142	-0.4
2007	BAL	23	24.2	3	4	25	20	18	18	7.30	5.15	1.74	6.6	6.6	163	115	-0.0
2006	BAL	12	9.2	0	1	14	11	6	5	10.24	5.42	1.97	5.6	4.7	226	120	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	50	46	15	2	3	5	.326	.360	.500	.376	10.0%
vs RHB	68	57	19	2	10	9	.333	.426	.579	.438	13.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Jim Hoey 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


Four-Seam Fastball	47.7%	218	95.2	2,272	41.3%	11.3%	47	.319	.875
Changeup	27.8%	127	83.9	1,486	44.1%	37.1%	28	.286	.846
Cutter	22.5%	103	95.2	2,170	42.7%	23.3%	29	.379	1.100

Jim Hoey'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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Similar players

Nearest 2011 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Sam DemelAZ

ERA: 4.21
FIP: 5.64
SO: 15
WAR: -0.3

Jeremy AccardoBAL

ERA: 5.73
FIP: 5.04
SO: 23
WAR: -0.3

Chris JakubauskasBAL

ERA: 5.72
FIP: 4.89
SO: 52
WAR: -0.3

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Jason BerkenBAL

ERA: 5.36
FIP: 5.45
SO: 41
WAR: -0.6

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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.