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Jordan Norberto

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 195 lb

Born: December 8, 1986 in Nagua, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 6, 2010

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 52.0
ERA: 2.77
FIP: 3.90
K/9: 8.0
FIP−: 97

Jordan Norberto was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2012 he struck out 46 batters over 52.0 innings across 39 appearances, going 4-1. His ERA of 2.77 was 31.0% lower than the league average of 4.01 — 7th of 19 on his team, and 91st of 484 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.90 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 30.3% of swings (13.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.7%. His 0.3 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP3.90

K/98.0

WHIP1.13

WAR.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	OAK	39	52.0	4	1	1	37	16	46	22	2.77	3.90	1.13	8.0	3.8	69	97	0.3
2011	OAK	6	6.2	0	0	0	8	6	4	7	8.10	5.43	2.25	5.4	9.4	205	138	-0.1
2010	AZ	33	20.0	0	2	0	16	13	15	22	5.85	6.83	1.90	6.8	9.9	143	167	-0.5

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2012. 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	84	71	16	2	9	20	.225	.313	.366	.304	23.8%
vs RHB	128	114	21	3	13	26	.184	.266	.307	.254	20.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Jordan Norberto 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	47.2%	418	92.6	2,392	48.1%	24.0%	91	.176	.567
Slider	18.6%	165	85.7	556	37.0%	40.3%	33	.212	.667
Sinker	18.3%	162	92.4	2,695	43.8%	25.7%	32	.281	.758
Changeup	14.0%	124	84.7	2,074	41.9%	43.3%	28	.179	.500

Jordan Norberto'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 2012 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jerry BlevinsOAK

ERA: 2.48
FIP: 4.21
SO: 54
WAR: 0.2

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Scott ElbertLAD

ERA: 2.20
FIP: 3.80
SO: 29
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Tony WatsonPIT

ERA: 3.38
FIP: 3.68
SO: 53
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Craig StammenWSH

ERA: 2.34
FIP: 3.45
SO: 87
WAR: 1.1

Very close

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.