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Jeremy Hellickson
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- April 8, 1987 in Des Moines, IA, United States
- MLB debut
- August 2, 2010
- dbWAR
- 4.2 10 season(s)
- IP
- 39.0
- ERA
- 6.23
- FIP
- 6.29
- K/9
- 6.9
- FIP−
- 140 100 = avg
Jeremy Hellickson was a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2019 he struck out 30 batters over 39.0 innings across 9 appearances, 8 of them starts, going 2-3. His ERA of 6.23 was 38.3% higher than the league average of 4.51 — the second worst on his team, and 469th of 545 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.29 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 16.3% of swings (6.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.4%. 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, 2019.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | WSH | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .000 | .200 | 15.4% | 30.8% | .209 | -1.3 | 22 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | WSH | 17 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .063 | .063 | .094 | .031 | .105 | 0.0% | 37.1% | .067 | -7.1 | -71 | -0.2 | |
| 2017 | PHI | 20 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .091 | .125 | 7.7% | 23.1% | .164 | -5.2 | -10 | 0.1 | |
| 2016 | PHI | 30 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .167 | .224 | .185 | .019 | .300 | 6.1% | 36.4% | .191 | -6.9 | 12 | 0.3 | |
| 2015 | AZ | 24 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .220 | .283 | .220 | .000 | .321 | 4.1% | 28.6% | .235 | -3.2 | 42 | 0.3 |
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 | 83 | 73 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 11 | .329 | .398 | .658 | .429 | 13.3% |
| vs RHB | 100 | 87 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 19 | .264 | .354 | .414 | .336 | 19.0% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2019.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2019.
Pitch sequencing
What Jeremy Hellickson 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.
| Sinker | 279 | 88.7 | 2,117 | 39.8% | 7.8% | 61 | .295 | .903 | |
| Changeup | 174 | 79.8 | 1,860 | 40.8% | 24.2% | 50 | .240 | .756 | |
| Cutter | 115 | 85.7 | 2,426 | 39.1% | 14.3% | 28 | .286 | .775 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 90 | 73.7 | 2,845 | 52.2% | 19.4% | 17 | .412 | 1.092 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 17 | 88.6 | 2,126 | 41.2% | 33.3% | 4 | — | — |
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Nearest 2019 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.