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Steve Johnson

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #52

Born: August 31, 1987 in Baltimore, MD, United States
MLB debut: July 15, 2012

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 16.2
ERA: 4.32
FIP: 5.43
K/9: 9.2
FIP−: 130

Steve Johnson was a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2016 he struck out 17 batters over 16.2 innings across 16 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.32 was 3.1% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 5.43 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.6% of swings (7.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His -0.1 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, 2016.

FIP5.43

K/99.2

WHIP1.44

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	SEA	16	0	16.2	1	0	0	13	8	17	11	4.32	5.43	1.44	9.2	5.9	103	130	-0.1
2015	BAL	6	0	5.1	0	0	0	8	6	3	5	10.13	9.70	2.44	5.1	8.4	256	245	-0.3

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	30	24	5	1	6	5	.208	.367	.333	.326	16.7%
vs RHB	45	39	8	2	5	12	.205	.289	.385	.295	26.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Steve Johnson 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	79.4%	239	88.9	1,758	54.4%	17.2%	50	.200	.739
Curveball	11.6%	35	64.0	1,590	17.1%	7.1%	10	—	—
Slider	3.7%	11	78.7	873	36.4%	0.0%	2	—	—
Sinker	3.3%	10	89.1	1,577	30.0%	0.0%	0	—	—

Steve Johnson'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.