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John Ely

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #48

Born: May 13, 1986 in Harvey, IL, United States
MLB debut: April 28, 2010

dbWAR: .4
IP: 2.2
ERA: 20.25
FIP: 6.47
K/9: 10.1
FIP−: 161

John Ely was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2012 he struck out 3 batters over 2.2 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 20.25 was 404.4% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 6.47 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.2% of swings (7.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 21.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. 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, 2012 regular season.

FIP6.47

K/910.1

WHIP3.75

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2012	LAD	2	0	2.2	0	2	6	6	3	4	20.25	6.47	3.75	10.1	13.5	504	161	-0.1
2011	LAD	5	1	12.2	0	1	12	6	13	7	4.26	4.68	1.50	9.2	5.0	108	119	-0.0
2010	LAD	18	18	100.0	4	10	105	61	76	40	5.49	4.38	1.45	6.8	3.6	135	107	0.8

Batting Regular season

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

																					Trend
2011	LAD	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.000	.000	25.0%	50.0%	.177	-0.4	1	-0.0
2010	LAD	17	32	2	0	1	0	1	13	.074	.107	.074	.000	.143	3.1%	40.6%	.090	-6.0	-64	-0.2

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	11	8	3	0	3	2	.375	.545	.500	.417	18.2%
vs RHB	8	5	3	0	1	1	.600	.714	.600	.581	12.5%

Pitch sequencing

What John Ely 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	43.4%	33	88.1	1,967	57.6%	11.1%	6	—	—
Sinker	25.0%	19	90.3	2,227	21.1%	0.0%	2	—	—
Cutter	18.4%	14	82.6	1,503	42.9%	33.3%	4	—	—

John Ely'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.