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Eric Jokisch

Age: 25
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #43

Born: July 29, 1989 in Springfield, IL, United States
MLB debut: September 7, 2014

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 14.1
ERA: 1.88
FIP: 5.30
K/9: 6.3
FIP−: 142

Eric Jokisch was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2014 he struck out 10 batters over 14.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 1.88 was 49.6% lower than the league average of 3.74. Stripping out defence, his 5.30 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.5% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.2%. His -0.2 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP5.30

K/96.3

WHIP1.53

WAR-.2

Pitching Regular season

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

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2014	CHC	4	1	14.1	0	0	0	18	3	10	4	1.88	5.30	1.53	6.3	2.5	50	142	-0.2	—

Batting Regular season

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

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2014	CHC	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	20.0%	.000	-1.2	-124	-0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	10	10	3	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.269	20.0%
vs RHB	56	52	15	3	4	8	.288	.339	.519	.380	14.3%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2014.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2014.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .251.

Pitch sequencing

What Eric Jokisch 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	58.2%	145	89.2	2,243	36.6%	10.9%	39	.308	.870
Changeup	27.3%	68	79.3	2,082	54.4%	39.0%	19	.211	.618
Slider	8.4%	21	84.2	903	33.3%	16.7%	2	—	—
Curveball	6.0%	15	74.2	892	53.3%	0.0%	2	—	—

Eric Jokisch'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.