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Nate Jones

Age: 35
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #65

Born: January 28, 1986 in Butler, KY, United States
MLB debut: April 8, 2012

dbWAR: .5
IP: 19.0
ERA: 5.68
FIP: 8.54
K/9: 6.6
FIP−: 200

Nate Jones was a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2021 he struck out 14 batters over 19.0 innings across 20 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 5.68 was 33.2% higher than the league average of 4.27. Stripping out defence, his 8.54 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.3% of swings (14.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.1%. His -0.8 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, 2021.

FIP8.54

K/96.6

WHIP1.47

WAR-.8

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	ATL/LAD	20	19.0	0	2	0	16	12	14	12	5.68	8.54	1.47	6.6	5.7	133	200	-0.8
2020	CIN	21	18.2	0	1	0	25	13	23	6	6.27	5.49	1.66	11.1	2.9	141	123	-0.1
2019	CWS	13	10.1	0	1	1	10	4	10	7	3.48	6.12	1.65	8.7	6.1	77	136	-0.1
2018	CWS	33	30.0	2	2	5	28	10	32	15	3.00	4.56	1.43	9.6	4.5	72	110	0.0
2017	CWS	11	11.2	1	0	0	9	3	15	6	2.31	3.50	1.29	11.6	4.6	53	80	0.2
2016	CWS	71	70.2	5	3	3	48	18	80	15	2.29	2.93	0.89	10.2	1.9	55	70	1.4
2015	CWS	19	19.0	2	2	0	12	7	27	6	3.32	4.66	0.95	12.8	2.8	84	118	-0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

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2021	LAD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-122	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. 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	32	24	8	4	7	3	.333	.500	.875	.540	9.4%
vs RHB	55	49	8	3	5	11	.163	.236	.367	.243	20.0%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

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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 .243.

Pitch sequencing

What Nate Jones 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


Sinker	36.6%	113	95.6	2,422	46.9%	17.2%	28	.214	1.063
Slider	36.2%	112	87.2	2,265	36.6%	39.6%	26	.192	.737
Four-Seam Fastball	26.2%	81	95.5	2,406	49.4%	29.2%	18	.222	.596

Nate Jones'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.