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Taylor Jordan

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #38

Born: January 17, 1989 in Merritt Island, FL, United States
MLB debut: June 29, 2013

dbWAR: 1.3
IP: 17.0
ERA: 5.29
FIP: 2.90
K/9: 5.8
FIP−: 73

Taylor Jordan was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2015 he struck out 11 batters over 17.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 5.29 was 33.6% higher than the league average of 3.96. Stripping out defence, his 2.90 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.2% of swings (10.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.3%. 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, 2015 regular season.

FIP2.90

K/95.8

WHIP1.53

WAR.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2015	WSH	4	1	17.0	0	2	20	10	11	6	5.29	2.90	1.53	5.8	3.2	134	73	0.3
2014	WSH	5	5	25.2	0	3	34	16	17	8	5.61	4.50	1.64	6.0	2.8	150	120	0.1
2013	WSH	9	9	51.2	1	3	59	21	29	11	3.66	3.49	1.35	5.1	1.9	95	90	0.8

Batting Regular season

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


2015	WSH	3	6	2	2	.333	.333	.333	.000	.500	0.0%	33.3%	.294	-0.1	84	0.1
2014	WSH	5	8	1	4	.125	.125	.125	.000	.250	0.0%	50.0%	.112	-1.2	-41	0.0
2013	WSH	9	18	2	3	.143	.143	.143	.000	.182	0.0%	16.7%	.128	-2.6	-33	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. 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	43	38	11	0	4	3	.289	.357	.395	.336	7.0%
vs RHB	34	31	9	0	2	8	.290	.324	.323	.287	23.5%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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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 .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Taylor Jordan 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	33.7%	86	90.8	1,844	31.4%	14.6%	31	.258	.626
Four-Seam Fastball	32.2%	82	91.9	1,648	48.8%	10.3%	22	.318	.718
Slider	21.6%	55	83.5	462	52.7%	43.5%	8	—	—
Changeup	11.4%	29	83.4	1,502	48.3%	22.2%	7	—	—

Taylor Jordan'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.