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Josh Lueke

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #52

Born: December 5, 1984 in Covington, KY, United States
MLB debut: April 3, 2011

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 30.1
ERA: 5.64
FIP: 5.47
K/9: 5.6
FIP−: 146

Josh Lueke was a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2014 he struck out 19 batters over 30.1 innings across 25 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 5.64 was 50.7% higher than the league average of 3.74 — the worst on his team, and 432nd of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.47 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 20.8% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.1%. His -0.5 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.

FIP5.47

K/95.6

WHIP1.42

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2014	TB	25	30.1	1	2	38	19	19	5	5.64	5.47	1.42	5.6	1.5	151	146	-0.5
2013	TB	19	21.1	0	2	23	12	25	12	5.06	4.36	1.64	10.5	5.1	131	113	-0.0
2012	TB	3	3.1	0	0	9	7	2	3	18.90	4.59	3.60	5.4	8.1	471	114	-0.0
2011	SEA	25	32.2	1	1	34	22	29	13	6.06	3.24	1.44	8.0	3.6	154	82	0.4

Platoon splits

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

Season

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	71	69	18	3	2	7	.261	.282	.420	.307	9.9%
vs RHB	64	58	20	4	3	12	.345	.375	.603	.423	18.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Josh Lueke 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	43.1%	210	93.0	2,133	53.8%	15.3%	54	.315	.863
Splitter	22.0%	107	79.9	601	42.1%	30.8%	33	.273	.749
Slider	19.5%	95	76.6	1,697	41.1%	23.5%	20	.300	.886
Sinker	14.6%	71	92.5	2,076	42.3%	18.9%	20	.300	.783

Josh Lueke'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.