Players · N · Pitcher · 2021 regular season
Jimmy Nelson
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Number
- #52
- Born
- June 5, 1989 in Klamath Falls, OR, United States
- MLB debut
- September 6, 2013
- dbWAR
- 7.8 Regular season, 14 season(s)
- IP
- 29.0
- ERA
- 1.86
- FIP
- 1.89
- K/9
- 13.7
- FIP−
- 44 100 = avg
Jimmy Nelson was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2021 he struck out 44 batters over 29.0 innings across 28 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 1.86 was 56.3% lower than the league average of 4.27 — the best on his team, and 16th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 1.89 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 37.6% of swings (15.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 37.9%. His 1.0 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LAD | 28 | 1 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 13 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 0.93 | 13.7 | 4.0 | 44 | 44 | 1.0 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 10 | 3 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 6.95 | 5.80 | 1.91 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 154 | 129 | -0.1 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 29 | 29 | 175.1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 171 | 68 | 199 | 48 | 3.49 | 3.05 | 1.25 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 80 | 70 | 4.8 | |
| 2016 | MIL | 32 | 32 | 179.1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 186 | 92 | 140 | 86 | 4.62 | 5.12 | 1.52 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 110 | 122 | 0.2 | |
| 2015 | MIL | 30 | 30 | 177.1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 163 | 81 | 148 | 65 | 4.11 | 4.10 | 1.29 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 104 | 104 | 1.9 | |
| 2014 | MIL | 14 | 12 | 69.1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 38 | 57 | 19 | 4.93 | 3.78 | 1.46 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 132 | 101 | 0.7 | |
| 2013 | MIL | 4 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0.90 | 2.95 | 0.70 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 23 | 76 | 0.2 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LAD | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.8 | -122 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | MIL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.8 | -120 | -0.0 | |
| 2017 | MIL | 27 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | .105 | .121 | .105 | .000 | .273 | 1.7% | 58.3% | .103 | -11.1 | -51 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | MIL | 30 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .000 | .222 | 3.4% | 54.2% | .094 | -10.7 | -54 | -0.3 | |
| 2015 | MIL | 26 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | .109 | .125 | .127 | .018 | .286 | 1.7% | 57.6% | .114 | -9.5 | -41 | -0.2 | |
| 2014 | MIL | 12 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .048 | .214 | 0.0% | 31.8% | .147 | -2.8 | -18 | 0.0 | |
| 2013 | MIL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -118 | -0.0 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 56 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .174 | .309 | .196 | .253 | 32.1% |
| vs RHB | 60 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .115 | .233 | .173 | .204 | 43.3% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Jimmy Nelson 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.
| Knuckle Curve | 175 | 85.0 | 2,930 | 47.4% | 47.0% | 28 | .250 | .665 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 166 | 93.8 | 2,613 | 46.4% | 23.0% | 33 | .182 | .532 | |
| Slider | 166 | 86.4 | 2,971 | 54.2% | 41.7% | 34 | .029 | .244 | |
| Unknown | 16 | — | — | 56.3% | 28.6% | 3 | — | — |
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Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.