Pitcher · 2018

J.J. Hoover

Milwaukee Brewers National League Central

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #60

Born: August 13, 1987 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
MLB debut: April 25, 2012

dbWAR: -1.3
IP: 1.1
ERA: 20.25
FIP: 17.41
K/9: 0.0
FIP−: 420

J.J. Hoover is a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2018 he struck out 0 batters over 1.1 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 20.25 was 388.0% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 17.41 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 13.3% of swings (4.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 0.0%. 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, 2018.

FIP17.41

K/90.0

WHIP4.50

WAR-.2

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	2	1.1	0	1	0	4	3	0	2	20.25	17.41	4.50	0.0	13.5	488	420	-0.2
2017	52	41.1	3	1	0	47	18	54	26	3.92	4.71	1.77	11.8	5.7	90	108	0.0
2016	18	18.2	1	2	1	29	28	15	12	13.50	9.90	2.20	7.2	5.8	322	236	-1.1
2015	67	64.1	8	2	1	44	21	52	31	2.94	4.47	1.17	7.3	4.3	74	113	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. 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	4	4	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	.730	0.0%
vs RHB	6	4	2	0	2	0	.500	.667	.500	.528	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What J.J. Hoover 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, and how often it misses in 2018.


Four-Seam Fastball	53.7%	22	90.3	2,382	45.5%	11.1%
Curveball	29.3%	12	74.7	2,612	25.0%	33.3%

J.J. Hoover'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.

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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.