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John Lamb

Age: 28
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 205 lb

Born: July 10, 1990 in La Palma, CA, United States
MLB debut: August 14, 2015

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 10.0
ERA: 7.20
FIP: 7.36
K/9: 9.9
FIP−: 177

John Lamb was a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2018 he struck out 11 batters over 10.0 innings across 3 appearances, 3 of them starts, going 0-1. His ERA of 7.20 was 73.5% higher than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 7.36 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.8% of swings (9.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.0%. 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, 2018.

FIP7.36

K/99.9

WHIP1.90

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2018	LAA	3	3	10.0	0	1	15	8	11	4	7.20	7.36	1.90	9.9	3.6	174	177	-0.3
2016	CIN	14	14	70.0	1	7	84	50	58	31	6.43	5.46	1.64	7.5	4.0	153	130	-0.2
2015	CIN	10	10	49.2	1	5	58	32	58	19	5.80	4.16	1.55	10.5	3.4	146	105	0.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	CIN	12	22	1	0	0	0	1	12	.050	.095	.050	.000	.125	4.5%	54.5%	.075	-4.3	-67	-0.1
2015	CIN	9	16	1	0	1	0	0	8	.063	.063	.125	.063	.125	0.0%	50.0%	.080	-3.0	-65	-0.1

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	8	8	3	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	.429	25.0%
vs RHB	42	38	12	4	4	9	.316	.381	.737	.461	21.4%

Pitch sequencing

What John Lamb 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	40.1%	81	89.1	2,123	43.2%	16.1%	18	.389	1.444
Cutter	35.1%	71	85.2	2,224	50.7%	20.5%	19	.316	.907
Changeup	15.3%	31	74.4	1,605	48.4%	16.7%	4	—	—
Curveball	7.9%	16	67.4	2,266	50.0%	28.6%	5	—	—

John Lamb'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.