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Justin Anderson

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 32
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 230 lb

Born: September 28, 1992 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 23, 2018
Drafted: 2014, round 14
College: Texas-San Antonio
High school: Saint Pius X

dbWAR: 1.1
IP: 53.1
ERA: 4.39
FIP: 4.22
K/9: 9.6
FIP−: 103

Justin Anderson was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2024 he struck out 57 batters over 53.1 innings across 56 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.39 was 7.6% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 9th of 19 on his team, and 342nd of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.22 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 29.7% of swings (14.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.6%. 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, 2024 regular season.

FIP4.22

K/99.6

WHIP1.50

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2024	CWS	56	53.1	1	2	1	48	26	57	32	4.39	4.22	1.50	9.6	5.4	108	103	0.2
2019	LAA	54	47.0	3	0	1	42	29	60	32	5.55	4.43	1.57	11.5	6.1	123	98	0.3
2018	LAA	57	55.1	3	3	4	42	25	67	40	4.07	3.83	1.48	10.9	6.5	98	92	0.5

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. 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	94	78	22	3	12	15	.282	.387	.436	.362	16.0%
vs RHB	149	127	26	2	21	42	.205	.322	.299	.290	28.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Justin Anderson 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


Slider	45.4%	430	85.6	2,437	48.8%	41.0%	92	.217	.690
Four-Seam Fastball	33.1%	313	96.0	2,271	45.4%	24.8%	69	.174	.570
Sinker	13.9%	132	94.8	1,978	36.4%	19.2%	26	.308	.766
Cutter	7.6%	72	92.4	2,472	48.6%	7.5%	18	.444	1.111

Justin Anderson'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.