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José Fernández

Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #16

Born: July 31, 1992 in Santa Clara, Cuba
MLB debut: April 7, 2013

dbWAR: 8.6
IP: 182.1
ERA: 2.86
FIP: 2.30
K/9: 12.5
FIP−: 55

José Fernández was a starting pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2016 he struck out 253 batters over 182.1 innings across 29 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 16-8. His ERA of 2.86 was 31.7% lower than the league average of 4.19 — 6th of 14 on his team, and 83rd of 512 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.30 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 32.8% of swings (15.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 34.3%. His 5.9 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, 2016.

FIP2.30

K/912.5

WHIP1.12

WAR5.9

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	MIA	29	29	182.1	16	8	0	149	58	253	55	2.86	2.30	1.12	12.5	2.7	68	55	5.9
2015	MIA	11	11	64.2	6	1	0	61	21	79	14	2.92	2.24	1.16	11.0	1.9	74	56	2.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2016	MIA	28	61	13	0	6	0	1	13	.250	.264	.288	.038	.333	1.6%	21.3%	.243	-3.8	49	0.4
2015	MIA	10	22	3	1	2	0	0	4	.167	.167	.389	.222	.154	0.0%	18.2%	.236	-1.4	44	0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. 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	401	353	86	8	40	111	.244	.319	.374	.301	27.7%
vs RHB	336	311	63	5	15	142	.203	.250	.293	.242	42.3%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2016.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2016.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .255.

Pitch sequencing

What José Fernández 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	49.8%	1,464	95.2	2,211	51.8%	22.4%	293	.276	.731
Curveball	33.5%	984	83.7	1,253	55.3%	49.3%	271	.151	.450
Changeup	12.3%	362	88.2	1,813	41.4%	30.3%	83	.229	.655
Sinker	3.4%	101	93.5	2,221	36.6%	13.3%	15	.467	1.022
Intentional Ball	0.7%	21	67.3	1,376	0.0%	—	0	—	—

José Fernández'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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Similar players

Nearest 2016 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Stephen StrasburgWSH

ERA: 3.60
FIP: 2.92
SO: 183
WAR: 3.9

Noah SyndergaardNYM

ERA: 2.60
FIP: 2.29
SO: 218
WAR: 6.2

Yu DarvishTEX

ERA: 3.41
FIP: 3.09
SO: 132
WAR: 2.6

Rich HillOAK

ERA: 2.12
FIP: 2.39
SO: 129
WAR: 3.5

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.