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Jonathan Holder

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 232 lb

Born: June 9, 1993 in Gulfport, MS, United States
MLB debut: September 2, 2016

dbWAR: 2.1
IP: 21.2
ERA: 4.98
FIP: 5.22
K/9: 5.8
FIP−: 117

Jonathan Holder was a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2020 he struck out 14 batters over 21.2 innings across 19 appearances, going 3-0. His ERA of 4.98 was 11.9% higher than the league average of 4.45 — 9th of 12 on his team, and 241st of 323 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.22 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 24.1% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.9%. His -0.0 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, 2020.

FIP5.22

K/95.8

WHIP1.66

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2020	NYY	19	0	21.2	3	0	25	12	14	11	4.98	5.22	1.66	5.8	4.6	112	117	-0.0
2019	NYY	34	1	41.1	5	2	43	29	46	11	6.31	4.45	1.31	10.0	2.4	140	99	0.2
2018	NYY	60	1	66.0	1	3	53	23	60	19	3.14	3.04	1.09	8.2	2.6	76	73	1.3
2017	NYY	37	0	39.1	1	1	45	17	40	8	3.89	3.62	1.35	9.2	1.8	89	83	0.6
2016	NYY	8	0	8.1	0	0	8	5	5	4	5.40	4.95	1.44	5.4	4.3	129	118	-0.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

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2020	NYY	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2020. 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	47	40	14	0	6	7	.350	.426	.425	.378	14.9%
vs RHB	54	49	11	3	5	7	.224	.296	.469	.319	13.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Jonathan Holder 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	52.4%	208	92.1	2,399	45.7%	19.6%	46	.283	.911
Changeup	24.2%	96	87.2	1,775	37.5%	36.5%	25	.280	.699
Slider	10.1%	40	80.7	2,730	42.5%	25.0%	6	—	—
Cutter	9.8%	39	87.3	2,529	43.6%	16.7%	11	—	—
Curveball	3.5%	14	77.6	2,880	42.9%	0.0%	1	—	—

Jonathan Holder'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 2020 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jared HughesNYM

ERA: 4.84
FIP: 5.61
SO: 21
WAR: -0.1

Josh A. SmithMIA

ERA: 6.84
FIP: 4.67
SO: 18
WAR: 0.1

Nick NelsonNYY

ERA: 4.79
FIP: 5.56
SO: 18
WAR: -0.1

Ty ButtreyLAA

ERA: 5.81
FIP: 4.94
SO: 18
WAR: 0.0

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.