Players · F · Pitcher · 2022
Junior Fernández
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Born
- March 2, 1997 in Santo Domingo Centro, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- August 11, 2019
- dbWAR
- -.6 5 season(s)
- IP
- 18.2
- ERA
- 2.41
- FIP
- 5.79
- K/9
- 6.8
- FIP−
- 146 100 = avg
Junior Fernández was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2022 he struck out 14 batters over 18.2 innings across 16 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.41 was 39.3% lower than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 5.79 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.7% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. 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, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
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| 2021 | STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -127 | -0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 23 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .235 | .435 | .235 | .338 | 13.0% |
| vs RHB | 61 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .264 | .350 | .472 | .361 | 18.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Junior 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.
| Sinker | 138 | 98.7 | 2,051 | 40.6% | 15.6% | 40 | .275 | .820 | |
| Slider | 117 | 88.9 | 2,119 | 42.7% | 44.0% | 23 | .304 | .886 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 44 | 98.8 | 2,211 | 70.5% | 14.8% | 5 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 34 | 90.9 | 1,863 | 23.5% | 44.4% | 2 | — | — |
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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.