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Jonathon Niese

Jonathon Joseph Niese

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 27, 1986 in Lima, OH
High School: Defiance HS (Defiance, OH)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2008 (Age 21)
Team: Mets 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 5 yrs/$25.27M (12-16) & 17-18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.107, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Tom O'Connell [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 21 NYM NL 1 1 .500 7.07 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 11 11 2 8 0 11 0 0 0 69 61 2.000 12.9 1.3 5.1 7.1 1.38
2009 22 NYM NL 1 1 .500 4.21 5 5 0 0 0 0 25.2 27 12 12 1 9 0 18 0 0 1 110 98 1.403 9.5 0.4 3.2 6.3 2.00
2010 23 NYM NL 9 10 .474 4.20 30 30 0 2 1 0 173.2 192 97 81 20 62 3 148 9 0 5 770 93 1.463 10.0 1.0 3.2 7.7 2.39
2011 24 NYM NL 11 11 .500 4.40 27 26 0 0 0 0 157.1 178 88 77 14 44 4 138 5 0 3 694 83 1.411 10.2 0.8 2.5 7.9 3.14
2012 25 NYM NL 13 9 .591 3.40 30 30 0 0 0 0 190.1 174 77 72 22 49 2 155 4 0 6 788 112 1.172 8.2 1.0 2.3 7.3 3.16
2013 26 NYM NL 3 5 .375 4.80 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.1 61 36 29 5 27 0 31 2 0 4 248 76 1.620 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.15
6 Yrs 38 37 .507 4.12 105 104 0 2 1 0 615.1 652 321 282 64 199 9 501 20 0 19 2679 92 1.383 9.5 0.9 2.9 7.3 2.52
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .507 4.12 34 34 0 1 0 0 200 212 104 92 21 65 3 163 7 0 6 872 92 1.383 9.5 0.9 2.9 7.3 2.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 21 NYM NL 14.0 3 3 11 7.07 4.86 0.11 0.19 96.0 4.74 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .391 .498
2009 22 NYM NL 25.2 5 5 12 4.21 4.34 -0.01 0.17 94.5 4.27 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .503 .500
2010 23 NYM NL 173.2 30 30 97 5.03 4.44 0.16 0.17 98.1 4.36 -13 -1.4 -0.1 -0.0 1 .454 .492 $402,000
2011 24 NYM NL 157.1 27 26 88 5.03 4.21 -0.39 0.16 98.7 4.69 -7 -0.8 .3 -0.1 0.5 6 .472 .495 $452,000
2012 25 NYM NL 190.1 30 30 77 3.64 4.28 -0.27 0.16 95.6 4.50 17 1.9 -0.1 3.4 34 .562 .512 $769,500
2013 26 NYM NL 54.1 10 10 36 5.96 4.24 -0.35 0.16 98.9 4.70 -8 -0.9 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .414 .495 $3,000,000
6 Seasons 615.1 105 104 321 4.70 4.32 -0.17 0.16 97.3 4.52 -16 -1.4 .3 -0.4 3.4 38 .486 .499 $4,623,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 21 NYM NL 3 69 60 11 20 6 0 2 0 0 8 11 .333 .412 .533 .945 .383 32 1 0 1 0 0 0
2009 22 NYM NL 5 110 98 12 27 9 0 1 1 2 9 18 .276 .333 .398 .731 .325 39 3 0 2 1 0 2
2010 23 NYM NL 30 770 686 97 192 44 2 20 0 4 62 148 .280 .346 .437 .783 .330 300 16 9 9 4 3 8
2011 24 NYM NL 27 694 627 88 178 35 4 14 7 1 44 138 .284 .335 .419 .754 .344 263 13 5 16 2 4 10
2012 25 NYM NL 30 788 723 77 174 29 0 22 8 2 49 155 .241 .291 .372 .663 .276 269 16 4 8 4 2 9
2013 26 NYM NL 10 248 217 36 61 12 1 5 0 1 27 31 .281 .366 .415 .781 .309 90 7 2 2 0 0 3
6 Yrs 105 2679 2411 321 652 135 7 64 16 10 199 501 .270 .330 .412 .742 .317 993 56 20 38 11 9 32
162 Game Avg. 34 872 784 104 212 44 2 21 5 3 65 163 .270 .330 .412 .742 .317 323 18 7 12 4 3 10
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 21 NYM NL -3.9 -0.4 70 -0.6 1.0 -1.5 .98 -0.4 -0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.98 -4.1 0 0 0
2009 22 NYM NL 0.2 0.0 113 -0.2 2.0 -2.2 1.07 -0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1 1.07 -0.2 0 0 0
2010 23 NYM NL -9.7 -1.0 779 -0.7 13.2 -13.9 .99 -0.9 0.2 -11.2 -1.1 0.99 -11.0 0 0 0
2011 24 NYM NL -15.1 -1.5 708 -1.3 11.2 -12.5 .98 -0.8 -0.5 -15.5 -1.6 0.98 -9.5 0 0 1
2012 25 NYM NL 10.2 1.1 806 1.3 12.9 -11.6 .89 1.3 0.1 10.5 1.1 0.89 13.0 0 0 0
2013 26 NYM NL -9.2 -0.9 254 -0.3 3.7 -4.0 .90 -0.6 0.3 -7.0 -0.7 0.90 -7.4 0 0 0
6 Yrs -27.5 -2.7 2730 -1.7 43.9 -45.7 .96 -1.4 -0.5 -26.4 -2.6 0.96 -19.2 0 0 1

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 21 NYM NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 39.7 75 21 2 1 0 3 5.3 7.7 4.7 89 2 0 1 0 116
2009 22 NYM NL 5 5 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 2 40% 49.6 66 33 4 1 0 3 6.8 7.8 5.1 80 2 1 2 0 106
2010 23 NYM NL 30 30 9 10 11 2 4 14 16 .467 3 6 2 1 14 47% 49.0 91 17 20 8 0 11 5.2 5.3 5.8 98 2 11 17 0 117
2011 24 NYM NL 27 26 11 11 4 4 6 13 13 .500 1 3 0 0 15 58% 49.5 73 15 21 7 0 14 4.8 5.2 6.0 96 3 14 7 2 122
2012 25 NYM NL 30 30 13 9 8 0 3 15 15 .500 2 6 0 0 22 73% 55.7 75 15 8 1 0 20 4.4 4.8 6.3 101 2 9 19 0 118
2013 26 NYM NL 10 10 3 5 2 1 3 4 6 .400 1 2 0 0 6 60% 44.3 60 13 10 7 0 5 5.2 4.8 5.4 96 1 3 6 0 117
6 Yrs 105 104 38 37 29 7 16 51 53 .490 7 17 2 1 60 58% 50 91 13 65 25 0 56 5.0 5.2 5.9 97 12 38 52 2 122
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2011 24 NYM NL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .984 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 9
1 Yr 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .984 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 21 NYM NL 69 26% 2.9% 15.9% 11.6% 11.6% 40% 0.92 1.38 68% 18% 10.0% 20% 19 1 5%
2009 22 NYM NL 110 35% 0.9% 16.4% 8.2% 9.1% 37% 0.93 1.38 73% 24% 2.6% 7% 23 3 13%
2010 23 NYM NL 770 19% 2.6% 19.2% 8.1% 8.6% 34% 0.90 1.30 68% 22% 8.0% 12% 148 16 11%
2011 24 NYM NL 694 22% 2.0% 19.9% 6.3% 7.6% 30% 1.10 1.87 69% 17% 7.0% 12% 146 13 9%
2012 25 NYM NL 788 20% 2.8% 19.7% 6.2% 6.5% 29% 0.94 1.34 70% 20% 8.6% 12% 156 16 10%
2013 26 NYM NL 248 23% 2.0% 12.5% 10.9% 7.3% 30% 1.19 1.79 73% 18% 6.3% 7% 45 7 16%
6 Yrs 2679 21% 2.4% 18.7% 7.4% 7.7% 32% 0.99 1.49 69% 20% 7.6% 12% 537 56 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.6% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 21 NYM NL 69 267 3.87 160 60% 32% 9% 28% 31% 68% 0% 41% 87% 61% 10% 7 4 22% 15 9 3 36% 1 3 0 0 0
2009 22 NYM NL 110 402 3.65 268 67% 25% 13% 30% 31% 75% 0% 50% 82% 64% 4% 4 2 29% 32 24 4 17% 3 2 0 0 0
2010 23 NYM NL 771 2946 3.82 1883 64% 29% 14% 28% 29% 71% 1% 45% 80% 60% 4% 34 23 23% 176 111 9 24% 33 8 -1 0 0
2011 24 NYM NL 694 2493 3.59 1652 66% 30% 14% 25% 31% 70% 2% 46% 80% 59% 4% 28 16 23% 157 94 6 24% 31 8 0 0 0
2012 25 NYM NL 789 3029 3.84 2006 66% 29% 13% 29% 29% 71% 1% 47% 82% 63% 3% 22 12 26% 208 131 10 28% 34 8 -1 0 0
2013 26 NYM NL 249 955 3.84 587 61% 28% 12% 28% 32% 72% 0% 44% 84% 54% 8% 20 14 22% 56 35 5 26% 11 6 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 2682 10092 3.76 6556 65% 29% 13% 28% 30% 71% 1% 46% 81% 60% 4% 115 71 24% 644 404 37 25% 113 35 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 21 NYM NL 69 20 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 80% 0 0 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 22 NYM NL 110 27 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 2 1 0 46 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2010 23 NYM NL 770 192 24 4 20 1 23 14 6 9 11 46 16 12 35% 8 5 1 283 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
2011 24 NYM NL 694 178 20 2 14 0 14 12 2 6 8 40 22 6 55% 10 3 5 269 7 1 88% 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2012 25 NYM NL 788 174 21 2 22 0 10 18 4 12 10 34 13 5 38% 9 6 4 286 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 0
2013 26 NYM NL 248 61 10 0 5 0 9 4 1 4 1 10 5 2 50% 3 4 0 94 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
6 Yrs 2679 652 77 8 64 2 57 50 14 33 31 139 63 26 45% 32 19 11 1011 16 10 62% 11 10 5 0 0 0 5 5 46 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 21 1 1 .500 7.07 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 11 11 2 8 0 11 0 0 0 69 61 2.000 12.9 1.3 5.1 7.1 1.38 61
2009 22 2 2 .500 5.22 8 8 0 0 0 0 39.2 47 23 23 3 17 0 29 0 0 1 179 80 1.613 10.7 0.7 3.9 6.6 1.71 80
2010 23 11 12 .478 4.39 38 38 0 2 1 0 213.1 239 120 104 23 79 3 177 9 0 6 949 90 1.491 10.1 1.0 3.3 7.5 2.24 90
2011 24 22 23 .489 4.39 65 64 0 2 1 0 370.2 417 208 181 37 123 7 315 14 0 9 1643 87 1.457 10.1 0.9 3.0 7.6 2.56 87
2012 25 35 32 .522 4.06 95 94 0 2 1 0 561.0 591 285 253 59 172 9 470 18 0 15 2431 94 1.360 9.5 0.9 2.8 7.5 2.73 94
2013 26 38 37 .507 4.12 105 104 0 2 1 0 615.1 652 321 282 64 199 9 501 20 0 19 2679 92 1.383 9.5 0.9 2.9 7.3 2.52 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 21 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 20 12 11 2 8 11 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 7.1 1.38 1.3 3
2009 22 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 27 13 12 1 9 17 0 1.440 9.7 3.2 6.1 1.89 0.4 5
2010 23 8 10 .444 4.58 167.0 197 94 85 21 64 142 9 1.563 10.6 3.4 7.7 2.22 1.1 30
2011 24 6 10 .375 5.09 152.0 188 96 86 15 46 133 5 1.539 11.1 2.7 7.9 2.89 0.9 27
2012 25 10 10 .500 3.86 184.0 182 88 79 23 51 150 4 1.266 8.9 2.5 7.3 2.94 1.1 30
2013 26 2 3 .400 5.65 51.0 64 36 32 5 28 29 2 1.804 11.3 4.9 5.1 1.04 0.9 10
6 Yrs 27 35 .435 4.63 593.0 678 339 305 67 206 482 20 1.491 10.3 7.3 2.34 1.0 105

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2013 NL  10 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  27 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2013 NL  4 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 NL  9 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1986-10-27 (9th)
2008 NL  born 1986-10-27 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 4 (2012), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1203rd), 5.1 career WAR/5.1 7yr-peak WAR/5.1 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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