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Jordan Zimmermann

Jordan M. Zimmermann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 23, 1986 in Auburndale, WI
High School: Auburndale HS (Auburndale, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI)
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 2nd round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 2009 (Age 22)
Team: Nationals 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$5.35M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.154, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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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
2009 23 WSN NL 3 5 .375 4.63 16 16 0 0 0 0 91.1 95 51 47 10 29 0 92 4 0 0 391 92 1.358 9.4 1.0 2.9 9.1 3.17
2010 24 WSN NL 1 2 .333 4.94 7 7 0 0 0 0 31.0 31 20 17 8 10 1 27 2 0 0 135 83 1.323 9.0 2.3 2.9 7.8 2.70
2011 25 WSN NL 8 11 .421 3.18 26 26 0 1 0 0 161.1 154 62 57 12 31 2 124 7 1 3 662 120 1.147 8.6 0.7 1.7 6.9 4.00
2012 26 WSN NL 12 8 .600 2.94 32 32 0 0 0 0 195.2 186 69 64 18 43 2 153 8 0 3 805 133 1.170 8.6 0.8 2.0 7.0 3.56
2013 27 WSN NL 8 2 .800 1.71 10 10 0 3 1 0 73.2 55 15 14 3 9 0 46 2 0 1 281 217 0.869 6.7 0.4 1.1 5.6 5.11
5 Yrs 32 28 .533 3.24 91 91 0 4 1 0 553.0 521 217 199 51 122 5 442 23 1 7 2274 121 1.163 8.5 0.8 2.0 7.2 3.62
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .533 3.24 34 34 0 1 0 0 207 195 81 74 19 46 2 165 9 0 3 850 121 1.163 8.5 0.8 2.0 7.2 3.62

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
2009 23 WSN NL 91.1 16 16 51 5.03 4.56 -0.29 0.18 100.9 5.07 0 0.0 -0.1 0.7 8 .502 .500
2010 24 WSN NL 31.0 7 7 20 5.81 4.38 -0.02 0.17 100.1 4.57 -4 -0.4 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .438 .497 $401,000
2011 25 WSN NL 161.1 26 26 62 3.46 4.16 0.02 0.16 99.7 4.28 14 1.6 -0.1 2.8 27 .560 .510 $415,000
2012 26 WSN NL 195.2 32 32 69 3.17 4.23 -0.08 0.16 101.0 4.52 28 3.2 -0.1 4.7 45 .599 .520 $2,300,000
2013 27 WSN NL 73.2 10 10 15 1.83 4.02 0.08 0.15 95.0 3.89 16 2.0 -0.1 2.5 23 .696 .512 $5,350,000
5 Seasons 553.0 91 91 217 3.53 4.24 -0.06 0.16 99.8 4.46 53 6.3 -0.4 10.6 102 .569 .508 $8,466,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2012 26 WSN NL NLDS L STL 0 1 .000 11.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 11.3
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 11.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 18 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 11.3

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
2009 23 WSN NL 16 391 350 51 95 17 4 10 8 5 29 92 .271 .332 .429 .760 .339 150 6 4 5 3 0 6
2010 24 WSN NL 7 135 121 20 31 5 0 8 3 1 10 27 .256 .321 .496 .817 .264 60 1 2 1 1 1 2
2011 25 WSN NL 26 662 613 62 154 29 6 12 3 6 31 124 .251 .294 .377 .671 .296 231 6 7 8 2 2 4
2012 26 WSN NL 32 805 742 69 186 42 3 18 10 2 43 153 .251 .297 .388 .686 .292 288 18 8 8 4 2 6
2013 27 WSN NL 10 281 267 15 55 9 1 3 5 1 9 46 .206 .236 .281 .517 .236 75 8 2 1 2 0 5
5 Yrs 91 2274 2093 217 521 102 14 51 29 15 122 442 .249 .296 .384 .680 .292 804 39 23 23 12 5 23
162 Game Avg. 34 850 782 81 195 38 5 19 11 6 46 165 .249 .296 .384 .680 .292 300 15 9 9 4 2 9
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .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
2009 23 WSN NL -3.9 -0.4 406 -1.0 6.4 -7.4 .91 -0.1 -1.0 -6.8 -0.7 0.91 -2.0 0 0 0
2010 24 WSN NL -3.6 -0.4 141 -0.6 2.2 -2.8 .97 -0.5 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.97 -4.5 0 0 0
2011 25 WSN NL 11.8 1.2 676 1.2 12.7 -11.5 1.04 1.0 0.1 15.2 1.6 1.04 9.8 0 0 0
2012 26 WSN NL 22.4 2.4 825 1.7 14.6 -12.9 1.00 0.9 0.8 24.3 2.6 1.00 13.4 0 0 0
2013 27 WSN NL 16.8 2.0 289 2.2 5.3 -3.0 .93 2.1 0.4 19.3 2.3 0.93 21.3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 43.5 4.9 2337 3.6 41.2 -37.6 .98 3.4 0.2 47.0 5.5 0.98 38.0 0 0 0

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
2009 23 WSN NL 16 16 3 5 8 1 2 5 11 .313 2 3 0 0 6 38% 50.1 68 35 6 0 0 10 4.3 4.2 5.7 98 1 5 10 0 109
2010 24 WSN NL 7 7 1 2 4 1 0 3 4 .429 0 3 0 0 2 29% 47.7 79 23 0 0 0 6 5.4 3.3 4.4 79 3 4 0 0 86
2011 25 WSN NL 26 26 8 11 7 3 6 13 13 .500 3 2 1 0 16 62% 55.2 78 31 21 9 0 14 3.2 2.6 6.2 95 1 17 8 0 109
2012 26 WSN NL 32 32 12 8 12 0 4 21 11 .656 4 6 0 0 24 75% 56.0 77 15 13 4 0 14 4.8 4.7 6.1 97 0 20 12 0 112
2013 27 WSN NL 10 10 8 2 0 0 1 8 2 .800 0 0 3 1 9 90% 65.6 88 51 2 0 0 5 4.1 4.7 7.4 96 0 6 4 0 107
5 Yrs 91 91 32 28 31 5 13 50 41 .549 9 14 4 1 57 63% 55 88 15 42 13 0 49 4.2 3.9 6.1 95 5 52 34 0 112
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 101 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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%
2009 23 WSN NL 391 47% 2.6% 23.5% 7.4% 7.9% 33% 0.77 1.19 64% 23% 8.0% 13% 65 6 9%
2010 24 WSN NL 135 51% 5.9% 20.0% 7.4% 9.6% 42% 0.96 1.20 64% 16% 18.2% 8% 19 1 5%
2011 25 WSN NL 662 54% 1.8% 18.7% 4.7% 7.1% 31% 0.65 0.84 72% 20% 4.7% 14% 105 6 6%
2012 26 WSN NL 805 48% 2.2% 19.0% 5.3% 7.8% 34% 0.75 1.07 71% 24% 6.2% 13% 135 18 13%
2013 27 WSN NL 281 46% 1.1% 16.4% 3.2% 4.6% 24% 1.09 1.56 78% 18% 3.5% 19% 39 8 21%
5 Yrs 2274 49% 2.2% 19.4% 5.4% 7.3% 32% 0.77 1.07 71% 21% 6.4% 14% 363 39 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 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
2009 23 WSN NL 392 1575 4.02 1059 67% 27% 15% 32% 25% 73% 0% 49% 79% 65% 5% 18 12 36% 143 79 8 28% 18 6 -1 0 0
2010 24 WSN NL 135 556 4.12 354 64% 33% 10% 30% 27% 67% 1% 43% 86% 62% 3% 4 0 27% 37 19 0 30% 3 3 0 0 0
2011 25 WSN NL 664 2464 3.71 1666 68% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 1% 49% 82% 63% 3% 17 14 33% 217 129 13 27% 27 1 -2 0 1
2012 26 WSN NL 805 3089 3.84 2093 68% 28% 14% 30% 29% 72% 1% 49% 81% 69% 3% 21 16 33% 263 149 8 24% 35 4 0 0 0
2013 27 WSN NL 281 955 3.40 646 68% 24% 14% 27% 35% 76% 0% 51% 82% 61% 2% 5 4 25% 70 46 5 22% 14 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2277 8639 3.79 5818 67% 27% 14% 30% 29% 73% 0% 49% 81% 65% 3% 65 46 32% 730 422 34 26% 97 15 -3 0 1
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
2009 23 WSN NL 391 95 11 3 10 1 3 6 4 6 4 19 9 3 47% 6 0 0 141 8 5 62% 8 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
2010 24 WSN NL 135 31 3 1 8 0 7 5 3 4 4 7 3 4 43% 2 0 0 36 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 25 WSN NL 662 154 15 2 12 0 7 5 7 5 7 36 18 4 50% 4 3 0 209 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0
2012 26 WSN NL 805 186 21 2 18 0 7 11 7 11 7 25 11 6 44% 6 3 4 296 10 2 83% 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
2013 27 WSN NL 281 55 4 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 14 7 2 50% 5 1 0 84 5 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Yrs 2274 521 54 8 51 1 28 29 22 27 24 101 48 19 48% 23 7 4 766 29 15 66% 27 12 2 2 0 1 3 1 26 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+
2009 23 3 5 .375 4.63 16 16 0 0 0 0 91.1 95 51 47 10 29 0 92 4 0 0 391 92 1.358 9.4 1.0 2.9 9.1 3.17 92
2010 24 4 7 .364 4.71 23 23 0 0 0 0 122.1 126 71 64 18 39 1 119 6 0 0 526 89 1.349 9.3 1.3 2.9 8.8 3.05 89
2011 25 12 18 .400 3.84 49 49 0 1 0 0 283.2 280 133 121 30 70 3 243 13 1 3 1188 104 1.234 8.9 1.0 2.2 7.7 3.47 104
2012 26 24 26 .480 3.47 81 81 0 1 0 0 479.1 466 202 185 48 113 5 396 21 1 6 1993 114 1.208 8.7 0.9 2.1 7.4 3.50 114
2013 27 32 28 .533 3.24 91 91 0 4 1 0 553.0 521 217 199 51 122 5 442 23 1 7 2274 121 1.163 8.5 0.8 2.0 7.2 3.62 121

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
2009 23 4 5 .444 4.70 88.0 94 51 46 10 29 89 4 1.398 9.6 3.0 9.1 3.07 1.0 16
2010 24 1 2 .333 5.40 30.0 32 20 18 8 10 26 2 1.400 9.6 3.0 7.8 2.60 2.4 7
2011 25 9 8 .529 3.54 155.0 159 68 61 12 32 119 7 1.232 9.2 1.9 6.9 3.72 0.7 26
2012 26 12 8 .600 3.27 187.0 191 76 68 18 44 146 8 1.257 9.2 2.1 7.0 3.32 0.9 32
2013 27 6 1 .857 1.90 71.0 56 17 15 3 9 45 2 0.915 7.1 1.1 5.7 5.00 0.4 10
5 Yrs 32 24 .571 3.53 531.0 532 232 208 51 124 425 23 1.235 9.0 7.2 3.43 0.9 91

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2013 NL  2.6 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.7 (5th)
2013 NL  2.5 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2012 NL  2.94 (7th)
2013 NL  1.71 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
2013 NL  8 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2013 NL  .800 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2013 NL  0.869 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  6.720 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 NL  1.978 (8th)
2013 NL  1.100 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2013 NL  73.7 (1st)

Games Started s c a p y
2013 NL  10 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2013 NL  3 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  5.111 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  0.367 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2013 NL  281 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2012 NL  132 (7th)
2013 NL  217 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  21 (8th)
2013 NL  17 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  2.3 (9th)
2013 NL  2.0 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 NL  24.29 (7th)
2013 NL  19.30 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2013 NL  2.2 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2013 NL  2.1 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2012 NL  2.6 (7th)
2013 NL  2.3 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 28 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1573), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (902nd), 9.3 career WAR/9.3 7yr-peak WAR/9.3 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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