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Pitcher · 2025

José De León

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 0"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#78
Born
August 7, 1992 in Isabela, Puerto Rico
MLB debut
September 4, 2016
Drafted
2013, round 24
College
Southern
High school
Colegio San Antonio
dbWAR
.1
1 season(s)
IP
6.2
ERA
4.05
FIP
4.04
K/9
10.8
FIP−
97
100 = avg

José De León is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2025 he struck out 8 batters over 6.2 innings across 1 appearance, 1 of them starts, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.05 was 2.6% lower than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 4.04 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 30.2% of swings (15.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.6%. His 0.1 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, 2025.

FIP4.04
K/910.8
WHIP1.65
WAR.1

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB16144024.286.375.286.31225.0%
vs RHB12114114.364.417.636.44933.3%

Pitch sequencing

What José De León 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, and how often it misses in 2025.

Four-Seam Fastball47.5%4890.62,23752.1%10.5%
Slurve23.8%2474.62,60558.3%68.8%
Slider15.8%1682.42,28850.0%0.0%
Changeup12.9%1383.51,80638.5%33.3%
José De León'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2025116.210083834.054.041.6510.84.097970.1

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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.