Pitcher · 2024
DJ Herz
- Age
- 23
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 197 lb
- Number
- #77
- Born
- January 4, 2001 in Fayetteville, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- June 4, 2024
- Drafted
- 2019, round 8
- High school
- Sanford
- Salary, 2024
- $740,000
- dbWAR
- 1.3 1 season(s)
- IP
- 88.2
- ERA
- 4.16
- FIP
- 3.71
- K/9
- 10.8
- FIP−
- 91 100 = avg
DJ Herz is a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2024 he struck out 106 batters over 88.2 innings across 19 appearances, 19 of them starts, going 4-9. His ERA of 4.16 was 2.0% higher than the league average of 4.08 — 8th of 16 on his team, and 311th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.71 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.3% of swings (14.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.7%. His 1.3 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, 2024.
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 | 92 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 23 | .237 | .319 | .375 | .310 | 25.0% |
| vs RHB | 290 | 260 | 57 | 8 | 28 | 83 | .219 | .298 | .354 | .292 | 28.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What DJ Herz 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 2024.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 860 | 93.5 | 2,324 | 54.2% | 30.5% | |
| Changeup | 389 | 83.5 | 2,271 | 42.9% | 26.0% | |
| Slider | 284 | 86.1 | 2,216 | 43.3% | 27.5% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 53 | 81.2 | 2,150 | 52.8% | 53.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 88.2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 41 | 106 | 36 | 4.16 | 3.71 | 1.26 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 102 | 91 | 1.3 | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.