J.J. Hoover

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 240lb (190cm, 108kg)

Born: August 13, 1987 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL).

High School: Elizabeth Forward HS (Elizabeth, PA)

School: Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL)

Debut: April 25, 2012 (Age 24-256d, 20,157th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 10, 2018 (Age 30-240d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Vanguard Sports Group • Previously: Ballengee Group, MVP Sports Group

Full Name: James Allen Hoover

Nicknames: Hoov

Twitter: @JJ_Hoover

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.17

290

285.0

294

WHIP

1.351

Summary of 45 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 6 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
CIN	37
ARI	7
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	28
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	18

Outs
2	16
1	15
0	14

15 Opps
PIT	9
COL	7
MIL	5
NYM	4
STL	4
CHC	4
ATL	2
SDP	2
WSN	2
ARI	1
PHI	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
HOU	1
MIA	1

38 Batters
Andrew McCutchen	2
Ian Desmond	2
Ryan Braun	2
Javier Báez	2
Curtis Granderson	2
Mark Reynolds	2
Matt Carpenter	2
Ike Davis	1
Alex Presley	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Neil Walker	1
Max Stassi	1
Carlos González	1
Elián Herrera	1
Troy Tulowitzki	1
Corey Dickerson	1
Pat Valaika	1
Brandon Moss	1
Jordy Mercer	1
Casey McGehee	1
Jimmy Rollins	1
Christian Villanueva	1
Juan Francisco	1
Kurt Suzuki	1
Drew Stubbs	1
Wilson Ramos	1
Matt Joyce	1
Charlie Blackmon	1
Starling Marte	1
Gaby Sánchez	1
B.J. Upton	1
Wilmer Flores	1
Allen Craig	1
Chris Carter	1
Kris Bryant	1
Garrett Jones	1
Eugenio Suárez	1
Kyle Schwarber	1

11 Parks
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	26
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
PNC Pk (PIT)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1

Where Hit
9	17
7	12
78	8
8	5
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	9
2	9
4	7
6	6
1	6
5	5
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	8
123	6
-2-	4
12-	2
--3	1

80 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	24
1 on	13
2 on	2
3 on	6
Any on	21

Inning
5	3
6	6
7	7
8	15
9	8
Extra	6

4-6	9
7-end	36

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	3
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	6
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	3

Ahead	20
Tied	8
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	7
1-1	7
0-0	6
1-0	5
2-1	5
0-1	4
2-2	4
1-2	3
3-1	2
0-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	10
1B	7
CF	6
RF	6
SS	6
C	4
LF	3
PH	2
2B	1

OrderPos
6th	10
3rd	7
7th	6
1st	5
2nd	5
8th	4
5th	3
4th	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2012-06-05	Casey McGehee	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 6-2	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	2	2012-06-05	Alex Presley	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 7-2	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2013-04-06	Ian Desmond	WSN	@	CIN	tied 5-5	t 11	0	---	5,(2-2) .BBFFX	1	6	6	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	2	2	2013-04-06	Wilson Ramos	WSN	@	CIN	ahead 6-5	t 11	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFCBX	1	8	2	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	3	1	2013-04-12	Andrew McCutchen	PIT		CIN	tied 5-5	b 7	0	---	6,(1-2) .FCBFFX	1	3	8	23%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	2013-05-08	Juan Francisco	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	123	4,(2-1) FBBX	4	6	5	7%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); F. Freeman Scores; J. Upton Scores; D. Uggla Scores
7	7	5	1	2013-08-20	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	123	6,(3-2) ..CBBFBX	4	3	3	14%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); P. Corbin Scores; A. Pollock Scores; M. Prado Scores
8	8	6	1	2013-08-26	Allen Craig	STL		CIN	behind 4-5	b 7	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	9	55%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Beltrán Scores; M. Carpenter Scores; M. Holliday Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2014-04-05	Ike Davis	NYM		CIN	behind 2-3	b 9	0	123	2,(0-1) .CX	4	9	PH	28%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lagares Scores; A. Recker Scores; R. Tejada Scores
10	10	2	1	2014-04-14	Neil Walker	PIT	@	CIN	behind 5-6	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	4	18%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	3	2	2014-04-14	Gaby Sánchez	PIT	@	CIN	tied 6-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	18%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	2014-05-10	Corey Dickerson	COL	@	CIN	ahead 7-1	t 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Blackmon Scores
13	13	5	2	2014-05-10	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	@	CIN	ahead 9-1	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	3	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	6	1	2014-06-07	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	@	CIN	behind 3-6	t 7	2	-2-	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	1	6	14%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Hernández Scores
15	15	7	1	2014-06-14	Ryan Braun	MIL		CIN	tied 2-2	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	2	9	29%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Gennett Scores
16	16	8	1	2014-07-12	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	@	CIN	tied 5-5	t 11	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	42%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	2014-08-03	Garrett Jones	MIA		CIN	behind 1-7	b 8	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. McGehee Scores
18	18	10	1	2014-08-17 (1)	Drew Stubbs	COL		CIN	behind 7-9	b 9	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	8	91%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Rutledge Scores; C. Culberson Scores
19	19	11	1	2014-09-05	Wilmer Flores	NYM	@	CIN	ahead 6-2	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	6	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	12	1	2014-09-07	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) .CFBBBX	1	6	9	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Granderson Scores/unER
21	21	13	1	2014-09-14	Mark Reynolds	MIL		CIN	ahead 8-1	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2015-07-21	Kyle Schwarber	CHC	@	CIN	behind 2-4	t 9	0	1--	9,(3-2) CFFBBFFBX	2	2	2	36%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Fowler Scores
23	23	2	1	2015-07-24	Carlos González	COL		CIN	behind 3-4	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	9	31%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	3	1	2015-08-05	Matt Carpenter	STL	@	CIN	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBCX	1	1	5	27%	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	4	1	2015-09-02	Kris Bryant	CHC		CIN	behind 2-4	b 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	5	42%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Fowler Scores
26	26	5	1	2015-09-05 (1)	Elián Herrera	MIL	@	CIN	tied 6-6	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	5	26%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	2015-09-06	Ryan Braun	MIL	@	CIN	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ...CBX	1	3	9	6%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	7	1	2015-09-25	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	CIN	ahead 9-0	t 8	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Conforto Scores; N. Syndergaard Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2016-04-08	Starling Marte	PIT	@	CIN	behind 2-5	t 8	2	123	2,(1-0) ..BX	4	4	7	60%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Jaso Scores; A. McCutchen Scores; D. Freese Scores
30	30	2	1	2016-04-16	Brandon Moss	STL		CIN	behind 6-9	b 9	2	--3	7,(3-2) FBFBFBX	2	6	3	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Holliday Scores
31	31	3	1	2016-04-19	Mark Reynolds	COL	@	CIN	behind 1-4	t 9	2	1--	7,(3-2) BBBCF>F>X	2	6	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); G. Parra Scores
32	32	4	1	2016-04-22	Javier Báez	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) .CBSBFX	1	6	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	2016-04-29	Matt Joyce	PIT		CIN	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	1--	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	2	9	PH	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Mercer Scores
34	34	6	1	2016-05-05	Chris Carter	MIL	@	CIN	behind 3-9	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBCX	1	5	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	7	1	2016-06-22	Ian Desmond	TEX		CIN	ahead 4-1	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	6	8	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	8	1	2016-06-24	B.J. Upton	SDP	@	CIN	ahead 11-4	t 8	2	-2-	5,(2-2) SBSBX	2	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Myers Scores
37	37	9	1	2016-06-28	Javier Báez	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 3-2	t 15	2	123	4,(1-2) SBFX	4	6	6	14%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); K. Bryant Scores; A. Rizzo Scores; J. Hammel Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2017-05-07	Pat Valaika	COL		ARI	ahead 2-0	b 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) .CX	2	7	5	11%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Story Scores/unER; P. Valaika Scores/Team unER
39	39	2	2	2017-05-07	Charlie Blackmon	COL		ARI	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	2017-05-31	Jordy Mercer	PIT		ARI	behind 4-5	b 11	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	6	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	4	1	2017-07-20	Eugenio Suárez	CIN		ARI	behind 1-6	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	2	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	5	1	2017-07-25	Kurt Suzuki	ATL	@	ARI	tied 2-2	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	2	25%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Adams Scores
43	43	6	1	2017-08-15	Max Stassi	HOU	@	ARI	ahead 8-4	t 9	2	---	6,(3-2) BFFBBX	1	7	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
44	44	7	1	2017-09-20	Christian Villanueva	SDP		ARI	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	5	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2018-04-10	Matt Carpenter	STL		MIL	tied 3-3	b 11	0	1--	3,(1-1) L1BX	2	3	3	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); P. DeJong Scores