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Johnny Cueto

Johnny (Ortiz) Cueto (twitter: @JohnnyCueto)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 15, 1986 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2008
Team: Reds 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$27M (11-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.000, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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 22 CIN NL 9 14 .391 4.81 31 31 0 0 0 0 174.0 178 101 93 29 68 1 158 14 1 6 769 91 1.414 9.2 1.5 3.5 8.2 2.32
2009 23 CIN NL 11 11 .500 4.41 30 30 0 0 0 0 171.1 172 90 84 24 61 0 132 14 0 4 740 95 1.360 9.0 1.3 3.2 6.9 2.16
2010 24 CIN NL 12 7 .632 3.64 31 31 0 1 1 0 185.2 181 79 75 19 56 5 138 9 2 5 780 112 1.276 8.8 0.9 2.7 6.7 2.46
2011 25 CIN NL 9 5 .643 2.31 24 24 0 3 1 0 156.0 123 51 40 8 47 0 104 10 1 5 631 171 1.090 7.1 0.5 2.7 6.0 2.21
2012 26 CIN NL 5 2 .714 2.53 10 10 0 1 0 0 64.0 66 20 18 5 14 1 41 5 1 0 267 158 1.250 9.3 0.7 2.0 5.8 2.93
5 Yrs 46 39 .541 3.72 126 126 0 5 2 0 751.0 720 341 310 85 246 7 573 52 5 20 3187 112 1.286 8.6 1.0 2.9 6.9 2.33
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .541 3.72 34 34 0 1 1 0 203 194 92 84 23 66 2 155 14 1 5 860 112 1.286 8.6 1.0 2.9 6.9 2.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 22 CIN NL 174.0 31 31 101 5.22 4.72 -0.14 0.19 102.5 5.17 0 0.0 -0.1 1.2 16 .501 .500 $390,000
2009 23 CIN NL 171.1 30 30 90 4.73 4.42 0.12 0.17 100.5 4.49 -5 -0.5 -0.1 0.7 12 .484 .497 $418,000
2010 24 CIN NL 185.2 31 31 79 3.83 4.26 0.20 0.16 101.0 4.26 9 0.9 -0.1 2.2 26 .530 .506 $445,000
2011 25 CIN NL 156.0 24 24 51 2.94 4.23 0.18 0.16 99.9 4.20 21 2.5 -0.1 3.5 36 .603 .515 $3,400,000
2012 26 CIN NL 64.0 10 10 20 2.81 4.16 0.04 0.15 103.6 4.42 10 1.2 -0.1 1.6 17 .623 .508 $
5 Seasons 751.0 126 126 341 4.09 4.39 0.09 0.17 101.2 4.53 36 4.2 -0.5 9.2 107 .533 .505 $4,653,000

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
2010 24 CIN NL NLDS L PHI 0 1 .000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 1.200 9.0 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 1.200 9.0 1.8 1.8 3.6 2.00

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 22 CIN NL 31 769 673 101 178 39 3 29 7 6 68 158 .264 .342 .461 .803 .303 310 11 14 9 5 1 6
2009 23 CIN NL 30 740 657 90 172 38 5 24 2 5 61 132 .262 .336 .444 .780 .294 292 15 14 5 3 0 5
2010 24 CIN NL 31 780 703 79 181 43 3 19 3 4 56 138 .257 .319 .408 .727 .295 287 12 9 9 3 5 3
2011 25 CIN NL 24 631 560 51 123 23 0 8 1 4 47 104 .220 .290 .304 .593 .254 170 18 10 10 4 0 12
2012 26 CIN NL 10 267 244 20 66 13 1 5 0 2 14 41 .270 .321 .393 .714 .305 96 6 5 2 2 1 3
5 Yrs 126 3187 2837 341 720 156 12 85 13 21 246 573 .254 .323 .407 .730 .289 1155 62 52 35 17 7 29
162 Game Avg. 34 860 766 92 194 42 3 23 4 6 66 155 .254 .323 .407 .730 .289 312 17 14 9 5 2 8
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .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 22 CIN NL -7.1 -0.7 791 -1.5 12.8 -14.3 .96 -1.7 0.2 -9.1 -0.9 0.96 -17.9 0 0 0
2009 23 CIN NL -3.6 -0.4 751 -0.1 12.4 -12.5 .94 -0.4 0.3 -3.4 -0.3 0.94 -4.0 0 0 0
2010 24 CIN NL 10.3 1.1 793 0.6 13.5 -12.8 .99 0.3 0.3 11.2 1.2 0.99 5.6 0 0 0
2011 25 CIN NL 23.9 2.6 645 1.9 12.9 -11.0 1.17 2.1 -0.6 20.5 2.2 1.17 21.7 0 0 0
2012 26 CIN NL 10.0 1.1 273 0.8 5.0 -4.2 1.00 0.7 0.1 9.0 1.0 1.00 6.3 0 0 0
5 Yrs 33.4 3.8 3253 1.7 56.5 -54.8 1.01 1.0 0.6 28.3 3.1 1.01 11.6 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
2008 22 CIN NL 31 31 9 14 8 2 3 12 19 .387 1 6 0 0 14 45% 49.1 81 14 7 3 0 15 3.8 3.2 5.6 98 4 13 13 1 120
2009 23 CIN NL 30 30 11 11 8 4 3 16 14 .533 1 1 0 0 14 47% 50.1 82 4 14 4 0 15 4.2 4.1 5.7 97 3 8 19 0 112
2010 24 CIN NL 31 31 12 7 12 2 2 16 15 .516 6 6 1 1 18 58% 53.1 93 5 8 2 0 14 4.7 5.1 6.0 101 2 7 20 2 124
2011 25 CIN NL 24 24 9 5 10 0 2 16 8 .667 5 2 3 1 18 75% 59.0 86 26 10 2 0 12 5.0 4.1 6.5 100 2 6 15 1 120
2012 26 CIN NL 10 10 5 2 3 0 0 7 3 .700 0 2 1 0 7 70% 55.7 73 23 4 0 0 6 3.8 3.6 6.4 103 0 4 5 1 120
5 Yrs 126 126 46 39 41 8 10 67 59 .532 13 17 5 2 71 56% 53 93 4 43 11 0 62 4.3 4.1 6.0 99 11 38 72 5 124
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 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%
2008 22 CIN NL 769 58% 3.8% 20.6% 8.8% 9.2% 40% 0.63 0.88 64% 21% 10.5% 13% 139 11 8%
2009 23 CIN NL 740 49% 3.2% 17.8% 8.2% 9.1% 39% 0.74 0.95 68% 19% 9.0% 12% 136 15 11%
2010 24 CIN NL 780 55% 2.4% 17.7% 7.2% 8.3% 36% 0.75 0.92 70% 20% 6.6% 11% 138 12 9%
2011 25 CIN NL 631 54% 1.3% 16.5% 7.5% 4.9% 25% 1.18 1.65 72% 16% 4.4% 13% 120 18 15%
2012 26 CIN NL 267 46% 1.9% 15.4% 5.2% 7.1% 29% 0.86 1.19 75% 20% 5.2% 11% 44 6 14%
5 Yrs 3187 53% 2.7% 18.0% 7.7% 7.9% 35% 0.80 1.06 69% 19% 7.7% 12% 577 62 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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 22 CIN NL 770 3036 3.94 1911 63% 27% 18% 27% 28% 73% 0% 46% 75% 59% 4% 30 19 24% 182 90 11 20% 24 10 -1 0 0
2009 23 CIN NL 740 2904 3.92 1802 62% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 0% 46% 81% 56% 5% 37 24 19% 139 72 8 26% 12 13 0 0 0
2010 24 CIN NL 781 3117 3.99 1926 62% 25% 16% 28% 30% 75% 2% 46% 78% 55% 5% 37 24 18% 139 67 12 16% 16 8 -1 0 0
2011 25 CIN NL 632 2394 3.79 1494 62% 24% 14% 30% 31% 76% 0% 47% 82% 56% 4% 26 19 21% 130 66 2 21% 16 7 -1 0 0
2012 26 CIN NL 269 1031 3.83 659 64% 28% 12% 29% 31% 72% 1% 46% 84% 59% 4% 12 6 23% 62 27 3 20% 1 5 -2 0 0
5 Yrs 3192 12482 3.91 7792 62% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 1% 46% 79% 57% 4% 142 92 20% 652 322 36 20% 69 43 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 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 22 CIN NL 769 178 19 3 29 0 15 18 11 18 11 32 15 8 47% 6 6 5 297 7 6 54% 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
2009 23 CIN NL 740 172 19 0 24 0 22 9 15 12 12 35 21 4 60% 5 4 0 261 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2010 24 CIN NL 780 181 23 1 19 0 23 8 11 6 13 42 23 4 55% 3 5 0 268 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 14 0
2011 25 CIN NL 631 123 13 1 8 0 11 3 5 3 5 28 15 6 54% 12 5 0 222 1 4 20% 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2012 26 CIN NL 267 66 10 0 5 0 7 0 5 2 3 8 5 0 63% 3 0 0 95 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0
5 Yrs 3187 720 84 5 85 0 78 38 47 41 44 145 79 22 54% 29 20 5 1143 13 21 38% 12 20 1 1 0 0 11 4 65 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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 22 9 14 .391 4.81 31 31 0 0 0 0 174.0 178 101 93 29 68 1 158 14 1 6 769 91 1.414 9.2 1.5 3.5 8.2 2.32 91
2009 23 20 25 .444 4.61 61 61 0 0 0 0 345.1 350 191 177 53 129 1 290 28 1 10 1509 93 1.387 9.1 1.4 3.4 7.6 2.25 93
2010 24 32 32 .500 4.27 92 92 0 1 1 0 531.0 531 270 252 72 185 6 428 37 3 15 2289 99 1.348 9.0 1.2 3.1 7.3 2.31 99
2011 25 41 37 .526 3.83 116 116 0 4 2 0 687.0 654 321 292 80 232 6 532 47 4 20 2920 109 1.290 8.6 1.0 3.0 7.0 2.29 109
2012 26 46 39 .541 3.72 126 126 0 5 2 0 751.0 720 341 310 85 246 7 573 52 5 20 3187 112 1.286 8.6 1.0 2.9 6.9 2.33 112

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 22 8 11 .421 4.66 172.0 174 99 89 28 66 156 14 1.395 9.1 3.5 8.2 2.36 1.5 31
2009 23 8 10 .444 4.61 164.0 172 93 84 24 61 127 14 1.421 9.4 3.3 7.0 2.08 1.3 30
2010 24 10 9 .526 3.84 178.0 182 84 76 19 56 132 9 1.337 9.2 2.8 6.7 2.36 1.0 31
2011 25 11 5 .688 2.48 149.0 125 46 41 8 48 100 10 1.161 7.6 2.9 6.0 2.08 0.5 24
2012 26 4 2 .667 2.85 60.0 67 21 19 5 14 39 5 1.350 10.1 2.1 5.9 2.79 0.8 10
5 Yrs 41 37 .526 3.85 723.0 720 343 309 84 245 554 52 1.335 9.0 6.9 2.26 1.0 126

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2011 NL  3.5 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  5 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 NL  .632 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  8.172 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 NL  10 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 NL  3 (5th)
2012 NL  1 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  1 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 NL  29 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 NL  14 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 NL  14 (1st)
2009 NL  14 (2nd)
2010 NL  9 (6th)
2011 NL  10 (5th)
2012 NL  5 (2nd)
Active  52 (42nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2012 NL  158 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 NL  24 (6th)
2012 NL  10 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 NL  2.6 (6th)
2012 NL  1.1 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 NL  20.50 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 NL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2011 NL  2.2 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 2 (748), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 14 (1285), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Brian Holman (965)
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  10. Red Causey (963)
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  6. Art Mahaffey (975)
  7. Ernie Broglio (974)
  8. Joel Pineiro (972)
  9. Pete Harnisch (972)
  10. Chuck Dobson (970)
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