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Johnny Cueto

Johnny (Ortiz) Cueto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 220 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 2008-2011
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #904. Lary Sorensen… #905. Chuck Taylor… #906. Steve Hargan… #907. JOHNNY CUETO… #908. Chick Fraser… #909. Bobby Jenks… #910. Justin Thompson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #904. Lary Sorensen… #905. Chuck Taylor… #906. Steve Hargan… #907. JOHNNY CUETO… #908. Chick Fraser… #909. Bobby Jenks… #910. Justin Thompson…

Standard Pitching

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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
2005	19	CIN-min	Rk,A+	2	3	.400	4.78	15	7	4	0	0	1	49.0	54	33	26	2	10	1	44	5	4	3	216		1.306	9.9	0.4	1.8	8.1	4.40	RDL,SAR · GULF,FLOR
2006	20	CIN-min	A,A+	15	3	.833	3.00	26	26	0	3	3	0	138.0	100	47	46	11	38	0	143	10	3	4	547		1.000	6.5	0.7	2.5	9.3	3.76	DAY,SAR · MIDW,FLOR
2007	21	CIN-min	A+,AA,AAA	12	9	.571	3.07	28	28	0	1	0	0	161.1	146	63	55	11	34	0	170	15	3	2	673		1.116	8.1	0.6	1.9	9.5	5.00	SAR,CNG,LOU · FLOR,SOUL,IL
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	92	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-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.28	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.1	19	12	10	1	6	0	13	0	0	1	68		1.744	11.9	0.6	3.8	8.2	2.17	LOU · IL
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	169	1.090	7.1	0.5	2.7	6.0	2.21
4 Seasons				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
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.526	3.83	34	34	0	1	1	0	201	192	94	86	23	68	2	156	14	1	6	856	109	1.290	8.6	1.0	3.0	7.0	2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2008	22	CIN	NL	174.0	31	101	116	-5	1.0	15	1.5	$390,000
2009	23	CIN	NL	171.1	30	90	94	6	.9	4	0.4	$418,000
2010	24	CIN	NL	185.2	31	79	97	3	1.0	18	2.0	$445,000
2011	25	CIN	NL	156.0	24	51	90	3	1.2	39	4.3	$3,400,000
4 Seasons				687.0	116	321	397	7	1.0	76	8.2	$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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
2005	19	CIN-min	Rk,A+	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	RDL,SAR · GULF,FLOR
2006	20	CIN-min	A,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	DAY,SAR · MIDW,FLOR
2007	21	CIN-min	AA,AAA,A+	28	16	14	0	1	1	3	0	9	.071	.071	.143	.214		2	0	0	2	CNG,LOU,SAR · SOUL,IL,FLOR
2008	22	CIN	NL	32	56	45	4	2	0	1	2	15	.044	.104	.044	.149	-59	2	0	1	8	1
2009	23	CIN	NL	30	59	46	5	6	0	1	3	17	.130	.184	.130	.314	-15	6	2	0	10	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	31	63	54	2	6	0	2	1	22	.111	.127	.111	.238	-35	6	1	0	8	1
2011	25	CIN-min	AAA	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
2011	25	CIN	NL	23	56	47	3	3	0	0	2	11	.064	.102	.064	.166	-53	3	0	0	7	1
4 Seasons				116	234	192	14	17	0	4	8	65	.089	.129	.089	.218	-40	17	3	1	33
162 Game Avg.				162	327	268	20	24	0	6	11	91	.089	.129	.089	.218	-40	24	4	1	46

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
2008	22	CIN	NL	56	-10	0	-1	1	5	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	$390,000	1
2009	23	CIN	NL	59	-7	-1	1	-0	6	1	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$418,000	1
2010	24	CIN	NL	63	-10	-0	0	-0	6	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	$445,000	1
2011	25	CIN	NL	56	-10	-0	0	0	6	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	$3,400,000	1
4 Seasons				234	-38	-1	0	0	23	5	-10	-1.0	-10	-1.0	$4,653,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	24	CIN	NL	NLDS	PHI	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2008	CIN	NL	22	P	31			174.0	34	15	16	3	2	.912	0	0	1.60	1.00	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	CIN	NL	23	P	30			171.1	21	7	12	2	2	.905	3	4	1.00	0.63	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	CIN	NL	24	P	31			185.2	42	12	28	2	2	.952	1	1	1.94	1.29	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	CIN	NL	25	P	24	24	3	156.0	46	17	24	5	1	.891	5	6	2.37	1.71	.955	1.80	1.79	1	4	80%	2
	4 Seasons			P	116	24	3	687.0	143	51	80	12	7	.916	9	2	1.72	1.13	.956	1.74	1.73	1	4	80%	2
	4 Seasons			TOT	116	24	3	687.0	143	51	80	12	7	.916	9	15	1.72	1.13	.956	1.74	1.73	1	4	80%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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 4.3 (8th)	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)	Complete Games s c a p y 2011 NL 3 (5th)
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)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 24 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2011 NL 2.6 (6th)	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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2008 NL 3 (4th) 2011 NL 5 (2nd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Ben McDonald (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

March 16, 2004: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2008	22	Cincinnati Reds	$390,000
2009	23	Cincinnati Reds	$418,000
2010	24	Cincinnati Reds	$445,000
2011	25	Cincinnati Reds	$3,400,000

2012	26	Cincinnati Reds	$5,400,000
2013	27	Cincinnati Reds	$7,400,000
2014	28	Cincinnati Reds	$10,000,000
2015	29	Cincinnati Reds	*$10,000,000	$10M Team Option, $800k Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,653,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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