John Danks
John William Danks
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 15, 1985 in Austin, TX
High School: Round Rock (Round Rock, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2007
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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
2007 22 CHW AL 6 13 .316 5.50 26 26 0 0 0 0 139.0 160 92 85 28 54 4 109 4 0 3 622 85 1.540 10.4 1.8 3.5 7.1 2.02
2008 23 CHW AL 12 9 .571 3.32 33 33 0 0 0 0 195.0 182 74 72 15 57 1 159 4 0 7 804 138 1.226 8.4 0.7 2.6 7.3 2.79
2009 24 CHW AL 13 11 .542 3.77 32 32 0 1 0 0 200.1 184 89 84 28 73 1 149 5 0 1 839 123 1.283 8.3 1.3 3.3 6.7 2.04
3 Seasons 31 33 .484 4.06 91 91 0 1 0 0 534.1 526 255 241 71 184 6 417 13 0 11 2265 114 1.329 8.9 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.27
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .484 4.06 34 34 0 0 0 0 200 197 95 90 27 69 2 156 5 0 4 846 114 1.329 8.9 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.27

Postseason Pitching

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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
2008 23 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 1 0 1.000 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 30 1.500 9.5 1.4 4.1 9.5 2.33
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 30 1.500 9.5 1.4 4.1 9.5 2.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2007 22 CHW AL 26 622 553 92 160 38 1 28 10 1 54 109 .289 .354 .514 .868 .314 284 12 4 7 4 4
2008 23 CHW AL 33 804 739 74 182 45 1 15 23 8 57 159 .246 .303 .371 .674 .295 274 15 4 2 2 1
2009 24 CHW AL 32 839 750 89 184 35 3 28 18 7 73 149 .245 .314 .412 .726 .269 309 22 5 5 6 1
3 Seasons 91 2265 2042 255 526 118 5 71 51 16 184 417 .258 .321 .425 .746 .291 867 49 13 14 12 6
162 Game Avg. 34 846 763 95 197 44 2 27 19 6 69 156 .258 .321 .425 .746 .291 324 18 5 5 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2007 22 CHW AL 26 26 6 13 7 3 3 9 17 .346 1 4 0 0 8 31% 45 75 14 24 3 0 17 3.7 5.0 5.3 93 3 16 7 0 108
2008 23 CHW AL 33 33 12 9 12 3 3 18 15 .545 6 3 0 0 19 58% 55 79 14 27 7 1 17 4.3 4.0 5.9 95 3 20 10 0 110
2009 24 CHW AL 32 32 13 11 8 3 4 16 16 .500 3 2 1 0 20 63% 53 83 15 17 6 0 16 4.7 4.8 6.3 100 2 12 18 0 115
3 Seasons 91 91 31 33 27 9 10 43 48 .473 10 9 1 0 47 52% 51 83 14 68 16 1 50 4.3 4.6 5.9 96 8 48 35 0 115
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2007 22 CHW AL 622 77% 4.5% 17.5% 8.7% 10.8% 42% 0.57 0.76 68% 20% 11.6% 15% 110 12 11%
2008 23 CHW AL 804 74% 1.9% 19.8% 7.1% 7.6% 34% 0.76 1.03 71% 21% 5.3% 13% 133 15 11%
2009 24 CHW AL 839 74% 3.3% 17.8% 8.7% 7.9% 36% 0.81 1.03 69% 16% 10.3% 18% 179 22 12%
3 Seasons 2265 75% 3.1% 18.4% 8.1% 8.6% 37% 0.72 0.95 69% 19% 8.9% 15% 422 49 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2007 22 CHW AL 622 2407 3.87 1483 62% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 2% 44% 82% 57% 6% 39 19 22% 134 63 2 24% 14 16 0 0 0
2008 23 CHW AL 804 3143 3.91 2046 65% 25% 18% 29% 29% 75% 0% 49% 76% 60% 4% 33 22 27% 214 116 14 17% 28 10 0 0 0
2009 24 CHW AL 839 3199 3.81 2015 63% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 46% 78% 58% 4% 34 20 25% 210 112 10 19% 18 13 0 0 0
3 Seasons 2265 8749 3.86 5544 63% 27% 16% 28% 30% 73% 1% 46% 78% 59% 5% 106 61 25% 558 291 26 20% 60 39 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2007 22 CHW AL 622 160 6 2 28 0 7 21 7 12 16 29 15 3 52% 6 3 2 223 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
2008 23 CHW AL 804 182 18 1 15 0 17 12 3 8 7 45 17 5 38% 4 7 0 276 23 8 74% 16 8 7 0 0 0 6 6 10 0
2009 24 CHW AL 839 184 31 7 28 0 18 20 8 15 13 40 18 10 45% 12 1 2 305 18 7 72% 12 7 6 0 0 0 7 3 10 0
3 Seasons 2265 526 55 10 71 0 42 53 18 35 36 114 50 18 44% 22 11 4 804 51 16 76% 36 16 15 0 0 0 15 10 29 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2007 22 6 13 .316 5.50 26 26 0 0 0 0 139.0 160 92 85 28 54 4 109 4 0 3 622 85 1.540 10.4 1.8 3.5 7.1 2.02 85
2008 23 18 22 .450 4.23 59 59 0 0 0 0 334.0 342 166 157 43 111 5 268 8 0 10 1426 109 1.356 9.2 1.2 3.0 7.2 2.41 109
2009 24 31 33 .484 4.06 91 91 0 1 0 0 534.1 526 255 241 71 184 6 417 13 0 11 2265 114 1.329 8.9 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.27 114

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007 22 6 9 .400 5.16 136.0 156 87 78 27 53 107 4 1.537 10.3 3.5 7.1 2.02 1.8 26
2008 23 13 8 .619 3.22 190.0 176 76 68 15 55 155 4 1.216 8.3 2.6 7.3 2.82 0.7 33
2009 24 11 10 .524 3.66 194.0 180 88 79 27 71 144 5 1.294 8.4 3.3 6.7 2.03 1.3 32
3 Seasons 30 27 .526 3.89 520.0 512 251 225 69 179 406 13 1.329 8.9 7.0 2.27 1.2 91

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--3.323--5th
2009 AL--3.774--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--8.400--10th
2009 AL--8.266--8th

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL--33--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--28--3rd
2009 AL--28--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--73--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.692--6th

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL--13--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL--138--5th
2009 AL--123--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dave Frost (967)
  7. John Stuper (965)
  8. Steve Cooke (965)
  9. Butch Henry (964)
  10. Ron Romanick (963)
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  3. Tom Murphy (969)
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  5. Bruce Ruffin (966)
  6. Bob Owchinko (965)
  7. Frank Viola (963)
  8. Ron Bryant (961)
  9. Mike LaCoss (961)
  10. Tony Armas (961)
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  3. Randy Lerch (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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