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John Danks

John William Danks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 15, 1985 in Austin, TX
High School: Round Rock HS (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 (Age 21)
Team: WhiteSox 2007-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$65M (12-16) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.000, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry), previously: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Brother of Jordan Danks
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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
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 86 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 1 839 124 1.283 8.3 1.3 3.3 6.7 2.04
2010 25 CHW AL 15 11 .577 3.72 32 32 0 1 1 0 213.0 189 93 88 18 70 2 162 4 1 2 878 115 1.216 8.0 0.8 3.0 6.8 2.31
2011 26 CHW AL 8 12 .400 4.33 27 27 0 2 1 0 170.1 182 89 82 19 46 5 135 7 0 6 728 100 1.339 9.6 1.0 2.4 7.1 2.93
2012 27 CHW AL 3 4 .429 5.70 9 9 0 0 0 0 53.2 57 35 34 7 23 0 30 1 0 5 238 76 1.491 9.6 1.2 3.9 5.0 1.30
6 Yrs 57 60 .487 4.12 159 159 0 4 2 0 971.1 954 472 445 115 323 13 744 25 1 24 4109 109 1.315 8.8 1.1 3.0 6.9 2.30
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .487 4.12 34 34 0 1 0 0 208 204 101 95 25 69 3 159 5 0 5 879 109 1.315 8.8 1.1 3.0 6.9 2.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2007 22 CHW AL 139.0 26 26 92 5.96 5.08 -0.42 0.20 103.2 5.88 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.1 14 .491 .499 $380,000
2008 23 CHW AL 195.0 33 33 74 3.42 4.83 -0.19 0.19 105.4 5.48 41 4.5 -0.1 6.4 66 .637 .528 $400,000
2009 24 CHW AL 200.1 32 32 89 4.00 4.88 -0.15 0.19 103.6 5.41 30 3.1 -0.2 5.0 54 .598 .519 $520,000
2010 25 CHW AL 213.0 32 32 93 3.93 4.48 -0.37 0.16 105.2 5.28 30 3.4 -0.1 5.5 54 .606 .521 $3,450,000
2011 26 CHW AL 170.1 27 27 89 4.70 4.52 -0.08 0.16 102.3 4.87 3 0.3 -0.1 1.9 21 .511 .502 $6,000,000
2012 27 CHW AL 53.2 9 9 35 5.87 4.36 0.05 0.17 102.8 4.60 -8 -0.7 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .417 .495 $2,000,000
6 Seasons 971.1 159 159 472 4.37 4.72 -0.22 0.18 104.0 5.32 94 10.3 -0.6 19.6 206 .565 .511 $12,750,000

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
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*

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
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 6
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 4
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 11
2010 25 CHW AL 32 878 799 93 189 35 3 18 6 6 70 162 .237 .301 .355 .657 .276 284 25 4 5 0 2 11
2011 26 CHW AL 27 728 665 89 182 33 6 19 15 8 46 135 .274 .325 .427 .752 .315 284 12 7 4 6 5 5
2012 27 CHW AL 9 238 209 35 57 13 1 7 1 1 23 30 .273 .345 .445 .790 .287 93 5 1 3 2 0 0
6 Yrs 159 4109 3715 472 954 199 15 115 73 31 323 744 .257 .319 .411 .730 .292 1528 91 25 26 20 13 37
162 Game Avg. 34 879 794 101 204 43 3 25 16 7 69 159 .257 .319 .411 .730 .292 327 19 5 6 4 3 8
MLB Averages .260 .328 .411 .739 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 CHW AL -11.9 -1.1 638 -1.8 10.2 -12.0 .94 -1.6 -0.3 -17.6 -1.6 0.94 -16.5 0 0 0
2008 23 CHW AL 27.8 2.8 841 2.9 17.2 -14.2 1.09 3.0 -0.3 30.8 3.1 1.09 33.9 0 0 0
2009 24 CHW AL 20.2 2.0 867 1.8 15.3 -13.5 .95 1.0 0.9 19.9 1.9 0.95 13.4 0 0 0
2010 25 CHW AL 13.6 1.4 894 1.4 16.7 -15.3 1.02 2.1 -0.7 16.4 1.7 1.02 23.4 0 0 0
2011 26 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 755 0.5 13.4 -12.9 1.02 -0.4 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.02 -1.1 0 0 0
2012 27 CHW AL -6.8 -0.6 246 -1.2 4.3 -5.4 1.09 -0.6 -0.5 -8.5 -0.8 1.09 -6.3 0 0 0
6 Yrs 43.2 4.5 4241 3.8 77.0 -73.3 1.01 3.6 0.1 41.7 4.4 1.01 46.7 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
2007 22 CHW AL 26 26 6 13 7 3 3 9 17 .346 1 4 0 0 8 31% 44.6 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% 54.5 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 4 2 1 0 20 63% 53.2 83 15 17 6 0 16 4.7 4.8 6.3 100 2 12 18 0 115
2010 25 CHW AL 32 32 15 11 6 2 5 16 16 .500 2 3 1 1 21 66% 54.8 90 13 12 6 1 18 4.5 4.9 6.7 106 0 6 25 1 120
2011 26 CHW AL 27 27 8 12 7 0 4 12 15 .444 4 0 2 1 16 59% 50.7 90 8 14 7 0 19 3.5 3.5 6.3 102 1 7 18 1 120
2012 27 CHW AL 9 9 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 .556 1 1 0 0 4 44% 44.4 70 18 7 2 0 4 5.3 5.8 6.0 93 1 5 3 0 107
6 Yrs 159 159 57 60 42 13 21 76 83 .478 18 13 4 2 88 55% 51 90 8 101 31 2 91 4.3 4.5 6.1 99 10 66 81 2 120
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.6 5.9 95

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%
2007 22 CHW AL 622 23% 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 26% 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 26% 3.3% 17.8% 8.7% 7.9% 36% 0.81 1.03 69% 16% 10.3% 18% 179 22 12%
2010 25 CHW AL 878 30% 2.1% 18.5% 8.0% 6.4% 30% 0.84 1.04 71% 16% 6.2% 15% 169 25 15%
2011 26 CHW AL 728 28% 2.6% 18.5% 6.3% 8.0% 32% 0.81 1.03 71% 19% 7.8% 16% 126 12 10%
2012 27 CHW AL 238 41% 2.9% 12.6% 9.7% 8.8% 37% 0.78 1.00 73% 18% 8.3% 16% 50 5 10%
6 Yrs 4109 28% 2.8% 18.1% 7.9% 8.0% 35% 0.76 0.99 70% 18% 8.1% 15% 767 91 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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
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 805 3144 3.91 2046 65% 25% 18% 29% 29% 75% 0% 49% 76% 60% 4% 33 22 27% 214 116 14 17% 28 10 -1 0 0
2009 24 CHW AL 844 3210 3.80 2023 63% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 45% 78% 58% 4% 34 20 25% 212 112 10 19% 18 13 -5 0 0
2010 25 CHW AL 880 3389 3.85 2164 64% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 1% 47% 79% 60% 5% 46 30 24% 214 103 15 17% 19 14 -2 0 0
2011 26 CHW AL 732 2753 3.76 1827 66% 25% 15% 30% 30% 75% 2% 50% 80% 63% 4% 30 19 28% 206 122 17 18% 17 6 -4 0 0
2012 27 CHW AL 238 834 3.50 519 62% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 0% 45% 83% 56% 4% 10 3 18% 43 25 2 17% 7 7 0 0 0
6 Yrs 4121 15737 3.82 10062 64% 26% 15% 28% 30% 74% 1% 47% 79% 60% 5% 192 113 25% 1023 541 60 19% 103 66 -12 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
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% 11 1 2 305 18 7 72% 12 7 6 0 0 0 5 3 10 0
2010 25 CHW AL 878 189 20 2 18 0 16 16 2 13 5 42 18 6 43% 11 2 0 312 6 6 50% 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 0
2011 26 CHW AL 728 182 23 3 19 1 10 14 5 11 8 36 24 6 67% 5 6 1 258 15 8 65% 10 6 5 2 0 0 7 6 13 0
2012 27 CHW AL 238 57 2 0 7 0 7 4 3 5 2 15 6 4 40% 0 5 1 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Yrs 4109 954 100 15 115 1 75 87 28 64 51 207 98 34 47% 37 24 6 1461 73 31 70% 51 27 22 4 0 0 24 20 53 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
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 86 1.540 10.4 1.8 3.5 7.1 2.02 86
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 110 1.356 9.2 1.2 3.0 7.2 2.41 110
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 115 1.329 8.9 1.2 3.1 7.0 2.27 115
2010 25 46 44 .511 3.96 123 123 0 2 1 0 747.1 715 348 329 89 254 8 579 17 1 13 3143 115 1.297 8.6 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.28 115
2011 26 54 56 .491 4.03 150 150 0 4 2 0 917.2 897 437 411 108 300 13 714 24 1 19 3871 112 1.304 8.8 1.1 2.9 7.0 2.38 112
2012 27 57 60 .487 4.12 159 159 0 4 2 0 971.1 954 472 445 115 323 13 744 25 1 24 4109 109 1.315 8.8 1.1 3.0 6.9 2.30 109

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
2007 22 6 9 .400 5.19 137.0 154 88 79 27 52 108 4 1.504 10.1 3.4 7.1 2.08 1.8 26
2008 23 13 8 .619 3.17 190.0 176 74 67 15 55 155 4 1.216 8.3 2.6 7.3 2.82 0.7 33
2009 24 12 9 .571 3.58 196.0 177 87 78 27 70 146 5 1.260 8.1 3.2 6.7 2.09 1.2 32
2010 25 11 11 .500 3.97 204.0 192 100 90 18 71 155 4 1.289 8.5 3.1 6.8 2.18 0.8 32
2011 26 8 10 .444 4.50 164.0 182 91 82 19 46 130 7 1.390 10.0 2.5 7.1 2.83 1.0 27
2012 27 2 3 .400 5.88 52.0 57 38 34 7 23 29 1 1.538 9.9 4.0 5.0 1.26 1.2 9
6 Yrs 52 50 .510 4.10 943.0 938 478 430 113 317 723 25 1.331 9.0 6.9 2.28 1.1 159

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2008 AL  6.4 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 AL  6.4 (2nd)
2009 AL  5.0 (9th)
2010 AL  5.5 (3rd)
Active  19.7 (41st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.32 (5th)
2009 AL  3.77 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (10th)

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

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2010 AL  213.0 (9th)

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

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2011 AL  1 (8th)

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  0.692 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL  13 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  138 (5th)
2009 AL  124 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  28 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  2.8 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  30.78 (5th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.1 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 InkPitching - 22 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (492nd), 19.5 career WAR/19.5 7yr-peak WAR/19.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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