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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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  • 5/19 Injury Report: On the 15-day disabled list (March 22, left shoulder surgery)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 4:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #855. Larry Christenson… #856. Dick Tidrow… #857. Jim Colborn… #858. JOHN DANKS… #859. Ray Burris… #860. Dave Boswell… #861. Mike Sirotka… 

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 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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 22 CHW AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 23 CHW AL 33 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 CHW AL 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 25 CHW AL 32 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 26 CHW AL 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 27 CHW AL 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 159 21 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 -58 1 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 21 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 -58 1 1 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 22 CHW AL 26 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $380,000 1
2008 23 CHW AL 33 7 -1 -0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
2009 24 CHW AL 32 3 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $520,000 1
2010 25 CHW AL 32 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,450,000 1
2011 26 CHW AL 27 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,000,000 1
2012 27 CHW AL 9 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,000,000 /1
6 Seasons 159 21 -5 -0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $12,750,000

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
2008 23 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% lgCS% PO Awards
2007 CHW AL 22 P 26 26 0 139.0 23 5 17 1 1 .957 2 3 1.42 0.85 .955 1.60 1.59 10 1 9% 27% 2
2008 CHW AL 23 P 33 33 0 195.0 40 12 28 0 1 1.000 4 4 1.85 1.21 .952 1.60 1.59 23 8 26% 27% 6
2009 CHW AL 24 P 32 32 1 200.1 42 7 33 2 1 .952 2 2 1.80 1.25 .953 1.53 1.51 18 7 28% 26% 5
2010 CHW AL 25 P 32 32 1 213.0 40 5 35 0 4 1.000 4 4 1.69 1.25 .953 1.63 1.61 6 6 50% 26% 4
2011 CHW AL 26 P 27 27 2 170.1 34 4 30 0 1 1.000 3 4 1.80 1.26 .949 1.60 1.59 15 8 35% 28% 7
2012 CHW AL 27 P 9 9 0 53.2 19 3 13 3 0 .842 3 11 2.68 1.78 .954 1.58 1.56 1 1 50% 26% 0
6 Seasons P 159 159 4 971.1 198 36 156 6 8 .970 18 3 1.78 1.21 .953 1.59 1.58 73 31 30% 27% 24
6 Seasons TOT 159 159 4 971.1 198 36 156 6 8 .970 18 22 1.78 1.21 .953 1.59 1.58 73 31 30% 27% 24
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (40th)

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)

Assists as P s c a p y
2009 AL  33 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2008 AL  1.000 (1st)
2010 AL  1.000 (1st)
2011 AL  1.000 (1st)


† 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 (1025), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1266), 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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  7. George Stone (954)
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  10. R.A. Dickey (953)
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  8. Joe Shaute (961)
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  3. Johnny Cueto (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ken Brett (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Randy Wolf (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Randy Wolf (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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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 Notes/Other Sources
200722Chicago White Sox$380,000
200823Chicago White Sox$400,000
200924Chicago White Sox$520,000
201025Chicago White Sox$3,450,000
201126Chicago White Sox$6,000,000
201227Chicago White Sox$2,000,000contracts
201328Chicago White Sox$14,250,000
201429Chicago White Sox$14,250,000
201530Chicago White Sox$14,250,000
201631Chicago White Sox$14,250,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$27,000,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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