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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

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 1 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 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 CHW AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Seasons 5 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -24 1 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 389 324 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 162 .100 .182 .100 .282 -24 32 32 0 32 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 CHW AL 22 P 26 26 139.0 23 5 17 1 1 .957 1.42 0.85 .957 1.60 0.42
2008 CHW AL 23 P 33 33 195.0 40 12 28 0 1 1.000 1.85 1.21 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 CHW AL 24 P 32 32 200.1 42 7 33 2 1 .952 1.80 1.25 .955 1.53 0.40
3 Seasons P 91 91 534.1 105 24 78 3 3 .971 1.72 1.12 .953 1.57 0.41
3 Seasons TOT 91 91 534.1 105 24 78 3 3 .971 1.72 1.12 .925 1.57 0.41

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

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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

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 2003.

December 23, 2006: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jacob Rasner (minors) and Nick Masset to the Chicago White Sox for David Paisano (minors) and Brandon McCarthy.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007Chicago White Sox$380,000
2008Chicago White Sox$400,000
2009Chicago White Sox$520,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,300,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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