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Jim Johnson

James Robert Johnson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: June 27, 1983 in Johnson City, NY
High School: Union-Endicott HS (Endicott, NY)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2006
Team: Orioles 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.63M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.165, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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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
2006 23 BAL AL 0 1 .000 24.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 21 21 4.000 27.0 3.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2007 24 BAL AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 60 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
2008 25 BAL AL 2 4 .333 2.23 54 0 18 0 0 1 68.2 54 18 17 0 28 3 38 3 1 1 281 200 1.194 7.1 0.0 3.7 5.0 1.36
2009 26 BAL AL 4 6 .400 4.11 64 0 29 0 0 10 70.0 73 32 32 8 23 3 49 3 1 2 300 111 1.371 9.4 1.0 3.0 6.3 2.13
2010 27 BAL AL 1 1 .500 3.42 26 0 6 0 0 1 26.1 32 11 10 2 5 1 22 1 0 4 117 123 1.405 10.9 0.7 1.7 7.5 4.40
2011 28 BAL AL 6 5 .545 2.67 69 0 20 0 0 9 91.0 80 30 27 5 21 3 58 2 1 2 366 155 1.110 7.9 0.5 2.1 5.7 2.76
2012 29 BAL AL 0 0 0.84 21 0 19 0 0 16 21.1 13 2 2 2 4 0 14 2 0 0 82 493 0.797 5.5 0.8 1.7 5.9 3.50
7 Yrs 13 17 .433 3.12 236 1 93 0 0 37 282.1 264 103 98 18 86 10 182 12 3 9 1178 139 1.240 8.4 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.12
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .433 3.12 68 0 27 0 0 11 81 76 30 28 5 25 3 52 3 1 3 338 139 1.240 8.4 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2006 23 BAL AL 3.0 1 1 8 24.00 5.09 -0.09 0.20 98.0 5.27 -6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -6 .140 .498 $
2007 24 BAL AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 5.23 0.01 -0.39 104.0 5.03 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.0 -1 .417 .499 $
2008 25 BAL AL 68.2 54 0 18 2.36 4.80 -0.01 -0.36 102.2 4.56 16 1.6 1.2 -0.0 2.2 25 .530 .510 $
2009 26 BAL AL 70.0 64 0 32 4.11 4.95 -0.12 -0.36 102.0 4.80 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.1 14 .507 .503 $420,000
2010 27 BAL AL 26.1 26 0 11 3.76 4.86 -0.18 -0.37 100.4 4.69 3 0.3 1.9 0.1 0.6 6 .510 .502 $440,000
2011 28 BAL AL 91.0 69 0 30 2.97 4.60 -0.12 -0.35 101.4 4.43 15 1.6 1.4 0.1 2.5 25 .522 .510 $975,000
2012 29 BAL AL 21.1 21 0 2 0.84 4.59 0.02 -0.34 104.7 4.43 8 0.9 1.8 0.3 1.4 11 .544 .506 $
7 Seasons 282.1 236 1 103 3.28 4.77 -0.09 -0.35 101.9 4.59 39 4.4 1.5 0.4 7.5 74 .519 .504 $1,835,000

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
2006 23 BAL AL 1 21 16 8 9 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 .563 .619 .938 1.557 .500 15 0 1 0 1 0 0
2007 24 BAL AL 1 11 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .375 .455 .375 .830 .375 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 25 BAL AL 54 281 247 18 54 4 0 0 3 2 28 38 .219 .305 .235 .539 .257 58 14 3 2 1 3 5
2009 26 BAL AL 64 300 270 32 73 11 2 8 4 1 23 49 .270 .332 .415 .747 .302 112 11 3 2 2 3 3
2010 27 BAL AL 26 117 108 11 32 2 1 2 0 1 5 22 .296 .333 .389 .722 .357 42 1 1 3 0 1 1
2011 28 BAL AL 69 366 336 30 80 14 3 5 4 2 21 58 .238 .285 .342 .628 .273 115 10 2 4 2 3 2
2012 29 BAL AL 21 82 75 2 13 1 0 2 1 0 4 14 .173 .235 .267 .501 .186 20 2 2 1 0 0 1
7 Yrs 236 1178 1060 103 264 35 6 18 13 6 86 182 .249 .311 .344 .655 .284 365 38 12 12 7 10 12
162 Game Avg. 68 338 304 30 76 10 2 5 4 2 25 52 .249 .311 .344 .655 .284 105 11 3 3 2 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .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
2006 23 BAL AL -6.0 -0.4 22 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.43 -0.4 0.0 -6.4 -0.5 1.43 -5.0 0 0 0
2007 24 BAL AL -0.7 -0.1 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .15 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.15 -0.6 0 0 1
2008 25 BAL AL 16.9 1.7 287 2.1 7.2 -5.2 1.35 1.5 -0.0 21.2 2.1 1.35 19.3 20 16 17
2009 26 BAL AL 4.7 0.4 308 1.0 8.8 -7.9 1.62 0.4 0.2 5.1 0.5 1.62 3.3 35 8 20
2010 27 BAL AL 2.3 0.2 120 -0.7 3.5 -4.2 1.98 -0.0 -0.3 -1.6 -0.2 1.98 0.2 15 6 5
2011 28 BAL AL 14.5 1.5 375 2.4 10.3 -7.9 1.52 1.6 0.0 15.7 1.6 1.52 15.3 33 18 18
2012 29 BAL AL 7.9 0.8 83 2.1 3.4 -1.3 2.17 0.8 0.2 8.2 0.8 2.17 7.1 13 5 3
7 Yrs 39.5 4.1 1206 6.3 33.6 -27.4 1.58 3.8 0.2 41.4 4.3 1.58 39.6 116 53 64

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
2006 23 BAL AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 1 11.0 13.5 3.0 93 0 1 0 0 93
1 Yr 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 6 6 6 0 0 0 1 11.0 13.5 3.0 93 0 1 0 0 93
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 24 BAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .146 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 42
2008 25 BAL AL 54 54 18 2 4 1 1 0 100% 20 19 20 3 15% 8 1.354 20 16 17 26 10 18 12 42 19 5 20 12 3.8 19
2009 26 BAL AL 64 64 29 4 6 16 10 6 63% 30 14 9 3 33% 8 1.616 35 8 20 44 11 9 7 57 16 8 16 14 3.3 18
2010 27 BAL AL 26 26 6 1 1 6 1 5 17% 17 11 12 5 42% 8 1.984 15 6 5 19 4 3 7 19 5 6 7 5 3.0 16
2011 28 BAL AL 69 69 20 6 5 14 9 5 64% 32 18 22 8 36% 7 1.517 33 18 18 41 13 15 11 58 25 4 26 8 4.0 18
2012 29 BAL AL 21 21 19 0 0 16 16 0 100% 16 0 2 2 100% 9 2.166 13 5 3 17 2 2 1 20 1 2 1 5 3.0 15
6 Yrs 235 235 93 13 16 53 37 16 70% 115 62 65 21 32% 1.583 116 53 64 147 40 48 38 197 67 25 71 44 3.6 18

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%
2006 23 BAL AL 21 52% 4.8% 0.0% 14.3% 19.1% 44% 0.42 1.25 76% 41% 9.1% 8% 8 0 0%
2007 24 BAL AL 11 55% 0.0% 9.1% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.67 1.50 73% 13% 0.0% 33% 6 0 0%
2008 25 BAL AL 281 54% 0.0% 13.5% 10.0% 1.4% 7% 1.39 1.91 75% 15% 0.0% 10% 69 14 20%
2009 26 BAL AL 300 52% 2.7% 16.3% 7.7% 7.0% 29% 1.14 1.67 72% 18% 8.6% 10% 62 11 18%
2010 27 BAL AL 117 52% 1.7% 18.8% 4.3% 4.3% 16% 0.95 1.64 72% 25% 4.8% 5% 20 1 5%
2011 28 BAL AL 366 49% 1.4% 15.9% 5.7% 6.0% 28% 1.59 2.33 75% 15% 5.2% 9% 69 10 14%
2012 29 BAL AL 82 46% 2.4% 17.1% 4.9% 3.7% 23% 2.59 3.17 72% 10% 13.3% 12% 9 2 22%
7 Yrs 1178 51% 1.5% 15.5% 7.3% 5.0% 22% 1.35 1.99 74% 17% 5.3% 9% 243 38 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 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
2006 23 BAL AL 21 93 4.43 54 58% 26% 4% 39% 31% 74% 0% 43% 95% 57% 5% 1 1 10% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 BAL AL 11 42 3.82 22 52% 14% 9% 41% 36% 86% 0% 45% 89% 45% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 BAL AL 281 1045 3.72 649 62% 26% 11% 31% 33% 74% 2% 46% 86% 57% 6% 17 11 21% 59 30 4 24% 5 3 0 0 0
2009 26 BAL AL 301 1122 3.73 697 62% 26% 16% 25% 32% 74% 3% 46% 78% 55% 5% 14 10 20% 60 33 4 18% 10 1 -1 0 0
2010 27 BAL AL 117 422 3.61 276 65% 26% 15% 26% 32% 74% 2% 48% 80% 64% 3% 3 0 30% 35 12 1 32% 3 2 0 0 0
2011 28 BAL AL 367 1262 3.44 821 65% 27% 15% 23% 35% 73% 2% 48% 79% 64% 4% 13 7 21% 77 46 5 22% 12 3 -1 0 1
2012 29 BAL AL 82 318 3.88 196 62% 37% 8% 23% 32% 63% 0% 39% 87% 62% 6% 5 5 16% 13 1 0 43% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1180 4304 3.65 2715 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 2% 46% 81% 59% 4% 53 34 21% 246 123 14 24% 30 9 -2 0 1
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2006 23 BAL AL 21 9 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 40% 0 0 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 24 BAL AL 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 25 BAL AL 281 54 6 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 15 8 2 53% 5 1 0 119 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
2009 26 BAL AL 300 73 9 0 8 0 8 5 3 7 1 19 8 2 42% 3 2 0 122 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010 27 BAL AL 117 32 2 0 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 57% 1 4 0 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 28 BAL AL 366 80 18 2 5 0 17 3 2 1 4 25 8 5 32% 2 2 0 129 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2012 29 BAL AL 82 13 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1178 264 40 3 18 0 44 11 7 12 6 76 32 10 42% 12 9 0 448 13 6 68% 13 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 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+
2006 23 0 1 .000 24.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 21 21 4.000 27.0 3.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 21
2007 24 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 12 10 10 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 32 29 3.400 21.6 1.8 9.0 1.8 0.20 29
2008 25 2 5 .286 3.30 56 1 19 0 0 1 73.2 66 28 27 1 33 3 39 4 1 1 313 137 1.344 8.1 0.1 4.0 4.8 1.18 137
2009 26 6 11 .353 3.70 120 1 48 0 0 11 143.2 139 60 59 9 56 6 88 7 2 3 613 123 1.357 8.7 0.6 3.5 5.5 1.57 123
2010 27 7 12 .368 3.65 146 1 54 0 0 12 170.0 171 71 69 11 61 7 110 8 2 7 730 123 1.365 9.1 0.6 3.2 5.8 1.80 123
2011 28 13 17 .433 3.31 215 1 74 0 0 21 261.0 251 101 96 16 82 10 168 10 3 9 1096 132 1.276 8.7 0.6 2.8 5.8 2.05 132
2012 29 13 17 .433 3.12 236 1 93 0 0 37 282.1 264 103 98 18 86 10 182 12 3 9 1178 139 1.240 8.4 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.12 139

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
2006 23 0 0 21.00 3.0 9 8 7 1 3 0 1 4.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 3.0 1
2007 24 0 0 9.00 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 1
2008 25 5 2 .714 2.32 66.0 53 19 17 0 27 37 3 1.212 7.2 3.7 5.0 1.37 0.0 54
2009 26 3 4 .429 4.16 67.0 72 34 31 8 23 47 3 1.418 9.7 3.1 6.3 2.04 1.1 64
2010 27 1 1 .500 3.81 26.0 33 12 11 2 5 22 1 1.462 11.4 1.7 7.6 4.40 0.7 26
2011 28 6 3 .667 3.00 87.0 82 32 29 5 22 55 2 1.195 8.5 2.3 5.7 2.50 0.5 69
2012 29 2 0 1.000 0.86 21.0 13 2 2 2 4 14 2 0.810 5.6 1.7 6.0 3.50 0.9 21
7 Yrs 17 10 .630 3.28 272.0 265 109 99 18 86 176 12 1.290 8.8 5.8 2.05 0.6 236

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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
2012 AL  1.4 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  69 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
2012 AL  16 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
2012 AL  19 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 AL  2.1 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 4 (1994), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Bob Duliba (972)
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