John Means

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Team: Baltimore Orioles (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: April 24, 1993 in Olathe, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 46th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).

High School: Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS)

Schools: Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: September 26, 2018 (Age 25-155d, 21,811th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.33M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.007 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: John Alan Means

Nicknames: Meansy

Instagram: @john.means

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

ERA

3.74

380.1

318

WHIP

1.060

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 32 go ahead

1 Tm
BAL	70

Platoon
vs RHB	59
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	34

Outs
2	29
1	22
0	19

21 Opps
TBR	12
NYY	7
BOS	7
TOR	7
DET	5
OAK	4
CLE	4
CHW	4
NYM	3
MIN	2
STL	2
TEX	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
ARI	1
COL	1
LAA	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
WSN	1
MIA	1

60 Batters
Mike Brosseau	4
J.D. Martinez	3
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	2
Randy Arozarena	2
Teoscar Hernández	2
Jorge Soler	2
Xander Bogaerts	2
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Ramón Laureano	1
Andrés Giménez	1
DJ LeMahieu	1
Michael Conforto	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Mike Trout	1
Yonder Alonso	1
Nicky Lopez	1
Harold Ramírez	1
Carson Kelly	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Willy Adames	1
Billy Hamilton	1
Eric Sogard	1
Eric Haase	1
Francisco Cervelli	1
Trevor Story	1
Gio Urshela	1
Marcus Semien	1
Sam Travis	1
Nick Solak	1
AJ Pollock	1
Cavan Biggio	1
Jordy Mercer	1
Ty France	1
Tom Murphy	1
Pete Alonso	1
Sean Murphy	1
Tyler Wade	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
Yandy Díaz	1
Mitch Moreland	1
Andy Ibáñez	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Francisco Mejia	1
George Springer	1
Richie Palacios	1
Mike Zunino	1
Jordan Luplow	1
Víctor Reyes	1
José Abreu	1
Kyle Garlick	1
Kyle Higashioka	1
Robbie Grossman	1
Trevor Larnach	1
Nolan Arenado	1
Renato Núñez	1
César Hernández	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Tim Anderson	1
Luke Voit	1

15 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	36
TropicanaFld (STP)	5
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	4
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Sahlen Field (BUF)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	28
78	23
8	7
89	6
9	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	17
3	14
4	12
1	11
5	7
6	5
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	14
-2-	6
12-	4
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

109 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	40
1 on	22
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	16
2	9
3	7
4	20
5	8
6	6
7	4

1-3	32
4-6	34
7-end	4

RelScore
+3	2
+2	9
+1	11
Tied	27
-1	8
-2	9
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	22
Tied	27
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
0-1	9
1-0	8
2-2	8
1-1	7
3-2	6
2-1	6
2-0	6
1-2	5
0-2	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	11
DH	11
C	9
SS	9
RF	8
2B	6
CF	6
LF	6
3B	4

OrderPos
1st	11
4th	11
6th	11
3rd	8
7th	8
2nd	8
5th	7
9th	4
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	36
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2018-09-26 (1)	J.D. Martinez	BOS		BAL	ahead 5-3	b 4	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	3	DH	15%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Betts Scores; A. Benintendi Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2019-03-31	Gary Sánchez	NYY		BAL	behind 3-5	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) CBBBFX	1	6	2	13%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
3	3	2	1	2019-04-09	Marcus Semien	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	12-	5,(2-2) FFB*BX	3	1	6	18%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Profar Scores/unER; J. Phegley Scores/unER; M. Semien Scores/unER
4	4	3	1	2019-04-29	Yonder Alonso	CHW		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	DH	19%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Y. Moncada Scores
5	5	4	2	2019-04-29	Tim Anderson	CHW		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) FB1X	2	2	6	15%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Engel Scores
6	6	5	1	2019-05-12	Mike Trout	LAA	@	BAL	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	2	8	10%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	6	1	2019-05-18	Jordan Luplow	CLE		BAL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	--3	4,(2-1) BB.TX	2	4	9	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Santana Scores
8	8	7	1	2019-05-24	Nolan Arenado	COL		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	5	9%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
9	9	8	1	2019-06-11	Eric Sogard	TOR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	1	4	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	9	1	2019-07-03	Mike Brosseau	TBR		BAL	behind 1-3	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	4	11%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	10	1	2019-07-13 (2)	Mike Brosseau	TBR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	18%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. García Scores
12	12	11	2	2019-07-13 (2)	Yandy Díaz	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) FCBX	1	4	DH	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	12	3	2019-07-13 (2)	Nathaniel Lowe	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	1--	7,(3-2) BFCBFB1X	2	6	3	13%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. García Scores
14	14	13	1	2019-07-19	Sam Travis	BOS	@	BAL	behind 0-3	t 2	0	1--	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	6	7	14%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Vázquez Scores
15	15	14	1	2019-07-24	Carson Kelly	ARI		BAL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	7,(2-2) BFBCFFX	3	8	2	28%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Jones Scores; N. Ahmed Scores
16	16	15	1	2019-08-07	Kyle Higashioka	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	12-	4,(0-2) FFFX	3	7	2	24%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Gregorius Scores; C. Maybin Scores
17	17	16	1	2019-08-13	DJ LeMahieu	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	3	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	17	1	2019-08-24	Mike Brosseau	TBR	@	BAL	behind 0-7	t 5	2	---	5,(2-2) BBFSX	1	9	4	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	18	1	2019-08-30	Jorge Soler	KCR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	DH	9%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	19	1	2019-09-05	Nick Solak	TEX	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	34%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Andrus Scores
21	21	20	1	2019-09-11	AJ Pollock	LAD	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 6	0	-2-	7,(3-2) BFBBFFX	2	1	7	21%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Barnes Scores
22	22	21	1	2019-09-16	Jordy Mercer	DET		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	9%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); V. Reyes Scores
23	23	22	1	2019-09-28	Xander Bogaerts	BOS		BAL	behind 0-2	b 1	1	1--	5,(2-2) C1BSBX	2	3	6	16%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bradley Scores
24	24	23	2	2019-09-28	J.D. Martinez	BOS		BAL	tied 2-2	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	9%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2020-07-30	Luke Voit	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	123	4,(1-2) FSBX	4	6	3	18%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Torres Scores; G. Stanton Scores; A. Hicks Scores
26	26	2	1	2020-08-04	Francisco Cervelli	MIA	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	7	2	14%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	2020-08-21	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	6	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	4	2	2020-08-21	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BCBFB.X	2	3	DH	17%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); K. Pillar Scores
29	29	5	1	2020-08-28	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	12%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	6	2	2020-08-28	Teoscar Hernández	TOR		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	10%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	7	1	2020-09-02	Michael Conforto	NYM	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Davis Scores
32	32	8	2	2020-09-02	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	BAL	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	13%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
33	33	9	1	2020-09-08	Jake Marisnick	NYM		BAL	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	8	10%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	10	1	2020-09-13	Tyler Wade	NYY		BAL	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	12%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
35	35	11	1	2020-09-20	Willy Adames	TBR	@	BAL	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	6	10%	33%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	12	1	2020-09-26	Cavan Biggio	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	5	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2021-04-13 (1)	Ty France	SEA	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(2-2) BCFBX	1	2	4	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	2	2	2021-04-13 (1)	Tom Murphy	SEA	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	11%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	3	1	2021-04-25	Ramón Laureano	OAK	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	8	12%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	4	1	2021-04-30	Sean Murphy	OAK		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	4	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	5	2	2021-04-30	Mitch Moreland	OAK		BAL	behind 1-3	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	3	13%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	6	1	2021-05-19	Mike Brosseau	TBR	@	BAL	behind 0-5	t 5	2	1--	6,(3-2) FB*BBC>X	2	9	5	8%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Zunino Scores
43	43	7	2	2021-05-19	Randy Arozarena	TBR	@	BAL	behind 2-5	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	1	7	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
44	44	8	1	2021-05-24	Trevor Larnach	MIN		BAL	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	12%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	9	2	2021-05-24	Kyle Garlick	MIN		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	9	19%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	10	1	2021-05-29 (2)	Billy Hamilton	CHW		BAL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	6,(2-2) FFBBFX	1	8	8	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	11	2	2021-05-29 (2)	José Abreu	CHW		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1--	5,(3-1) FBBBX	2	4	3	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Moncada Scores
48	48	12	1	2021-06-05	César Hernández	CLE	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	9,(3-2) SBBFFBFFX	1	1	DH	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	13	2	2021-06-05	Harold Ramírez	CLE	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	6,(2-2) CSFBBX	1	4	9	9%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	14	1	2021-07-20	Randy Arozarena	TBR		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	7	10%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
51	51	15	2	2021-07-20	Francisco Mejia	TBR		BAL	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Lowe Scores
52	52	16	1	2021-07-25	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN	@	BAL	behind 1-3	t 6	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	DH	40%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Escobar Scores; T. Turner Scores
53	53	17	1	2021-07-31	Eric Haase	DET		BAL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	14%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	18	1	2021-08-12	Renato Núñez	DET	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 4	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	19%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Candelario Scores
55	55	19	2	2021-08-12	Víctor Reyes	DET	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	14%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); W. Castro Scores
56	56	20	3	2021-08-12	Robbie Grossman	DET	@	BAL	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	21	1	2021-08-17	Mike Zunino	TBR		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	17%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Margot Scores/unER; M. Zunino Scores/unER
58	58	22	2	2021-08-17	Nelson Cruz	TBR		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	1-3	3,(1-1) BSX	3	2	DH	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Kiermaier Scores; R. Arozarena Scores
59	59	23	1	2021-08-22	Jorge Soler	ATL	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	DH	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	24	1	2021-09-03	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	4	9	13%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	25	1	2021-09-09	Nicky Lopez	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	10%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
62	62	26	1	2021-09-15	Gio Urshela	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) FBSX	2	9	6	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Gardner Scores
63	63	27	1	2021-09-26	Andy Ibáñez	TEX	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	3	21%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Lowe Scores
64	64	28	1	2021-10-02	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	16%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Springer Scores
65	65	29	2	2021-10-02	Teoscar Hernández	TOR		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	7	8%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
66	66	30	3	2021-10-02	George Springer	TOR		BAL	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	1	8	11%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Espinal Scores; D. Jansen Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	2023-09-12	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	3	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	2	2	2023-09-12	Richie Palacios	STL	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	7	9	9%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
69	69	3	1	2023-09-23	Andrés Giménez	CLE		BAL	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	4	13%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
70	70	4	1	2023-09-29	Trevor Story	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 5	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	6	21%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Refsnyder Scores