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John Danks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: April 15, 1985 in Austin, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th) of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Round Rock HS (Round Rock, TX).

High School: Round Rock HS (Round Rock, TX)

Debut: April 8, 2007 (Age 21-358d, 19,055th in major league history)
vs. MIN 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: April 28, 2016 (Age 31-013d)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: John William Danks

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Relatives: Brother of Jordan Danks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.2

104

ERA

4.38

247

1503.1

1102

WHIP

1.346

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-15 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	27	3	Apr 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-7		99	6.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.35	3.43	25	87	55	16	6	13	8	1	0	0	66			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.142	1.31	0.09%	2.04	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out tie
2	28	8	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	L,5-12	GS-3	L(0-1)	5	2.1	7	7	7	3	2	0	0	8.00	3.91	16	69	39	10	5	4	7	4	1	0	14			0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.284	1.55	-0.21%	-3.97	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d4
3	29	13	Apr 15	CHW		OAK	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.2	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.32	3.43	28	97	62	20	8	12	10	1	1	0	71			0	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.360	.82	0.24%	4.19	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a4
4	30	18	Apr 20	CHW	@	TBR	W,6-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.04	2.67	24	96	68	15	16	8	8	3	1	0	79			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.280	.89	0.20%	3.77	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
5	31	22	Apr 26(1)	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	6.1	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.00	2.93	23	92	64	17	8	7	12	1	3	0	61			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.052	1.08	0.04%	1.16	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	32	29	May 3	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-5	L(2-3)	6	4.2	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.12	3.13	23	107	68	16	8	10	7	4	0	0	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.047	.80	-0.03%	-0.20	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
7	33	34	May 8	CHW		MIN	W,6-2	GS-5	W(3-3)	4	5.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.18	3.03	22	89	57	14	11	9	6	4	1	0	50			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.025	1.39	0.02%	0.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
8	34	39	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-2	GS-7		4	6.1	7	0	0	2	5	0	1	2.74	3.02	28	99	69	18	12	11	9	3	0	0	62			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.224	1.27	0.14%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out tie
9	35	44	May 18	CHW	@	SFG	W,13-8	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.94	3.34	26	98	61	13	10	12	8	2	2	0	48			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.055	1.14	-0.04%	0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
10	36	49	May 24	CHW		LAA	L,0-2	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.00	3.52	22	99	64	13	11	6	10	4	2	0	51			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.073	1.50	0.06%	1.14	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d1
11	37	54	May 29	CHW	@	TBR	W,5-1	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	6.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.86	3.27	25	102	73	17	11	5	11	4	1	0	63			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.259	1.91	0.21%	2.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	38	59	Jun 4	CHW		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6		5	5.2	6	2	2	2	1	2	0	2.88	3.70	24	96	55	17	5	9	12	3	1	0	48			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.025	1.68	0.02%	0.52	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a1
13	39	64	Jun 9	CHW		MIN	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	3.13	3.67	28	97	62	21	6	7	14	6	2	0	39			0	1	1	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.267	1.83	-0.27%	-1.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	40	69	Jun 14	CHW		COL	L,0-2	GS-6		4	6.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.90	3.52	24	105	65	15	18	9	8	4	1	0	67			3	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.371	1.67	0.29%	3.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
15	41	74	Jun 20	CHW	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.80	3.37	20	85	56	14	10	8	7	5	0	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	.97	0.274	1.30	0.22%	2.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
16	42	79	Jun 26	CHW	@	LAD	W,2-0	GS-6	W(5-4)	5	6.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.62	3.42	25	107	67	16	8	7	11	6	1	0	63			3	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.34	0.360	1.95	0.31%	3.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	43	84	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.50	3.40	27	98	63	21	10	8	10	2	2	0	77			0	2	2	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.431	1.66	0.40%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
18	44	89	Jul 6	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.1	4	2	2	2	9	0	0	2.52	3.27	25	106	76	17	16	3	11	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.096	1.44	0.09%	1.16	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
19	45	94	Jul 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-7	GS-8	W(7-4)	5	7.2	7	4	4	0	8	1	0	2.67	3.24	30	110	75	16	16	12	10	4	1	0	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.150	1.24	0.14%	0.07	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a4
20	46	98	Jul 20	CHW		KCR	L,7-8	GS-4		7	4.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	0	3.03	3.23	21	78	49	15	8	3	13	7	0	0	21			1	2	1	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.366	1.83	-0.35%	-3.78	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
21	47	103	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-6	W(8-4)	5	6.0	8	5	4	0	5	2	0	3.18	3.36	24	93	64	18	9	10	9	4	1	0	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	-0.191	1.91	-0.22%	-1.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
22	48	108	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-10	GS-7		4	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.31	3.43	28	102	67	16	8	10	12	3	3	0	42			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.014	2.67	0.02%	-0.31	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	49	113	Aug 6	CHW		DET	W,5-1	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	6.2	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.21	3.35	24	98	67	13	18	6	11	4	2	0	67			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.256	1.63	0.30%	2.63	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a2
24	50	118	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	2	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.18	3.28	26	103	67	19	13	4	10	1	1	0	72			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.076	2.68	0.10%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	51	123	Aug 16	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	6.0	6	1	1	5	5	0	0	3.11	3.30	27	108	62	9	16	6	11	6	2	0	56			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.52	0.278	2.90	0.32%	2.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
26	52	128	Aug 22	CHW		TBR	L,4-9	GS-7	L(10-6)	5	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.16	3.37	27	99	63	18	5	7	14	4	0	0	49			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.092	2.62	-0.12%	0.16	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
27	53	133	Aug 27	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-11	GS-4	L(10-7)	4	4.0	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.30	3.41	22	93	61	16	3	7	11	4	1	0	30			1	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.06	-0.220	1.84	-0.23%	-1.84	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	54	138	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-4	L(10-8)	5	4.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.44	3.48	21	72	42	8	7	5	11	5	1	0	31			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.184	2.18	-0.25%	-1.91	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
29	55	142	Sep 7	CHW		LAA	L,2-3	GS-6		4	5.1	5	2	2	1	7	0	1	3.44	3.42	23	87	56	12	17	4	10	7	1	0	56			5	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.042	2.27	0.05%	0.86	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a1
30	56	148	Sep 14(2)	CHW		DET	W,11-7	GS-6		6	6.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.32	3.36	22	95	62	6	16	9	6	2	3	0	69			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.300	2.43	0.47%	3.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
31	57	155	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-0	GS-8	W(11-8)	6	7.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.20	3.35	27	94	65	21	8	12	10	3	5	0	71			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.405	2.60	0.52%	3.27	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a3
32	58	159	Sep 26	CHW		CLE	L,8-11	GS-5	L(11-9)	4	4.0	7	7	7	1	5	2	0	3.47	3.45	21	80	53	11	12	6	9	4	1	0	24			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.434	5.11	-1.21%	-3.80	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d1
33	59	163	Sep 30	CHW		MIN	W,1-0	GS-8	W(12-9)	3	8.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.32	3.44	26	103	69	19	11	7	12	2	2	0	79			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.590	24.03	7.37%	4.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
							18-15		W-L:12-9	4.6	195.0	182	74	72	57	159	15	4	3.32	3.44	804	3144	65%	16%	11%	0.78		21%	8%	0	55		---%	23	8	6	739	45	1	1	15	2	4	1.09	2.943	2.53	8.69%	30.79

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