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

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

ERA

3.74

380.1

318

WHIP

1.060

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-8 / in Starts: 2-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2020 Pitching Game Log

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2020 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	33	5	Jul 30	BAL		NYY	L,6-8	GS-3		99	2.1	2	5	5	1	2	1	2	19.29	10.91	12	51	30	5	5	4	3	0	0	0	34			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.295	1.10	-0.21%	-3.65	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d1
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
2	34	9	Aug 4	BAL		MIA	L,0-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	4.2	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	7.71	6.48	16	72	48	11	9	5	7	3	1	0	60			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.133	.89	0.09%	1.62	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d1
3	35	21	Aug 16	BAL		WSN	L,5-6	GS-1		11	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	10.57	6.58	7	34	22	5	1	1	5	3	2	0	31			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	-0.251	1.59	-0.17%	-2.92	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d3
4	36	26	Aug 21	BAL		BOS	L,5-8	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	10.13	7.69	13	44	31	9	5	6	5	3	1	0	41			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.148	.96	-0.11%	-1.36	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
5	37	31	Aug 28	BAL	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-4		6	4.0	4	2	2	1	3	2	0	8.59	8.03	17	74	47	13	5	3	10	4	2	0	48			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.028	1.08	-0.02%	0.13	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
6	38	36	Sep 2	BAL		NYM	L,4-9	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.1	8	4	4	1	1	2	0	8.10	8.09	24	81	49	7	6	8	14	4	3	0	36			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.155	.97	-0.09%	-1.01	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d2
7	39	41	Sep 8	BAL	@	NYM	W,11-2	GS-6	W(1-3)	5	6.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	6.58	7.19	21	97	64	11	14	10	5	1	1	0	66			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.106	.54	0.07%	2.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out a8
8	40	46	Sep 13	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	5.63	6.69	24	96	63	15	15	7	12	2	3	0	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.244	.98	0.12%	2.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	41	54	Sep 20	BAL		TBR	W,2-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	6	5.2	3	1	1	0	12	1	2	5.02	6.03	22	97	68	19	19	6	2	1	1	0	71			0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.232	.11	0.02%	2.03	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
10	42	59	Sep 26	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	5	6.0	1	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.53	5.60	20	99	66	16	13	4	6	2	1	0	74			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.176	.00	0.00%	2.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							2-8		W-L:2-4	4.8	43.2	36	22	22	7	42	12	4	4.53	5.60	176	745	66%	15%	12%	0.78		19%	12%	0	52		---%	2	1	1	164	2	0	0	2	1	1	.90	0.014	.73	-0.31%	1.25

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