Jakob Junis

Q: Where was Jakob Junis born?

Jakob Junis was born in Jacksonville, AR .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 238lb (190cm, 107kg)

Team: Texas Rangers (majors)

Born: September 16, 1992 in Jacksonville, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rock Falls Township HS (Rock Falls, IL).

High School: Rock Falls Township HS (Rock Falls, IL)

Debut: April 12, 2017 (Age 24-208d, 21,265th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$4M (26) & 27 mutual option

Service Time (01/2026): 8.002 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Jakob Benjamin Lee Junis

Nicknames: June Bug

Pronunciation: \JOO-nis\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

1.0

10.6

ERA

1.84

4.27

274

117

29.1

876.1

789

WHIP

0.818

1.273

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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HBP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLI	RE24
2026-06-14	TEX	@	BOS	W, 6-4	8-8, H	3	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	5	16	11	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	-0.072	1.07	0.0%	1.07	-0.943
2026-06-10	TEX	@	KCR	W, 6-4 (10)	8-9, W	7	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	6	21	16	6	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.243	1.76	0.2%	2.15	0.993
2026-06-02	TEX	@	STL	W, 7-4	9-GF, S	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	4	18	11	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0.039	0.53	0.0%	0.53	0.487
2026-06-01	TEX	@	STL	W, 2-1	8-8, H	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	10	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.138	1.84	0.1%	1.56	0.480
2026-05-30	TEX		KCR	W, 7-6	7-7,BS	3	0.2	3	1	1	2	0	5	13	11	5	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	-0.429	2.88	-0.3%	3.39	-2.151

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
2017	24	KCR	AL	1.5	9	3	.750	4.30	20	16	1	0	0	0	98.1	101	52	47	15	25	1	80	9	1	3	422	104	4.55	1.281	9.2	1.4	2.3	7.3	3.20
2018	25	KCR	AL	2.1	9	12	.429	4.37	30	30	0	1	0	0	177.0	182	94	86	32	43	1	164	15	0	9	758	99	4.64	1.271	9.3	1.6	2.2	8.3	3.81
2019	26	KCR	AL	1.3	9	14	.391	5.24	31	31	0	0	0	0	175.1	192	108	102	31	58	1	164	11	0	4	771	91	4.82	1.426	9.9	1.6	3.0	8.4	2.83
2020	27	KCR	AL	-0.2	0	2	.000	6.39	8	6	0	0	0	0	25.1	35	18	18	7	6	1	19	2	1	2	114	74	6.23	1.618	12.4	2.5	2.1	6.8	3.17
2021	28	KCR	AL	0.1	2	4	.333	5.26	16	6	1	0	0	0	39.1	43	24	23	7	12	0	41	0	0	2	168	87	4.31	1.398	9.8	1.6	2.7	9.4	3.42
2022	29	SFG	NL	1.5	5	7	.417	4.42	23	17	0	0	0	0	112.0	120	57	55	13	25	0	98	4	0	1	478	89	3.65	1.295	9.6	1.0	2.0	7.9	3.92
2023	30	SFG	NL	0.7	4	3	.571	3.87	40	4	6	0	0	1	86.0	90	42	37	12	21	1	96	5	0	5	367	108	3.74	1.291	9.4	1.3	2.2	10.0	4.57
2024	31	2TM	NL	1.8	4	0	1.000	2.69	24	6	4	0	0	1	67.0	49	22	20	8	8	0	51	3	0	1	253	161	3.69	0.851	6.6	1.1	1.1	6.9	6.38
2024	31	MIL	NL	0.6	4	0	1.000	2.42	10	1	3	0	0	1	26.0	20	9	7	4	5	0	19	1	0	1	101	173	4.40	0.962	6.9	1.4	1.7	6.6	3.80
2024	31	CIN	NL	1.2	0	0		2.85	14	5	1	0	0	0	41.0	29	13	13	4	3	0	32	2	0	0	152	155	3.24	0.780	6.4	0.9	0.7	7.0	10.67
2025	32	CLE	AL	0.9	4	1	.800	2.97	57	0	9	0	0	0	66.2	64	24	22	5	18	2	55	4	0	0	274	139	3.45	1.230	8.6	0.7	2.4	7.4	3.06
2026	33	TEX	AL	1.0	1	1	.500	1.84	25	1	8	0	0	4	29.1	19	6	6	0	5	1	21	3	0	0	113	209	2.48	0.818	5.8	0.0	1.5	6.4	4.20
10 Yrs				10.7	47	47	.500	4.27	274	117	29	1	0	6	876.1	895	447	416	130	221	8	789	56	2	27	3718	102	4.25	1.273	9.2	1.3	2.3	8.1	3.57
162 Game Avg				1.9	8	8	.500	4.27	48	20	5	0	0	1	152	156	78	72	23	38	1	137	10	0	5	647	102	4.25	1.273	9.2	1.3	2.3	8.1	3.57

KCR (5 Yrs)				4.8	29	35	.453	4.82	105	89	2	1	0	0	515.1	553	296	276	92	144	4	468	37	2	20	2233	94	4.74	1.353	9.7	1.6	2.5	8.2	3.25
SFG (2 Yrs)				2.2	9	10	.474	4.18	63	21	6	0	0	1	198.0	210	99	92	25	46	1	194	9	0	6	845	97	3.69	1.293	9.5	1.1	2.1	8.8	4.22
CLE (1 Yr)				0.9	4	1	.800	2.97	57	0	9	0	0	0	66.2	64	24	22	5	18	2	55	4	0	0	274	139	3.45	1.230	8.6	0.7	2.4	7.4	3.06
TEX (1 Yr)				1.0	1	1	.500	1.84	25	1	8	0	0	4	29.1	19	6	6	0	5	1	21	3	0	0	113	209	2.48	0.818	5.8	0.0	1.5	6.4	4.20
CIN (1 Yr)				1.2	0	0		2.85	14	5	1	0	0	0	41.0	29	13	13	4	3	0	32	2	0	0	152	155	3.24	0.780	6.4	0.9	0.7	7.0	10.67
MIL (1 Yr)				0.6	4	0	1.000	2.42	10	1	3	0	0	1	26.0	20	9	7	4	5	0	19	1	0	1	101	173	4.40	0.962	6.9	1.4	1.7	6.6	3.80

AL (7 Yrs)				6.6	34	37	.479	4.48	187	90	19	1	0	4	611.1	636	326	304	97	167	7	544	44	2	20	2620	100	4.49	1.314	9.4	1.4	2.5	8.0	3.26
NL (3 Yrs)				4.1	13	10	.565	3.80	87	27	10	0	0	2	265.0	259	121	112	33	54	1	245	12	0	7	1098	108	3.69	1.181	8.8	1.1	1.8	8.3	4.54

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	IP	BB	BF	FIP	WHIP	BB9
2025	32	CLE	AL	2	1.2	1	6	4.94	0.600	5.4
1 Yr				2	1.2	1	6	4.94	0.600	5.4
162 Game Avg				68	41	34	204	4.94	0.600	5.4

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
2017	24	KCR	AL	98.1	20	16	52	4.76	4.76	-0.30	0.17		102	5.34	6	0.6	1.23	-0.1	1.5	16	.531	.504
2018	25	KCR	AL	177.0	30	30	94	4.78	4.57	-0.16	0.20		102	5.01	5	0.5		-0.1	2.1	22	.516	.503
2019	26	KCR	AL	175.1	31	31	108	5.54	4.86	-0.07	0.23		105	5.40	-3	-0.3		-0.1	1.3	16	.492	.498
2020	27	KCR	AL	25.1	8	6	18	6.39	4.62	0.04	0.19	0.00	104	4.95	-4	-0.4	1.10	0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498
2021	28	KCR	AL	39.1	16	6	24	5.49	4.78	0.19	0.06	0.00	105	4.89	-3	-0.3	0.73	0.0	0.1	1	.482	.498
2022	29	SFG	NL	112.0	23	17	57	4.58	4.50	-0.37	0.17	0.00	99	4.97	5	0.5	0.54	-0.1	1.5	15	.523	.503
2023	30	SFG	NL	86.0	40	4	42	4.40	4.74	-0.07	-0.21	0.07	97	4.54	1	0.1	1.00	-0.2	0.7	10	.503	.501
2024	31	2TM	NL	67.0	24	6	22	2.96	4.50	0.03	-0.08	0.17	103	4.71	13	1.4	0.82	-0.2	1.8	19	.558	.505
2024	31	MIL	NL	26.0	10	1	9	3.12	4.61	0.41	-0.23	0.43	101	4.46	4	0.4	1.26	0.0	0.6	6	.541	.503
2024	31	CIN	NL	41.0	14	5	13	2.85	4.43	-0.22	0.01	0.00	104	4.86	9	1.0	0.38	-0.2	1.2	13	.570	.506
2025	32	CLE	AL	66.2	57	0	24	3.24	4.43	0.30	-0.30	0.08	100	3.92	5	0.5	0.74	-0.3	0.9	11	.508	.503
2026	33	TEX	AL	29.1	25	1	6	1.84	4.48	0.21	-0.25	0.00	93	3.73	6	0.6	1.45	0.1	1.0	9	.526	.504
10 Yrs				876.1	274	117	447	4.59	4.65	-0.09	0.08	0.03	101	4.92	32	3.3	0.93	-1.1	10.7	119	.512	.502
162 Game Avg				152	48	20	78	4.59	4.65	-0.09	0.08	0.03	101	4.92	6	0.6	0.93	-0.2	1.9	21	.512	.502

KCR (5 Yrs)				515.1	105	89	296	5.17	4.72	-0.12	0.20	0.00	103	5.19	1	0.2	0.90	-0.4	4.8	55	.501	.501
SFG (2 Yrs)				198.0	63	21	99	4.50	4.61	-0.24	0.01	0.03	98	4.78	6	0.7	0.94	-0.3	2.2	25	.510	.502
CLE (1 Yr)				66.2	57	0	24	3.24	4.43	0.30	-0.30	0.08	100	3.92	5	0.5	0.74	-0.3	0.9	11	.508	.503
TEX (1 Yr)				29.1	25	1	6	1.84	4.48	0.21	-0.25	0.00	93	3.73	6	0.6	1.45	0.1	1.0	9	.526	.504
CIN (1 Yr)				41.0	14	5	13	2.85	4.43	-0.22	0.01	0.00	104	4.86	9	1.0	0.38	-0.2	1.2	13	.570	.506
MIL (1 Yr)				26.0	10	1	9	3.12	4.61	0.41	-0.23	0.43	101	4.46	4	0.4	1.26	0.0	0.6	6	.541	.503

AL (7 Yrs)				611.1	187	90	326	4.80	4.68	-0.06	0.12	0.01	102	4.98	13	1.3	0.94	-0.6	6.6	75	.507	.502
NL (3 Yrs)				265.0	87	27	121	4.11	4.58	-0.17	-0.02	0.06	99	4.76	19	2.1	0.90	-0.5	4.1	44	.524	.502

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					Batting Against					Pitching Ratios			Batted Ball						Win Probability
Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	HR%	K%	BB%	EV	HardH%	LD%	GB%	FB%	GB/FB	WPA	cWPA	RE24	Awards
2017	24	KCR	AL	98.1	.264	.322	.440	.762	.297	3.6	19.0	5.9	89.9	41.4	24.4	40.9	25.3	0.71	0.8	0.5%	0.14
2018	25	KCR	AL	177.0	.265	.318	.455	.773	.300	4.2	21.6	5.7	89.0	38.8	22.9	41.8	27.4	0.73	0.0	0.2%	-1.38
2019	26	KCR	AL	175.1	.276	.339	.468	.807	.318	4.0	21.3	7.5	90.6	43.8	24.8	43.0	26.3	0.75	-1.0	-0.2%	-8.11
2020	27	KCR	AL	25.1	.333	.377	.581	.958	.350	6.1	16.7	5.3	89.2	36.8	33.3	46.0	17.2	0.85	-0.4	0.0%	-3.84
2021	28	KCR	AL	39.1	.279	.327	.461	.788	.333	4.2	24.4	7.1	91.2	43.5	24.3	43.5	27.0	0.77	-0.3	-0.3%	-0.07
2022	29	SFG	NL	112.0	.269	.313	.444	.757	.318	2.7	20.5	5.2	88.5	38.3	26.8	42.7	25.1	0.76	-0.3	0.4%	-0.67
2023	30	SFG	NL	86.0	.269	.318	.451	.769	.338	3.3	26.2	5.7	88.5	35.4	23.5	42.8	26.7	0.74	-1.0	-0.5%	-3.56
2024	31	2TM	NL	67.0	.203	.237	.361	.598	.224	3.2	20.2	3.2	90.0	42.4	25.7	38.7	28.8	0.63	1.5	0.5%	12.77
2024	31	MIL	NL	26.0	.213	.257	.383	.640	.222	4.0	18.8	5.0	88.4	40.8	30.3	35.5	27.6	0.55	0.7	0.5%	7.09
2024	31	CIN	NL	41.0	.197	.224	.347	.571	.225	2.6	21.1	2.0	91.1	43.5	22.6	40.9	29.6	0.69	0.8	0.0%	5.68
2025	32	CLE	AL	66.2	.257	.315	.378	.693	.309	1.8	20.1	6.6	86.3	38.6	25.4	39.6	25.9	0.68	0.6	0.3%	10.26
2026	33	TEX	AL	29.1	.181	.239	.229	.468	.226	0.0	18.6	4.4	86.3	31.0	25.0	44.0	23.8	0.79	1.4	0.7%	9.73
10 Yrs				876.1	.263	.316	.439	.755	.305	3.5	21.2	5.9	89.2	39.8	24.9	42.1	26.1	0.73	1.2	1.7%	15.26
MLB Average					.247	.318	.411	.729	.294	3.2	22.5	8.5	88.3	39.1	24.4	42.5	24.9	0.76

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						Pitching Ratios			Batted Ball				Win Probability
Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	OBP	HR%	K%	BB%	LD%	GB%	FB%	GB/FB	WPA	cWPA	RE24	Awards
2025	32	CLE	AL	1.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	16.7	0.0	80.0	20.0	4.00	0.0	0.2%	0.68
1 Yr				1.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	16.7	0.0	80.0	20.0	4.00	0.0	0.2%	0.68
MLB Average					.324	3.1	24.3	8.8	24.6	40.9	25.8	0.71

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					Batting				Batting Ratios			Batted Ball								Win Probability
Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	rOBA	Rbat+	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	EV	HardH%	LD%	GB%	FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	WPA	cWPA	RE24	Pos	Awards
2017	24	KCR	AL	3	.000	-136		.000	0.0	100.0	0.0									0.0	0.0%	-0.49	1
2018	25	KCR	AL	2	.000	-135	.000	.000	0.0	50.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	-0.1	0.0%	-0.75	1
2019	26	KCR	AL	2	.000	-136	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0%	-0.35	1

2021	28	KCR	AL	2	.000	-358		.000	0.0	50.0	0.0	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	-0.37	1

2023	30	SFG	NL	0																			1
5 Yrs				9	.000	-164	.000	.000	0.0	55.6	0.0	67.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-0.2	0.0%	-1.95	1
MLB Average					.322	100	.294	.164	3.2	22.5	8.5	88.3	39.1	24.4	42.5	24.9	29.5	52.5	18.1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	WPA	cWPA	Pos	Awards
2025	32	CLE	AL	0	0.0	0.0%	/1
1 Yr				0	0.0	0.0%	/1
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					Standard											DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2017	24	KCR	AL	P	20	16	0	98.1	11	5	5	1	0	.909	.948	1	2	0.92	1.33	0.50	1.32	2	4	66.7	26.5	0
2018	25	KCR	AL	P	30	30	1	177.0	24	9	14	1	1	.958	.952	-3	-3	1.17	1.31	0.77	1.30	7	4	36.4	28.1	0
2019	26	KCR	AL	P	31	31	0	175.1	21	7	13	1	1	.952	.945	-2	-2	1.03	1.22	0.65	1.21	13	1	7.1	27.3	0
2020	27	KCR	AL	P	8	6	0	25.1	4	1	3	0	2	1.000	.945	0	0	1.42	1.24	0.50	1.20	1	0	0.0	26.0	0
2021	28	KCR	AL	P	16	6	0	39.1	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	.947	1	5	1.37	1.17	0.38	1.13	0	1	100.0	23.0	0
2022	29	SFG	NL	P	23	17	0	112.0	20	7	12	1	0	.950	.957	-1	-2	1.53	1.36	0.83	1.34	11	1	8.3	24.1	2
2023	30	SFG	NL	P	40	4	0	86.0	13	9	3	1	0	.923	.951	-1	-2	1.26	1.37	0.30	1.34	5	2	28.6	19.0	0
2024	31	2TM	NL	P	24	6	0	67.0	6	2	4	0	2	1.000	.948	1	3	0.81	1.36	0.25	1.34	6	1	14.3	20.4	0
2024	31	MIL	NL	P	10	1	0	26.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	.948	0	0	1.38	1.35	0.40	1.34	2	0	0.0	20.5	0
2024	31	CIN	NL	P	14	5	0	41.0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	.950	1	5	0.44	1.36	0.14	1.34	4	1	20.0	20.4	0
2025	32	CLE	AL	P	57	0	0	66.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	.942	0	0	0.68	1.24	0.09	1.22	5	3	37.5	21.5	0
2026	33	TEX	AL	P	25	1	0	29.1	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	.950	0	0	2.15	1.29	0.28	1.28	1	1	50.0	23.5	0
10 Yrs					274	117	1	876.1	117	47	65	5	7	.957	.950	-4	-1	1.15	1.30	0.41	1.27	51	18	26.1	24.4	2

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
2025	32	CLE	AL	P	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0
1 Yr					2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

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How old is Jakob Junis?

Jakob Junis is 33 years old.

When was Jakob Junis born?

Jakob Junis was born on September 16, 1992.

Where was Jakob Junis born?

Jakob Junis was born in Jacksonville, AR.

How tall is Jakob Junis?

Jakob Junis is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much does Jakob Junis weigh?

Jakob Junis weighs 238 lbs (107 kg).

How many seasons has Jakob Junis played?

Jakob Junis is in his 10th season.

When was Jakob Junis drafted?

Jakob Junis was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rock Falls Township HS (Rock Falls, IL).

What position does Jakob Junis play?

Jakob Junis is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Jakob Junis have?

Jakob Junis has 21 strikeouts this season and has 789 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Jakob Junis worth?

Jakob Junis makes $2,750,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$4M (26) & 27 mutual option.

How many teams has Jakob Junis played for?

Jakob Junis has played for 6 teams; the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers.

What are Jakob Junis' nicknames?

June Bug is a nickname for Jakob Junis.

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