John Lamb

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: July 10, 1990 in La Palma, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Laguna Hills HS (Laguna Hills, CA).

High School: Laguna Hills HS (Laguna Hills, CA)

Debut: August 14, 2015 (Age 25-035d, 18,591st in MLB history)
vs. LAD 6.0 IP, 8 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2019 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2019): 1.095 • Arb Eligible: 2021 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Paragon Sports International

Full Name: John Michael Lamb

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

-0.3

-1.7

W

L

ERA

7.20

6.25

G

GS

SV

IP

10.0

129.2

SO

127

WHIP

1.900

1.627

Projections

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2009	18	KCR-min	Rk	5	3	.625	3.80	14	14	0	0	0	0	68.2	57	34	29	8	20	0	71	3	0	4	281			1.121	7.5	1.0	2.6	9.3	3.55	IDF,BRL PION,APPY
2010	19	KCR-min	A+,A,AA	10	7	.588	2.38	28	28	0	0	0	0	147.2	122	54	39	5	45	0	159	9	0	3	602			1.131	7.4	0.3	2.7	9.7	3.53	WMT,BUR,NTA CARL,MIDW,TL
2011	20	KCR-min	AA	1	2	.333	3.09	8	8	0	0	0	0	35.0	33	15	12	3	13	0	22	1	0	1	149			1.314	8.5	0.8	3.3	5.7	1.69	NTA TL
2012	21	KCR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	6.92	6	6	0	0	0	0	13.0	15	10	10	2	4	0	14	0	0	1	58			1.462	10.4	1.4	2.8	9.7	3.50	IDF,ROY PION,ARIZ
2013	22	KCR-min	A+,AAA	5	14	.263	5.80	22	22	0	0	0	0	108.2	124	73	70	14	26	0	86	6	0	1	471			1.380	10.3	1.2	2.2	7.1	3.31	WMT,OMA CARL,PCL
2014	23	KCR-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.97	27	26	0	0	0	0	138.1	137	78	61	19	68	0	131	9	0	8	616			1.482	8.9	1.2	4.4	8.5	1.93	OMA PCL
2015	24	KCR-CIN-min	AAA	10	2	.833	2.67	20	20	0	0	0	0	111.1	94	40	33	7	36	0	117	5	2	1	454			1.168	7.6	0.6	2.9	9.5	3.25	OMA,LOU PCL,IL
2015	24	CIN	NL	1	5	.167	5.80	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.2	58	32	32	8	19	0	58	2	0	0	220	69	4.16	1.550	10.5	1.4	3.4	10.5	3.05
2016	25	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.22	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.1	35	18	17	1	9	0	26	2	0	0	130			1.500	10.7	0.3	2.8	8.0	2.89	LOU IL
2016	25	CIN	NL	1	7	.125	6.43	14	14	0	0	0	0	70.0	84	54	50	14	31	0	58	1	1	1	318	67	5.46	1.643	10.8	1.8	4.0	7.5	1.87

2017	26	LAA-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.37	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.1	85	44	42	9	26	0	48	4	0	2	311			1.578	10.9	1.2	3.3	6.1	1.85	SLK PCL
2018	27	LAA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.44	13	13	0	0	0	0	49.2	49	21	19	7	15	0	54	2	0	1	210			1.289	8.9	1.3	2.7	9.8	3.60	SLK PCL
2018	27	LAA	AL	0	1	.000	7.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	10	8	4	4	1	11	0	0	0	50	60	7.36	1.900	13.5	3.6	3.6	9.9	2.75
3 Yrs				2	13	.133	6.25	27	27	0	0	0	0	129.2	157	96	90	26	54	1	127	3	1	1	588	67	5.11	1.627	10.9	1.8	3.7	8.8	2.35
162 Game Avg.				3	16	.133	6.25	34	34	0	0	0	0	163	198	121	113	33	68	1	160	4	1	1	740	67	5.11	1.627	10.9	1.8	3.7	8.8	2.35

CIN (2 yrs)				2	12	.143	6.17	24	24	0	0	0	0	119.2	142	86	82	22	50	0	116	3	1	1	538	67	4.92	1.604	10.7	1.7	3.8	8.7	2.32
LAA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	10	8	4	4	1	11	0	0	0	50	60	7.36	1.900	13.5	3.6	3.6	9.9	2.75

NL (2 yrs)				2	12	.143	6.17	24	24	0	0	0	0	119.2	142	86	82	22	50	0	116	3	1	1	538	67	4.92	1.604	10.7	1.7	3.8	8.7	2.32
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	10	8	4	4	1	11	0	0	0	50	60	7.36	1.900	13.5	3.6	3.6	9.9	2.75

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Player News

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Other Resources & Links

More Lamb Pages

John Lamb Overview

Minor & Winter Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

2015
2016

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More John Lamb Pages at Baseball Reference

Support us without the ads? Go Ad-Free.

John Lamb

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Projections

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Other Resources & Links

More Lamb Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks