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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-31-1987
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age36 years, 7 months, 25 days
BatsR
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-0.32015
-0.52016
2017
2018
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2012 BAL MLB 12 4 38.3 4 0 0 23 18 46 4 104 5.4 4.2 0.9 10.8 0% .229 1.07 3.40 2.11 109 4.27 97.8 0.3
2013 BAL MLB 9 1 15.7 1 1 0 14 13 20 2 100 8.0 7.5 1.1 11.5 0% .316 1.72 4.67 7.47 107 4.83 115.6 0.0
2015 BAL MLB 6 0 5.3 0 0 0 8 5 3 2 117 13.5 8.4 3.4 5.1 0% .316 2.44 9.66 10.13 146 8.97 209.4 -0.3
2016 SEA MLB 16 0 16.7 1 0 0 13 11 17 3 101 7.0 5.9 1.6 9.2 30% .227 1.44 5.38 4.32 135 7.72 170.9 -0.5
CareerMLB43576.0610584786111046.95.61.310.228%.2481.384.544.261185.47125.4-0.5

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2006 JAX AA SOU 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 99 4.5 4.5 0.0 6.8 0% .167 1.00 3.72 0.00 104 2.80 58.7
2006 OGD Rk PIO 14 14 78.1 5 5 0 79 25 86 4 86 9.1 2.9 0.5 9.9 0% .354 1.33 3.49 3.92 83 3.73 78.2
2007 GRL A MDW 18 16 81.7 3 6 0 90 40 65 2 95 9.9 4.4 0.2 7.2 0% .341 1.59 3.63 4.85 104 6.26 128.4
2007 woc Wnt HWB 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 11.3 0% .286 0.50 2.19 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 woc Wnt HWB 7 7 30.7 2 2 0 20 7 23 2 5.9 2.1 0.6 6.7 0% .240 0.88 4.17 2.05 0 0.00 0.0
2008 GRL A MDW 13 13 73.0 9 2 0 59 25 57 4 93 7.3 3.1 0.5 7.0 0% .264 1.15 3.56 2.34 103 3.73 76.2
2008 SBR A+ CLF 11 11 52.0 3 6 0 68 21 55 9 95 11.8 3.6 1.6 9.5 0% .388 1.71 5.17 7.10 0 0.00 0.0
2009 SBR A+ CLF 18 16 96.7 8 4 1 94 42 102 14 101 8.7 3.9 1.3 9.5 0% .320 1.41 5.02 3.82 0 0.00 0.0
2009 BOW AA EAS 7 7 38.0 3 2 0 24 17 37 3 92 5.7 4.0 0.7 8.8 0% .219 1.08 3.79 2.84 97 2.70 56.9
2009 CHT AA SOU 2 2 10.7 1 1 0 8 3 15 1 102 6.7 2.5 0.8 12.6 0% .280 1.03 2.63 1.68 65 2.35 49.5
2010 BOW AA EAS 28 28 145.0 7 8 0 144 78 128 24 95 8.9 4.8 1.5 7.9 0% .292 1.53 5.58 5.09 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BOW AA EAS 10 10 58.3 5 1 0 40 15 59 7 82 6.2 2.3 1.1 9.1 0% .231 0.94 3.81 2.16 90 2.79 57.0
2011 NOR AAA INT 17 17 87.3 2 7 0 101 47 63 7 93 10.4 4.8 0.7 6.5 0% .332 1.69 4.58 5.56 115 6.32 129.0
2012 BAL MLB AL 12 4 38.3 4 0 0 23 18 46 4 104 5.4 4.2 0.9 10.8 0% .229 1.07 3.40 2.11 109 4.27 97.8
2012 NOR AAA INT 19 14 91.3 4 8 0 66 31 86 7 92 6.5 3.1 0.7 8.5 0% .244 1.06 3.48 2.86 92 3.38 70.5
2013 BAL MLB AL 9 1 15.7 1 1 0 14 13 20 2 100 8.0 7.5 1.1 11.5 0% .316 1.72 4.67 7.47 107 4.83 115.6
2013 ABE A- NYP 2 2 6.0 0 0 0 5 2 6 1 102 7.5 3.0 1.5 9.0 0% .267 1.17 5.25 3.00 106 3.98 86.4
2013 NOR AAA INT 10 8 46.0 2 3 0 40 17 52 4 97 7.8 3.3 0.8 10.2 0% .308 1.24 3.18 4.11 91 3.95 85.9
2013 ORI Rk GCL 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 98 0.0 4.5 0.0 13.5 0% .000 0.50 1.95 0.00 85 2.74 59.5
2014 ABE A- NYP 3 3 8.0 0 1 0 3 6 5 1 98 3.4 6.8 1.1 5.6 0% .100 1.13 6.06 3.38 125 3.67 77.6
2014 NOR AAA INT 13 13 38.0 0 2 0 47 30 32 9 108 11.1 7.1 2.1 7.6 0% .322 2.03 7.27 7.11 141 7.39 156.4
2014 ORI Rk GCL 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.0 10.8 0.0 16.2 0% .000 1.20 3.48 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2015 BAL MLB AL 6 0 5.3 0 0 0 8 5 3 2 117 13.5 8.4 3.4 5.1 0% .316 2.44 9.66 10.13 146 8.97 209.4
2015 NOR AAA INT 32 3 54.7 4 1 1 43 16 67 2 98 7.1 2.6 0.3 11.0 0% .323 1.08 2.11 2.30 67 3.19 70.1
2016 SEA MLB AL 16 0 16.7 1 0 0 13 11 17 3 101 7.0 5.9 1.6 9.2 30% .227 1.44 5.38 4.32 135 7.72 170.9
2016 TAC AAA PCL 11 0 22.0 3 0 0 14 6 26 1 5.7 2.5 0.4 10.6 46% .265 0.91 3.04 2.05 65 1.62 35.7
2017 CHR AAA INT 5 5 21.3 1 2 0 24 9 21 6 101 10.1 3.8 2.5 8.9 34% .305 1.55 6.43 8.44 115 6.22 132.4
2017 NOR AAA INT 19 5 37.3 1 2 0 40 14 39 4 88 9.6 3.4 1.0 9.4 36% .350 1.45 4.09 5.30 108 5.76 122.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 667 0.5082 0.4303 0.7073 0.6047 0.2500 0.7512 0.5976 0.2927
2013 302 0.4934 0.3742 0.7257 0.5436 0.2092 0.7654 0.6250 0.2743
2015 107 0.4673 0.3645 0.7436 0.5800 0.1754 0.7931 0.6000 0.2564
2016 301 0.5216 0.4684 0.8440 0.6879 0.2292 0.8704 0.7576 0.1560
Career13770.50470.42120.74400.60760.23070.78360.63880.2560

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-09-24 2014-09-24 Minors 0 0 Right Shoulder Surgery Bone Spur 2014-09-24
2014-05-14 2014-07-23 Minors 70 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -
2014-04-12 2014-05-03 Minors 21 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2013-06-06 2013-08-02 15-DL 57 50 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2013-03-23 2013-04-30 15-DL 38 26 Right Shoulder Strain Latissimus Dorsi - -
2012-09-30 2012-10-13 DTD 13 4 Left Knee Soreness Batted Ball Off of Right Foot - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 BAL $
2016 SEA $
2015 BAL $
2014 BAL $
2013 BAL $495,000
2012 BAL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$495,000
1 yrTotal$495,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 46 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 3/5/17 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Baltimore 8/9/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/29/16 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/14/16. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 3/17/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Seattle 5/3/16. DFA by Seattle 6/17/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/19/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/21/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Baltimore 9/1/15. DFA by Baltimore 12/2/15.
  • 1 year/$0.506M (2014). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/11/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 10/24/14.
  • 1 year/$0.495M (2013). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/8/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Baltimore for 2012 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Baltimore 6/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011).
  • 1 year (2010). Selected by San Francisco from Baltimore in Rule 5 draft 12/10/09. Returned by San Francisco to Baltimore 3/16/10.
  • Acquired by Baltimore in trade from LA Dodgers 7/30/09 (George Sherrill deal).
  • Drafted 2005 (13-406) (St. Paul’s HS, Brooklandville, Md.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 5.9 0 1.1 28 4 51.1 41 18 51 6 .257 1.15 3.46 3.8 -3.9 -0.4
80o 5 0 1 25 3 44.9 39 17 45 6 .272 1.25 3.87 4.25 -5.4 -0.6
70o 4.4 0 0.8 22 3 40.6 37 17 40 6 .283 1.32 4.18 4.58 -6.3 -0.7
60o 3.9 0 0.7 20 3 37.0 35 16 37 6 .292 1.38 4.44 4.87 -6.8 -0.7
50o 3.5 0 0.7 19 2 33.8 34 15 34 5 .301 1.44 4.70 5.14 -7.2 -0.8
40o 3.1 0 0.6 17 2 30.6 32 14 30 5 .310 1.50 4.95 5.42 -7.4 -0.8
30o 2.7 0 0.5 15 2 27.3 30 13 27 5 .320 1.57 5.23 5.73 -7.4 -0.8
20o 2.2 0 0.4 13 2 23.5 27 12 23 4 .331 1.66 5.57 6.09 -7.3 -0.8
10o 1.7 0 0.3 10 1 18.5 23 10 18 4 .346 1.78 6.05 6.61 -6.7 -0.7
Weighted Mean3.400.618233.03315335.2991.434.665.1-6.9-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Steve Johnson threw 1,380 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2016, including pitches thrown in . In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Curve (64mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (79mph) and Change (80mph).