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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
9 7 23.7 0 3 0 5.32 -0.4
Birth Date10-14-1984
Height6' 4"
Weight205 lbs
Age39 years, 6 months, 9 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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
2013 PIT MLB 4 1 10.3 0 2 0 12 4 9 0 95 10.5 3.5 0.0 7.8 0% .375 1.55 2.73 6.10 113 4.95 118.7 0.0
2014 MIN MLB 3 3 13.3 0 1 0 17 9 12 2 121 11.5 6.1 1.4 8.1 0% .366 1.95 5.33 4.73 130 7.16 175.6 -0.4
CareerMLB7423.7030291321211011.04.90.88.049%.3701.774.195.321236.20150.8-0.4

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 LOW A- NYP 14 13 30.2 0 2 0 25 7 27 0 95 7.5 2.1 0.0 8.0 0% .305 1.06 2.51 0.89 89 3.59 75.3
2007 LNC A+ CLF 27 27 136.0 9 7 0 148 57 100 20 120 9.8 3.8 1.3 6.6 0% .307 1.51 5.51 5.56 112 4.41 90.6
2008 PME AA EAS 27 27 136.3 8 9 0 147 56 108 5 100 9.7 3.7 0.3 7.1 0% .334 1.49 3.43 3.63 93 4.96 101.5
2009 PME AA EAS 3 3 17.0 0 3 0 22 5 12 1 94 11.6 2.6 0.5 6.4 0% .350 1.59 3.54 6.35 100 6.42 135.1
2009 PAW AAA INT 22 22 96.3 3 13 0 128 44 65 8 105 12.0 4.1 0.7 6.1 0% .357 1.79 4.37 6.36 112 7.47 157.1
2010 PAW AAA INT 28 24 132.7 6 13 0 152 52 79 15 95 10.3 3.5 1.0 5.4 0% .309 1.54 4.85 4.88 0 0.00 0.0
2010 ESC Wnt DWL 5 5 24.0 1 1 0 20 10 14 1 7.5 3.8 0.4 5.3 0% .257 1.25 3.84 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 PAW AAA INT 8 3 20.7 2 2 0 41 6 12 7 91 17.9 2.6 3.0 5.2 0% .410 2.27 7.49 12.63 134 9.63 196.6
2011 ESC Wnt LID 2 1 4.7 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 11.6 3.9 0.0 5.8 0% .400 1.71 3.06 3.86 0 0.00 0.0
2012 ALT AA EAS 15 9 56.0 3 2 1 50 24 42 3 102 8.0 3.9 0.5 6.8 0% .277 1.32 3.84 2.09 103 4.33 90.1
2012 IND AAA INT 20 4 45.7 5 2 0 42 18 33 7 96 8.3 3.5 1.4 6.5 0% .259 1.31 4.95 4.53 113 4.68 97.6
2012 ESC Wnt DWL 6 4 27.0 1 0 0 11 6 22 0 3.7 2.0 0.0 7.3 0% .157 0.63 2.17 0.67 0 0.00 0.0
2013 PIT MLB NL 4 1 10.3 0 2 0 12 4 9 0 95 10.5 3.5 0.0 7.8 0% .375 1.55 2.73 6.10 113 4.95 118.7
2013 IND AAA INT 26 21 135.7 10 4 2 116 43 94 6 100 7.7 2.9 0.4 6.2 0% .273 1.17 3.43 2.39 96 3.48 75.6
2014 MIN MLB AL 3 3 13.3 0 1 0 17 9 12 2 121 11.5 6.1 1.4 8.1 0% .366 1.95 5.33 4.73 130 7.16 175.6
2014 ROC AAA INT 23 23 132.0 10 7 0 115 55 102 8 105 7.8 3.8 0.5 7.0 0% .275 1.29 3.88 3.48 99 3.68 77.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 167 0.4371 0.4431 0.7432 0.5890 0.3298 0.9070 0.5161 0.2568
2014 251 0.4343 0.4542 0.7368 0.6422 0.3099 0.8286 0.5909 0.2632
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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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 MIN $
2013 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 43 d1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/28/14. Contract rights sold to Hiroshima of Japan 10/22/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 8/13/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/16/11 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Boston 5/16/11.
  • Drafted by Boston 2006 (1s-40) (Wichita State). $0.85M signing bonus.

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
Weighted Mean?????0.0?00?.0000.000.00?0.00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)Rangers get Jav Vasquez & Manny del Carmen, Red Sox get Teagarden & Kiker, White Sox get Coco Crisp & Kris Johnson; who says no?
(niketour2 from oregon)
Rangers ... and I guess now the Royals. (Will Carroll)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kris Johnson threw 441 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph) and Change (85mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph).