Jim Johnson
2006–2018 · P

Jim Johnson

6' 6", 250 lbs·Lived to 43·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2018 · 4,115 pitches · 93.8 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.23
Best ERA · 2008
6
Most W · 2017
68
Most K · 2016
1.019
Best WHIP · 2012
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2006BAL13.00124.001904.000
2007BAL12.0009.005012.500
2008BAL5468.7242.23194381.194
2009BAL6470.0464.11105491.371
2010BAL2626.3113.42119221.405
2011BAL6991.0652.67148581.110
2012BAL7168.7212.49161411.019
2013BAL7470.3382.94131561.280
2014ATH5453.3527.0953421.950
2015ATL7266.7264.4689501.455
2016ATL6564.7263.06137681.191
2017ATL6156.7635.5678611.482
2018LAA6263.3533.84108451.358
Career674704.73846531
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 4,087 pitches · 2015–2018
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICUFFCH
SI · Sinker61.0% · 93.9 mph
CU · Curveball24.5% · 79.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball9.0% · 93.4 mph
CH · Changeup5.6% · 88.4 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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