Jim Johnson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 250LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2001 | Rd: 5, #143, Baltimore Orioles | Union-Endicott HS (NY)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 6 3.06 65 0 20 64.2 68 1.19
2017 6 3 5.56 61 0 22 56.2 61 1.48
2018 5 3 3.84 62 1 2 63.1 45 1.36
13 Seasons 38 46 3.79 674 2 178 704.2 531 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 65 2-6 3.06 64.2 68 1.19
2017 61 6-3 5.56 56.2 61 1.48
2018 62 5-3 3.84 63.1 45 1.36
13 Seasons 674 38-46 3.79 704.2 531 1.34
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 32 1054 216 5 2.3 1.7 86.1 107.8 1.1 23.1 .230 .324 .325 .279 .301 29.2 17.2 6.9 4.46 3.17
2016 33 1054 175 10 5.7 3.8 89.0 111.7 4.2 29.1 .245 .367 .280 .301 .368 38.3 25.6 7.5 3.06 3.80
2017 34 975 169 9 5.3 3.5 87.7 109.6 6.5 32.5 .256 .405 .315 .315 .378 31.5 23.8 9.8 5.56 4.27
2018 35 1016 200 10 5.0 3.7 89.7 112.8 8.8 31.5 .249 .386 .320 .307 .334 41.5 16.8 8.2 3.84 3.98
Player 4099 760 34 4.5 3.1 88.1 112.8 5.1 28.8 .245 .370 .310 .300 .343 35.0 20.7 8.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Johnson relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(59.3%) ,
Curveball
(27.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(9.0%) ,
Changeup
(4.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 63.9 14.4 19.9 1.9 36.6 38.0 23.1 6.0 47.7 14.4 21.8 2.3 2.3 1.7
2016 56.0 14.3 26.3 3.4 32.6 46.3 21.1 5.1 40.6 12.6 30.3 3.4 5.7 3.8
2017 49.1 17.8 27.8 5.3 35.5 42.0 22.5 2.4 40.2 18.3 26.0 6.5 5.3 3.5
2018 50.5 21.5 25.0 3.0 41.0 36.0 23.0 3.5 41.0 22.0 22.0 6.0 5.0 3.7
Player 55.3 17.0 24.5 3.3 36.6 40.3 22.5 4.3 42.6 16.8 24.7 4.5 4.5 3.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 91 92.3 16.3 -1.2 -8 5.9 -0.5 -7
2018 Curveball LAA R 278 79.1 56.3 1.2 2 2.2 -4.1 -65
2018 Changeup LAA R 44 87.8 27.9 0.3 1 15.4 2.4 19
2018 Sinker LAA R 602 92.9 19.8 -0.2 -1 15.1 1.4 10
2017 Changeup ATL R 46 88.0 28.0 2.2 9 15.5 2.3 18
2017 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 73 93.1 15.0 -1.6 -12 5.5 -0.6 -9
2017 Sinker ATL R 590 93.5 19.7 1.9 11 15.3 1.4 10
2017 Curveball ATL R 262 79.5 54.4 1.2 2 4.2 -2.2 -35
2016 Changeup ATL R 70 88.5 30.1 3.4 13 13.7 1.8 15
2016 Sinker ATL R 611 94.0 21.7 1.0 5 14.3 0.7 5
2016 Curveball ATL R 260 79.6 56.5 2.1 4 6.8 -0.8 -11
2016 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 104 93.7 16.4 -2.2 -15 5.0 -2.0 -28
2015 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 92 94.4 17.1 -2.9 -21 4.2 -2.5 -37
2015 Sinker LAD R 677 95.0 23.1 2.4 12 14.2 0.5 4
2015 Curveball LAD R 195 80.5 56.8 3.9 7 7.7 -1.0 -11
2015 Changeup LAD R 67 89.0 31.3 3.7 13 14.5 2.4 20
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 Sinker -1.0 -6 602 59.3 162 .303 .448 .385 11.7 11.1 13.8 .277 .434 .340 43.1
2018 Curveball -0.2 -1 278 27.4 64 .207 .328 .266 30.9 32.8 21.6 .193 .272 .232 38.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 91 9.0 26 .238 .429 .337 21.4 15.4 9.8 .252 .452 .358 44.4
2018 Changeup -0.2 0 44 4.3 15 .200 .400 .253 17.4 13.3 20.0 .196 .269 .205 30.8
2017 Sinker -1.1 -6 590 60.5 160 .307 .471 .394 19.7 16.9 22.0 .292 .461 .362 33.3
2017 Curveball 0.6 2 263 27.0 58 .179 .286 .204 35.8 41.4 25.0 .175 .258 .190 21.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -1 73 7.5 19 .188 .438 .339 20.6 36.8 25.0 .214 .488 .327 40.0
2017 Changeup -1.1 0 46 4.7 15 .214 .214 .243 26.1 20.0 37.5 .265 .340 .296 36.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 266 996 16 8 -2 -5 18
2009 296 1,108 4 10 -5 -6 4
2010 114 417 -4 6 -3 -2 -2
2011 362 1,249 13 7 -6 -2 12
2012 292 1,098 3 12 -4 -3 8
2013 287 1,100 5 9 -2 -7 5
2014 257 959 -1 -2 -8 -3 -15
2015 289 1,046 7 -2 -2 -4 -1
2016 266 1,054 10 6 -4 -3 9
2017 252 972 -8 12 -5 -5 -6
2018 267 1,015 -4 6 -4 -4 -7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,054 51.7 61.8 84.9 34.0 71.1 43.7 61.2 48.4 18.4 8.2 65.1
2016 1,054 50.7 57.1 86.9 26.7 64.0 43.1 56.8 42.1 19.6 9.8 67.0
2017 975 46.2 59.7 84.0 27.5 58.3 42.8 60.9 42.4 24.2 6.6 76.6
2018 1,016 50.7 65.2 86.9 24.2 67.8 44.5 59.6 45.0 17.5 7.4 74.7
Player 4,099 49.9 61.0 85.7 28.1 65.5 43.5 59.6 44.5 19.8 8.0 70.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 78 65 86 93 64 91 96 92 79 29 61 15 89 81 62 38 35
2016 63 55 70 78 54 72 56 34 19 79 56 21 23 68 51 25 19
2017 47 36 47 60 35 72 63 37 64 64 27 50 49 59 47 16 23
2018 51 35 52 65 46 72 76 12 5 16 48 5 11 47 39 13 28
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.0 3 4.7 -2 3 5 1 33.3
2017 22.7 8 8.9 -1 4 7 3 37.5
2018 22.0 9 5.6 3 7 7 1 11.1
Player 22.3 20 19.2 1 14 19 5 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 6 4 6 5 6 4 3 7 5 5 2
2017 8 9 8 10 10 9 9 9 6 8 9 13 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 12 10 9 9 6 10 10 9 5
2018 9 7 1 6 4 4 6 5 3 3 4 11 9 3 4 8 5 4 7 7 8 4 10 9 5 4 5 6 8 4 3
Player 20 21 14 21 20 18 20 18 13 15 18 30 22 17 18 21 17 17 21 19 23 17 28 24 20 17 14 23 23 18 10
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.0 94.0 -1.0 93.5 -0.5 92.8 -0.7
Offspeed Velocity 89.0 88.5 -0.5 88.0 -0.5 87.8 -0.2
Breaking Velocity 80.5 79.6 -0.9 79.5 -0.1 79.1 -0.4
Exit Velocity 86.1 89.0 2.9 87.7 -1.3 89.7 2.0
Launch Angle 1.1 4.2 3.1 6.5 2.3 8.8 2.3
Barrel % 2.3 5.7 3.4 5.3 -0.4 5.0 -0.3
Hard Hit % 29.2 38.3 9.1 31.5 -6.8 41.5 10.0
Sweet Spot % 23.1 29.1 6.0 32.5 3.4 31.5 -1.0
xBA .230 .245 0.015 .256 0.011 .249 -0.007
BA .296 .236 -0.060 .260 0.024 .268 0.008
xwOBA .279 .301 0.022 .315 0.014 .307 -0.008
wOBA .325 .280 -0.045 .315 0.035 .320 0.005
xSLG .324 .367 0.043 .405 0.038 .386 -0.019
SLG .388 .331 -0.057 .405 0.074 .414 0.009
K% 17.2 25.6 8.4 23.8 -1.8 16.8 -7.0
BB% 6.9 7.5 0.6 9.8 2.3 8.2 -1.6
Swing % 48.4 42.1 -6.3 42.4 0.3 45.0 2.6
Whiff% 18.4 19.6 1.2 24.2 4.6 17.5 -6.7
In Zone % 51.7 50.7 -1.0 46.2 -4.5 50.7 4.5
Out of Zone % 48.3 49.3 1.0 53.8 4.5 49.3 -4.5
Out of Zone Swing % 34.0 26.7 -7.3 27.5 0.8 24.2 -3.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.3 20.7 -11.6 22.5 1.8 23.6 1.1
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 56.8 -4.4 60.9 4.1 59.6 -1.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 263 .281 132 20 15.2 131 25 19.1
2017 Shifts 252 .316 133 5 3.8 119 15 12.6
2018 Shifts 267 .320 156 0 0.0 111 23 20.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 95 16.0 32.6% 0.0% 81 22.0 1.2% 8.6%
2011 305 14.9 51.5% 0.3% 210 21.4 1.9% 8.6%
2012 357 15.3 46.2% 1.4% 164 20.3 3.7% 1.8%
2013 320 15.7 42.8% 0.6% 202 21.5 3.5% 10.4%
2014 208 16.0 36.5% 0.5% 189 22.3 2.1% 8.5%
2015 284 16.8 34.9% 4.6% 171 24.8 8.2% 24.0%
2016 343 16.7 32.9% 2.6% 175 22.6 5.7% 15.4%
2017 301 15.3 45.2% 0.7% 169 20.8 1.8% 3.6%
2018 311 15.5 45.0% 1.0% 159 21.3 0.0% 6.9%
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Pitch Distribution