John Danks
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 1, #9, Texas Rangers | Round Rock HS (TX)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2014 11 11 4.74 32 32 0 193.2 129 1.44
2015 7 15 4.71 30 30 0 177.2 124 1.41
2016 0 4 7.25 4 4 0 22.1 16 1.75
10 Seasons 79 104 4.38 247 247 0 1,503.1 1,102 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2014 32 11-11 4.74 193.2 129 1.44
2015 30 7-15 4.71 177.2 124 1.41
2016 4 0-4 7.25 22.1 16 1.75
10 Seasons 247 79-104 4.38 1,503.1 1,102 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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 30 2918 585 30 5.1 3.9 87.3 112.8 16.0 32.0 .249 .402 .344 .312 .342 30.4 16.1 7.3 4.71 4.02
2016 31 387 73 9 12.3 9.0 91.3 111.9 19.5 37.0 .303 .601 .404 .405 .451 42.5 16.0 11.0 7.25 7.55
Player 3305 658 39 5.9 4.5 87.8 112.8 16.4 32.5 .255 .425 .351 .323 .355 31.8 16.1 7.7
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

Danks relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(29.7%) ,
Changeup
(27.4%) ,
Cutter
(17.3%) ,
Sinker
(15.5%) ,
Curveball
(10.1%) ,


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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 39.7 25.0 25.8 9.6 42.7 35.9 19.1 3.6 28.2 29.9 23.2 6.0 5.1 3.9
2016 31.5 28.8 30.1 9.6 39.7 39.7 20.5 1.4 24.7 28.8 21.9 9.6 12.3 9.0
Player 38.8 25.4 26.3 9.6 42.4 36.3 19.3 3.3 27.8 29.8 23.1 6.4 5.9 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2016 4-Seamer CWS L 114 87.7 16.5 1.3 7 11.1 4.8 75
2016 Cutter CWS L 66 84.6 23.4 6.9 23 2.1 -5.8 -158
2016 Curveball CWS L 39 74.7 49.1 -10.3 -17 3.9 -6.4 -62
2016 Changeup CWS L 105 81.4 29.0 -1.8 -6 16.4 4.5 37
2016 Sinker CWS L 59 88.2 20.5 -2.1 -9 18.2 5.1 39
2015 4-Seamer CWS L 984 90.0 -- -- 10.6 3.7 54
2015 Curveball CWS L 353 76.2 -- -- 4.4 -5.2 -54
2015 Slider CWS L 9 80.3 -- -- 1.1 -5.5 -83
2015 Cutter CWS L 390 86.5 -- -- 0.4 -3.3 -113
2015 Sinker CWS L 294 90.0 -- -- 16.4 2.8 21
2015 Changeup CWS L 834 81.5 -- -- 15.2 2.7 22
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 813 3,168 28 15 -13 -9 20
2009 832 3,183 23 21 -20 -11 14
2010 875 3,372 30 8 -21 -11 6
2011 717 2,712 7 11 -8 -8 1
2012 238 830 3 -4 -5 -4 -10
2013 583 2,201 -2 2 -9 -6 -16
2014 853 3,289 9 8 -25 -12 -19
2015 767 2,912 -15 17 -16 -8 -23
2016 100 387 -3 -3 -2 -2 -9
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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 2,918 50.6 67.6 84.5 28.1 67.4 43.6 62.6 48.1 19.9 6.6 72.4
2016 387 49.9 60.1 82.8 21.6 66.7 45.2 54.0 40.8 20.9 8.0 83.9
Player 3,305 50.5 66.7 84.3 27.3 67.3 43.8 61.6 47.2 20.0 6.7 74.0
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 40 40 36 36 49 9 47 73 71 20 51 26 33 15 82 4 29
2016 3 74 19
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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 24.9 5 4.5 1 2 3 2 40.0
Player 24.9 5 4.5 1 2 3 2 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 2
Player 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 2
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.2 87.0 -2.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 81.5 81.4 -0.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 76.3 74.7 -1.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.3 91.3 4.0 ↑
Launch Angle 16.0 19.5 3.5 ↑
Barrel % 5.1 12.3 7.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 30.4 42.5 12.1 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.0 37.0 5.0 ↑
xBA .249 .303 0.054 ↑
BA .281 .322 0.041 ↑
xwOBA .312 .405 0.093 ↑
wOBA .344 .404 0.060 ↑
xSLG .402 .601 0.199 ↑
SLG .466 .575 0.109 ↑
K% 16.1 16.0 -0.1 ↓
BB% 7.3 11.0 3.7 ↑
Swing % 48.1 40.8 -7.3 ↓
Whiff% 19.9 20.9 1.0 ↑
In Zone % 50.6 49.9 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.4 50.1 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 21.6 -6.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 28.0 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.6 54.0 -8.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 96 .400 82 10 12.2 14 2 14.3
! 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 1047 13.0 79.3% 1.2% 488 19.0 9.0% 5.9%
2011 742 12.1 83.0% 0.3% 388 18.5 9.3% 3.4%
2012 256 12.8 81.3% 0.0% 140 19.5 7.9% 2.1%
2013 709 14.6 55.7% 0.3% 281 21.1 1.4% 5.3%
2014 991 14.3 58.4% 0.2% 567 20.3 2.5% 3.9%
2015 882 15.9 43.0% 2.4% 389 22.2 7.7% 15.4%
2016 135 16.6 31.1% 2.2% 56 24.3 0.0% 19.6%
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Pitch Distribution

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