Pierce Johnson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #43, Chicago Cubs | Missouri State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 2 5.02 15 0 0 14.1 21 1.53
2023 2 6 4.02 67 0 13 62.2 90 1.48
2024 6 6 3.67 58 0 2 56.1 67 1.30
7 Seasons 18 21 3.96 265 2 15 256.2 320 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 15 1-2 5.02 14.1 21 1.53
2023 67 2-6 4.02 62.2 90 1.48
2024 58 6-6 3.67 56.1 67 1.30
7 Seasons 265 18-21 3.96 256.2 320 1.36
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 26 29 4 0 0.0 0.0 92.9 104.2 16.7 25.0 .236 .261 .349 .285 .326 75.0 28.6 14.3 0.00 3.45
2018 27 816 128 6 4.7 3.2 88.5 111.3 15.1 38.3 .225 .387 .319 .313 .340 37.0 19.4 11.8 5.57 4.15
2020 29 310 44 3 6.8 3.8 89.1 106.3 21.3 40.9 .224 .360 .285 .299 .400 38.6 33.8 11.3 2.70 3.76
2021 30 1045 139 10 7.2 4.1 89.1 108.8 17.4 36.0 .205 .336 .292 .284 .369 35.3 31.6 11.1 3.22 3.37
2022 31 280 35 0 0.0 0.0 86.8 105.7 9.9 25.7 .192 .249 .310 .254 .307 40.0 32.8 12.5 5.02 2.64
2023 32 1084 157 10 6.4 3.6 90.7 110.3 13.1 43.9 .235 .378 .335 .305 .409 47.1 32.5 10.8 4.02 3.90
2024 33 916 142 12 8.5 5.1 89.4 112.3 11.7 33.8 .224 .368 .302 .302 .374 39.4 28.4 10.6 3.67 3.80
Player 4480 649 41 6.3 3.7 89.3 112.3 14.5 37.6 .221 .358 .311 .298 .372 40.1 29.3 11.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Johnson relies on 3 pitches.
Curveball
(71.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.1%) ,
Cutter
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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
2017 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 39.8 29.7 23.4 7.0 28.9 40.6 30.5 2.3 28.1 28.9 23.4 10.9 4.7 3.2
2020 31.8 20.5 31.8 15.9 18.2 40.9 40.9 2.3 15.9 34.1 36.4 4.5 6.8 3.8
2021 33.8 29.5 28.1 8.6 36.0 39.6 24.5 3.6 24.5 33.8 25.9 4.3 7.2 4.1
2022 57.1 17.1 17.1 8.6 31.4 42.9 25.7 2.9 40.0 25.7 22.9 8.6 0.0 0.0
2023 37.6 22.3 35.0 5.1 37.6 36.3 26.1 2.5 27.4 24.8 33.1 5.7 6.4 3.6
2024 45.8 26.8 22.5 4.9 43.7 38.7 17.6 2.1 35.9 23.9 23.2 6.3 8.5 5.1
Player 39.6 25.9 27.4 7.1 35.0 39.3 25.7 2.6 28.7 28.0 27.3 6.6 6.3 3.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Cutter ATL R 39 92.0 22.6 1.1 0.1GLV -1.5 9.5 1.2 0.1GLV -2.6
2024 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 221 95.5 14.2 -0.1 10.4ARM 2.6 15.9 0.1 10.4ARM 2.9
2024 Curveball ATL R 656 85.4 41.9 -3.3 9.8GLV 2.7 -4.5 -5.4 9.8GLV 0.4
2023 Curveball ATL R 615 85.4 41.6 -3.9 8.9GLV 2.8 -4.3 -5.6 8.9GLV 0.0
2023 Slider ATL R 87 88.1 34.9 1.7 7.6GLV 3.6 0.2 1.3 7.6GLV 2.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 382 95.9 15.2 -1.0 9.7ARM 1.5 14.5 -1.3 9.7ARM 2.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Curveball 0.2 1 656 71.6 183 .243 .396 .321 28.1 28.4 26.5 .227 .393 .299 41.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 2 221 24.1 47 .194 .250 .313 26.6 29.8 17.7 .198 .245 .310 31.8
2024 Cutter 1.0 0 39 4.3 4 .000 .000 .175 35.7 0.0 0.0 .406 .568 .495 33.3
2023 Curveball 0.8 5 615 56.7 168 .222 .411 .298 40.2 39.9 31.9 .200 .339 .260 44.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -8 382 35.2 76 .351 .579 .461 21.3 14.5 11.6 .334 .536 .440 58.3
2023 Slider -1.0 -1 87 8.0 31 .276 .310 .347 29.8 35.5 35.5 .238 .292 .260 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 652 85.4 48 12.2 7:45 8:00 -15
2024 Cutter 39 92.0 49 8.8 1:00 12:00 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 220 95.5 95 18.7 1:30 1:15 15
2023 Curveball 586 85.4 45 11.3 7:30 7:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 382 95.9 97 17.2 1:30 1:15 15
2023 Slider 87 88.1 30 8.7 8:15 8:45 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 184 815 6 1 -6 -4 -2
2020 99 378 1 6 0 -2 5
2021 241 1,045 11 9 -3 -4 13
2022 79 340 4 1 -3 -1 1
2023 288 1,131 10 -6 -5 -2 -3
2024 237 929 1 9 -4 -1 4
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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 %
2017 29 48.3 64.3 66.7 20.0 66.7 37.9 42.9 41.4 33.3 17.2 80.0
2018 816 45.9 69.0 79.1 26.1 67.0 42.2 59.1 45.8 24.3 7.0 84.2
2020 310 48.4 62.0 74.2 26.3 28.6 32.9 65.0 43.5 40.0 8.4 65.4
2021 1,045 49.0 62.5 80.0 28.0 46.3 44.7 56.8 44.9 30.3 8.0 71.4
2022 280 54.6 62.7 74.0 17.3 63.6 44.6 60.9 42.1 28.0 6.4 77.8
2023 1,084 46.3 62.4 81.5 33.3 41.2 41.6 63.8 46.8 33.1 6.6 72.2
2024 916 52.4 61.0 80.9 27.5 49.2 40.9 61.7 45.1 28.1 9.0 75.6
Player 4,480 48.8 63.2 79.5 28.1 48.5 41.9 60.8 45.3 30.0 7.7 74.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2018 60 70 97 8
2020 64 64 67 68 55 74 53 35 40 93 23 98 36 89 62 94 8
2021 78 87 84 77 69 81 58 41 75 91 17 79 51 81 51 92 10
2022 66 35 91 10
2023 60 62 68 69 49 79 75 10 4 96 18 91 90 83 70 96 11
2024 56 71 65 56 45 72 32 32 42 84 18 70 36 73 70 95 10
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.3 5 6.4 -1 3 5 2 40.0
2020 22.3 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 23.8 6 5.0 1 3 5 2 33.3
2022 32.6 1 0.8 0 0 2 0 0.0
2023 24.3 10 7.9 2 3 8 2 20.0
2024 22.5 6 4.8 1 4 6 0 0.0
Player 23.8 30 26.7 3 13 27 7 23.3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2018 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 9 6 5 7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 9 6 5 4 7 6 7 7 5
2020 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2021 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 4 3 2 3 3 7 4 4 7 5 5 8 3 5 6 7 8 6 5 6 6 6 4 5
2022 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1
2023 10 7 6 8 8 8 8 6 8 5 7 8 9 6 8 8 8 6 10 9 8 9 11 11 6 5 9 11 10 9 4
2024 6 3 2 5 5 5 6 3 3 3 5 7 3 3 5 4 3 3 6 8 5 7 7 7 3 5 5 6 6 6 6
Player 30 24 23 28 27 27 31 21 21 16 22 30 27 21 25 29 25 22 33 30 25 31 38 34 22 21 30 33 31 30 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 96.3 -- 95.5 -0.8 ↓ 94.8 -0.7 ↓ 95.9 1.1 ↑ 94.9 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.0 -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 84.8 -- 84.3 -0.5 ↓ 84.3 0.0 85.7 1.4 ↑ 85.4 -0.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 92.9 -- -4.4 ↓ -- -- 89.1 -- 89.1 0.0 86.8 -2.3 ↓ 90.7 3.9 ↑ 89.4 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 16.7 -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 21.3 -- 17.4 -3.9 ↓ 9.9 -7.5 ↓ 13.1 3.2 ↑ 11.7 -1.4 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 -- 4.7 ↑ -- -- 6.8 -- 7.2 0.4 ↑ 0.0 -7.2 ↓ 6.4 6.4 ↑ 8.5 2.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 75.0 -- -38.0 ↓ -- -- 38.6 -- 35.3 -3.3 ↓ 40.0 4.7 ↑ 47.1 7.1 ↑ 39.4 -7.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 -- 13.3 ↑ -- -- 40.9 -- 36.0 -4.9 ↓ 25.7 -10.3 ↓ 43.9 18.2 ↑ 33.8 -10.1 ↓
xBA .236 -- -0.011 ↓ -- -- .224 -- .205 -0.019 ↓ .192 -0.013 ↓ .235 0.043 ↑ .224 -0.011 ↓
BA .333 -- -0.097 ↓ -- -- .214 -- .220 0.006 ↑ .250 0.030 ↑ .257 0.007 ↑ .230 -0.027 ↓
xwOBA .285 -- 0.028 ↑ -- -- .299 -- .284 -0.015 ↓ .254 -0.030 ↓ .305 0.051 ↑ .302 -0.003 ↓
wOBA .349 -- -0.030 ↓ -- -- .285 -- .292 0.007 ↑ .310 0.018 ↑ .335 0.025 ↑ .302 -0.033 ↓
xSLG .261 -- 0.126 ↑ -- -- .360 -- .336 -0.024 ↓ .249 -0.087 ↓ .378 0.129 ↑ .368 -0.010 ↓
SLG .333 -- 0.083 ↑ -- -- .343 -- .369 0.026 ↑ .339 -0.030 ↓ .437 0.098 ↑ .364 -0.073 ↓
K% 28.6 -- -9.2 ↓ -- -- 33.8 -- 31.6 -2.2 ↓ 32.8 1.2 ↑ 32.5 -0.3 ↓ 28.4 -4.1 ↓
BB% 14.3 -- -2.5 ↓ -- -- 11.3 -- 11.1 -0.2 ↓ 12.5 1.4 ↑ 10.8 -1.7 ↓ 10.6 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 41.4 -- 4.4 ↑ -- -- 43.5 -- 44.9 1.4 ↑ 42.1 -2.8 ↓ 46.8 4.7 ↑ 45.1 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 33.3 -- -9.0 ↓ -- -- 40.0 -- 30.3 -9.7 ↓ 28.0 -2.3 ↓ 33.1 5.1 ↑ 28.1 -5.0 ↓
In Zone % 48.3 -- -2.4 ↓ -- -- 48.4 -- 49.0 0.6 ↑ 54.6 5.6 ↑ 46.3 -8.3 ↓ 52.4 6.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.7 -- 2.4 ↑ -- -- 51.6 -- 51.0 -0.6 ↓ 45.4 -5.6 ↓ 53.7 8.3 ↑ 47.6 -6.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.0 -- 6.1 ↑ -- -- 26.3 -- 28.0 1.7 ↑ 17.3 -10.7 ↓ 33.3 16.0 ↑ 27.5 -5.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 -- -2.3 ↓ -- -- 22.5 -- 24.3 1.8 ↑ 21.9 -2.4 ↓ 33.3 11.4 ↑ 31.1 -2.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 42.9 -- 16.2 ↑ -- -- 65.0 -- 56.8 -8.2 ↓ 60.9 4.1 ↑ 63.8 2.9 ↑ 61.7 -2.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 7 .349 4 0 0.0 3 0 0.0
2018 Shifts 185 .319 111 7 6.3 74 19 25.7
2020 Shifts 80 .285 53 0 0.0 27 12 44.4
2021 Shifts 241 .292 129 4 3.1 112 68 60.7
2022 Shifts 64 .310 37 2 5.4 27 21 77.8
2023 Shades 275 .336 160 23 14.4 115 40 34.8
2024 Shades 234 .303 134 12 9.0 100 54 54.0
! 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 %
2017 1 18.0 0.0% 0.0% 13 20.6 0.0% 7.7%
2018 216 19.4 6.5% 2.8% 171 24.2 0.0% 8.2%
2020 77 20.7 1.3% 3.9% 76 24.4 0.0% 13.2%
2021 341 20.8 2.1% 8.2% 152 24.9 0.0% 20.4%
2022 82 21.7 2.4% 3.7% 55 24.3 0.0% 14.5%
2023 270 17.4 11.5% 0.4% 222 20.0 2.3% 0.9%
2024 230 17.8 3.0% 0.0% 167 19.6 0.0% 1.8%

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Pitch Distribution

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