Pierce Johnson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 202LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #43, Chicago Cubs | Missouri State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
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
2025 1 1 2.65 19 0 1 17 18 1.00
8 Seasons 19 22 3.88 284 2 16 273.2 338 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 67 2-6 4.02 62.2 90 1.48
2024 58 6-6 3.67 56.1 67 1.30
2025 19 1-1 2.65 17 18 1.00
8 Seasons 284 19-22 3.88 273.2 338 1.34
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 .224 .387 .319 .313 .339 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 .335 .292 .284 .368 35.3 31.6 11.1 3.22 3.39
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 .377 .335 .305 .408 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 .373 39.4 28.4 10.6 3.67 3.80
2025 34 276 43 5 11.6 7.6 91.8 111.7 13.9 39.5 .221 .388 .250 .297 .374 44.2 27.3 7.6 2.65 3.28
Player 4756 692 46 6.6 4.0 89.5 112.3 14.5 37.7 .221 .360 .307 .297 .372 40.4 29.1 10.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Johnson relies on 3 pitches.
Curveball
(70.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.5%) ,
Cutter
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2017 25.0 75.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 25.0
2018 39.8 60.2 29.7 23.4 7.0 28.9 40.6 30.5 14.8 19.5 5.5 14.1 21.1 25.0
2020 31.8 68.2 20.5 31.8 15.9 18.2 40.9 40.9 6.8 20.5 4.5 11.4 20.5 36.4
2021 33.8 66.2 29.5 28.1 8.6 36.0 39.6 24.5 18.0 15.1 0.7 18.0 24.5 23.7
2022 57.1 42.9 17.1 17.1 8.6 31.4 42.9 25.7 14.3 37.1 5.7 17.1 5.7 20.0
2023 37.6 62.4 22.3 35.0 5.1 37.6 36.3 26.1 19.1 14.6 3.8 18.5 21.7 22.3
2024 45.8 54.2 26.8 22.5 4.9 43.7 38.7 17.6 26.1 16.2 3.5 17.6 22.5 14.1
2025 37.2 62.8 30.2 23.3 9.3 41.9 41.9 16.3 20.9 9.3 7.0 20.9 32.6 9.3
Player 39.5 60.5 26.2 27.2 7.2 35.4 39.5 25.1 18.5 17.2 3.8 16.9 22.3 21.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 2.3 28.1 28.9 23.4 10.9 4.7 3.2
2020 2.3 15.9 34.1 36.4 4.5 6.8 3.8
2021 3.6 24.5 33.8 25.9 4.3 7.2 4.1
2022 2.9 40.0 25.7 22.9 8.6 0.0 0.0
2023 2.5 27.4 24.8 33.1 5.7 6.4 3.6
2024 2.1 35.9 23.9 23.2 6.3 8.5 5.1
2025 4.7 23.3 30.2 20.9 9.3 11.6 7.6
Player 2.7 28.3 28.2 26.9 6.8 6.6 4.0
MLB 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


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
2025 Cutter ATL R 19 91.9 23.5 0.6 1.2ARM -2.5 8.7 0.4 1.2ARM -3.5
2025 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 62 94.9 15.5 -1.0 11.6ARM 3.6 15.0 -0.9 11.6ARM 3.9
2025 Curveball ATL R 195 85.5 41.4 -3.1 7.8GLV 2.6 -4.2 -5.5 7.8GLV -1.8
2024 Cutter ATL R 38 92.0 22.8 1.0 0.3GLV -1.3 9.4 1.1 0.3GLV -2.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 222 95.5 14.2 -0.1 10.3ARM 2.5 15.9 0.2 10.3ARM 2.7
2024 Curveball ATL R 656 85.4 41.9 -3.5 9.8GLV 2.8 -4.5 -5.5 9.8GLV 0.4
! 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 %
2025 Curveball 1.5 3 195 70.7 50 .208 .333 .237 24.5 22.0 18.0 .240 .443 .303 44.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 1 62 22.5 14 .100 .100 .264 33.3 50.0 29.2 .122 .142 .283 66.7
2025 Cutter -1.4 0 19 6.9 2 .500 .500 .450 42.9 0.0 0.0 .259 .303 .245 0.0
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 0.4 1 222 24.2 47 .194 .250 .313 26.6 29.8 17.7 .198 .245 .310 31.8
2024 Cutter 1.2 0 38 4.1 4 .000 .000 .175 35.7 0.0 0.0 .406 .568 .495 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
2025 Curveball 194 85.5 42 10.4 7:45 7:45 0
2025 Cutter 19 91.9 51 8.2 1:00 12:15 45
2025 4-Seam Fastball 61 94.9 97 18.8 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Curveball 652 85.4 48 12.2 7:45 8:00 -15
2024 Cutter 38 92.0 48 8.7 1:00 12:00 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 221 95.5 95 18.7 1:30 1:15 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 7 29 -1 0 0 0 -1
2018 184 815 8 2 -6 -4 1
2020 80 310 1 4 -1 -1 3
2021 241 1,045 9 7 -4 -4 8
2022 64 280 4 1 -4 -1 0
2023 275 1,084 8 -3 -6 -3 -4
2024 234 916 3 8 -6 -2 2
2025 66 276 3 2 -1 0 4
Player 1,151 4,755 36 20 -28 36 13
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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
2025 276 53.4 61.5 80.2 27.1 51.4 41.2 72.7 45.7 27.0 7.9 63.6
Player 4,756 49.1 63.1 79.5 28.1 48.7 41.8 61.5 45.3 29.8 7.7 74.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 61.1 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 54 74 53 35 40 93 23 98 36 89 62 95 8
2021 78 87 84 77 69 81 58 41 75 91 17 79 51 81 51 92 10
2022 66 35 92 10
2023 60 62 68 69 49 79 75 10 4 96 18 91 90 83 70 96 11
2024 56 71 65 55 45 72 32 32 42 84 18 70 36 73 71 95 11
2025 69 78 60 44 81 58 17 8 29 78 62 64 43 64 56 84 5
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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 23.27 5 6.4 -1 3 5 2 40.0
2020 22.26 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 23.78 6 5.0 1 3 5 2 33.3
2022 32.55 1 0.8 0 0 2 0 0.0
2023 24.29 10 7.9 2 3 8 2 20.0
2024 22.45 6 4.8 1 4 5 1 16.7
2025 23.07 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.80 31 27.6 3 13 27 8 25.8
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 3 5 5 5 6 3 3 3 5 7 3 3 5 4 3 3 6 8 5 7 7 7 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
2025 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 31 25 25 29 28 28 32 22 22 17 23 31 28 22 26 30 26 23 34 31 26 32 39 35 23 22 31 33 32 31 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 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 92.3 0.1 -- -- -- -- 96.3 -0.8 95.5 -0.7 94.8 1.1 95.9 -1.0 94.9 -0.7 94.2
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- -- 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 -0.5 84.3 0.0 84.3 1.4 85.7 -0.3 85.4 0.1 85.5
Exit Velocity 92.9 -4.4 -- -- -- -- 89.1 0.0 89.1 -2.3 86.8 3.9 90.7 -1.3 89.4 2.4 91.8
Launch Angle 16.7 -1.6 -- -- -- -- 21.3 -3.9 17.4 -7.5 9.9 3.2 13.1 -1.4 11.7 2.2 13.9
Barrel % 0.0 4.7 -- -- -- -- 6.8 0.4 7.2 -7.2 0.0 6.4 6.4 2.1 8.5 3.1 11.6
Hard Hit % 75.0 -38.0 -- -- -- -- 38.6 -3.3 35.3 4.7 40.0 7.1 47.1 -7.7 39.4 4.8 44.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 13.3 -- -- -- -- 40.9 -4.9 36.0 -10.3 25.7 18.2 43.9 -10.1 33.8 5.7 39.5
xBA .236 -0.012 -- -- -- -- .224 -0.019 .205 -0.013 .192 0.043 .235 -0.011 .224 -0.003 .221
BA .333 -0.097 -- -- -- -- .214 0.006 .220 0.030 .250 0.007 .257 -0.027 .230 -0.030 .200
xwOBA .285 0.028 -- -- -- -- .299 -0.015 .284 -0.030 .254 0.051 .305 -0.003 .302 -0.005 .297
wOBA .349 -0.030 -- -- -- -- .285 0.007 .292 0.018 .310 0.025 .335 -0.033 .302 -0.052 .250
xSLG .261 0.126 -- -- -- -- .360 -0.025 .335 -0.086 .249 0.128 .377 -0.009 .368 0.020 .388
SLG .333 0.083 -- -- -- -- .343 0.026 .369 -0.030 .339 0.098 .437 -0.073 .364 -0.064 .300
K% 28.6 -9.2 -- -- -- -- 33.8 -2.2 31.6 1.2 32.8 -0.3 32.5 -4.1 28.4 -1.1 27.3
BB% 14.3 -2.5 -- -- -- -- 11.3 -0.2 11.1 1.4 12.5 -1.7 10.8 -0.2 10.6 -3.0 7.6
Swing % 41.4 4.4 -- -- -- -- 43.5 1.4 44.9 -2.8 42.1 4.7 46.8 -1.7 45.1 0.6 45.7
Whiff% 33.3 -9.0 -- -- -- -- 40.0 -9.7 30.3 -2.3 28.0 5.1 33.1 -5.0 28.1 -1.1 27.0
In Zone % 48.3 -2.4 -- -- -- -- 48.4 0.6 49.0 5.6 54.6 -8.3 46.3 6.1 52.4 1.0 53.4
Out of Zone % 51.7 2.4 -- -- -- -- 51.6 -0.6 51.0 -5.6 45.4 8.3 53.7 -6.1 47.6 -1.0 46.6
Out of Zone Swing % 20.0 6.1 -- -- -- -- 26.3 1.7 28.0 -10.7 17.3 16.0 33.3 -5.8 27.5 -0.4 27.1
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 -2.3 -- -- -- -- 22.5 1.8 24.3 -2.4 21.9 11.4 33.3 -2.2 31.1 -2.3 28.8
First Pitch Strike % 42.9 16.2 -- -- -- -- 65.0 -8.2 56.8 4.1 60.9 2.9 63.8 -2.1 61.7 11.0 72.7
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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
2025 Shades 66 .250 41 0 0.0 25 17 68.0
! 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%
2025 61 17.4 4.9% 0.0% 49 20.5 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution