John Means

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: April 24, 1993 in Olathe, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 46th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).

High School: Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS)

Schools: Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: September 26, 2018 (Age 25-155d, 21,811th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.33M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.007 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: John Alan Means

Nicknames: Meansy

Instagram: @john.means

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

10.2

ERA

0.00

3.67

7.0

387.1

326

WHIP

0.429

1.048

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-18 / in Starts: 8-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	43	1	Apr 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.74	22	97	65	18	12	4	13	2	5	0	80			0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.461	1.03	0.30%	3.91			1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
2	44	6	Apr 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-5		4	4.2	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	0.77	2.14	22	93	58	13	15	7	9	5	1	0	48			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.111	1.40	0.08%	1.16			1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a1
3	45	10	Apr 13(1)	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.16	3.77	21	88	58	17	9	4	10	3	2	0	48			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.177	.61	-0.10%	-0.76			1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d1
4	46	16	Apr 18	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	1.52	3.09	26	96	66	18	11	8	7	3	1	0	78			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.450	1.14	0.25%	3.65			1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
5	47	21	Apr 25	BAL		OAK	W,8-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	6.1	2	1	1	3	6	1	0	1.50	3.44	23	101	62	15	15	5	9	1	4	0	68			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.223	.66	0.11%	2.14			1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
6	48	26	Apr 30	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	3	2	2	1	9	2	0	1.70	3.68	25	93	63	15	19	7	8	4	0	0	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.211	.73	0.10%	1.47			1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
7	49	31	May 5	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1.37	3.06	27	113	79	13	25	3	12	4	5	0	99			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.421	.56	0.22%	4.46			1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
8	50	36	May 11	BAL	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.21	2.96	23			12	9	4	16	7	4	0	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.352	.90	0.15%	2.95			1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	51	42	May 19	BAL		TBR	L,7-9	GS-7		7	6.1	6	4	4	1	6	2	0	1.70	3.27	26	93	63	12	11	2	17	8	2	0	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.068	.28	0.02%	-0.01			1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a3
10	52	47	May 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	2	0	1.79	3.51	25	95	63	16	11	7	13	3	2	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.096	.17	0.01%	1.58			1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
11	53	52	May 29(2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-5	L(4-1)	4	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	1	2.05	3.87	23	86	58	11	8	5	11	2	2	0	47			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.065	.09	0.00%	-0.34			1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	54	58	Jun 5	BAL		CLE	L,4-10	GS-1	L(4-2)	6	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	2.28	4.20	5	29	19	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	39			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.163	.04	-0.01%	-1.71			1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
13	55	94	Jul 20	BAL	@	TBR	L,3-9	GS-5	L(4-3)	44	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	2.72	4.42	22	78	51	13	5	3	17	4	2	0	35			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.57	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.55			1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
14	56	98	Jul 25	BAL		WSN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	5	4	4	1	2	1	3	2.94	4.57	28	87	55	12	5	8	14	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.65			1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
15	57	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-6	W(5-3)	5	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.84	4.52	24	99	65	20	11	6	11	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.03			1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	58	108	Aug 6	BAL		TBR	L,6-10	GS-5		5	5.0	8	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.79	4.38	25	94	55	8	15	7	12	4	2	0	49			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.64			1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
17	59	113	Aug 12	BAL		DET	L,4-6	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	4.1	8	6	6	1	3	3	0	3.21	4.69	21	79	51	14	8	6	11	4	3	0	25			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.394	.00	0.00%	-4.33			1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
18	60	118	Aug 17	BAL	@	TBR	L,0-10	GS-5	L(5-5)	4	4.0	8	7	4	0	7	2	0	3.44	4.75	21	92	64	14	10	6	8	4	1	0	31			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.224	.00	0.00%	-4.42			1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d6
19	61	123	Aug 22	BAL		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	6.0	4	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.50	4.74	23	91	55	13	8	6	10	1	6	0	55			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.23			1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
20	62	128	Aug 28	BAL		TBR	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.1	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.46	4.57	23	95	62	17	8	8	10	4	3	0	60			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.275	.00	0.00%	2.25			1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
21	63	133	Sep 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-5		5	5.0	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.47	4.59	20	93	58	16	12	5	8	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.61			1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
22	64	139	Sep 9	BAL		KCR	L,0-6	GS-8	L(5-7)	5	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.42	4.58	27	89	59	11	8	6	14	7	1	0	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.203	.00	0.00%	2.06			1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
23	65	145	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.2	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.41	4.60	23	103	65	16	10	5	12	3	2	0	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.92			1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
24	66	150	Sep 20	BAL	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS-7	W(6-7)	4	6.2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.25	4.47	25	105	65	13	10	9	9	5	0	0	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.360	.00	0.00%	3.04			1b start a 2	7b 1-3 2 out a2
25	67	156	Sep 26	BAL		TEX	L,4-7	GS-5	L(6-8)	5	5.0	7	3	3	0	8	1	0	3.32	4.40	23	108	72	14	12	7	8	4	2	0	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.37			1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
26	68	161	Oct 2	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-10	GS-3	L(6-9)	5	3.0	7	7	6	0	2	3	0	3.62	4.62	17	57	39	3	7	4	11	6	0	0	21			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-5.37			1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
							8-18		W-L:6-9	4.8	146.2	125	64	59	26	134	30	4	3.62	4.62	590	2254	65%	15%	12%	0.51		23%	13%	0	55		---%	0	2	1	557	21	1	0	7	2	4	.93	1.499	.31	1.13%	12.12

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