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John Means

#47 - Starting Pitcher

Cleveland Guardians

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 4/24/1993 (32)
Height, Weight 6'4", 230 lb
Hometown Olathe, KS

2024 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-0 20.2 2.61 0.87 20.0% 2.5%
177th 7
W
- 116
IP
12th 4.33
ERA
7th 1.29
WHIP
132nd 21.8%
K%
6th 7.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
90.5 12.8% 29.4% 48.4% 4.1% 5.20 2.47
- 93.5
FB MPH
66th 11.7%
SwStr%
50th 28.0%
CSW%
154th 50.5%
Str-ICR
28th 6.0%
MTK%
15th 4.99
PLV
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John Means Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2018 BAL 1 0 3.1 0-0 0 13.50 1.80 - 4.77 - - 25.0% 0.0% 16.2 2.70 .455 - 21.7% - - 12.1% 22.7% 0.39 -
2019 BAL 31 27 155.0 12-11 11 3.60 1.14 - 4.41 - - 19.0% 6.0% 8.0 1.34 .256 - 75.9% - - 10.5% 25.0% 0.40 -
2020 BAL 10 10 43.2 2-4 3 4.53 0.98 2.57 5.62 4.11 2.58 23.9% 4.0% 7.4 2.47 .216 37.5% 82.8% 29.3% 47.1% 13.3% 28.2% 0.54 5.25
2021 BAL 26 26 146.2 6-9 12 3.62 1.03 4.00 4.62 4.07 2.38 22.7% 4.4% 7.7 1.84 .241 26.1% 80.5% 39.4% 35.2% 12.8% 27.7% 0.50 5.36
2022 BAL 2 2 8.0 0-0 0 3.38 1.25 3.00 2.11 3.26 2.31 20.6% 5.9% 9.0 0.00 .320 0.0% 70.0% 36.0% 37.5% 11.1% 22.2% 0.38 5.32
2023 BAL 4 4 23.2 1-2 2 2.66 0.72 4.44 5.28 5.58 2.12 11.4% 4.5% 4.9 1.52 .130 17.4% 88.7% 35.6% 28.8% 8.6% 25.1% 0.45 5.31
2024 BAL 4 4 20.2 2-0 2 2.61 0.87 5.16 3.32 3.79 2.47 20.0% 2.5% 7.0 0.87 .237 13.3% 80.2% 44.3% 23.0% 12.8% 29.4% 0.51 5.20
SP MLB Percentile 3 3 2 16-97 16 95 97 17 85 76 - 38 97 88 82 94 88 91 7 3 69 77 64 93
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 4.33 1.29 4.28 4.28 4.23 3.30 21.8% 7.7% 8.6 1.26 .290 19.5% 72.3% 38.6% 43.3% 11.7% 28.0% 0.49 4.99
Career 78 73 401.0 23-26 30 3.68 1.05 - - - 1.45 20.6% 4.9% 7.7 1.62 .241 38.1% 77.9% 22.3% 35.6% 11.7% 26.4% 0.46 5.32

John Means Repertoire

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John Means Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2018 BAL 1 0 3.1 0-0 0 0 0 66 43 23 16 6 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 0
2019 BAL 31 27 155.0 12-11 11 0 0 2,681 1,672 1,008 637 138 79 33 3 23 121 38 5 5
2020 BAL 10 10 43.2 2-4 3 0 0 745 488 257 176 36 22 2 0 12 42 7 4 2
2021 BAL 26 26 146.2 6-9 12 0 0 2,328 1,522 806 590 125 73 21 1 30 134 26 4 3
2022 BAL 2 2 8.0 0-0 0 0 0 135 88 47 34 8 7 1 0 0 7 2 0 0
2023 BAL 4 4 23.2 1-2 2 0 0 339 233 106 88 13 5 4 0 4 10 4 1 0
2024 BAL 4 4 20.2 2-0 2 0 0 320 209 111 80 16 9 4 1 2 16 2 1 0
SP MLB Percentile 3 3 2 16-97 16 50 50 3 3 98 3 98 98 97 64 97 3 98 89 90
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 0 0 1,900 1,226 674 489 109 70 21 2 16 109 37 5 3
Career 78 73 401.0 23-26 30 0 0 6,614 4,255 2,358 1,621 342 197 68 5 72 334 79 15 10

John Means Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2018 BAL 25.0% 0.0% .375 .750 1.125 .471 .455 .500 - - - - - - - -
2019 BAL 19.0% 6.0% .234 .417 .702 .295 .256 .292 - - - - - - - -
2020 BAL 23.9% 4.0% .220 .451 .718 .304 .216 .293 .173 .243 .181 .284 88.0 91.6 16.8 2.57
2021 BAL 22.7% 4.4% .224 .427 .690 .294 .241 .294 .235 .306 .259 .374 87.5 90.0 20.0 4.00
2022 BAL 20.6% 5.9% .258 .290 .584 .260 .320 .320 .257 .279 .304 .327 88.5 94.3 17.3 3.00
2023 BAL 11.4% 4.5% .159 .354 .559 .238 .130 .178 .249 .321 .232 .339 86.9 90.8 24.2 4.44
2024 BAL 20.0% 2.5% .211 .368 .606 .259 .237 .262 .281 .352 .308 .427 89.8 91.0 25.3 5.16
SP MLB Percentile 38 97 87 76 90 93 94 95 13 18 14 8 22 - 3 17
SP MLB AVG 21.8% 7.7% .248 .415 .728 .317 .290 .324 .245 .319 .282 .372 88.7 90.2 13.6 4.28
Career 20.6% 4.9% .226 .420 .689 .298 .241 .287 .202 .284 .248 .364 87.7 90.6 20.2 -

John Means Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 BAL 37.9% (90.1) - - 34.8% (84.2) - 7.6% (76.6) 19.7% (83.5) - - 37.9% 62.1%
2019 BAL 19.4% (91.6) - - 4.1% (83.2) - 2.2% (76.8) 10.4% (80.7) - - 19.4% 16.8%
2020 BAL 53.0% (93.7) - - 9.3% (86.4) - 12.1% (78.9) 25.6% (84.9) - - 53.0% 47.0%
2021 BAL 48.0% (92.8) - - 8.2% (86.3) - 16.5% (78.0) 27.3% (83.4) - - 48.0% 52.0%
2022 BAL 42.2% (91.7) - - 12.6% (84.1) - 14.1% (76.8) 31.1% (82.3) - - 42.2% 57.8%
2023 BAL 41.9% (91.7) - - 15.0% (85.4) - 9.7% (77.7) 33.3% (80.9) - - 41.9% 58.1%
2024 BAL 37.5% (90.5) - - 19.7% (84.9) - 14.4% (77.2) 28.4% (82.0) - - 37.5% 62.5%
SP MLB Percentile - - - 47 (41) - 58 (26) 92 (16) - - 84.8% 15.6%
SP MLB AVG 37.5% (93.5) 23.6% (92.9) 17.9% (88.7) 20.8% (85.1) 15.6% (81.6) 14.6% (79.1) 17.3% (85.3) 17.2% (86.1) 38.3% (77.6) 47.5% 52.5%
Career 35.9% (92.4) - - 8.0% (85.2) - 9.6% (77.9) 20.7% (82.7) - - 35.9% 38.2%

John Means Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 BAL 16.0% (2) - - 26.1% (4) - 40.0% (0) 23.1% (2) - - 16.0% 26.8%
2019 BAL 24.5% (44) - - 27.0% (14) - 28.3% (4) 21.8% (30) - - 24.5% 120.2%
2020 BAL 28.4% (54) - - 29.0% (9) - 26.7% (8) 28.3% (28) - - 28.4% 28.0%
2021 BAL 24.6% (117) - - 28.6% (32) - 32.6% (34) 29.9% (116) - - 24.6% 30.6%
2022 BAL 12.3% (1) - - 17.6% (1) - 31.6% (3) 33.3% (10) - - 12.3% 29.5%
2023 BAL 26.8% (9) - - 17.6% (2) - 15.2% (1) 29.2% (17) - - 26.8% 23.9%
2024 BAL 22.5% (12) - - 27.0% (9) - 50.0% (2) 29.7% (18) - - 22.5% 33.5%
SP MLB Percentile 80 (-) - - 30 (13) - 98 (4) 86 (43) - - 92.4% 7.6%
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (65) 26.6% (18) 26.0% (25) 29.5% (43) 28.3% (30) 31.0% (28) 23.4% (37) 24.0% (43) 25.7% (109) 27.5% 28.3%
Career 24.8% (239) - - 26.6% (71) - 31.8% (52) 28.0% (221) - - 24.8% 45.8%

John Means Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 BAL - - - - - - - - 24.2% - - - - -
2019 BAL - - - - - - - - 19.8% - - - - -
2020 BAL 47.1% 10.7% 26.4% 15.7% 23.1% 48.8% 34.1% 17.1% 20.8% 70.2% 17.4% 5.0% 7.4% 29.3%
2021 BAL 35.2% 22.8% 27.0% 15.0% 38.5% 41.3% 39.2% 19.5% 19.4% 60.6% 21.1% 8.5% 9.9% 39.4%
2022 BAL 37.5% 25.0% 16.7% 20.8% 29.2% 52.0% 32.0% 16.0% 24.4% 62.5% 25.0% 8.3% 4.2% 36.0%
2023 BAL 28.8% 21.9% 31.5% 17.8% 35.6% 42.5% 28.8% 28.8% 22.1% 64.3% 20.5% 6.8% 8.2% 35.6%
2024 BAL 23.0% 32.8% 24.6% 19.7% 41.0% 54.1% 24.6% 21.3% 16.9% 55.7% 23.0% 14.8% 6.6% 44.3%
SP MLB Percentile 3 3 49 97 7 97 3 17 23 93 73 3 74 7
SP MLB AVG 43.3% 22.3% 24.4% 10.0% 35.6% 42.0% 33.2% 24.8% 18.4% 61.2% 24.6% 6.4% 7.8% 38.6%
Career 35.6% 21.6% 26.8% 16.0% 35.5% 44.2% 35.7% 20.1% 19.9% 62.3% 20.7% 8.2% 8.8% 22.3%

John Means Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 BAL .375 .471 .455 .500 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 BAL .234 .295 .256 .292 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 BAL .220 .304 .216 .293 .173 .243 .181 .284 88.0 91.6 16.8 37.5% 29.3% 20.5%
2021 BAL .224 .294 .241 .294 .235 .306 .259 .374 87.5 90.0 20.0 26.1% 39.4% 28.5%
2022 BAL .258 .260 .320 .320 .257 .279 .304 .327 88.5 94.3 17.3 0.0% 36.0% 26.5%
2023 BAL .159 .238 .130 .178 .249 .321 .232 .339 86.9 90.8 24.2 17.4% 35.6% 29.5%
2024 BAL .211 .259 .237 .262 .281 .352 .308 .427 89.8 91.0 25.3 13.3% 44.3% 33.8%
SP MLB Percentile 87 93 94 95 13 18 14 8 22 - 3 88 7 4
SP MLB AVG .248 .317 .290 .324 .245 .319 .282 .372 88.7 90.2 13.6 19.5% 38.6% 26.8%
Career .226 .298 .241 .287 .202 .284 .248 .364 87.7 90.6 20.2 38.1% 22.3% 16.4%

John Means Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 BAL - 65.2% 54.5% - 22.2% 24.2% 77.8% - - 10.6% 12.1% 22.7% 18.2% 56.1% 0.39 -
2019 BAL - 62.4% 47.9% - 21.9% 19.8% 78.1% - - 14.5% 10.5% 25.0% 17.6% 57.2% 0.40 -
2020 BAL 47.8% 65.5% 50.6% 31.4% 26.3% 20.8% 73.7% 77.3% 66.4% 14.9% 13.3% 28.2% 16.5% 60.7% 0.54 55.8%
2021 BAL 49.1% 65.4% 50.5% 29.4% 25.4% 19.4% 74.6% 77.1% 68.5% 14.9% 12.8% 27.7% 18.3% 60.0% 0.50 50.9%
2022 BAL 46.7% 65.2% 54.1% 33.3% 20.5% 24.4% 79.5% 83.7% 70.8% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 18.5% 59.3% 0.38 51.9%
2023 BAL 49.6% 68.7% 52.2% 34.5% 16.4% 22.1% 83.6% 85.6% 79.7% 16.5% 8.6% 25.1% 21.5% 64.9% 0.45 53.4%
2024 BAL 45.9% 65.3% 48.8% 28.9% 26.3% 16.9% 73.7% 78.3% 64.0% 16.6% 12.8% 29.4% 19.1% 60.3% 0.51 48.4%
SP MLB Percentile 49 65 61 32 68 23 68 95 23 57 69 77 28 77 64 28
SP MLB AVG 46.0% 64.3% 48.0% 30.4% 24.3% 18.4% 75.7% 84.4% 59.1% 16.3% 11.7% 28.0% 17.9% 58.5% 0.49 50.5%
Career 28.4% 64.3% 49.6% 30.3% 23.5% 19.9% 76.5% 78.2% 68.9% 14.8% 11.7% 26.4% 18.0% 59.2% 0.46 56.3%

John Means Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 BAL - - - - - - - - - -
2019 BAL - - - - - - - - - -
2020 BAL 47.8% 36.1% 22.0% 41.9% 37.4% 26.3% 36.2% 27.1% 50.9% 5.5%
2021 BAL 49.1% 35.4% 24.4% 40.2% 36.4% 27.0% 36.6% 30.2% 45.4% 7.6%
2022 BAL 46.7% 31.1% 27.4% 41.5% 42.2% 28.9% 28.9% 34.8% 37.8% 6.7%
2023 BAL 49.6% 32.7% 26.8% 40.4% 32.4% 30.7% 36.9% 22.4% 50.7% 9.4%
2024 BAL 45.9% 32.2% 20.3% 47.5% 42.5% 21.3% 36.3% 31.3% 48.4% 4.4%
SP MLB Percentile 49 33 4 93 95 13 15 78 70 4
SP MLB AVG 46.0% 35.1% 26.2% 38.8% 30.4% 24.4% 45.2% 28.0% 45.8% 6.6%
Career 28.4% 34.9% 23.9% 41.2% 37.0% 26.8% 36.3% 29.2% 46.9% 7.1%

John Means Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 BAL 60.6% 13.6% 25.8% 15.0% 50.0% 37.5% 15.0% - 23.5%
2019 BAL 56.2% 11.2% 32.6% 13.5% 62.9% 52.6% 20.7% - 13.8%
2020 BAL 54.6% 9.0% 36.4% 13.3% 63.6% 54.5% 21.4% 24.0% 15.5%
2021 BAL 58.8% 9.6% 31.6% 14.5% 69.3% 55.9% 20.2% 22.8% 18.2%
2022 BAL 60.7% 13.3% 25.9% 12.2% 52.9% 41.2% 14.6% 25.7% 20.0%
2023 BAL 58.4% 10.3% 31.3% 15.7% 67.0% 54.5% 21.7% 28.3% 9.4%
2024 BAL 57.5% 9.7% 32.8% 13.6% 67.5% 55.0% 24.5% 22.9% 15.2%
SP MLB Percentile 30 82 86 24 86 86 89 23 16
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.5% 30.0% 15.1% 62.3% 50.7% 21.4% 25.3% 18.6%
Career 57.2% 10.4% 32.4% 13.9% 65.4% 53.9% 20.6% 13.8% 15.6%

John Means PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 BAL 66 - - - - - - - - -
2019 BAL 2,681 - - - - - - - - -
2020 BAL 745 5.25 51.0% 17.0% 31.9% 19.1% 2.7% 6.6 +1 2.58
2021 BAL 2,328 5.36 54.1% 15.6% 30.3% 23.8% 2.1% 20.3 +22 2.38
2022 BAL 135 5.32 55.6% 8.9% 35.6% 20.0% 1.5% 0.6 +3 2.31
2023 BAL 339 5.31 50.4% 17.4% 32.2% 18.3% 3.8% -3.3 -4 2.12
2024 BAL 320 5.20 49.4% 18.8% 31.9% 17.5% 4.1% -1.0 +1 2.47
SP MLB Percentile 3 93 88 61 89 89 87 - 73 -
SP MLB AVG 1,900 4.99 45.2% 18.6% 36.2% 9.0% 6.0% - +11 3.30
Career 6,614 5.32 52.9% 16.1% 31.1% 21.8% 2.5% 23.1 +23 1.45
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