John Means

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	4/24/1993 (31)
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%

	177^th 7 W	- 116 IP	12^th 4.33 ERA	7^th 1.29 WHIP	131^st 21.8% K%	6^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	90.5	12.8%	29.4%	-	6.3%	5.21	-

	- 93.5 FB MPH	67^th 11.7% SwStr%	50^th 28.0% CSW%	- Str-ICR	111^th - MTK%	55^th 5.12 PLV	- PLA

Articles

11/8/2024Top 200 Starting Pitchers For Fantasy Baseball 2025Nick Pollack

11/8/2024Grading My 2024 AL Preseason Rebound PicksPatrick Connors

10/23/2024One Move Every Team Should Make this OffseasonSteve Drumwright

8/19/2024Top 100 Starting Pitchers For 2024 Fantasy Baseball: Week 21 - 8/19Nick Pollack

8/12/2024Top 100 Starting Pitchers For 2024 Fantasy Baseball: Week 20 - 8/12Nick Pollack

See More Articles

Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

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	4.44	2.69	23.9%	4.0%	7.4	2.47	.216	23.5%	82.8%	29.3%	47.1%	13.3%	28.2%	0.54	5.47
2021	BAL	26	26	146.2	6-9	12	3.62	1.03	4.00	4.62	4.32	2.61	22.7%	4.4%	7.7	1.84	.241	16.8%	80.5%	39.4%	35.2%	12.8%	27.7%	0.50	5.38
2022	BAL	2	2	8.0	0-0	0	3.38	1.25	3.00	2.11	3.97	2.57	20.6%	5.9%	9.0	0.00	.320	0.0%	70.0%	36.0%	37.5%	11.1%	22.2%	0.38	5.36
2023	BAL	4	4	23.2	1-2	2	2.66	0.72	4.44	5.28	5.90	2.61	11.4%	4.5%	4.9	1.52	.130	11.1%	88.7%	35.6%	28.8%	8.6%	25.1%	0.45	5.30
2024	BAL	4	4	20.2	2-0	2	2.61	0.87	5.16	3.32	4.29	2.77	20.0%	2.5%	7.0	0.87	.237	7.4%	80.2%	44.3%	23.0%	12.8%	29.4%	0.51	5.21
SP MLB Percentile		3	3	2	15-97	15	95	97	15	85	46	-	37	97	88	83	94	-	90	-	-	68	76	37	74
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		78	73	401.0	23-26	30	3.68	1.05	-	-	-	1.60	20.6%	4.9%	7.7	1.62	.241	23.8%	77.9%	22.3%	35.6%	11.7%	26.4%	0.46	5.38

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 38%
Changeup | 28%
Slider | 20%
Curveball | 14%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	37.9%	90.1	-	-	64.0%	8.0%	8.0%	16.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.800	.750	-	-	-	-
2019	19.4%	91.6	-	-	59.3%	8.5%	16.0%	24.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.242	.258	-	-	-	-
2020	53.0%	93.7	47.8%	24.8%	62.8%	13.7%	14.7%	28.4%	55.7%	38.6%	54.5%	31.1%	20.8%	.151	.150	-7	-3.4	4.6%	5.24
2021	48.0%	92.8	47.0%	25.7%	63.0%	10.5%	14.1%	24.6%	48.5%	23.8%	51.2%	47.1%	18.2%	.232	.224	+8	10.0	2.5%	5.17
2022	42.2%	91.7	47.4%	20.0%	59.6%	1.8%	10.5%	12.3%	49.1%	40.0%	40.0%	30.0%	0.0%	.250	.300	+2	0.5	3.5%	4.97
2023	41.9%	91.7	51.4%	23.2%	65.5%	6.3%	20.4%	26.8%	51.4%	25.9%	55.6%	37.0%	6.7%	.188	.192	0	-0.4	2.1%	5.19
2024	37.5%	90.5	50.0%	30.0%	67.5%	10.0%	12.5%	22.5%	47.5%	4.0%	60.0%	48.0%	6.7%	.231	.208	+1	-1.3	4.2%	5.04
SP MLB Percentile	-	69	71	52	74	43	33	20	62	2	97	18	70	60	84	58	-	-	40
SP MLB AVG	37.6%	93.5	50.9%	26.3%	65.7%	9.6%	17.6%	27.2%	51.6%	34.0%	42.6%	42.0%	13.2%	.259	.295	+1	-	6.9%	4.96

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.135	.216	.158	.284	-	9.1%	31.1%	92.8	89.9	28.0	4.0	11.5	0.6	6.3	6.1	2,493
2021	.259	.361	.266	.432	-	14.5%	47.1%	91.2	88.6	27.2	4.0	11.9	0.2	6.3	6.2	2,405
2022	.205	.220	.246	.217	-	0.0%	30.0%	91.1	81.9	24.7	5.1	12.6	0.8	6.3	6.0	2,387
2023	.221	.318	.217	.319	-	11.1%	37.0%	91.8	90.5	24.5	4.6	12.2	0.5	6.3	6.3	2,413
2024	.292	.423	.222	.436	-	12.0%	48.0%	93.3	88.4	38.2	4.5	11.4	0.8	6.3	6.2	2,377
SP MLB Percentile	25	13	81	22	-	17	18	8	-	1	58	100	76	94	26	67
SP MLB AVG	.256	.350	.286	.395	-	9.8%	42.0%	90.8	88.8	19.9	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,260

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	25	5	16	9	1	2	0	1	4	6	0	0	0	0
2019	519	104	308	210	12	4	1	5	22	33	0	21	9	2
2020	395	79	248	147	6	0	0	5	11	21	14	28	2	4
2021	1,117	239	704	413	24	10	1	16	51	84	81	50	14	3
2022	57	13	34	23	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	1	0
2023	142	36	93	49	1	4	0	1	6	8	10	5	3	1
2024	120	29	81	39	2	2	1	1	6	9	12	2	2	0
SP MLB Percentile	34	33	37	70	81	55	14	63	69	-	-	18	59	70
SP MLB AVG	636	157	424	212	21	7	1	6	35	48	43	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	38.6%	6.8%	54.5%	29.5%	35.6%	35.6%	28.9%	18.2%	4.5%	9.1%	15.9%	-	68.2%	31.1%
2021	23.8%	25.0%	51.2%	18.6%	32.0%	41.3%	26.7%	21.5%	11.0%	14.5%	44.8%	-	52.9%	47.1%
2022	40.0%	20.0%	40.0%	40.0%	60.0%	10.0%	30.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	20.0%	-	70.0%	30.0%
2023	25.9%	18.5%	55.6%	14.8%	37.0%	33.3%	29.6%	18.5%	7.4%	11.1%	29.6%	-	62.9%	37.0%
2024	4.0%	36.0%	60.0%	32.0%	40.0%	36.0%	24.0%	16.0%	20.0%	12.0%	44.0%	-	52.0%	48.0%
SP MLB Percentile	2	9	97	98	38	65	58	85	2	17	17	-	-	18
SP MLB AVG	34.0%	23.5%	42.6%	13.7%	30.8%	35.7%	33.4%	24.4%	7.9%	9.8%	37.9%	-	57.9%	42.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.800	1.081	.750	.800	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.242	.332	.258	.310	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.151	.247	.150	.244	-7	.135	.216	.158	.284	92.8	89.9	28.0	20.8
2021	.232	.331	.224	.297	+8	.259	.361	.266	.432	91.2	88.6	27.2	18.2
2022	.250	.257	.300	.300	+2	.205	.220	.246	.217	91.1	81.9	24.7	0.0
2023	.188	.297	.192	.222	0	.221	.318	.217	.319	91.8	90.5	24.5	6.7
2024	.231	.320	.208	.240	+1	.292	.423	.222	.436	93.3	88.4	38.2	6.7
SP MLB Percentile	60	48	84	85	58	25	13	81	22	8	-	1	70
SP MLB AVG	.259	.345	.295	.334	+1	.256	.350	.286	.395	90.8	88.8	19.9	13.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	64.0%	56.0%	-	14.3%	28.0%	85.7%	-	-	8.0%	8.0%	16.0%	31.3%	20.0%	48.0%	0.20	-
2019	-	59.3%	43.4%	-	19.6%	21.2%	80.4%	-	-	16.0%	8.5%	24.5%	23.1%	13.7%	55.1%	0.41	-
2020	47.8%	62.8%	48.1%	24.8%	28.4%	23.0%	71.6%	72.7%	68.6%	14.7%	13.7%	28.4%	18.1%	11.4%	60.0%	0.60	55.7%
2021	47.0%	63.0%	48.9%	25.7%	21.4%	23.0%	78.6%	79.4%	76.3%	14.1%	10.5%	24.6%	24.4%	15.4%	58.5%	0.45	48.5%
2022	47.4%	59.6%	49.1%	20.0%	3.6%	29.8%	96.4%	100.0%	83.3%	10.5%	1.8%	12.3%	29.4%	17.5%	54.4%	0.09	49.1%
2023	51.4%	65.5%	45.1%	23.2%	14.1%	19.7%	85.9%	87.5%	81.3%	20.4%	6.3%	26.8%	29.0%	19.0%	61.3%	0.47	51.4%
2024	50.0%	67.5%	55.0%	30.0%	18.2%	24.2%	81.8%	85.4%	72.2%	12.5%	10.0%	22.5%	30.9%	20.8%	62.5%	0.38	47.5%
SP MLB Percentile	71	74	87	52	32	91	32	52	27	33	43	20	36	27	80	62	62
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.7%	48.1%	26.3%	19.7%	21.7%	80.3%	84.1%	70.1%	17.6%	9.6%	27.2%	-	-	60.1%	0.52	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	47.8%	35.2%	20.0%	44.8%	53.9%	28.1%	18.0%	31.9%	48.1%	4.8%
2021	47.0%	31.1%	21.9%	47.0%	52.7%	27.6%	19.7%	41.1%	37.0%	6.6%
2022	47.4%	12.3%	29.8%	57.9%	54.4%	33.3%	12.3%	49.1%	21.1%	8.8%
2023	51.4%	29.6%	28.9%	41.5%	44.4%	31.0%	24.6%	25.4%	45.8%	9.9%
2024	50.0%	27.5%	22.5%	50.0%	70.8%	17.5%	11.7%	38.3%	39.2%	3.3%
SP MLB Percentile	71	36	31	70	99	20	2	84	28	16
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	34.8%	28.8%	36.4%	51.8%	26.6%	21.6%	28.3%	42.9%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	56.0%	24.0%	20.0%	21.4%	33.3%	16.7%	14.3%	-	0.0%
2019	59.9%	12.1%	27.9%	10.9%	62.0%	48.7%	20.9%	-	14.5%
2020	53.7%	9.4%	37.0%	7.1%	63.3%	55.1%	18.9%	18.5%	19.2%
2021	61.4%	8.4%	30.2%	12.1%	69.9%	58.0%	17.8%	19.6%	14.8%
2022	64.9%	15.8%	19.3%	10.8%	62.5%	50.0%	10.8%	27.3%	18.2%
2023	57.7%	10.6%	31.7%	15.9%	75.7%	59.5%	26.8%	13.3%	11.1%
2024	61.7%	10.8%	27.5%	14.9%	68.4%	50.0%	17.6%	21.2%	6.1%
SP MLB Percentile	60	44	45	49	79	51	35	32	8
SP MLB AVG	57.3%	13.2%	29.5%	13.8%	63.6%	52.2%	22.7%	21.6%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	90.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	91.6	-	-	-