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John
Danks		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 6, 1997 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 17 CLE AL   60 34 29 30 55 47 49 52 52 52
2016 18 CLE AL   60 36 30 31 50 43 44 51 51 51
2017 19 CLE AL   60 35 30 31 38 31 32 63 63 63
2018 20 CLE AL   60 42 37 38 42 34 36 65 65 65
2019 21 CLE AL   60 44 39 40 38 31 32 65 65 65
2020 22 CLE AL   60 53 48 49 38 31 32 65 65 65
2021 23 CLE AL   52 60 55 56 38 31 32 65 65 65
2022 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 52 61 56 57 27 20 21 64 64 64
2023 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 52 72 67 68 34 26 28 65 65 65
2024 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 46 72 67 68 36 28 30 65 65 65
2025 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 40 71 66 67 38 31 32 63 63 63
2026 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 33 74 69 70 42 34 36 65 65 65
2027 29 MIL NL $ 300,000 33 70 66 67 42 34 36 65 65 65
OOTP6 Min Ratings   33 34 29 30 27 20 21 51 51 51
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 60 74 69 70 55 47 49 65 65 65
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 17 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2016 18 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2017 19 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2018 20 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2019 21 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2020 22 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2021 23 CLE AL     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2022 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2023 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2024 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2025 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2026 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
2027 29 MIL NL $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings     29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   29 29 29 3 3 3 30 30 30 14 14 14 16 16 16
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2015 17 AA   5 5 .500 19 15 2 0 0 106.3 103 44 12 31 69 3.72 .254 .307 .406 .713  
2016 18 AAA   4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 42.7 57 26 7 13 20 5.49 .318 .365 .464 .828  
    AA   6 7 .462 23 23 0 0 0 144.7 151 56 12 42 115 3.48 .267 .318 .382 .700  
2017 19 AA   8 11 .421 28 28 0 0 0 170.0 183 82 18 69 119 4.34 .273 .341 .419 .759  
2018 20 AA   5 11 .313 19 19 0 0 0 107.0 120 57 10 44 74 4.79 .279 .346 .414 .760  
2019 21 AAA   7 7 .500 32 19 0 0 0 136.7 139 73 13 65 111 4.81 .262 .343 .389 .732  
2020 22 AAA   7 13 .350 31 31 0 0 0 172.7 216 121 20 100 145 6.31 .301 .387 .455 .841  
2021 23 AAA   9 10 .474 29 29 0 0 0 161.7 184 75 23 67 144 4.18 .284 .351 .466 .817  
2022 24 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 13.7 15 6 3 10 12 3.95 .278 .391 .481 .872 0.9
    AAA   1 5 .167 16 11 0 0 1 59.7 92 47 13 36 52 7.09 .358 .437 .568 1.005  
2023 25 AAA   9 4 .692 25 25 0 0 0 139.3 140 64 14 79 146 4.13 .256 .350 .378 .728  
2024 26 CLE AL 3 2 .600 20 0 0 0 5 32.3 26 9 2 18 20 2.51 .217 .319 .300 .619 4.6
    AAA   7 4 .636 14 14 0 0 0 85.7 59 28 4 39 96 2.94 .189 .279 .266 .545  
2025 27 AAA   3 0 1.000 64 0 0 0 9 77.0 74 40 11 48 74 4.68 .261 .369 .424 .793  
2026 28 CLE AL 2 1 .667 5 0 0 0 0 9.3 11 9 2 8 6 8.68 .289 .413 .500 .913 0.0
    AAA   2 3 .400 52 0 0 0 4 73.3 82 48 11 42 81 5.89 .282 .372 .454 .826  
2027 29 MIL NL 6 2 .750 58 0 0 0 2 69.0 55 28 8 32 66 3.65 .219 .303 .343 .646 7.4
4 Years Sim 12 5 .706 88 0 0 0 7 124.3 107 52 15 68 104 3.76 .231 .327 .361 .688 12.9
9 Years AAA 49 47 .510 270 136 0 0 14 948.6 1043 522 116 489 869 4.95 .277 .360 .426 .787  
4 Years AA 24 34 .414 89 85 2 0 0 528.0 557 239 52 186 377 4.07 .269 .329 .405 .734  
13 Years Minors 73 81 .474 359 221 2 0 14 1476.6 1600 761 168 675 1246 4.64 .274 .349 .419 .768  
Season Average 3 1 .750 22 0 0 0 1 31.1 26 13 3 17 26 3.76 .231 .327 .361 .688  
Career Highs 6 2 1.000 58 0 0 0 5 69.0 55 28 8 32 66 8.68 .289 .413 .500 .913  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   86 40 12 49 78   .245 .338 .382 .719
vs LH   21 12 3 19 26   .188 .305 .295 .600
Home 9 3 .750 55 0 0 0 4 73.3 69 35 6 43 55 4.30 .245 .345 .348 .692
Away 3 2 .600 33 0 0 0 3 51.0 38 17 9 25 49 3.00 .210 .306 .381 .687
Mar/Apr 3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 1 28.0 24 17 3 16 22 5.47 .229 .331 .362 .692
May 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.7 8 1 0 2 9 1.04 .229 .270 .229 .499
June 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 5 1 6 11 3.21 .240 .321 .340 .661
July 3 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 2 20.3 20 7 2 10 14 3.10 .247 .330 .333 .663
August 1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 1 19.7 12 4 0 12 18 1.83 .182 .308 .197 .505
Sep/Oct 3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 2 33.7 31 18 9 22 30 4.81 .246 .358 .508 .866
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2015 17 AA   1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 1.0  
2027 29 MIL NL 58 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
1 Years Sim 58 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
1 Years AA 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 1.0  
162 Game Average 16 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
vs LH   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Home 34 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8
Away 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Mar/Apr 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2022 24 CLE AL P 5 0 13.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2024 26 CLE AL P 20 0 32.3 0 3 0 2 1.000 0.84    
2026 28 CLE AL P 5 0 9.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96    
2027 29 MIL NL P 58 0 69.0 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.70    
Career Totals   88 0 124.3 3 14 0 3 1.000 1.23    
Career Highs   58 0 69.0 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.70    
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland in 2015
Injured on 5/31/2015 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 4/23/2018 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/1/2018 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/1/2019 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/15/2021 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/14/2022 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/25/2022
Released by Cleveland on 11/1/2026
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 3/4/2027 to a minor league contract
Had first career hit on 4/8/2027, off Ubaldo Jimenez (LAN)
 
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