JP Sears

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: February 19, 1996 in Sumter, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from The Citadel (Charleston, SC).

School: The Citadel (Charleston, SC)

Debut: April 13, 2022 (Age 26-053d, 22,592nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.081 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: John Patrick Sears

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.9

4.2

ERA

3.96

4.28

50.0

292.1

247

WHIP

1.140

1.249

Summary of 50 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
OAK	49
NYY	1

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	24

Outs
2	21
1	15
0	14

16 Opps
BAL	7
TEX	6
CHW	6
NYY	5
HOU	5
LAA	3
SEA	3
PHI	3
MIN	2
DET	2
NYM	2
CLE	2
COL	1
STL	1
ATL	1
MIL	1

40 Batters
Yoán Moncada	3
Ryan Mountcastle	3
Kyle Tucker	2
Randal Grichuk	2
Brandon Drury	2
Marcus Semien	2
Alex Bregman	2
Adley Rutschman	2
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Andrew Benintendi	1
Matt Vierling	1
Aaron Judge	1
Kyle Schwarber	1
Mark Canha	1
Gunnar Henderson	1
Oswaldo Cabrera	1
Tommy Pham	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Jonah Heim	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Elvis Andrus	1
Mark Mathias	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Lenyn Sosa	1
Robbie Grossman	1
J.T. Realmuto	1
José Caballero	1
Kevin Pillar	1
Ty France	1
Christian Vázquez	1
Chas McCormick	1
Gabriel Arias	1
Mitch Haniger	1
Alex Kirilloff	1
DJ LeMahieu	1
Alec Bohm	1
Christian Yelich	1
Leody Taveras	1
Jorge Mateo	1
Josh Bell	1

13 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	24
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
GlbLifeField (ARL)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	29
78	13
9	4
8	2
89	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
1	12
4	9
6	4
7+	4
5	4
3	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	7
12-	5
-2-	3
--3	2
1-3	2

76 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	31
1 on	12
2 on	7
Any on	19

Inning
1	9
2	9
3	8
4	8
5	10
6	5
7	1

1-3	26
4-6	23
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	3
+1	12
Tied	17
-1	6
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	1

Ahead	22
Tied	17
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	13
0-0	12
1-2	7
3-2	5
2-1	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
2-2	3
1-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	11
RF	7
LF	7
3B	6
2B	5
C	4
DH	4
SS	4
CF	2

OrderPos
2nd	11
3rd	7
1st	7
5th	7
6th	5
4th	4
7th	3
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2022-07-21 (2)	Chas McCormick	HOU		NYY	ahead 5-2	b 6	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBFFB1X	2	8	7	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Matijevic Scores
2	2	2	1	2022-08-21	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 3	2	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	3	9	8%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
3	3	3	1	2022-08-26	Aaron Judge	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 5	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	8	23%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); O. Cabrera Scores; D. LeMahieu Scores
4	4	4	1	2022-09-08	Elvis Andrus	CHW	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	6	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	2022-09-08	Yoán Moncada	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	5	10%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	6	3	2022-09-08	Yoán Moncada	CHW	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	1-3	2,(0-1) .CX	3	2	5	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Zavala Scores; E. Andrus Scores
7	7	7	1	2022-09-14	Mark Mathias	TEX		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	2022-09-14	Marcus Semien	TEX		OAK	tied 1-1	b 2	2	12-	4,(1-2) CF*BX	3	1	4	26%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Heim Scores; N. Solak Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2023-04-04	Gabriel Arias	CLE	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	6,(2-2) BBSCFX	1	6	3	13%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	2	1	2023-04-10	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	1	--3	2,(1-0) 1>B.X	2	3	3	14%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Mullins Scores
11	11	3	2	2023-04-10	Adley Rutschman	BAL		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) CFFBBX	1	2	2	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	2023-04-16	Tommy Pham	NYM	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	5	2	2023-04-16	Francisco Lindor	NYM	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	4,(1-2) CBTX	1	3	6	19%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	6	1	2023-04-21	Jonah Heim	TEX		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBSX	3	6	2	20%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Lowe Scores; A. García Scores
15	15	7	1	2023-04-27	Brandon Drury	LAA		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	12-	8,(3-2) BCSBFFB>X	3	6	3	16%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Ohtani Scores; A. Rendon Scores
16	16	8	1	2023-05-08	Oswaldo Cabrera	NYY		OAK	tied 0-0	b 5	1	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	9	16%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Bader Scores
17	17	9	2	2023-05-08	Gleyber Torres	NYY		OAK	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	8,(3-2) SBBC.BFFX	1	2	4	18%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
18	18	10	3	2023-05-08	DJ LeMahieu	NYY		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	DH	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores
19	19	11	1	2023-05-14	Robbie Grossman	TEX	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	4,(1-2) CS*B1X	2	2	7	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Semien Scores
20	20	12	1	2023-05-25	Ty France	SEA		OAK	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	10%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	13	1	2023-05-30	Kevin Pillar	ATL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	7	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
22	22	14	1	2023-06-11	Christian Yelich	MIL		OAK	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	DH	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	15	1	2023-06-16	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
24	24	16	2	2023-06-16	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBBCX	1	5	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	17	3	2023-06-16	Alec Bohm	PHI	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	6	3	20%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Harper Scores
26	26	18	1	2023-06-22	Josh Bell	CLE		OAK	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	16%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
27	27	19	1	2023-06-28	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	20	1	2023-07-16	Christian Vázquez	MIN	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	8%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	21	2	2023-07-16	Alex Kirilloff	MIN	@	OAK	behind 1-3	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	3	11%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	22	1	2023-07-21	Kyle Tucker	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	23	2	2023-07-21	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	11,(3-2) BF1BF>FFFF>FB>X	2	4	5	19%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Peña Scores
32	32	24	3	2023-07-21	Kyle Tucker	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) FB>B.X	2	3	9	12%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Peña Scores
33	33	25	1	2023-07-28	Randal Grichuk	COL		OAK	behind 0-5	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	9	6%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	26	1	2023-08-14	Paul Goldschmidt	STL		OAK	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBC1BX	2	2	3	24%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Edman Scores
35	35	27	1	2023-08-20	Jorge Mateo	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	11%	68%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	28	2	2023-08-20	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	2	3	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Westburg Scores; A. Rutschman Scores
37	37	29	1	2023-08-26	Lenyn Sosa	CHW		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	30	2	2023-08-26	Yoán Moncada	CHW		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	5	16%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Anderson Scores; E. Jiménez Scores
39	39	31	3	2023-08-26	Andrew Benintendi	CHW		OAK	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	32	1	2023-09-18	José Caballero	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	4	18%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Moore Scores
41	41	33	1	2023-10-01	Brandon Drury	LAA		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	34	2	2023-10-01	Randal Grichuk	LAA		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	10%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2024-04-05	Matt Vierling	DET		OAK	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	9	12%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
44	44	2	2	2024-04-05	Mark Canha	DET		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	12%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
45	45	3	1	2024-04-27	Adley Rutschman	BAL		OAK	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	DH	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	4	2	2024-04-27	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL		OAK	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
47	47	5	3	2024-04-27	Gunnar Henderson	BAL		OAK	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	-2-	8,(2-2) CFF1>B.FFB2>X	2	1	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Mateo Scores
48	48	6	1	2024-05-08 (1)	Marcus Semien	TEX	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
49	49	7	2	2024-05-08 (1)	Leody Taveras	TEX	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 4	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	8	23%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Duran Scores
50	50	8	1	2024-05-14	Alex Bregman	HOU		OAK	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) BCCFX	1	5	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)