John Danks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: April 15, 1985 in Austin, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th) of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Round Rock HS (Round Rock, TX).

High School: Round Rock HS (Round Rock, TX)

Debut: April 8, 2007 (Age 21-358d, 19,054th in major league history)
vs. MIN 6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: April 28, 2016 (Age 31-013d)
vs. BAL 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports • Previously: Scott Boras

Full Name: John William Danks

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Brother of Jordan Danks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.2

104

ERA

4.38

247

1503.1

1102

WHIP

1.346

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-17 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	Entered	Exited
1	214	3	Apr 9	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.2	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	6.35	5.60	25	75	55	10	7	7	16	5	2	0	39			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.074	.99	-0.04%	-1.07	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d4
2	215	8	Apr 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.2	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	6.97	4.49	22	87	58	16	5	9	8	6	0	0	37			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.155	.84	-0.09%	-1.63	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d4
3	216	12	Apr 20	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	6.06	5.46	26	90	57	18	7	7	13	3	1	0	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.091	.53	-0.05%	-0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	217	17	Apr 26	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-2)	5	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	1	5.64	4.97	24	100	69	19	8	4	10	4	1	0	57			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.102	.72	-0.06%	-0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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	Entered	Exited
5	218	22	May 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-13	GS-3	L(1-3)	6	2.1	8	7	3	0	3	1	1	6.20	5.20	18	68	47	12	6	6	8	5	1	0	24			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.21	-0.319	.83	-0.13%	-5.71	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d6
6	219	28	May 10	CHW		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	5.12	4.78	28	118	76	18	8	7	14	3	4	0	62			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.300	.67	0.11%	2.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
7	220	33	May 16	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	7.0	3	2	2	3	6	1	0	4.66	4.74	27	106	69	24	9	7	11	3	2	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.200	.70	0.09%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
8	221	38	May 21	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	5.1	6	5	5	4	3	2	0	5.11	5.27	25	102	55	18	10	7	11	2	1	0	35			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	-0.325	.39	-0.16%	-3.08	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d5
9	222	43	May 26	CHW	@	TOR	L,9-10	GS-5		4	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	5.69	5.17	23	99	67	17	9	4	13	5	2	0	33			0	0	0	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.525	.68	-0.19%	-3.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
10	223	49	May 31	CHW	@	HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	10	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.81	4.70	33	118	82	13	17	14	12	6	1	0	72			0	0	0	32	4	1	0	3	0	0	.55	0.251	.36	0.10%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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	Entered	Exited
11	224	54	Jun 6	CHW		DET	L,1-7	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	4.2	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	5.17	4.79	27	91	64	16	8	12	10	7	0	0	23			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.344	.98	-0.17%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
12	225	59	Jun 12	CHW	@	TBR	L,5-7	GS-6	L(3-6)	5	5.1	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	5.29	4.62	26	94	70	17	8	10	12	4	3	0	36			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.247	.94	-0.12%	-1.57	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d1
13	226	64	Jun 17	CHW		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	0	4	1	0	5.16	4.55	26	94	68	19	7	8	14	10	3	0	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.071	.26	-0.02%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	227	69	Jun 22	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-13	GS-6	L(3-8)	4	5.1	9	9	5	1	2	3	0	5.38	4.93	26	97	62	13	5	9	14	6	0	0	23			1	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.467	.34	-0.12%	-6.34	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d7
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	Entered	Exited
15	228	77	Jul 3	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(4-8)	10	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.95	4.74	27	96	66	14	15	8	12	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.59	0.449	.70	0.12%	3.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	229	82	Jul 8	CHW		TOR	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.1	8	6	6	1	4	0	0	5.30	4.61	21	94	58	15	7	6	10	6	1	0	26			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.517	.55	-0.13%	-4.32	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
17	230	88	Jul 17(2)	CHW		KCR	W,2-0	GS-7	W(5-8)	8	6.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	4.98	4.56	25	96	62	18	7	4	13	4	4	0	64			0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.299	.70	0.10%	2.42	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
18	231	92	Jul 22	CHW		STL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.66	4.37	25	91	61	12	9	3	17	7	4	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.380	.34	0.07%	3.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a2
19	232	97	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-5		4	4.1	9	7	6	1	2	1	0	4.97	4.43	24	78	56	18	5	12	9	2	0	0	20			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.435	.74	-0.14%	-4.09	1b start a 4	5b -2- 1 out tie
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	Entered	Exited
20	233	102	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	W,8-2	GS-6	W(6-8)	4	5.2	3	1	1	4	8	0	0	4.80	4.33	24	108	63	22	11	6	6	2	2	0	63			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.177	.65	0.07%	1.32	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a5
21	234	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-9)	5	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	4.79	4.25	25	90	57	12	9	3	13	4	4	0	53			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.122	.59	-0.04%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	235	112	Aug 12	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.1	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.58	4.22	29	103	67	16	8	11	13	7	3	0	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.329	.60	0.08%	2.49	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
23	236	117	Aug 18	CHW	@	LAA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-10)	5	7.0	5	5	4	1	3	2	1	4.61	4.36	29	109	69	17	12	17	7	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.236	.11	-0.04%	-1.80	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
24	237	122	Aug 23	CHW	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS-6	L(6-11)	4	5.0	8	7	7	3	4	1	0	4.90	4.42	24	82	51	17	8	6	11	10	0	0	24			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.398	.21	-0.07%	-5.06	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
25	238	127	Aug 28	CHW		SEA	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-12)	4	6.0	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	4.82	4.47	24	95	62	15	9	7	12	6	2	0	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.014	.21	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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	Entered	Exited
26	239	133	Sep 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,12-1	CG	W(7-12)	6	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.60	4.35	33	121	82	26	9	15	12	6	0	0	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	.36	0.194	.01	0.00%	3.56	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
27	240	142	Sep 14	CHW		OAK	W,8-7	GS-7		9	7.0	3	3	3	3	6	3	0	4.56	4.52	26	99	61	22	15	4	13	4	2	0	62			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.031	.01	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
28	241	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-13)	5	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.59	4.56	24	110	68	12	12	8	11	6	2	0	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
29	242	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-14)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.53	4.50	25	115	69	18	13	2	14	4	5	1	54			2	1	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.38	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
30	243	159	Oct 1	CHW		KCR	L,4-6	GS-5	L(7-15)	4	5.0	11	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.71	4.49	27	92	50	14	2	10	12	8	0	0	20			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.04	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-3.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
							13-17		W-L:7-15	4.9	177.2	195	104	93	56	124	24	3	4.71	4.49	768	2918	65%	17%	9%	0.66		26%	9%	1	48		---%	7	3	2	695	47	5	1	15	6	8	.95	-2.271	.48	-0.82%	-19.47

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