John Means

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg)

Born: April 24, 1993 in Olathe, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 46th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).

High School: Gardner-Edgerton HS (Gardner, KS)

Schools: Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, KS), West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Debut: September 26, 2018 (Age 25-155d, 21,825th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2022 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2022): 3.007 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: John Alan Means

Nicknames: Meansy

Instagram: @john.means

SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

4.0

9.9

ERA

3.62

3.82

146.2

348.2

134

301

WHIP

1.030

1.078

Projections

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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2014	21	BAL-min	A-,Rk	1	4	.200	3.46	11	10	0	0	0	39.0	45	16	15	1	2	0	36	3	4	163			1.205	10.4	0.2	0.5	8.3	18.00	ADN,OLS NYPL,GULF
2015	22	BAL-min	A,A+	9	11	.450	3.91	27	27	0	1	1	138.0	158	80	60	12	36	0	99	4	13	603			1.406	10.3	0.8	2.3	6.5	2.75	DEL,FDK SALL,CARL
2016	23	BAL-min	AA,A+	9	8	.529	3.70	27	27	0	1	1	146.0	156	64	60	8	35	0	105	8	11	620			1.308	9.6	0.5	2.2	6.5	3.00	BOW,FDK EL,CARL
2017	24	BAL-min	AA	9	9	.500	4.11	26	24	0	0	0	142.1	158	77	65	16	36	0	124	6	12	623			1.363	10.0	1.0	2.3	7.8	3.44	BOW EL
2018	25	BAL-min	AAA,AA	7	9	.438	3.72	28	26	1	1	1	157.1	166	77	65	15	32	1	130	5	6	668			1.258	9.5	0.9	1.8	7.4	4.06	NFK,BOW IL,EL
2018	25	BAL	AL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	16	35	4.66	1.800	16.2	2.7	0.0	10.8
2019	26	BAL	AL	12	11	.522	3.60	31	27	1	0	0	155.0	138	68	62	23	38	0	121	5	5	637	131	4.41	1.135	8.0	1.3	2.2	7.0	3.18	AS,RoY-2
2020	27	BAL	AL	2	4	.333	4.53	10	10	0	0	0	43.2	36	22	22	12	7	0	42	4	2	176	103	5.60	0.985	7.4	2.5	1.4	8.7	6.00
2021	28	BAL-min	AAA,AA,A+	0	1	.000	5.62	3	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	7	5	3	3	0	9	0	0	38			1.750	12.4	3.4	3.4	10.1	3.00	NFK,BOW,ADN AAAE,AANE,HAE
2021	28	BAL	AL	6	9	.400	3.62	26	26	0	1	1	146.2	125	64	59	30	26	0	134	4	3	590	126	4.62	1.030	7.7	1.8	1.6	8.2	5.15
4 Yrs				20	24	.455	3.82	68	63	1	1	1	348.2	305	159	148	66	71	0	301	13	10	1419	122	4.65	1.078	7.9	1.7	1.8	7.8	4.24
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.455	3.82	35	33	1	1	1	181	158	83	77	34	37	0	156	7	5	737	122	4.65	1.078	7.9	1.7	1.8	7.8	4.24