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Pierce Johnson

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 202lb (188cm, 91kg)

Born: May 10, 1991 in Denver, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 15th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Faith Christian Academy (Arvada, CO) and the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (43rd) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Missouri State University (Springfield, MO).

High School: Faith Christian Academy (Arvada, CO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 2 yrs/$14.25M (24-25) & 26 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 4.137 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Pierce William Johnson

Nicknames: PJ

Twitter: @PJStiz

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.7

2.1

ERA

3.67

3.96

265

56.1

256.2

320

WHIP

1.296

1.360

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2010	19	-1.0	Harwich	CCBL	Summ		3	1	.750	2.11	2.53	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.2	40	12	10	1	12	0	41	3	1	3	180	1.219	8.4	0.2	2.5	8.6	3.42
2011	20		Missouri State	MVC	NCAA					4.66	5.70		10			0		77.1	80	49	40		34		72					1.474	9.3		4.0	8.4	2.12
2011	20	-0.1	Harwich	CCBL	Summ		1	1	.500	4.38	4.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	13	6	6	2	5	0	8	1	0	1	57	1.459	9.5	1.5	3.6	5.8	1.60
2012	21	0.2	Missouri State	MVC	NCAA		4	6	.400	2.53	3.16	14	14			1	0	99.2	85	35	28	1	28	1	119	8	0	3	410	1.134	7.7	0.1	2.5	10.7	4.25
2012	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--Rk	CHC	0	0		3.27	4.09	6	6	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	5	4	0	3	0	14	0	1	2	45	1.545	11.5	0.0	2.5	11.5	4.67
2012	21	-0.3	Boise	NORW	A-	CHC	0	0		4.50	5.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	5	4	0	3	0	12	0	1	2	34	1.625	11.3	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
2012	21	0.5	Cubs	ARIZ	Rk	CHC	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	CHC	11	6	.647	2.74	3.12	23	21	1	0	0	0	118.1	109	41	36	5	43	0	124	9	1	4	492	1.285	8.3	0.4	3.3	9.4	2.88
2013	22	-1.2	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	6	1	.857	2.22	2.22	10	8	1	0	0	0	48.2	41	12	12	1	21	0	50	4	0	1	196	1.274	7.6	0.2	3.9	9.2	2.38
2013	22	0.2	Kane County	MIDW	A	CHC	5	5	.500	3.10	3.75	13	13	0	0	0	0	69.2	68	29	24	4	22	0	74	5	1	3	296	1.292	8.8	0.5	2.8	9.6	3.36
2014	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	CHC	5	5	.500	2.54	2.63	20	19	0	0	0	0	102.2	64	30	29	9	57	0	99	6	0	4	412	1.179	5.6	0.8	5.0	8.7	1.74
2014	23	-1.4	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	5	4	.556	2.55	2.65	18	17	0	0	0	0	91.2	60	27	26	8	54	0	91	5	0	3	373	1.244	5.9	0.8	5.3	8.9	1.69
2014	23	1.1	Kane County	MIDW	A	CHC	0	1	.000	2.45	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	8	1	0	1	39	0.636	3.3	0.8	2.5	6.5	2.67
2015	24	-0.3	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	6	2	.750	2.08	2.27	16	16	0	1	0	0	95.0	76	24	22	4	32	0	72	4	0	2	383	1.137	7.2	0.4	3.0	6.8	2.25
2015	24	0.9	Mesa	AZFL	Fal		1	2	.333	5.47	5.84	7	7	0	0	0	0	24.2	28	16	15	5	13	0	21	0	1	1	108	1.662	10.2	1.8	4.7	7.7	1.62
2016	25	-1.7	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	4	6	.400	6.14	6.29	22	11	1	0	0	0	63.0	60	44	43	8	43	0	75	5	2	3	288	1.635	8.6	1.1	6.1	10.7	1.74
2017	26	-0.6	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	3	2	.600	4.31	4.31	43	1	25	0	0	9	54.1	52	26	26	3	27	1	74	4	0	4	234	1.454	8.6	0.5	4.5	12.3	2.74
2017	26	-2.4	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	0		0.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2018	27	0.4	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		3.57	3.97	17	0	10	0	0	4	22.2	15	10	9	1	10	0	30	0	0	2	92	1.103	6.0	0.4	4.0	11.9	3.00
2018	27	-1.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	3	2	.600	5.56	5.56	37	0	7	0	0	0	43.2	38	27	27	5	22	1	36	0	0	1	186	1.374	7.8	1.0	4.5	7.4	1.64
2019	28	0.2	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		2	3	.400	1.38	1.84	58			0	0	0	58.2	34	12	9	2	13	1	91	1	0	4	224	0.801	5.2	0.3	2.0	14.0	7.00
2020	29	0.6	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	3	1	.750	2.70	3.15	24	0	7	0	0	0	20.0	15	7	6	2	9	0	27	0	1	1	80	1.200	6.8	0.9	4.1	12.2	3.00
2021	30	1.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	3	4	.429	3.22	3.22	63	2	7	0	0	0	58.2	47	21	21	6	27	3	77	1	0	6	244	1.261	7.2	0.9	4.1	11.8	2.85
2022	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	SDP	0	0		1.50	1.50	6	1	1	0	0	1	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	20	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.5
2022	31	3.8	El Paso	PCL	AAA	SDP	0	0		1.80	1.80	5	0	1	0	0	1	5.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	17	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	10.8
2022	31	9.8	Padres	ACL	Rk	SDP	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2022	31	1.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	2	.333	5.02	5.02	15	0	1	0	0	0	14.1	14	8	8	1	8	0	21	0	0	1	64	1.535	8.8	0.6	5.0	13.2	2.63
2023	32		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-COL	2	6	.250	4.02	4.88	67	0	28	0	0	13	62.2	63	34	28	10	30	1	90	0	0	4	277	1.484	9.0	1.4	4.3	12.9	3.00
2023	32	2.8	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	5	.167	6.00	6.46	43	0	26	0	0	13	39.0	47	28	26	7	25	1	58	0	0	3	188	1.846	10.8	1.6	5.8	13.4	2.32
2023	32	2.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	1	.500	0.76	2.28	24	0	2	0	0	0	23.2	16	6	2	3	5	0	32	0	0	1	89	0.887	6.1	1.1	1.9	12.2	6.40
2024	33	3.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	6	6	.500	3.67	3.99	58	0	12	0	0	2	56.1	48	25	23	6	25	1	67	2	0	2	236	1.296	7.7	1.0	4.0	10.7	2.68
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		18	21	.462	3.96	4.35	265	2	62	0	0	15	256.2	227	124	113	30	122	6	320	3	1	15	1094	1.360	8.0	1.1	4.3	11.2	2.62
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		29	21	.580	3.23	3.44	153	75	38	1	0	14	473.0	392	181	170	30	215	1	495	28	4	23	1966	1.283	7.5	0.6	4.1	9.4	2.30
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		2	3	.400	1.38	1.84	58			0	0	0	58.2	34	12	9	2	13	1	91	1	0	4	224	0.801	5.2	0.3	2.0	14.0	7.00
College (2 seasons)					College		4	6		3.46	4.27	14	24			1	0	177.0	165	84	68	1	62	1	191	8	0	3	410	1.282	8.4		3.2	9.7	3.08
Other (3 seasons)					Other		5	4	.556	3.50	3.84	17	17	0	0	0	0	79.2	81	34	31	8	30	0	70	4	2	5	345	1.393	9.2	0.9	3.4	7.9	2.33
All Levels (15 Seasons)							58	55		3.37	3.75	507	118	100	1	1	29	1045.0	899	435	391	71	442	9	1167	44	7	50	4039	1.283	7.7		3.8	10.1	2.64

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	4.90	5.03	87	12	37	0	0	14	145.0	129	81	79	12	80	1	185	9	2	11	631	1.441	8.0	0.7	5.0	11.5	2.31
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		11	6	.647	2.31	2.46	34	33	0	1	0	0	186.2	136	51	48	12	86	0	163	9	0	5	756	1.189	6.6	0.6	4.1	7.9	1.90
A+ (1 season)					Minors		6	1	.857	2.22	2.22	10	8	1	0	0	0	48.2	41	12	12	1	21	0	50	4	0	1	196	1.274	7.6	0.2	3.9	9.2	2.38
A (2 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	3.01	3.57	15	15	0	0	0	0	80.2	72	32	27	5	25	0	82	6	1	4	335	1.202	8.0	0.6	2.8	9.1	3.28
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		4.50	5.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	5	4	0	3	0	12	0	1	2	34	1.625	11.3	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
Fal (1 season)					Other		1	2	.333	5.47	5.84	7	7	0	0	0	0	24.2	28	16	15	5	13	0	21	0	1	1	108	1.662	10.2	1.8	4.7	7.7	1.62
Summ (2 seasons)					Other		4	2	.667	2.62	2.95	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.0	53	18	16	3	17	0	49	4	1	4	237	1.273	8.7	0.5	2.8	8.0	2.88