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Players · C · Pitcher · 2024

Johnny Cueto

Age
38
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 11"
Weight
229 lb
Number
#36
Born
February 15, 1986 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
April 3, 2008
dbWAR
13.8
16 season(s)
IP
11.1
ERA
7.15
FIP
7.49
K/9
4.8
FIP−
184
100 = avg

Johnny Cueto was a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2024 he struck out 6 batters over 11.1 innings across 2 appearances, 2 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 7.15 was 75.2% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 7.49 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 14.1% of swings (6.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 12.0%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.

FIP7.49
K/94.8
WHIP1.50
WAR-.3

WAR by season

5.82.4-1.015161718192021222324

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2024LAA2211.1020149637.157.491.504.82.4175184-0.3
2023MIA131052.1140513539156.027.021.266.72.6139162-1.0
2022CWS2524158.1810016159102333.353.791.235.81.985962.4
2021SF2221114.27701275298304.084.051.377.72.496951.7
2020SF121263.1230613856265.404.641.378.03.71211040.7
2019SF4416.01201191395.065.711.257.35.1112127-0.0
2018SF9953.0320461938133.234.711.116.52.2781130.3
2017SF2525147.188016074136534.524.491.458.33.21041031.4
2016SF3232219.2185019568198452.792.961.098.11.866715.8
2015CIN/KC3232212.01113019481176463.443.531.137.52.087893.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021SF2037200139.069.156.069.000.1008.1%24.3%.123-6.0-35-0.0
2019SF34000003.000.000.000.000.0000.0%75.0%.000-1.1-126-0.0
2018SF713000003.000.000.000.000.0000.0%23.1%.000-3.3-120-0.1
2017SF25524030115.087.104.087.000.1251.9%28.8%.088-10.3-65-0.2
2016SF31848050224.114.137.114.000.1702.4%28.6%.115-13.8-39-0.3
2015CIN17436000110.162.184.162.000.2222.3%23.3%.158-5.4-110.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB29299302.310.310.759.4436.9%
vs RHB21185134.278.381.556.38619.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Johnny Cueto throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Sinker35.9%6091.12,04036.7%7.1%22.273.759
Changeup28.7%4881.21,25441.7%25.9%13——
Slider19.8%3385.62,18639.4%0.0%6——
Four-Seam Fastball9.0%1591.02,11053.3%25.0%3——
Cutter6.0%1087.22,17740.0%0.0%3——
Johnny Cueto's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.