Pitcher · 2024
John Means
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Born
- April 24, 1993 in Olathe, KS, USA
- MLB debut
- September 26, 2018
- Drafted
- 2011, round 46
- College
- West Virginia
- High school
- Gardner Edgerton
- Salary, 2024
- $3.33M
- dbWAR
- .4 1 season(s)
- IP
- 20.2
- ERA
- 2.61
- FIP
- 3.31
- K/9
- 7.0
- FIP−
- 81 100 = avg
John Means is a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2024 he struck out 16 batters over 20.2 innings across 4 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 2-0. His ERA of 2.61 was 35.9% lower than the league average of 4.08 — the second best on his team, and 65th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.31 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.3% of swings (12.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 2.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. His 0.4 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.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .047 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 65 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .254 | .277 | .444 | .309 | 20.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What John Means 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, and how often it misses in 2024.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 120 | 90.4 | 2,377 | 46.7% | 18.2% | |
| Changeup | 91 | 82.0 | 2,151 | 44.0% | 35.3% | |
| Slider | 74 | 84.5 | 2,269 | 44.6% | 33.3% | |
| Knuckle Curve | 35 | 75.7 | 2,181 | 54.3% | 11.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 20.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2.61 | 3.31 | 0.87 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 64 | 81 | 0.4 | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.