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John King

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: September 14, 1994 in Laredo, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Houston (Houston, TX).

High School: William P. Clements HS (Sugar Land, TX)

School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)

Debut: September 4, 2020 (Age 25-356d, 22,238th in major league history)
vs. SEA 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.01M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 2.148 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2028

Full Name: John Edward King

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.4

1.0

ERA

1.65

3.68

121

16.1

161.1

111

WHIP

0.857

1.326

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 7

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	7	1	Apr 1	TEX	@	KCR	L,10-14	6-6		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	3	11	8	2	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.050	.64	0.03%	0.54			6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
2	8	2	Apr 3	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	6-6	BS(1)	1	1.0	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.17	8	26	18	4	3	3	4	3	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.312	.93	-0.17%	-4.62			6b 123 0 out a1	6b 3 out d6
3	9	7	Apr 9	TEX		SDP	L,0-3	6-7		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.25	0.67	8	20	17	4	6	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.048	.31	0.03%	1.04			6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
4	10	10	Apr 12	TEX	@	TBR	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	1.77	3	13	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.030	.42	0.01%	0.49			8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
5	11	12	Apr 14	TEX	@	TBR	W,5-1	6-7	H(1)	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	1.67	5			4	2	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.022	.37	0.01%	0.16			6b --- 2 out a1	7b 12- 2 out a5
6	12	16	Apr 18	TEX		BAL	W,1-0	10-GF(10)	W(1-0)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	1.60	3	10	7	1	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.314	3.38	0.15%	1.15			10t -2- 0 out tie	10t end tie
7	13	19	Apr 21	TEX	@	LAA	W,7-4	7-7	W(2-0)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	2.17	6	12	10	4	0	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.026	.67	0.02%	0.54			7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
8	14	21	Apr 24	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-2	7-GF	L(2-1)	2	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.69	2.51	12			8	3	7	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.74	-0.277	1.52	-0.15%	-0.03			7b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
9	15	24	Apr 27	TEX		LAA	W,6-1	6-7		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	2.60	6	17	12	5	1	5	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.066	.46	0.03%	1.06			6t 1-- 1 out a4	7t 3 out a4
10	16	26	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,4-1	7-7	H(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	2.65	3	11	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.073	.65	0.03%	0.52			7t --- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
11	17	32	May 5	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-1	4-6	W(3-1)	5	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.13	2.36	10	35	24	5	5	6	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.315	1.36	0.15%	2.61			4b 123 1 out tie	6b 3 out a2
12	18	35	May 8	TEX		SEA	W,9-8	7-8	W(4-1)	2	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.56	3.05	5			2	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.168	.98	-0.10%	-0.37			7t --- 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
13	19	37	May 10	TEX	@	SFG	L,1-3	7-7	L(4-2)	1	0.2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.00	3.00	6	31	18	6	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	-0.302	1.51	-0.17%	-2.00			7b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-3 2 out d2
14	20	39	May 13	TEX	@	HOU	L,3-4	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.80	2.82	8			7	2	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.167	1.44	0.10%	1.05			6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
15	21	43	May 17	TEX		NYY	W,5-2	7-8		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.84	4	14	10	2	0	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.044	.26	0.02%	0.77			7t --- 0 out a4	8t --- 1 out a4
16	22	46	May 20	TEX		NYY	L,0-2	7-8	L(4-3)	2	1.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	2.35	2.95	10	32	20	4	3	3	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.272	.86	-0.09%	-1.41			7t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
17	23	49	May 23	TEX		HOU	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(5-3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.88	4	10	8	0	1	0	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.11	0.314	3.67	0.14%	1.15			10t -2- 0 out tie	10t end tie
18	24	53	May 28	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.08	2.94	6	24	17	6	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.073	.30	0.02%	0.99			7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
19	25	56	Jun 1	TEX	@	COL	L,2-3	5-7		3	2.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.93	2.78	10			6	4	3	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.088	.32	0.02%	0.94			5b 1-- 2 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d1
20	26	59	Jun 4	TEX		TBR	W,5-4	6-7		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	2.73	5	19	13	4	2	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.070	.12	0.01%	1.73			6t 1-3 1 out a5	7t 3 out a5
21	27	61	Jun 6	TEX		TBR	L,1-7	8-8	HL(5-4)	1	0.1	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.40	2.84	4	20	10	3	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.55	-0.224	.64	-0.02%	-1.08			8t --- 0 out a1	8t 123 1 out a1
22	28	63	Jun 9	TEX		SFG	W,4-3	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	2.83	7			3	4	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.112	.08	0.01%	1.04			7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
23	29	66	Jun 13	TEX	@	LAD	L,3-5	5-7		3	2.1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.36	2.76	9	38	24	6	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.022	.02	0.00%	0.88			5b --- 0 out d4	7b -2- 1 out d4
24	30	70	Jun 19	TEX		MIN	L,2-3	7-GF	L(5-5)	5	3.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.41	2.90	11	38	27	6	4	7	1	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.038	.03	0.00%	0.56			7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
25	31	76	Jun 25	TEX		KCR	W,9-4	6-9	H(4)	5	3.2	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.63	2.78	14	55	36	8	6	6	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.15			6t --- 0 out a2	9t 1-- 2 out a5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
26	32	81	Jul 1	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-3	5-8	W(6-5)	5	3.0	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	2.86	2.81	12	51	32	8	9	2	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.86			5b --- 0 out a4	8b 1-3 0 out a7
27	33	86	Jul 6	TEX		DET	W,10-5	6-7	W(7-5)	4	2.0	4	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.52	3.32	11	49	29	5	8	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.309	.01	0.00%	-2.96			6t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out tie
							14-13		W-L:7-5,BSv:1,Hld:4	2.7	46.0	41	24	18	12	40	3	4	3.52	3.32	193	536	66%	21%	16%	1.45		25%	4%	0		10	30%	1	0	0	176	6	1	1	4	0	4	1.11	0.057	.64	0.05%	3.76

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