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John Danks

White Sox Career team 2007–2016
Number #50
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 41
Height 6' 1"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Austin, TX
Born Apr 15, 1985

Key Insights

2016
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bobby Abreu has hit .444/.667/1.111 against Danks over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 9 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .722 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Craig Monroe is 0 for 13 against Danks, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

15 career plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Miguel Cabrera squares Danks up like nobody else: 107.5 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.5 across the hitters he has faced.

18 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he never seems to get going against

The DET lineup has hit .386 and slugged .675 against Danks across 88 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

32 hits, 6 home runs and 9 strikeouts, against a .413 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Danks throws than Marlon Byrd: 65.9% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 83 matchups on his own record.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Danks has struck Marcus Thames out 7 times in 14 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 14 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 15, 1985
Birth Place Austin, TX
Height 6' 1"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left