Pierce Johnson

Bats R Throws R6'2" 202 lbBorn 1991 Denver, USADebut 2017Team ATLDraft 2009 R15 #469 Tampa Bay Rays, Faith Christian AcademyContract 1 y/$6.5M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $5,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	179	24.6	8.7	2.88	21.2	6.23	103.2
2027							103.1
2028							103.9

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 103 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Trever Miller	2007	99.8	105.3	187
2	Octavio Dotel	2008	100.5	99.0	268
3	Blaine Boyer	2016	101.5	92.8	178
4	Luis Ayala	2012	99.0	93.9	143
5	Joel Peralta	2010	102.8	117.9	256
6	Matt Lindstrom	2014	101.8	did not play
7	Jim Johnson	2017	104.4	98.0	268
8	Mike DeJean	2005	105.1	115.3	8
9	Steve Kline	2007	98.9	did not play
10	Dale Thayer	2015	103.4	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ATL	65	0
2024	ATL	58	0
2023	ATL	67	0
2022	SD	15	0
2021	SD	63	0
2020	SD	24	0
2018	SF	37	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.7
2017	CHC	1	0
Career		330	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									179				103.1
2026*									154				100.9	99.6	100.5
2025	ATL	3	3	3.05	65	0	1	59.0	238	8	19	59	103.0	96.6	99.6
2024	ATL	6	6	3.67	58	0	2	56.3	236	6	25	67	102.5	100.4	102.9
2023	ATL	2	6	4.02	67	0	13	62.7	277	10	30	90	97.0	99.4	96.4
2022	SD	1	2	5.02	15	0	0	14.3	64	1	8	21	97.8	100.2	98.0
2021	SD	3	4	3.22	63	2	0	58.7	244	6	27	77	104.8	101.9	106.7
2020	SD	3	1	2.70	24	0	0	20.0	80	2	9	27	111.4	98.7	110.0
2018	SF	3	2	5.56	37	0	0	43.7	186	5	22	36	98.6	100.9	99.5
2017	CHC	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	7	0	1	2	93.5	91.8	85.4
Career		21	24	3.79	330	2	16	315.7	1332	38	141	379	101.6		101.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2018	1	83.2	-6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.087	0.087	0.078

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	P	65	59	7	4	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2024	ATL	P	58	56	2	9	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2023	ATL	P	67	63	5	2	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	SD	P	15	14	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2021	SD	P	63	59	2	4	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2020	SD	P	24	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2018	SF	P	37	44	1	5	1	0	0.857	+0.2
2017	CHC	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2014	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.063	0.230
2018	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	92	22.2 IP, 33% K	3.65
2017	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	234	54.1 IP, 32% K	4.33
2016	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	288	63.0 IP, 26% K	6.14
2015	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Pit	383	95.0 IP, 19% K	2.08
2014	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Pit	373	91.2 IP, 24% K	2.57
2014	A	Kane County Cougars	Pit	39	11.0 IP, 21% K	2.45
2013	A+	Daytona Cubs	Pit	196	48.2 IP, 26% K	2.24
2013	A	Kane County Cougars	Pit	296	69.2 IP, 25% K	3.12

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2018	0.000			0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0.00	1	1.0	0	0	0	0.00
2023	0.00	3	2.2	2	2	4	1.82
2022	0.00	3	4.1	2	0	6	0.49
2020	4.50	5	4.0	3	2	7	1.25
Career	1.59	12	11.3	7	4	17	0.97