John King

Bats L Throws L6'2" 215 lbBorn 1994 Laredo, USADebut 2020Team STLDraft 2017 R10 #314 Texas Rangers, HoustonContract 1 y/$1.5M (26) 2026: $1,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	168	16.2	6.5	2.81	23.3	5.76	102.0
2027							102.0
2028							102.0

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 89 PITCH+ the next season; 9 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	J. C. Gutierrez	2014	99.6	did not play
2	Luis Ayala	2008	99.5	84.2	180
3	Dave Borkowski	2007	99.3	71.2	173
4	Marc Rzepczynski	2016	100.1	100.5	137
5	Heath Hembree	2019	100.0	56.4	90
6	Luis Vizcaino	2005	98.9	109.2	272
7	Tyler Yates	2008	100.8	79.7	56
8	Esteban Yan	2005	98.9	98.0	161
9	Sean Green	2009	100.8	92.0	48
10	Braden Looper	2005	97.5	108.9	308

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	STL	51	0
2024	STL	56	0
2023	STL	35	0
2022	TEX	39	0
2021	TEX	27	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-111.9
2020	TEX	6	0
Career		214	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-111.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									168				102.0
2026*									197				111.3	98.1	109.4
2025	STL	2	1	4.66	51	0	0	48.3	222	8	14	28	86.2	111.1	97.3
2024	STL	3	3	2.85	56	0	0	60.0	248	5	14	38	109.7	104.0	113.7
2023	STL	2	1	3.62	35	0	0	37.3	157	2	10	20	99.4	100.2	99.6
2022	TEX	1	4	4.03	39	0	0	51.3	222	5	14	30	94.4	98.1	92.4
2021	TEX	7	5	3.52	27	0	0	46.0	193	3	12	40	111.5	99.1	110.6
2020	TEX	1	0	6.10	6	0	0	10.3	51	2	4	9	85.6	99.3	84.9
Career		16	14	3.80	214	0	0	253.3	1093	25	68	165	99.5		102.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.263	0.278	0.245

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	P	51	48	4	17	0	0	1.000	+3.0
2024	STL	P	56	60	6	12	1	0	0.947	+1.2
2023	STL	P	35	37	5	7	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2022	TEX	P	39	51	1	7	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2021	TEX	P	27	46	2	7	1	0	0.900	-0.2
2020	TEX	P	6	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	22	5.1 IP, 23% K	3.53
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	97	21.2 IP, 13% K	3.40
2022	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	80	17.1 IP, 22% K	7.37
2019	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Pit	273	71.0 IP, 23% K	2.03
2019	A	Hickory Crawdads	Pit	110	26.1 IP, 26% K	3.45

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000

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