MLB / Players

John Danks

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 210 lb

BornApril 15, 1985 · Austin, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 8, 2007

Final gameApril 28, 2016

Seasons10 (2007–2016)

Chicago White Sox 2007–2016

Percentile snapshot

2015 season — qualified pitchers

10.4

15.6

6.5

3.9

SHO

68.8

195

18.2

9.1

44.2

124

11.7

20.8

177.7

24.7

ERA

4.71

7.8

WHIP

1.413

9.1

K/9

6.28

14.3

FIP

4.46

11.7

FIP-

113.1

14.3

ERA+

83.8

5.2

sWAR

0.2

5.2

of 78 qualified 2015 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

97.3

27.4

sWAR

12.7

89.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2007	26	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.3	-100.0	.000	0.1
2008	33	7	6	1	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	29.3	22.8	.234	4.5
2009	32	3	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-128.4	-100.0	.000	3.9
2010	32	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.2	-100.0	.000	3.4
2011	27	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-128.8	-100.0	.000	1.5
2012	9	3	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-127.0	-100.0	.000	-0.4
2013	22	4	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-133.4	-100.0	.000	0.4
2014	32	3	3	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	89.5	91.3	.301	-0.2
2015	30	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
2016	4	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2007	26	26	6	13	0	0	160	85	54	109	28	139.0	5.50	1.540	7.06	5.61	120.6	84.6	0.1
2008	33	33	12	9	0	0	182	72	57	159	15	195.0	3.32	1.226	7.34	3.47	77.3	135.0	4.5
2009	32	32	13	11	1	0	184	84	73	149	28	200.3	3.77	1.283	6.69	4.64	100.2	122.8	3.9
2010	32	32	15	11	1	1	189	88	70	162	18	213.0	3.72	1.216	6.85	3.67	86.8	113.6	3.4
2011	27	27	8	12	2	1	182	82	46	135	19	170.3	4.33	1.339	7.13	3.86	90.5	98.5	1.5
2012	9	9	3	4	0	0	57	34	23	30	7	53.7	5.70	1.491	5.03	4.97	118.4	73.6	-0.4
2013	22	22	4	14	0	0	151	73	27	89	28	138.3	4.75	1.287	5.79	5.09	123.0	87.2	0.4
2014	32	32	11	11	0	0	205	102	74	129	25	193.7	4.74	1.441	5.99	4.79	126.4	80.0	-0.2
2015	30	30	7	15	2	1	195	93	56	124	24	177.7	4.71	1.413	6.28	4.46	113.1	83.8	0.2
2016	4	4	0	4	0	0	28	18	11	16	5	22.3	7.25	1.746	6.45	6.06	147.4	56.7	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

247

RBI

.0833

OBP

.1200

SLG

.0833

OPS

.2033

Pitching

G (P)

247

104

SHO

1,503

SO (P)

1,102

482nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

491

ERA

4.376

WHIP

1.3463

K/9

6.60

266th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	H	BB	TB
2008-06-26	CWS @ LAD Gameday	3	1	0	1
2014-06-04	CWS @ LAD Gameday	3	1	0	1
2007-06-13	CWS @ PHI Gameday	2	0	0	0
2008-05-18	CWS @ SF Gameday	1	0	1	0
2008-06-20	CWS @ CHC Gameday	2	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2011-08-27	CWS @ SEA Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	10	0
2014-07-02	LAA @ CWS Gameday	7.2	7	2	2	1	10	2
2009-05-09	TEX @ CWS Gameday	6.0	4	1	1	1	10	0
2011-07-27	DET @ CWS Gameday	6.0	6	1	1	3	10	1
2010-04-20	TB @ CWS Gameday	8.0	2	1	1	2	9	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.