Jakob Junis stats
RangersRelief Pitcher · #16
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsSep 16, 1992
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 238 lbs
- Experience
- 10 yearsDebut 2017
- Birthplace
- Jacksonville, AR
- Draft
- 2011Rd 29, Pk 876
Bio
- Age
- 34 yearsSep 16, 1992
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 238 lbs
- Experience
- 10 yearsDebut 2017
- Birthplace
- Jacksonville, AR
- Draft
- 2011Rd 29, Pk 876
Stats
Standard
Rangers- GP
- 50
- W
- 1
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 3.66
- IP
- 51.2
- K
- 37
- BB
- 14
- WHIP
- 1.22
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | KC | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4.30 | 98.1 | 80 | 25 | 1.28 |
| 2018 | KC | 30 | 9 | 12 | 4.37 | 177.0 | 164 | 43 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | KC | 31 | 9 | 14 | 5.24 | 175.1 | 164 | 58 | 1.43 |
| 2020 | KC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6.39 | 25.1 | 19 | 6 | 1.62 |
| 2021 | KC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5.26 | 39.1 | 41 | 12 | 1.40 |
| 2022 | SF | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4.42 | 112.0 | 98 | 25 | 1.29 |
| 2023 | SF | 40 | 4 | 3 | 3.87 | 86.0 | 96 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 2024 |  MIL/CIN | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2.69 | 67.0 | 51 | 8 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | CLE | 57 | 4 | 1 | 2.97 | 66.2 | 55 | 18 | 1.23 |
| 2026 | TEX | 50 | 1 | 3 | 3.66 | 51.2 | 37 | 14 | 1.22 |
Career regular season
- GP
- 299
- W
- 47
- L
- 49
- ERA
- 4.32
- IP
- 898.2
- K
- 805
- BB
- 230
- WHIP
- 1.29
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 1.2
- K
- 0
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 0.60
Expanded
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.4
- GB
- 70
- FB
- 94
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 3
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | KC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 130 | 178 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2018 | KC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 229 | 307 | 0.7 | 9 |
| 2019 | KC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 232 | 305 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2020 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 40 | 47 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2021 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 50 | 65 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2022 | SF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 153 | 198 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2023 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 104 | 139 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2024 | MIL/CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 74 | 117 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2025 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 83 | 114 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2026 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 70 | 94 | 0.7 | 3 |
Career regular season
- QS
- 39
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.1
- GB
- 1,165
- FB
- 1,564
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 30
Latest performance
Jakob Junis
Sep 17 · vs BOS · L 4-3
- IP
- 0.1
- H
- 0
- R
- 2
- ER
- 2
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.66
Games
All gamesNext
vs NYMTue, Sep 22
vs NYM since 2022
- 4
- GP
- 13.2
- IP
- 4
- H
- 2
- R
- 2
- ER
- 9
- K
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Sep 17 | vs BOSL 4-3 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 16 | vsBOSW 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri, Sep 11 | at ARIL 9-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 10 | at SEAL 4-3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 06 | vs TBW 8-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 05 | vsTBL 6-3 F/10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What are Jakob Junis's career stats?
Jakob Junis has played 10 seasons for the Royals, the Giants, the Guardians and the Rangers. He has 47 wins and 805 strikeouts with a 4.32 ERA over 898.2 innings. His best season so far is 2017: 9 wins, a 4.30 ERA and 80 strikeouts.
Best single games
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 10 vs CHW on Jul 15, 2019, W 5-2
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2017.
More on Jakob Junis
Playoff series
Jakob Junis played 2 games across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Series | G | IPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | KK: Batters this pitcher struck out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  DET | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Jakob Junis against each club
- vs San Diego Padres (11)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (10)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
- vs Athletics (9)
- vs Detroit Tigers (9)
- vs Seattle Mariners (9)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (9)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Colorado Rockies (8)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (8)
- vs Miami Marlins (8)
- vs Minnesota Twins (8)
- vs Chicago White Sox (7)
- vs Kansas City Royals (7)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (7)
- vs Atlanta Braves (6)
- vs Boston Red Sox (6)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (6)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (6)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (6)
- vs Washington Nationals (6)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (5)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (5)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (5)
- vs Houston Astros (4)
- vs New York Mets (4)
- vs Texas Rangers (4)
- vs New York Yankees (3)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (2)
- vs San Francisco Giants (1)
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