Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2008Rd 5, Pk 144
- College
- Fresno State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2008Rd 5, Pk 144
- College
- Fresno State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 648
- W
- 38
- L
- 30
- ERA
- 3.59
- IP
- 562.0
- K
- 618
- BB
- 243
- WHIP
- 1.31
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 7 | 3 | 2.79 |
| 2013 | PIT | 58 | 6 | 1 | 2.08 | 73.2 | 59 | 28 | 1.06 |
| 2014 | PIT | 70 | 3 | 4 | 4.20 | 60.0 | 61 | 30 | 1.32 |
| 2015 | NYY | 74 | 5 | 0 | 3.10 | 61.0 | 66 | 20 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | DET | 66 | 4 | 5 | 4.14 | 58.2 | 65 | 17 | 1.33 |
| 2017 |  DET/CHC | 65 | 4 | 4 | 3.41 | 58.0 | 80 | 35 | 1.29 |
| 2018 | CHC | 71 | 4 | 5 | 3.46 | 54.2 | 69 | 33 | 1.43 |
| 2019 | NYM | 45 | 4 | 2 | 2.54 | 39.0 | 44 | 19 | 1.33 |
| 2020 | NYM | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3.66 | 19.2 | 23 | 9 | 1.37 |
| 2021 |  NYY/CIN | 42 | 1 | 1 | 5.29 | 34.0 | 29 | 16 | 1.41 |
| 2022 | CIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 | 0.82 |
| 2024 | CIN | 60 | 1 | 5 | 5.59 | 46.2 | 51 | 13 | 1.46 |
| 2025 | BOS | 61 | 4 | 1 | 3.35 | 48.1 | 57 | 20 | 1.41 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.29
- IP
- 7.0
- K
- 4
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 0.86
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.9
- GB
- 711
- FB
- 795
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 41
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 4 | 12 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 2013 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 112 | 93 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2014 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 85 | 77 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2015 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 71 | 85 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2016 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 95 | 73 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 2017 | DET/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 49 | 83 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 50 | 84 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2019 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 53 | 48 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 25 | 28 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2021 | NYY/CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 48 | 54 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2022 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 56 | 87 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2025 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 60 | 68 | 0.9 | 3 |
Latest performance
Justin Wilson
Oct 01 · @ NYY · L 4-3
- IP
- 1.2
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Oct 01 | at NYYL 4-3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 25 | at TORL 6-1 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 23 | atTORW 4-1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat, Sep 20 | at TBW 6-3 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 17 | vs ATHW 5-4 F/10 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, Sep 16 | vsATHL 2-1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Justin Wilson's career stats?
Justin Wilson played 13 seasons for the Pirates, the Yankees, the Tigers, the Cubs, the Mets, the Reds and the Red Sox. He had 38 wins and 618 strikeouts with a 3.59 ERA over 562.0 innings. His best season was 2013: 6 wins, a 2.08 ERA and 59 strikeouts.
More on Justin Wilson
Playoff series
Justin Wilson played 1 game 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 | NYY | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Justin Wilson against each club
- vs New York Yankees (9)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (7)
- vs Miami Marlins (6)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Atlanta Braves (5)
- vs Chicago Cubs (5)
- vs Kansas City Royals (5)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (5)
- vs San Francisco Giants (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Texas Rangers (5)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (5)
- vs Washington Nationals (5)
- vs Athletics (4)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (4)
- vs Minnesota Twins (4)
- vs New York Mets (4)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (4)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (3)
- vs Chicago White Sox (3)
- vs Detroit Tigers (3)
- vs Houston Astros (3)
- vs Seattle Mariners (3)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (2)
- vs San Diego Padres (2)
- vs Boston Red Sox (1)
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