Sean Johnston  
Starting Pitcher | Philadelphia Phillies

Pitching
Johnston can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. Johnston is nothing special in the field. Johnston is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Johnston has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 PIT 78 61 52 35 56 52 51 52 47 37 40 0 0 45 0 0 19 2 Overhand Low Minors 0 4 17 52 203
1999 PHI 79 61 58 42 56 52 51 52 47 37 58 0 0 45 0 0 20 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 238
2000 PHI 79 62 63 47 56 52 51 52 47 53 58 0 0 53 0 0 21 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 278
2001 PHI 79 61 76 49 56 52 51 52 47 61 58 0 0 53 0 0 22 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 303
2002 TEX 82 61 80 36 56 52 51 52 47 71 58 0 0 53 0 0 23 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 310
2003 TEX 83 64 87 39 56 52 51 52 47 71 66 0 0 53 0 0 24 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 334
2004 TEX 92 65 87 46 56 52 51 52 47 71 66 0 0 53 0 0 25 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 352
2005 TEX 92 67 87 56 56 52 51 52 47 71 66 0 0 57 0 0 26 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 368
2006 TEX 92 67 87 62 56 52 51 52 47 73 66 0 0 57 0 0 27 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 376
2007 TEX 92 69 87 67 56 52 51 52 47 73 71 0 0 57 0 0 28 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 388
2008 PHI 90 70 87 67 56 52 51 52 47 73 71 0 0 57 0 0 29 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 385
2009 PHI 92 70 87 67 56 52 51 52 47 73 74 0 0 59 0 0 30 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 393
2010 PHI 92 70 87 70 56 52 51 52 47 74 76 0 0 59 0 0 31 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 398
Ratings Delta         +3           +1 +2           +1 +1             +5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.