What years did Johnny Cueto play?

Johnny Cueto played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2024.

Was Johnny Cueto a pitcher?

Yes. Johnny Cueto pitched in the major leagues, recording 144 wins and 1857 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Johnny Cueto hit?

Johnny Cueto hit 0 career home runs with 55 hits.

What teams did Johnny Cueto play for?

Johnny Cueto played for 6 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2008–2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), the San Francisco Giants (2016–2021), the Chicago White Sox (2022), the Miami Marlins (2023), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2024).

Did Johnny Cueto win a Cy Young Award?

No. Johnny Cueto did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Johnny Cueto win?

Johnny Cueto was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Johnny Cueto's career stats?

In 370 games, Johnny Cueto went 144-113 with a 3.52 ERA, 1,857 strikeouts, and 2,256.1 innings pitched. At the plate he had 55 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Johnny Cueto's salary?

Johnny Cueto's last recorded salary was $17,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $390,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Johnny Cueto play?

Johnny Cueto played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Johnny Cueto and how much did he weigh?

Johnny Cueto was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 229 pounds.

What was Johnny Cueto's career ERA?

Johnny Cueto finished with a 3.52 career ERA, going 144-113 with 1,857 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Johnny Cueto have?

Johnny Cueto recorded 1,857 career strikeouts.

Is Johnny Cueto in the Hall of Fame?

No. Johnny Cueto has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Johnny Cueto

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2024)

Johnny Cueto was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2024 for 6 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 17 seasons. Across 370 career appearances, he went 144-113 with a 3.52 ERA and 1,857 strikeouts. He also batted .101 with 0 home runs. Johnny Cueto was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9801.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 23, 2026

W–L 144–113

ERA 3.52

WHIP 1.21

SO 1,857

Pitcher PIV 9801.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 229 lb
Born: 2/15/1986 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2008-04-03
Awards: 2× All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Johnny Cueto — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
144	113	370	365	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	253	637	1,857	3.52	9801.4

Career ERA 3.52 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 14.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Johnny Cueto Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	CIN	NL	9	14	31	31	0	0	174.0	178	93	68	158	4.81	4.32 (-11%)	-2490.7
2009	CIN	NL	11	11	30	30	0	0	171.1	172	84	61	132	4.41	4.32 (-2%)	-1579.3
2010	CIN	NL	12	7	31	31	1	1	185.2	181	75	56	138	3.64	4.08 (+11%)	514.1
2011	CIN	NL	9	5	24	24	3	1	156.0	123	40	47	104	2.31	3.94 (+41%)	1962.5
2012	CIN	NL	19	9	33	33	2	0	217.0	205	67	49	170	2.78	4.01 (+31%)	4220.9
2013	CIN	NL	5	2	11	11	0	0	60.2	46	19	18	51	2.82	3.87 (+27%)	91.2
2014	CIN	NL	20	9	34	34	4	2	243.2	169	61	65	242	2.25	3.74 (+40%)	2789.3
2015	CIN	NL	7	6	19	19	1	1	130.2	93	38	29	120	2.62	3.96 (+34%)	2571.8
2015	KCA	AL	4	7	13	13	1	1	81.1	101	43	17	56	4.76	3.96 (-20%)	-191.6
2016	SFN	NL	18	5	32	32	5	2	219.2	195	68	45	198	2.79	4.19 (+34%)	7086.1
2017	SFN	NL	8	8	25	25	0	0	147.1	160	74	53	136	4.52	4.36 (-4%)	-503.7
2018	SFN	NL	3	2	9	9	0	0	53.0	46	19	13	38	3.23	4.15 (+22%)	-740.6
2019	SFN	NL	1	2	4	4	0	0	16.0	11	9	9	13	5.06	4.51 (-12%)	-483.6
2020	SFN	NL	2	3	12	12	0	0	63.1	61	38	26	56	5.40	4.45 (-21%)	-302.1
2021	SFN	NL	7	7	22	21	0	0	114.2	127	52	30	98	4.08	4.27 (+4%)	630.0
2022	CHA	AL	8	10	25	24	1	0	158.1	161	59	33	102	3.35	3.97 (+15%)	710.3
2023	MIA	NL	1	4	13	10	0	0	52.1	51	35	15	39	6.02	4.33 (-39%)	-3516.3
2024	LAA	AL	0	2	2	2	0	0	11.1	14	9	3	6	7.15	4.08 (-75%)	-966.7
Career · 18 seasons			144	113	370	365	18	8	2,256.1	2,094	883	637	1,857	3.52	—	9,801

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Johnny Cueto — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
371	545	27	55	1	0	0	18	1	17	178	.101	.129	.103	.232	-2,718

Career AVG .101 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 60.0% below league average.

Career OBP .129 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 59.7% below league average.

Career SLG .103 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 74.9% below league average.

Career OPS .232 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 68.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Johnny Cueto Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	CIN	NL	32	45	4	2	0	1	0	2	15	.044	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CIN	NL	30	46	5	6	0	1	0	3	17	.130	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CIN	NL	31	54	2	6	0	2	0	1	22	.111	.257 (-57%)	.325 (-61%)	.402 (-72%)	.728 (-67%)	-577.8
2011	CIN	NL	24	47	3	3	0	0	0	2	11	.064	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CIN	NL	33	67	3	6	1	2	0	0	24	.090	.254 (-65%)	.318 (-72%)	.405 (-74%)	.724 (-73%)	-777.3
2013	CIN	NL	11	20	1	3	0	1	0	0	5	.150	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	CIN	NL	34	68	3	9	0	3	0	2	20	.132	.251 (-47%)	.313 (-50%)	.386 (-66%)	.700 (-59%)	-608.5
2015	CIN	NL	19	37	1	6	0	0	0	1	10	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SFN	NL	32	70	1	8	0	5	0	2	24	.114	.255 (-55%)	.321 (-57%)	.417 (-73%)	.738 (-66%)	-754.5
2017	SFN	NL	25	46	3	4	0	3	0	1	15	.087	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SFN	NL	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SFN	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	SFN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SFN	NL	22	29	1	2	0	0	1	3	9	.069	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	CHA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	MIA	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			371	545	27	55	1	18	1	17	178	.101	—	—	—	—	-2,718

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Johnny Cueto — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Johnny Cueto — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2016	NLDS1	SFN	1	3	1	.000
2015	ALCS	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2015	ALDS1	KCA	2	0	0	.000
2015	WS	KCA	1	0	0	.000
2013	NLWC	CIN	1	1	0	.000
2012	NLDS2	CIN	1	0	0	.000
2010	NLDS1	CIN	1	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Johnny Cueto — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	4	8	8	0	41.2	33	21	12	32	4.54

Playoff Pitching by Year

Johnny Cueto — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	NLDS1	SFN	0	1	1	1	8.0	3	1	0	10	1.12
2015	ALCS	KCA	0	1	1	1	2.0	6	8	4	2	36.00
2015	ALDS1	KCA	1	0	2	2	14.0	9	6	3	13	3.86
2015	WS	KCA	1	0	1	1	9.0	2	1	3	4	1.00
2013	NLWC	CIN	0	1	1	1	3.1	8	4	1	0	10.80
2012	NLDS2	CIN	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.00
2010	NLDS1	CIN	0	1	1	1	5.0	5	1	1	2	1.80

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Johnny Cueto — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	180	252	12	28	0	11	.111
Away	191	293	15	27	0	7	.092

Pitching — Home / Away

Johnny Cueto — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	179	1112.0	1020	427	274	940	3.46
Away	191	1144.1	1074	456	363	917	3.59

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Johnny Cueto — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2024-08-27	LAA	DET	L	5.0	6	6	6	1	5	3
2024-08-21	LAA	KCR	L	6.1	8	3	3	2	1	1
2023-09-27	MIA	NYN	—	4.1	4	2	2	1	4	2
2023-09-22	MIA	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-09-20	MIA	NYN	—	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	2
2023-09-15	MIA	ATL	—	4.0	7	3	3	0	2	1
2023-09-09	MIA	PHI	L	3.2	5	5	5	3	3	1
2023-09-02	MIA	WAS	W	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	2
2023-08-15	MIA	HOU	—	5.1	7	5	4	2	3	2
2023-08-09	MIA	CIN	—	5.0	5	3	3	1	5	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Johnny Cueto — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	370	365	184	284	27	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Johnny Cueto — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	CIN	P	31	31	15	16	3	2
2009	CIN	P	30	30	7	12	2	2
2010	CIN	P	31	31	12	28	2	2
2011	CIN	P	24	24	17	24	5	1
2012	CIN	P	33	33	19	44	5	0
2013	CIN	P	11	11	7	8	1	0
2014	CIN	P	34	34	21	39	3	0
2015	CIN	P	19	19	12	18	0	1
2015	KCA	P	13	13	9	4	0	1
2016	SFN	P	32	32	21	25	2	0
2017	SFN	P	25	25	7	15	0	3
2018	SFN	P	9	9	7	7	0	1
2019	SFN	P	4	4	1	3	0	0
2020	SFN	P	12	12	3	5	0	0
2021	SFN	P	22	21	12	14	3	1
2022	CHA	P	25	24	11	15	1	2
2023	MIA	P	13	10	3	7	0	1
2024	LAA	P	2	2	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Johnny Cueto Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	370

Awards & Honors

Johnny Cueto — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2022	Player of the Week	Week of 2022-08-20
2016	Player of the Week	Week of 2016-05-28
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-08-10

Salary History

Johnny Cueto's recorded salaries total $54,953,000 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Cueto's career ran from 2008 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included.

Johnny Cueto — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SFN	NL	$17,500,000
2015	CIN	NL	$10,000,000
2014	CIN	NL	$10,000,000
2013	CIN	NL	$7,400,000
2012	CIN	NL	$5,400,000
2011	CIN	NL	$3,400,000
2010	CIN	NL	$445,000
2009	CIN	NL	$418,000
2008	CIN	NL	$390,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$54,953,000

Award Voting History

Johnny Cueto — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2016	Cy Young Award	NL	6th	19.0	210	0
2016	Most Valuable Player	NL	26th	1.0	420	0
2014	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	112.0	210	0
2014	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	22.0	420	0
2012	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	75.0	224	1
2012	Most Valuable Player	NL	30th	2.0	448	0

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Johnny Cueto: the record in brief

Johnny Cueto's entire major league record comes from the period beginning April 3, 2008. The season rows list, in order, the Cincinnati Reds (2008 to 2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), the San Francisco Giants (2016 to 2021), the Chicago White Sox (2022), the Miami Marlins (2023), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2024). Cueto played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on February 15, 1986, in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R. and a listed size of 5 feet, 11 inches and 229 pounds.

The pitching table credits Cueto with a 144-113 record and a 3.52 ERA in 370 games. Cueto had 1,857 strikeouts, 18 complete games, and 8 shutouts. Against a 4.14 league ERA for the same years, Cueto was 14.9% better. No season topped the 20 wins of 2014. In 2014, one of the busiest seasons, Cueto posted a 2.25 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.74.

Frequently Asked Questions about Johnny Cueto

What years did Johnny Cueto play?: Johnny Cueto played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2024.
Was Johnny Cueto a pitcher?: Yes. Johnny Cueto pitched in the major leagues, recording 144 wins and 1857 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Johnny Cueto hit?: Johnny Cueto hit 0 career home runs with 55 hits.
What teams did Johnny Cueto play for?: Johnny Cueto played for 6 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2008–2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), the San Francisco Giants (2016–2021), the Chicago White Sox (2022), the Miami Marlins (2023), and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2024).
Did Johnny Cueto win a Cy Young Award?: No. Johnny Cueto did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Johnny Cueto win?: Johnny Cueto was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Johnny Cueto's career stats?: In 370 games, Johnny Cueto went 144-113 with a 3.52 ERA, 1,857 strikeouts, and 2,256.1 innings pitched. At the plate he had 55 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Johnny Cueto earn in his career?: Johnny Cueto's recorded salaries total $54,953,000 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Cueto's career ran from 2008 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included.
What was Johnny Cueto's salary?: Johnny Cueto's last recorded salary was $17,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $390,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Johnny Cueto play?: Johnny Cueto played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Johnny Cueto and how much did he weigh?: Johnny Cueto was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 229 pounds.
What was Johnny Cueto's career ERA?: Johnny Cueto finished with a 3.52 career ERA, going 144-113 with 1,857 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Johnny Cueto have?: Johnny Cueto recorded 1,857 career strikeouts.
Is Johnny Cueto in the Hall of Fame?: No. Johnny Cueto has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.