John
Laidlaw
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 225
 
Born: November 20, 1987 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 20 CO GE     0 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 3 4 3 4 4 4
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 CO GE   9 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3
2010 22 CO GE   9 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
2011 23 CO GE   9 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5
2012 24 CO GE $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 4 6 5 5 7 6
2013 25 CO GE   9 6 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 7
2014 26 CO GE $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 7
2015 27 IL GE $ 300,000 8 8 9 8 4 5 4 6 7 7
2016 28 VIR FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 4 5 5 5 7 6
2017 29 ON FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 5
2018 30 ON FF $ 300,000 8 8 9 8 4 5 4 4 6 5
2019 31 ON FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 6 5
2020 32 ON FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 6 5
2021 33 ON FF $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5
2022 34 NJ FF $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 2 3 3 3 4 3
2023 35 NJ FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 1 2 2 3 3 3
2024 36 NJ FF $ 300,000 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 5 6 5 6 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 20 CO GE   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 CO GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 22 CO GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2011 23 CO GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2012 24 CO GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2013 25 CO GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2014 26 CO GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2015 27 IL GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2016 28 VIR FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2017 29 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 30 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 31 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2020 32 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 33 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2022 34 NJ FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2023 35 NJ FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
2024 36 NJ FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 20 A   7 13 .350 25 25 3 0 0 173.7 219 102 18 51 126 5.29 .305 .351 .474 .825  
2009 21 A   13 9 .591 25 25 13 2 0 200.7 152 41 4 59 112 1.84 .209 .269 .269 .537  
2010 22 A   13 11 .542 26 26 12 4 0 205.3 171 63 17 65 97 2.76 .226 .287 .333 .620  
2011 23 AA   1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 42.0 47 28 7 12 22 6.00 .275 .322 .450 .773  
    A   12 5 .706 21 21 3 0 0 157.0 153 52 7 45 78 2.98 .256 .308 .365 .674  
2012 24 CO GE 0 4 .000 4 4 0 0 0 15.0 21 19 4 13 5 11.40 .328 .425 .594 1.019 0.0
    AAA   11 9 .550 27 27 3 1 0 196.7 187 84 22 96 121 3.84 .247 .332 .376 .708  
2013 25 AAA   13 8 .619 28 28 0 0 0 185.3 132 52 12 58 154 2.53 .195 .259 .291 .549  
2014 26 CO GE 6 3 .667 11 11 1 0 0 65.3 64 37 11 34 38 5.10 .253 .341 .423 .764 1.2
    AAA   6 6 .500 19 19 0 0 0 118.7 98 36 12 44 92 2.73 .222 .292 .346 .638  
2015 27 CO GE 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 6 6 1 4 6 5.79 .176 .263 .294 .557 0.0
  IL GE 5 8 .385 15 15 0 0 0 89.3 73 40 17 42 57 4.03 .217 .309 .412 .722 3.0
  TOT   5 8 .385 17 17 0 0 0 98.7 79 46 18 46 63 4.20 .213 .305 .402 .707 3.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 6 6 0 0 0 37.0 35 12 4 18 30 2.92 .252 .338 .388 .726  
2016 28 IL GE 8 8 .500 22 22 1 0 0 131.3 115 49 20 51 97 3.36 .234 .306 .391 .697 8.1
  VIR FF 3 4 .429 9 9 0 0 0 57.0 50 19 8 27 47 3.00 .234 .321 .374 .695 3.0
  TOT   11 12 .478 31 31 1 0 0 188.3 165 68 28 78 144 3.25 .234 .311 .386 .696 11.1
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 10 1 0 5 14 0.64 .204 .278 .224 .502  
2017 29 ON FF 9 9 .500 26 26 0 0 0 163.0 133 57 17 64 111 3.15 .218 .298 .341 .639 8.9
2018 30 ON FF 10 10 .500 26 26 1 1 0 163.3 148 69 15 64 127 3.80 .239 .315 .355 .670 8.9
2019 31 ON FF 5 6 .455 28 15 0 0 0 98.0 103 60 16 62 77 5.51 .268 .372 .447 .819 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 22 0 0 0 3 19.7 16 9 2 10 17 4.12 .222 .317 .347 .664  
2020 32 AAA   4 1 .800 41 0 0 0 1 31.7 20 19 4 21 26 5.40 .192 .328 .327 .655  
    AA   1 1 .500 24 0 0 0 0 16.3 11 7 3 6 18 3.86 .196 .274 .411 .685  
2021 33 ON FF 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 23.0 14 11 2 13 15 4.30 .169 .286 .289 .575 0.7
    AAA   5 3 .625 41 0 0 0 5 41.3 35 12 5 24 26 2.61 .226 .330 .361 .691  
    AA   0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 0 10.3 15 3 1 10 11 2.61 .333 .455 .489 .943  
2022 34 NJ FF 7 3 .700 80 0 0 0 2 96.3 111 57 15 50 64 5.33 .287 .371 .465 .836 2.3
2023 35 NJ FF 3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 0 44.3 42 19 4 29 24 3.86 .256 .374 .372 .746 3.2
2024 36 NJ FF 1 2 .333 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 2 0 4 1 3.86 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.4
    AAA   5 6 .455 58 0 0 0 5 51.7 54 31 8 39 25 5.40 .278 .399 .490 .889  
11 Years Sim 57 59 .491 273 130 3 1 2 960.0 884 445 130 457 669 4.17 .242 .329 .392 .721 39.6
9 Years AAA 45 36 .556 244 82 3 1 14 696.0 587 256 69 315 505 3.31 .227 .311 .351 .662  
3 Years AA 2 5 .286 45 6 0 0 0 68.7 73 38 11 28 51 4.98 .268 .337 .449 .785  
4 Years A 45 38 .542 97 97 31 6 0 736.7 695 258 46 220 413 3.15 .248 .303 .359 .662  
16 Years Minors 92 79 .538 386 185 34 7 14 1501.3 1355 552 126 563 969 3.31 .239 .308 .360 .668  
Season Average 5 5 .500 24 11 0 0 0 87.3 80 40 11 41 60 4.17 .242 .329 .392 .721  
Career Highs 11 12 .750 80 31 1 1 2 188.3 165 69 28 78 144 11.40 .328 .425 .594 1.019  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   488 233 61 242 393   .236 .316 .368 .684
vs LH   396 212 69 215 276   .249 .339 .424 .763
Home 32 26 .552 142 68 2 1 0 505.3 463 227 70 241 334 4.04 .241 .325 .401 .726
Away 25 33 .431 131 62 1 0 2 454.6 421 218 60 216 335 4.32 .243 .327 .383 .709
Mar/Apr 11 7 .611 40 16 0 0 1 116.0 111 60 12 51 79 4.66 .252 .329 .376 .706
May 8 4 .667 27 21 0 0 0 138.6 112 42 14 60 88 2.73 .224 .308 .339 .646
June 7 13 .350 37 22 0 0 0 142.0 150 82 21 85 123 5.20 .265 .360 .422 .782
July 11 5 .688 50 19 1 1 0 162.6 144 63 18 68 115 3.49 .233 .309 .368 .677
August 9 7 .563 46 21 1 0 0 150.0 134 70 22 59 88 4.20 .234 .306 .407 .713
Sep/Oct 11 23 .324 73 31 1 0 1 250.6 233 128 43 134 176 4.60 .242 .335 .417 .752
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 24 CO GE 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 1.8 0.6
2014 26 CO GE 11 22 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .182 .217 .318 .536 1.7 0.2
2015 27 CO GE 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  IL GE 15 21 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .190 .292 .190 .482 1.3 0.0
  TOT   17 23 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .174 .269 .174 .443 1.1 0.0
2016 28 IL GE 22 39 4 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .282 .300 .385 .685 4.3 0.8
  VIR FF 9 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.1 0.0
  TOT   31 54 5 13 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .241 .255 .333 .588 4.4 0.8
2017 29 ON FF 26 49 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .184 .226 .204 .430 2.1 0.0
2018 30 ON FF 26 52 4 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 12 .231 .268 .231 .499 4.1 0.1
2019 31 ON FF 28 30 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .033 .065 .067 .131 -1.6 0.0
2022 34 NJ FF 80 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
2023 35 NJ FF 33 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0
9 Years Sim 256 246 17 46 7 0 2 16 2 0 14 72 .187 .229 .240 .469 13.9 1.6
162 Game Average 155 10 29 4 0 1 10 1 0 8 45 .187 .229 .240 .469 8.8  
Career Highs 80 54 5 13 5 0 1 6 1 0 3 16 .333 .500 1.333 1.833 4.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   192 16 39 5 0 2 13 1 0 7 58 .203 .230 .260 .490 10.4
vs LH   54 1 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 14 .130 .226 .167 .392 2.0
Home 133 126 9 27 3 0 2 13 1 0 5 35 .214 .241 .286 .526 8.4
Away 122 120 8 19 4 0 0 3 1 0 9 37 .158 .217 .192 .409 3.9
RISP   49 0 5 1 0 0 13 0 0 3 15 .102 .148 .122 .271 -0.5
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 22 27 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 .148 .179 .185 .364 0.4
May 24 44 5 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .182 .217 .227 .445 1.7
June 37 36 2 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 .194 .256 .250 .506 2.4
July 36 43 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .163 .178 .186 .364 0.6
August 38 37 3 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .243 .256 .324 .581 3.1
Sep/Oct 61 59 4 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 6 17 .186 .262 .254 .516 4.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 24 CO GE P 4 4 15.0 2 4 1 0 .857 3.60    
2014 26 CO GE P 11 11 65.3 5 14 1 1 .950 2.62    
2015 27 CO GE P 2 2 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
  IL GE P 15 15 89.3 5 13 2 0 .900 1.81    
  TOT   P 17 17 98.7 6 14 2 0 .909 1.82    
2016 28 IL GE P 22 22 131.3 6 15 2 3 .913 1.44    
  VIR FF P 9 9 57.0 2 7 1 2 .900 1.42    
  TOT   P 31 31 188.3 8 22 3 5 .909 1.43    
2017 29 ON FF P 26 26 163.0 17 22 3 3 .929 2.15    
2018 30 ON FF P 26 26 163.3 6 26 2 1 .941 1.76    
2019 31 ON FF P 28 15 98.0 7 16 2 1 .920 2.11    
2021 33 ON FF P 14 0 23.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.57    
2022 34 NJ FF P 80 0 96.3 8 11 1 1 .950 1.78    
2023 35 NJ FF P 33 0 44.3 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.84    
2024 36 NJ FF P 3 0 4.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   273 130 960.0 66 141 15 12 .932 1.94    
Career Highs   80 31 188.3 17 26 3 5 1.000 3.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2016 28 VIR FF 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 3 0 3 5 8.11 .231 .375 .385 .760
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 3 0 3 5 8.11 .231 .375 .385 .760
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2022-10-80
Shutouts
2018-9-1
Strikeouts per 9IP
2018-7-7.0
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 56th overall pick, by Colorado in 2008
Injured on 8/11/2009 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/8/2009 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/4/2010 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/31/2011 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/15/2011 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/2/2012 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/22/2012, off Freddy Valore (Was)
Earned first career win on 8/7/2014
Injured on 5/12/2015 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Illinois on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ill: P John Laidlaw. Going to Col: P Billy-Bob Suggs, C James Easson)
Traded from Illinois to Virginia on 7/31/2016 (Going to IL: LF Bruno Alberti, CF Shane Jaggers, P Terciero Macias, RF Allen Mouzon. Going to Vir: P John Laidlaw, P Deangelo Ramos, IL's 3rd round pick in 2017)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2018, going 4-0, 0.85
Injured on 5/7/2022 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks