Kyle Backhus or Pierce Johnson

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Kyle Backhus or Pierce Johnson Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	27.0	15.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	23	22

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	25	15

Walks	12	2

ERA	4.00	5.87

WHIP	1.30	1.57

Kyle Backhus or Pierce Johnson Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	60	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	42.4

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	13	7

Hits Allowed	54	41

Earned Runs	29	23

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	65	41

Walks	24	17

ERA	4.35	4.79

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Kyle Backhus or Pierce Johnson Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Phillies option RHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Phillies are activating Kyle Backhus from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Phillies placed Kyle Backhus on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Phillies optioned LHP Kyle Backhus to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Kyle Backhus or Pierce Johnson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Kyle Backhus RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (2-1)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#351
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#113	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#61	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#342	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#84
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-5)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#359	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#296
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#102	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#123	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#173
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#148
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#187	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#264	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#323	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#193	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#79
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#107
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#153
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#205	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#188	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#165	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#200
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#250
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#266	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#164	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#163	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#285	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#94	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#314
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#270
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-3)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#94	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#297	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#199	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#371	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAD
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs NYY
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TB
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD