Zack Greinke

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Apopka HS (Apopka, FL).

High School: Apopka HS (Apopka, FL)

Last Game: October 1, 2023 (Age 39-345d)
vs. NYY 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management • Previously: Relativity Baseball

Full Name: Donald Zachary Greinke

Pronunciation: \GRAYN-kee\

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Cy Young
6x All-Star
6x Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger
2x ERA Title

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Career

WAR

77.5

225

156

ERA

3.49

586

541

3389.1

2979

WHIP

1.171

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	18		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-A--A+	KCR	0	0		3.97	3.97	6	5	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	5	5	0	3	0	9	0	0	2	48	1.412	10.3	0.0	2.4	7.1	3.00
2002	18	-4.7	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	18	-3.1	Spokane	NORW	A-	KCR	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	23	1.929	17.4	0.0	0.0	9.6
2002	18	-1.8	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	0	0		1.93	1.93	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	19	1.286	5.8	0.0	5.8	7.7	1.33
2003	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	15	4	.789	1.93	2.31	23	23	0	3	1	0	140.0	114	36	30	10	18	2	112	5	0	1	544	0.943	7.3	0.6	1.2	7.2	6.22
2003	19	-5.2	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	4	3	.571	3.23	3.40	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.0	58	20	19	5	5	2	34	3	0	0	214	1.189	9.8	0.8	0.8	5.8	6.80
2003	19	-3.8	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	11	1	.917	1.14	1.66	14	14	0	3	1	0	87.0	56	16	11	5	13	0	78	2	0	1	330	0.793	5.8	0.5	1.3	8.1	6.00
2004	20	-7.2	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	1	1	.500	2.51	2.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	25	8	8	2	6	0	23	2	1	2	119	1.081	7.8	0.6	1.9	7.2	3.83
2004	20	-9.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	8	11	.421	3.97	3.97	24	24	0	0	0	0	145.0	143	64	64	26	26	3	100	8	1	1	599	1.166	8.9	1.6	1.6	6.2	3.85
2005	21	-8.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	5	17	.227	5.80	6.15	33	33	0	2	0	0	183.0	233	125	118	23	53	0	114	13	2	4	829	1.563	11.5	1.1	2.6	5.6	2.15
2006	22	-2.2	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	8	3	.727	4.34	4.51	18	17	0	1	0	0	105.2	96	53	51	12	27	0	94	6	0	6	438	1.164	8.2	1.0	2.3	8.0	3.48
2006	22	-6.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	0	1.000	4.26	4.26	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	3	3	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	28	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
2007	23	-5.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	7	7	.500	3.69	3.84	52	14	7	0	0	1	122.0	122	52	50	12	36	5	106	3	1	3	507	1.295	9.0	0.9	2.7	7.8	2.94
2008	24	-4.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	10	.565	3.47	3.87	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.1	202	87	78	21	56	1	183	4	1	8	851	1.275	9.0	0.9	2.5	8.1	3.27
2009	25	-3.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	16	8	.667	2.16	2.51	33	33	0	6	3	0	229.1	195	64	55	11	51	0	242	4	0	5	915	1.073	7.7	0.4	2.0	9.5	4.75
2010	26	-2.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	10	14	.417	4.17	4.66	33	33	0	3	0	0	220.0	219	114	102	18	55	1	181	7	0	4	919	1.245	9.0	0.7	2.3	7.4	3.29
2011	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	MIL	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	13	0	0	0	43	1.219	9.3	0.8	1.7	11.0	6.50
2011	27	-0.1	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	0	1	.000	4.70	4.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	33	1.565	11.7	1.2	2.3	10.6	4.50
2011	27	4.1	Brevard County	FLOR	A+	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2011	27	-1.5	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	16	6	.727	3.83	4.30	28	28	0	0	0	0	171.2	161	82	73	19	45	0	201	4	0	10	715	1.200	8.4	1.0	2.4	10.5	4.47
2012	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAA	15	5	.750	3.48	3.56	34	34	0	0	0	0	212.1	200	84	82	18	54	0	200	2	0	8	868	1.196	8.5	0.8	2.3	8.5	3.70
2012	28	-0.5	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	9	3	.750	3.44	3.59	21	21	0	0	0	0	123.0	120	49	47	7	28	0	122	0	0	4	504	1.203	8.8	0.5	2.0	8.9	4.36
2012	28	-0.2	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	6	2	.750	3.53	3.53	13	13	0	0	0	0	89.1	80	35	35	11	26	0	78	2	0	4	364	1.187	8.1	1.1	2.6	7.9	3.00
2013	29	5.8	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		6.23	16.62	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	8	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	21	1.385	12.5	2.1	0.0	8.3
2013	29	0.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	4	.789	2.63	2.74	28	28	0	1	1	0	177.2	152	54	52	13	46	1	148	7	0	5	717	1.114	7.7	0.7	2.3	7.5	3.22
2014	30	1.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	8	.680	2.71	3.07	32	32	0	0	0	0	202.1	190	69	61	19	43	3	207	2	0	12	821	1.152	8.5	0.8	1.9	9.2	4.81
2015	31	2.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	19	3	.864	1.66	1.74	32	32	0	1	0	0	222.2	148	43	41	14	40	1	200	5	0	7	843	0.844	6.0	0.6	1.6	8.1	5.00
2016	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	ARI	0	2	.000	5.63	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	13	6	5	2	2	0	10	0	0	1	38	1.875	14.6	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00
2016	32	5.3	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	25	2.200	16.2	3.6	3.6	9.0	2.50
2016	32	11.1	Diamondbacks	ARIZ	Rk	ARI	0	1	.000	0.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
2016	32	3.9	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	13	7	.650	4.37	4.54	26	26	0	1	1	0	158.2	161	80	77	23	41	3	134	0	0	1	667	1.273	9.1	1.3	2.3	7.6	3.27
2017	33	4.6	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	17	7	.708	3.20	3.56	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.1	172	80	72	25	45	0	215	0	0	12	801	1.072	7.7	1.1	2.0	9.6	4.78
2018	34	5.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	15	11	.577	3.21	3.34	33	33	0	0	0	0	207.2	181	77	74	28	43	3	199	6	0	4	839	1.079	7.8	1.2	1.9	8.6	4.63
2019	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	HOU	18	5	.783	2.93	3.15	33	33	0	0	0	0	208.2	175	73	68	21	30	2	187	4	1	2	810	0.982	7.5	0.9	1.3	8.1	6.23
2019	35	6.7	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	10	4	.714	2.90	2.96	23	23	0	0	0	0	146.0	117	48	47	15	21	2	135	3	0	1	562	0.945	7.2	0.9	1.3	8.3	6.43
2019	35	6.6	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	8	1	.889	3.02	3.59	10	10	0	0	0	0	62.2	58	25	21	6	9	0	52	1	1	1	248	1.069	8.3	0.9	1.3	7.5	5.78
2020	36	7.8	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	3	3	.500	4.03	4.03	12	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	67	30	30	6	9	0	67	1	0	3	273	1.134	9.0	0.8	1.2	9.0	7.44
2021	37	9.6	Sugar Land	AAAW	AAA	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2021	37	8.5	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	11	6	.647	4.16	4.32	30	29	0	1	0	0	171.0	164	82	79	30	36	0	120	2	0	3	697	1.170	8.6	1.6	1.9	6.3	3.33
2022	38	11.0	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	8	0	0	1	42	0.667	5.3	0.8	0.8	6.0	8.00
2022	38	9.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	9	.308	3.68	4.27	26	26	0	0	0	0	137.0	157	65	56	14	27	0	73	3	0	7	585	1.343	10.3	0.9	1.8	4.8	2.70
2023	39	10.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	15	.118	5.06	5.19	30	27	0	0	0	0	142.1	158	82	80	25	23	0	97	4	1	2	593	1.272	10.0	1.6	1.5	6.1	4.22
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		225	156	.591	3.49	3.74	586	541	8	17	5	1	3389.1	3207	1410	1315	367	762	25	2979	79	7	101	13877	1.171	8.5	1.0	2.0	7.9	3.91
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		26	11	.703	3.04	3.43	62	60	0	4	1	0	322.2	286	123	109	29	59	2	276	13	1	13	1300	1.069	8.0	0.8	1.6	7.7	4.68
All Levels (22 Seasons)							251	167	.600	3.45	3.72	648	601	8	21	6	1	3712.0	3493	1533	1424	396	821	27	3255	92	8	114	15177	1.162	8.5	1.0	2.0	7.9	3.96

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		3	3	.500	3.25	3.25	12	12	0	0	0	0	55.1	52	20	20	6	11	0	48	2	1	4	226	1.139	8.5	1.0	1.8	7.8	4.36
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	6	.667	3.97	4.14	27	26	0	1	0	0	158.2	154	73	70	17	32	2	128	9	0	6	652	1.172	8.7	1.0	1.8	7.3	4.00
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		11	1	.917	1.31	2.24	17	16	0	3	1	0	96.1	64	24	14	6	13	0	86	2	0	1	367	0.799	6.0	0.6	1.2	8.0	6.62
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	0		7.71	7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	23	1.929	17.4	0.0	0.0	9.6
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	1.17	2.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	7.2	7	2	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	32	1.304	8.2	0.0	3.5	10.6	3.00