Lucas Sims

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 213lb (188cm, 96kg)

Born: May 10, 1994 in Lawrenceville, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (21st) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brookwood HS (Snellville, GA).

High School: Brookwood HS (Snellville, GA)

Debut: August 1, 2017 (Age 23-083d, 21,476th in major league history)
vs. LAD 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.85M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 5.014 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: TWC Sports • Previously: Jamie Murphy

National Team: us USA (16U)

Full Name: Lucas Sundberg Sims

Nicknames: Loosh

Twitter: @LSims_

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

2.3

ERA

7.27

4.61

197

8.2

265.1

314

WHIP

1.846

1.281

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	26
ATL	11

Platoon
vs RHB	21
vs LHB	16

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	18

Outs
1	14
0	12
2	11

15 Opps
MIA	6
ATL	5
STL	4
PIT	3
SDP	3
CHC	3
MIL	3
WSN	2
SEA	2
MIN	1
ARI	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
TEX	1
LAD	1

36 Batters
Javier Báez	2
Marcus Semien	1
Keston Hiura	1
Eduardo Escobar	1
Derek Dietrich	1
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	1
Brad Miller	1
Ryan Braun	1
J.T. Realmuto	1
Trevor Larnach	1
Keibert Ruiz	1
Cody Bellinger	1
Francisco Mejia	1
Adrián González	1
Colin Moran	1
Nolan Arenado	1
Ozzie Albies	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Cameron Rupp	1
Kevin Newman	1
Trea Turner	1
Luis Urías	1
Miguel Rojas	1
Matt Olson	1
Christian Yelich	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
Matt Carpenter	1
Corey Dickerson	1
Jorge Soler	1
René Rivera	1
Austin Riley	1
Josh Rojas	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Kyle Lewis	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.	1

12 Parks
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	13
Truist Pk (ATL)	8
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	9
89	7
78	5
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
5	8
2	6
6	5
1	4
4	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	4
123	3
12-	3
--3	3
-2-	3
-23	1

64 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	20
1 on	10
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	17

Inning
1	5
2	3
3	1
4	2
5	3
6	2
7	6
8	14
Extra	1

1-3	9
4-6	7
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	5
-1	5
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	5

Ahead	13
Tied	5
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	6
3-2	5
2-2	5
1-2	4
0-0	4
1-0	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	7
LF	6
1B	4
C	4
RF	4
SS	4
3B	4
PH	2
DH	2

OrderPos
6th	9
4th	7
1st	6
3rd	4
5th	3
8th	3
2nd	3
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-08-01	Cody Bellinger	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	7,(2-2) CBFBFFX	1	4	3	11%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	2017-08-06	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(1-2) SFFBX	3	4	7	21%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Stanton Scores; C. Yelich Scores
3	3	3	2	2017-08-06	J.T. Realmuto	MIA	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	7%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2017-08-12	Randal Grichuk	STL		ATL	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	6,(1-2) CCBFFX	1	7	9	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	5	1	2017-08-28	Cameron Rupp	PHI		ATL	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	2	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	2017-09-02	René Rivera	CHC		ATL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	123	3,(0-2) CSX	4	8	2	22%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores; B. Zobrist Scores; J. Heyward Scores
7	7	7	2	2017-09-02	Javier Báez	CHC		ATL	ahead 4-3	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	6	6	10%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	2017-09-20	Trea Turner	WSN	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	9	1	2017-09-30	Derek Dietrich	MIA		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	7	21%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Yelich Scores; B. Anderson Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2018-04-19	Adrián González	NYM	@	ATL	behind 1-10	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) ....BBFBX	1	6	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	2	1	2018-05-20	Miguel Rojas	MIA	@	ATL	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	6	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Dietrich Scores
12	12	3	1	2018-09-09	Luis Urías	SDP	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	-2-	5,(2-2) 1F>B.S*BX	2	2	4	12%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Jankowski Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2019-05-28	Kevin Newman	PIT	@	CIN	behind 0-10	t 8	1	123	5,(3-1) BBF*BX	4	1	4	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Reynolds Scores; E. Díaz Scores; J. Osuna Scores
14	14	2	1	2019-07-24	Ryan Braun	MIL		CIN	behind 0-2	b 1	2	1--	7,(3-2) TBFFBBX	2	4	7	18%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Y. Grandal Scores
15	15	3	2	2019-07-24	Keston Hiura	MIL		CIN	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	6	4	13%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	4	1	2019-07-30	Corey Dickerson	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	1--	6,(3-2) BB*BCFX	2	6	7	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Moran Scores
17	17	5	1	2019-08-04	Josh Donaldson	ATL		CIN	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ..CBBCBX	1	3	5	8%	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
18	18	6	1	2019-08-21	Francisco Mejia	SDP	@	CIN	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	4,(1-2) .FSBX	1	5	2	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	7	1	2019-08-24	Colin Moran	PIT		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	123	6,(2-2) .BSFFBX	4	6	PH	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Marte Scores; J. Bell Scores; J. Osuna Scores
20	20	8	1	2019-09-12	Kyle Lewis	SEA		CIN	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) ....CX	1	5	9	7%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2020-08-07	Christian Yelich	MIL		CIN	behind 1-8	b 8	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	3	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); O. Arcia Scores
22	22	2	1	2020-09-01	Brad Miller	STL	@	CIN	ahead 6-0	t 2	0	-2-	6,(3-2) SBBCBX	2	4	DH	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Goldschmidt Scores
23	23	3	1	2020-09-12	Matt Carpenter	STL		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	5,(0-2) CSFFX	1	6	5	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2021-04-09	Eduardo Escobar	ARI		CIN	behind 3-5	b 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) FB*SX	2	6	4	36%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Cabrera Scores
25	25	2	1	2021-05-02	Javier Báez	CHC	@	CIN	behind 6-9	t 7	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	3	6	15%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Happ Scores
26	26	3	1	2021-06-22	Trevor Larnach	MIN		CIN	behind 4-7	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	4	7	6%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	2021-08-11	Ozzie Albies	ATL		CIN	behind 5-6	b 11	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	1	4	82%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Duvall Scores/unER; J. Pederson Scores
28	28	5	1	2021-08-20	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	@	CIN	behind 0-5	t 8	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	4	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Jackson Scores; M. Rojas Scores
29	29	6	1	2021-09-11	Nolan Arenado	STL		CIN	tied 4-4	b 8	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	5	34%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Goldschmidt Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2023-06-23	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	@	CIN	behind 7-11	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
31	31	2	2	2023-06-23	Austin Riley	ATL	@	CIN	behind 8-11	t 8	2	---	8,(3-2) BCFBFBFX	1	3	5	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	3	3	2023-06-23	Matt Olson	ATL	@	CIN	behind 9-11	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	4	1	2023-07-02	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	2	9	25%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	2023-08-08	Jorge Soler	MIA	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	1	DH	38%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); N. Fortes Scores
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2024-03-30	Keibert Ruiz	WSN	@	CIN	behind 3-4	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) F.BX	1	6	2	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	2	1	2024-04-17	Josh Rojas	SEA		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	8	PH	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	3	1	2024-04-26	Marcus Semien	TEX		CIN	tied 1-1	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	4	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)