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Zack Greinke

Donald Zachary Greinke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL
High School: Apopka HS (Apopka, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2004
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$38M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.057, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: John Courtright SFX [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 20 KCR AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 33 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 524 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 22 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 23 KCR AL 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 24 KCR AL 32 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
2009 25 KCR AL 33 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 33 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 27 MIL NL 29 59 49 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 9 .143 .192 .204 .396 8 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
2012 28 MIL NL 12 22 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 15 5 2 0 1 0 0 1
9 Yrs 251 107 94 9 15 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 19 .160 .186 .255 .441 18 24 3 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 69 61 6 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 12 .160 .186 .255 .441 18 15 2 0 6 0 0
KCR (7 yrs) 210 26 24 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .375 .542 40 9 1 0 2 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 41 81 70 8 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 13 .157 .192 .214 .406 10 15 2 0 8 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 210 26 24 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .375 .542 40 9 1 0 2 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 41 81 70 8 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 13 .157 .192 .214 .406 10 15 2 0 8 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 20 KCR AL 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $330,500 1
2006 22 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $365,500 /1
2007 23 KCR AL 52 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $407,000 1
2008 24 KCR AL 32 8 -0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $1,400,000 1
2009 25 KCR AL 33 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,750,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 33 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $7,250,000 1
2011 27 MIL NL 29 59 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $13,500,000 1
2012 28 MIL NL 12 22 -3 0 -0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
9 Seasons 251 107 -12 0 -0 0 14 1 0.2 3 5 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.2 5 $27,003,000
KCR (7 yrs) 210 26 -3 0 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 2 $13,503,000
MIL (2 yrs) 41 81 -10 0 -0 0 11 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $13,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 20 KCR AL 2 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .436 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2005 21 KCR AL 2 1 2 53.4 104 .000 .500 .267 .500 .330 2.000 .424 2.500 .753 524 .988 1.1 0.1 4.000 1.500 1.500 .0
2007 23 KCR AL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .271 .000 .338 .000 .424 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2008 24 KCR AL 8 7 0 0.0 104 .333 .286 .266 .286 .333 .429 .417 .714 .751 88 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .143 .143
2009 25 KCR AL 6 5 0 0.0 105 .250 .167 .264 .167 .332 .333 .423 .500 .756 29 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
2010 26 KCR AL 7 7 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .259 .000 .327 .000 .406 .000 .733 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2011 27 MIL NL 59 49 3 1.6 101 .154 .143 .262 .192 .330 .204 .409 .396 .739 8 .140 -6.6 -0.7 .333 .143 .061 1.0
2012 28 MIL NL 22 20 1 1.3 103 .235 .190 .263 .190 .331 .238 .415 .429 .746 15 .097 -2.6 -0.3 .263 .048 .048
9 Yrs 107 92 6 1.8 102 .178 .160 .263 .186 .331 .255 .412 .441 .743 18 .147 -11.2 -1.1 .341 .138 .096 1.3
162 Game Avg. 69 59 4 1.8 102 .178 .160 .263 .186 .331 .255 .412 .441 .743 18 .147 -11.2 -1.1 .341 .138 .096 1
KCR (7 yrs) 26 23 2 2.3 104 .176 .167 .264 .167 .332 .375 .418 .542 .750 40 .202 -2.1 -0.2 .429 .208 .208 .0
MIL (2 yrs) 81 69 4 1.6 101 .179 .157 .263 .192 .331 .214 .411 .406 .741 10 .127 -9.1 -0.9 .311 .114 .057 1.0
AL (7 yrs) 26 23 2 2.3 104 .176 .167 .264 .167 .332 .375 .418 .542 .750 40 .202 -2.1 -0.2 .429 .208 .208 .0
NL (2 yrs) 81 69 4 1.6 101 .179 .157 .263 .192 .331 .214 .411 .406 .741 10 .127 -9.1 -0.9 .311 .114 .057 1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 27 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL NLCS STL L 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 20 KCR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
2005 21 KCR AL 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2.0 2.0 0.00 0.00 50% 0% 50.0% 0%
2007 23 KCR AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2008 24 KCR AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 7.0 5.00 75% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 25 KCR AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 3.0 0.33 0.50 67% 25% 0.0% 33%
2010 26 KCR AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0 1.50 1.00 71% 33% 0.0% 0%
2011 27 MIL NL 59 1.7% 15.3% 5.1% 1.7% 14% 3.00 5.4 49.0 49.0 1.05 1.50 66% 11% 6.3% 16%
2012 28 MIL NL 22 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 4.6% 25% 5.3 4.00 4.33 77% 6% 0.0% 33%
9 Yrs 107 1.9% 17.8% 2.8% 4.7% 33% 6.33 4.9 47.0 47.0 1.40 1.92 68% 11% 8.0% 17%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 20 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.52 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.94 -0.6 0
2005 21 KCR AL 1.1 0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .54 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.82 1.3 0
2006 22 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
2007 23 KCR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.04 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.67 -0.4 0
2008 24 KCR AL -0.1 -0.0 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .99 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.93 -1.1 0
2009 25 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 1.00 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.1 1.01 -0.9 0
2010 26 KCR AL -1.7 -0.2 7 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 1.42 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.08 -1.7 0
2011 27 MIL NL -6.6 -0.7 60 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 .80 -0.7 0.3 -5.7 -0.6 0.88 -7.1 1.33 0
2012 28 MIL NL -2.6 -0.3 22 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 .92 -0.3 -0.2 -4.1 -0.4 0.90 -3.2 4.32 1
9 Yrs -11.3 -1.1 108 -1.4 0.7 -2.1 .93 -1.3 -0.3 -15.9 -1.6 0.93 -13.7 4.32 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 20 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 21 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL 0 0 56% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2012 28 MIL NL 0 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 0 0 44% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 20 KCR AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 21 KCR AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 8 38% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 6 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2011 27 MIL NL 59 8% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.33 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 88% 10 0 0% 9 3 33% 25 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2012 28 MIL NL 22 27% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
9 Yrs 107 15% 15 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.32 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 13 10 77% 22 3 14% 21 6 29% 61 0 0% 5 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 20 KCR AL 2 6 3.00 6 100% 0% 33% 50% 17% 100% 100% 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 21 KCR AL 2 4 2.00 2 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 40% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 8 21 2.63 17 81% 29% 0% 29% 41% 71% 0% 57% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 6 22 3.67 13 59% 31% 15% 23% 31% 69% 0% 41% 78% 33% 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 7 20 2.86 16 80% 31% 19% 13% 38% 69% 0% 55% 73% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL 59 177 3.00 130 73% 23% 16% 25% 36% 77% 0% 56% 79% 64% 3% 2 0 7% 4 0 3% 2 0 44% 0 0 0
2012 28 MIL NL 22 71 3.23 51 72% 20% 16% 29% 35% 80% 0% 58% 80% 41% 5% 1 0 5% 1 0 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 107 326 3.05 238 73% 23% 16% 25% 36% 77% 0% 56% 79% 54% 4% 4 0 6% 6 0 4% 4 1 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 20 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 21 57 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 207 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 22 60 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 207 4 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 112 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .800 1.000 146 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 144 13 12 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .583 .833 113 7 1 0 1 0 0
2009 25 177 19 18 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .500 .722 85 9 1 0 1 0 0
2010 26 210 26 24 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .375 .542 40 9 1 0 2 0 0
2011 27 239 85 73 7 11 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 15 .151 .184 .260 .444 19 19 1 0 9 0 0
2012 28 251 107 94 9 15 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 19 .160 .186 .255 .441 18 24 3 0 10 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 20 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
2005 21 33 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 2 33
2007 23 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
2008 24 32 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 1 32
2009 25 33 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2010 26 33 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2011 27 29 59 49 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 3 9 .143 .192 .204 .396 2 29
2012 28 12 22 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .190 .190 .238 .429 1 12
8 Yrs 248 107 94 9 14 2 0 2 2 1 3 19 .149 .175 .234 .409 6 248
162 Game Avg. 162 70 61 6 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 12 .149 .175 .234 .409 4 248

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 AL Cy Young
2009 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (17, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (1, 96%)
1 Cy Young
0.96 Career Shares (55th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 AL  10.1 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1983-10-21 (6th)

                           

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