Zack Greinke
Donald Zackary Greinke
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL
High School: Apopka (Orlando, 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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 20 KCR AL 8 11 .421 3.97 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 3 100 8 1 1 599 120 1.166 8.9 1.6 1.6 6.2 3.85 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 5 17 .227 5.80 33 33 0 2 0 0 183.0 233 125 118 23 53 0 114 13 2 4 829 76 1.563 11.5 1.1 2.6 5.6 2.15
2006 22 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 4.26 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 28 110 1.579 9.9 1.4 4.3 7.1 1.67
2007 23 KCR AL 7 7 .500 3.69 52 14 7 0 0 1 122.0 122 52 50 12 36 5 106 3 1 3 507 124 1.295 9.0 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.94
2008 24 KCR AL 13 10 .565 3.47 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.1 202 87 78 21 56 1 183 4 1 8 851 126 1.275 9.0 0.9 2.5 8.1 3.27
2009 25 KCR AL 16 8 .667 2.16 33 33 0 6 3 0 229.1 195 64 55 11 51 0 242 4 0 5 915 205 1.073 7.7 0.4 2.0 9.5 4.75 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
6 Seasons 50 53 .485 3.73 177 136 8 9 3 1 888.0 902 395 368 94 225 11 750 32 5 21 3729 120 1.269 9.1 1.0 2.3 7.6 3.33
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .485 3.73 38 30 2 2 1 0 193 196 86 80 20 49 2 163 7 1 5 810 120 1.269 9.1 1.0 2.3 7.6 3.33

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 20 KCR AL 24 598 559 64 143 31 1 26 5 3 26 100 .256 .297 .454 .752 .269 254 8 8 3 2 3
2005 21 KCR AL 33 828 754 125 233 48 7 23 5 3 53 114 .309 .363 .483 .846 .338 364 14 13 4 4 0
2006 22 KCR AL 3 28 25 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .280 .357 .400 .757 .316 10 0 0 0 0 2
2007 23 KCR AL 52 507 461 52 122 35 2 12 7 3 36 106 .265 .319 .427 .747 .317 197 11 3 3 4 5
2008 24 KCR AL 32 851 785 87 202 36 9 21 2 4 56 183 .257 .309 .406 .715 .309 319 15 4 2 4 1
2009 25 KCR AL 33 915 849 64 195 47 5 11 5 9 51 242 .230 .276 .336 .611 .307 285 17 4 8 3 0
6 Seasons 177 3727 3433 395 902 197 24 94 24 22 225 750 .263 .313 .416 .729 .310 1429 65 32 20 17 11
162 Game Avg. 38 810 746 86 196 43 5 20 5 5 49 163 .263 .313 .416 .729 .310 310 14 7 4 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 20 KCR AL 24 24 8 11 5 2 4 9 15 .375 2 0 0 0 13 54% 53 76 8 8 1 0 13 4.1 4.7 6.0 95 1 13 10 0 109
2005 21 KCR AL 33 33 5 17 11 3 3 9 24 .273 2 3 2 0 12 36% 42 72 -11 25 9 0 15 4.0 3.4 5.5 94 3 16 14 0 111
2007 23 KCR AL 52 14 3 6 5 1 1 5 9 .357 0 1 0 0 4 29% 49 88 21 19 5 1 5 3.4 3.9 4.9 86 3 7 4 0 108
2008 24 KCR AL 32 32 13 10 9 0 3 17 15 .531 2 2 1 0 23 72% 55 79 8 13 3 0 15 4.7 5.0 6.3 101 0 15 17 0 117
2009 25 KCR AL 33 33 16 8 9 2 4 17 16 .515 3 1 6 3 26 79% 63 89 27 4 2 0 15 3.8 4.1 6.9 105 1 6 25 1 125
5 Seasons 174 136 45 52 39 8 15 57 79 .419 9 7 9 3 78 57% 53 89 -11 69 20 1 63 4.1 4.3 6.1 98 8 57 70 1 125
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 22 KCR AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.299 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 6.3 31
2007 23 KCR AL 52 38 7 4 1 1 1 0 100% 14 12 34 7 21% 8 0.997 16 11 10 21 6 11 20 18 21 6 23 5 4.2 23
2 Seasons 55 41 8 5 1 1 1 0 100% 14 12 37 7 19% 1.013 16 12 12 21 6 14 22 19 23 6 25 5 4.4 24

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 20 KCR AL 599 56% 4.4% 16.7% 4.4% 9.7% 41% 0.56 0.69 73% 20% 9.9% 10% 85 8 9%
2005 21 KCR AL 829 50% 2.8% 13.8% 6.4% 9.4% 34% 0.65 0.86 75% 21% 6.7% 12% 158 14 9%
2006 22 KCR AL 28 43% 3.6% 17.9% 10.7% 3.6% 14% 0.54 0.75 68% 30% 8.3% 8% 9 0 0%
2007 23 KCR AL 507 51% 2.4% 20.9% 7.1% 9.7% 40% 0.47 0.66 68% 21% 5.6% 12% 94 11 12%
2008 24 KCR AL 851 46% 2.5% 21.5% 6.6% 7.8% 33% 0.74 1.00 69% 20% 7.3% 16% 171 15 9%
2009 25 KCR AL 915 48% 1.2% 26.5% 5.6% 6.9% 32% 0.66 0.87 65% 19% 3.5% 14% 150 17 11%
6 Seasons 3729 50% 2.5% 20.1% 6.0% 8.5% 35% 0.63 0.83 70% 20% 6.6% 13% 667 65 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 20 KCR AL 599 2284 3.81 1498 66% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 1% 46% 82% 66% 3% 16 13 25% 147 60 11 24% 12 1 0 0 1
2005 21 KCR AL 829 3086 3.72 1970 64% 30% 11% 25% 33% 69% 0% 44% 84% 67% 3% 29 21 19% 159 65 5 25% 15 8 0 0 1
2006 22 KCR AL 28 94 3.36 55 59% 27% 13% 24% 36% 73% 21% 43% 83% 54% 11% 3 1 11% 3 2 0 40% 1 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 507 2079 4.10 1322 64% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 3% 45% 78% 62% 5% 23 12 28% 144 65 7 23% 15 6 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 851 3219 3.78 2051 64% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 0% 46% 79% 62% 3% 29 18 18% 155 62 6 21% 23 10 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 915 3471 3.79 2203 63% 29% 17% 26% 28% 71% 0% 45% 77% 62% 3% 25 24 20% 186 79 4 20% 26 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3729 14233 3.82 9099 64% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 1% 45% 80% 64% 3% 125 89 21% 794 333 33 22% 92 26 0 0 2
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 20 KCR AL 599 143 7 3 26 0 9 17 9 10 16 18 11 0 61% 4 1 1 189 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 21 KCR AL 829 233 11 0 23 2 16 10 13 13 10 42 22 5 52% 9 4 0 322 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
2006 22 KCR AL 28 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 KCR AL 507 122 4 0 12 2 10 7 5 7 5 22 9 3 41% 1 3 0 192 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
2008 24 KCR AL 851 202 23 3 21 0 16 10 11 7 14 41 20 7 49% 7 8 2 318 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 14 0
2009 25 KCR AL 915 195 14 2 11 0 13 7 4 4 7 41 15 13 37% 7 5 1 320 5 9 36% 4 8 1 1 0 0 3 0 10 0
6 Seasons 3729 902 59 8 94 4 65 52 42 41 53 166 77 28 46% 28 21 4 1357 24 22 52% 19 19 5 3 0 0 10 0 57 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 20 8 11 .421 3.97 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 3 100 8 1 1 599 120 1.166 8.9 1.6 1.6 6.2 3.85 120
2005 21 13 28 .317 4.99 57 57 0 2 0 0 328.0 376 189 182 49 79 3 214 21 3 5 1428 91 1.387 10.3 1.3 2.2 5.9 2.71 91
2006 22 14 28 .333 4.98 60 57 1 2 0 0 334.1 383 192 185 50 82 5 219 21 3 5 1456 92 1.391 10.3 1.3 2.2 5.9 2.67 92
2007 23 21 35 .375 4.63 112 71 8 2 0 1 456.1 505 244 235 62 118 10 325 24 4 8 1963 99 1.365 10.0 1.2 2.3 6.4 2.75 99
2008 24 34 45 .430 4.28 144 103 8 3 0 1 658.2 707 331 313 83 174 11 508 28 5 16 2814 105 1.338 9.7 1.1 2.4 6.9 2.92 105
2009 25 50 53 .485 3.73 177 136 8 9 3 1 888.0 902 395 368 94 225 11 750 32 5 21 3729 120 1.269 9.1 1.0 2.3 7.6 3.33 120

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 20 8 7 .533 3.68 142.0 139 64 58 25 25 98 8 1.155 8.8 1.6 6.2 3.92 1.6 24
2005 21 6 13 .316 5.90 177.0 232 129 116 23 53 110 13 1.610 11.8 2.7 5.6 2.08 1.2 33
2006 22 0 0 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 5 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 7.5 1.67 1.5 3
2007 23 6 6 .500 3.69 117.0 119 53 48 12 35 102 3 1.316 9.2 2.7 7.8 2.91 0.9 52
2008 24 12 9 .571 3.54 196.0 202 86 77 21 56 177 4 1.316 9.3 2.6 8.1 3.16 1.0 32
2009 25 18 6 .750 2.23 222.0 194 61 55 11 51 234 4 1.104 7.9 2.1 9.5 4.59 0.4 33
6 Seasons 50 41 .549 3.73 860.0 892 395 356 93 223 726 32 1.297 9.3 7.6 3.26 1.0 177

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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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (17, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (1, 96%)
1 Cy Young
0.96 Career Shares (52nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.470 (10th)
2009 AL  2.158 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 AL  .667 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL  1.073 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  7.653 (2nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.002 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.140 (6th)
2009 AL  9.497 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  229.3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  183 (5th)
2009 AL  242 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2009 AL  6 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  233 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  3.268 (10th)
2009 AL  4.745 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  .432 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
2005 AL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 AL  118 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  13 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  915 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  126 (9th)
2009 AL  205 (1st)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tom Bradley (965)
  2. Gary Gentry (958)
  3. Dennis Bennett (957)
  4. Al Atkinson (956)
  5. Mule Watson (954)
  6. Donovan Osborne (954)
  7. Erik Bedard (954)
  8. Don Schwall (953)
  9. Hub Perdue (952)
  10. Matt Cain (951)
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  2. Ben Sheets (963)
  3. Burt Hooton (961)
  4. Jose Rijo (961)
  5. Jim Kaat (961)
  6. Johnny Kucks (960)
  7. Bill Monbouquette (960)
  8. Ray Culp (958)
  9. Art Mahaffey (958)
  10. Tom Glavine (957)
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  1. Denny McLain (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Morrison (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Morrison (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Moose Haas (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ben Sheets (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ralph Terry (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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