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

Born: October 21, 1983 in 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 3 507 127 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 8 851 123 1.275 9.0 0.9 2.5 8.1 3.27
2009 25 KCR AL 10 4 .714 2.00 17 17 0 5 2 0 121.1 109 35 27 4 19 0 120 1 0 4 479 214 1.055 8.1 0.3 1.4 8.9 6.32
6 Seasons 44 49 .473 3.92 161 120 8 8 2 1 780.0 816 366 340 87 193 11 628 29 5 20 3293 114 1.294 9.4 1.0 2.2 7.2 3.25
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .473 3.92 39 29 2 2 0 0 189 197 89 82 21 47 3 152 7 1 5 797 114 1.294 9.4 1.0 2.2 7.2 3.25

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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 1 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 1 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
2007 23 KCR AL 3 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 3 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 89 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
2009 25 KCR AL 2 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 10 19 18 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .500 .722 85 9 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 308 292 16 65 32 0 16 16 0 0 0 81 .222 .222 .500 .722 85 146 16 0 16 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 KCR AL 20 P 24 24 145.0 28 13 15 0 1 1.000 1.74 1.17 .946 1.66 0.45 RoY-4
2005 KCR AL 21 P 33 33 183.0 44 19 24 1 2 .977 2.11 1.30 .952 1.69 0.46
2006 KCR AL 22 P 3 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.33 1.000 1.56 0.40
2007 KCR AL 23 P 52 14 122.0 18 11 7 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.35 .956 1.60 0.42
2008 KCR AL 24 P 32 32 202.1 36 11 24 1 1 .972 1.56 1.09 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 KCR AL 25 P 17 17 121.1 29 7 21 1 2 .966 2.08 1.65 .959 1.64 0.44
6 Seasons P 161 120 780.0 156 61 92 3 6 .981 1.77 0.95 .953 1.64 0.43
6 Seasons TOT 161 120 780.0 156 61 92 3 6 .981 1.77 0.95 .933 1.64 0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL--3.470--10th
2009 AL--2.003--1st

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL--10--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.055--3rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.409--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--8.140--6th
2009 AL--8.901--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL--121.3--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL--183--5th
2009 AL--120--2nd

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL--33--8th
2009 AL--17--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL--2--10th
2009 AL--5--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL--2--1st

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL--233--4th
2009 AL--109--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL--3.268--10th
2009 AL--6.316--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--.297--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--479--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 AL--214--1st

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (204), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (899), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1199), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2005Kansas City Royals$330,500
2006Kansas City Royals$365,500
2007Kansas City Royals$407,000
2008Kansas City Royals$1,400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,503,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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