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Luke Hochevar

Luke Anthony Hochevar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 15, 1983 in Denver, CO
High School: Fowler HS (Fowler, CO)
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 4, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2007
Team: Royals 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$3.51M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.151, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Matt Sosnick [*]
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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
2007 23 KCR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 24 KCR AL 22 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 25 KCR AL 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 26 KCR AL 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 27 KCR AL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 28 KCR AL 10 0 1
6 Yrs 110 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
2007 23 KCR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2008 24 KCR AL 22 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
2009 25 KCR AL 25 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
2010 26 KCR AL 18 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,760,000 1
2011 27 KCR AL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $1,760,000 1
5 Seasons 100 12 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $3,520,000

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
2008 24 KCR AL 4 4 0 0.0 104 .000 .266 .000 .333 .000 .417 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 25 KCR AL 5 5 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .264 .000 .332 .000 .423 .000 .756 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 26 KCR AL 1 1 0 0.0 99 .000 .259 .000 .327 .000 .406 .000 .733 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2011 27 KCR AL 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .258 .000 .323 .000 .408 .000 .732 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 12 12 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .417 .000 .748 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 18 18 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .417 .000 .748 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000

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
2008 24 KCR AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
2009 25 KCR AL 5 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20% 0%
2010 26 KCR AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2011 27 KCR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
5 Yrs 12 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2 17% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 23 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
2008 24 KCR AL -0.9 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .50 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.07 -1.1 0
2009 25 KCR AL -1.4 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.31 -0.1 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.13 -1.4 0
2010 26 KCR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .34 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
2011 27 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .78 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.24 -0.2 0
5 Yrs -3.1 -0.3 12 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .87 -0.3 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.06 -3.0 0

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
2008 24 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
2009 25 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
2010 26 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
2011 27 KCR AL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2008 24 KCR AL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 12 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 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
2008 24 KCR AL 4 17 4.25 12 71% 50% 17% 25% 8% 50% 0% 35% 67% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 5 19 3.80 16 84% 25% 50% 19% 6% 75% 0% 63% 33% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 0% 50% 0% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 2 4 2.00 4 100% 25% 0% 50% 25% 75% 75% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 12 44 3.67 35 80% 34% 34% 23% 9% 66% 0% 52% 48% 58% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 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
2008 24 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 25 51 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2010 26 69 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 27 100 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2012 28 110 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 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
2008 24 22 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
2009 25 25 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
2010 26 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
2011 27 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
4 Yrs 96 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 96
162 Game Avg. 162 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 96

* 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.

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