Luke Hochevar
Luke Anthony Hochevar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 15, 1983 in Denver, CO
High School: Fowler (Fowler, CO)
School: University of Tennessee
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
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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
2007 23 KCR AL 0 1 .000 2.13 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 11 4 3 1 4 0 5 3 0 1 54 214 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.25
2008 24 KCR AL 6 12 .333 5.51 22 22 0 0 0 0 129.0 143 84 79 12 47 1 72 5 0 7 566 79 1.473 10.0 0.8 3.3 5.0 1.53
2009 25 KCR AL 7 13 .350 6.55 25 25 0 2 1 0 143.0 167 109 104 23 46 0 106 8 0 9 631 68 1.490 10.5 1.4 2.9 6.7 2.30
3 Seasons 13 26 .333 5.88 51 48 1 2 1 0 284.2 321 197 186 36 97 1 183 16 0 17 1251 75 1.468 10.1 1.1 3.1 5.8 1.89
162 Game Avg. 9 18 .333 5.88 35 33 1 1 1 0 196 220 135 128 25 67 1 126 11 0 12 859 75 1.468 10.1 1.1 3.1 5.8 1.89

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
2007 23 KCR AL 4 54 46 4 11 3 0 1 0 0 4 5 .239 .340 .370 .709 .250 17 3 3 1 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 22 566 511 84 143 28 2 12 14 4 47 72 .280 .345 .413 .758 .305 211 15 5 1 2 1
2009 25 KCR AL 25 631 575 109 167 38 7 23 19 4 46 106 .290 .351 .501 .852 .323 288 16 8 2 0 0
3 Seasons 51 1251 1132 197 321 69 9 36 33 8 97 183 .284 .348 .456 .804 .311 516 34 16 4 2 1
162 Game Avg. 35 859 778 135 220 47 6 25 23 5 67 126 .284 .348 .456 .804 .311 354 23 11 3 1 1
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
2007 23 KCR AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 2 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.0 51 1 0 0 0 51
2008 24 KCR AL 22 22 6 12 4 0 1 7 15 .318 0 3 0 0 8 36% 44 67 16 10 4 0 11 2.8 3.0 5.9 94 3 14 5 0 114
2009 25 KCR AL 25 25 7 13 5 2 1 9 16 .360 2 3 2 1 9 36% 43 85 9 13 6 0 14 4.4 4.5 5.7 94 4 11 10 0 116
3 Seasons 51 48 13 26 9 2 2 16 32 .333 2 6 2 1 17 35% 43 85 9 25 10 0 26 3.6 3.8 5.7 93 8 25 15 0 116
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
2007 23 KCR AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.366 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 9.7 43
1 Season 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.366 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 9.7 43

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%
2007 23 KCR AL 54 48% 1.9% 9.3% 7.4% 7.4% 36% 1.73 2.00 74% 5% 8.3% 20% 18 3 17%
2008 24 KCR AL 566 51% 2.1% 12.7% 8.3% 7.4% 29% 1.06 1.49 76% 18% 6.1% 7% 107 15 14%
2009 25 KCR AL 631 50% 3.7% 16.8% 7.3% 10.8% 41% 0.89 1.27 71% 19% 10.4% 10% 105 16 15%
3 Seasons 1251 50% 2.9% 14.6% 7.8% 9.1% 36% 0.99 1.40 73% 18% 8.4% 9% 230 34 15%
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
2007 23 KCR AL 54 180 3.33 107 59% 23% 11% 26% 39% 77% 0% 46% 85% 54% 4% 2 2 19% 10 6 0 20% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 KCR AL 566 2077 3.67 1282 62% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 1% 44% 84% 55% 5% 29 19 18% 100 54 5 31% 17 9 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL 631 2346 3.72 1499 64% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 0% 47% 79% 58% 6% 35 20 23% 144 89 12 20% 16 15 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1251 4603 3.68 2888 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 0% 46% 81% 56% 5% 66 41 20% 254 149 17 24% 33 24 0 0 0
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
2007 23 KCR AL 54 11 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 1 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 24 KCR AL 566 143 16 3 12 1 9 4 8 3 9 25 13 4 52% 7 7 0 218 14 4 78% 11 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
2009 25 KCR AL 631 167 18 0 23 1 7 10 13 8 15 32 21 4 66% 9 9 0 224 19 4 83% 18 4 1 0 0 0 4 2 12 0
3 Seasons 1251 321 35 3 36 2 16 15 21 11 25 58 34 9 59% 17 17 0 471 33 8 80% 29 7 4 0 0 1 4 2 26 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+
2007 23 0 1 .000 2.13 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.2 11 4 3 1 4 0 5 3 0 1 54 214 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.25 214
2008 24 6 13 .316 5.21 26 23 1 0 0 0 141.2 154 88 82 13 51 1 77 8 0 8 620 84 1.447 9.8 0.8 3.2 4.9 1.51 84
2009 25 13 26 .333 5.88 51 48 1 2 1 0 284.2 321 197 186 36 97 1 183 16 0 17 1251 75 1.468 10.1 1.1 3.1 5.8 1.89 75

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007 23 1 0 1.000 2.25 12.0 11 3 3 1 4 5 3 1.250 8.3 3.0 3.8 1.25 0.8 4
2008 24 4 9 .308 5.66 124.0 142 87 78 12 47 69 5 1.524 10.3 3.4 5.0 1.47 0.9 22
2009 25 4 11 .267 6.77 137.0 167 114 103 23 46 102 8 1.555 11.0 3.0 6.7 2.22 1.5 25
3 Seasons 9 20 .310 6.07 273.0 320 204 184 36 97 176 16 1.527 10.5 5.8 1.81 1.2 51

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  2 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  1 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL  12 (10th)
2009 AL  13 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  104 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 AL  9 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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