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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 (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
Team: Royals 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.76M (11), 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 Pitching

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 54 220 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
2010 26 KCR AL 6 6 .500 4.81 18 17 0 1 0 0 103.0 110 61 55 9 37 1 76 4 1 2 450 87 1.427 9.6 0.8 3.2 6.6 2.05
2011 27 KCR AL 11 11 .500 4.68 31 31 0 0 0 0 198.0 192 110 103 23 62 4 128 7 2 7 835 87 1.283 8.7 1.0 2.8 5.8 2.06
5 Seasons 30 43 .411 5.29 100 96 1 3 1 0 585.2 623 368 344 68 196 6 387 27 3 26 2536 81 1.398 9.6 1.0 3.0 5.9 1.97
162 Game Avg. 10 15 .411 5.29 35 33 0 1 0 0 203 216 128 119 24 68 2 134 9 1 9 880 81 1.398 9.6 1.0 3.0 5.9 1.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2007 23 KCR AL 12.2 1 4 9 0 .4 5 0.3 $
2008 24 KCR AL 129.0 22 84 82 -1 .9 -2 -0.2 $
2009 25 KCR AL 143.0 25 109 97 -7 .9 -12 -1.1 $
2010 26 KCR AL 103.0 17 61 66 -1 1.0 5 0.5 $1,760,000
2011 27 KCR AL 198.0 31 110 127 -3 1.0 17 1.7 $1,760,000
5 Seasons 585.2 96 368 381 -12 .9 13 1.2 $3,520,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 1
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 7
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 9
2010 26 KCR AL 18 450 405 61 110 22 5 9 16 2 37 76 .272 .337 .417 .754 .314 169 10 4 2 2 1 5
2011 27 KCR AL 31 835 762 110 192 44 11 23 20 3 62 128 .252 .313 .429 .742 .276 327 18 7 2 2 4 6
5 Seasons 100 2536 2299 368 623 135 25 68 69 13 196 387 .271 .335 .440 .775 .300 1012 62 27 8 6 6 28
162 Game Avg. 35 880 798 128 216 47 9 24 24 5 68 134 .271 .335 .440 .775 .300 351 22 9 3 2 2 10
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 23 KCR AL 3.2 0.3 55 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .37 0.1 -0.4 2.5 0.2 0.37 0.7 0 0 3
2008 24 KCR AL -15.6 -1.5 589 -1.5 8.9 -10.5 .93 -0.4 -1.3 -13.7 -1.3 0.93 -4.5 0 0 0
2009 25 KCR AL -32.5 -3.0 664 -2.9 10.0 -12.9 .92 -2.2 -1.0 -31.7 -2.9 0.92 -23.2 0 0 0
2010 26 KCR AL -7.7 -0.8 469 -0.6 7.4 -7.9 .97 -0.9 0.3 -11.2 -1.1 0.97 -8.2 0 0 1
2011 27 KCR AL -11.9 -1.2 868 -0.4 14.6 -15.0 .98 -0.5 0.1 -10.2 -1.0 0.98 -5.7 0 0 0
5 Seasons -64.5 -6.0 2645 -5.5 41.2 -46.7 .94 -3.9 -1.9 -64.3 -6.0 0.94 -40.9 0 0 4

Starting Pitching*

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
2010 26 KCR AL 18 17 6 6 5 1 1 8 9 .471 2 2 1 0 8 47% 48 72 -1 9 2 0 8 4.6 5.0 5.9 93 4 6 7 0 109
2011 27 KCR AL 31 31 11 11 9 3 3 17 14 .548 3 3 0 0 16 52% 50 81 20 26 10 0 16 5.2 5.4 6.4 101 1 11 19 0 117
5 Seasons 100 96 30 43 23 6 6 41 55 .427 7 11 3 1 41 43% 46 85 -1 60 22 0 50 4.3 4.5 6.0 96 13 42 41 0 117
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 .368 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 9.7 43
2010 26 KCR AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .971 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 53
2 Seasons 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .906 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 9.5 46

Ratio Pitching*

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 52% 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 49% 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%
2010 26 KCR AL 450 50% 2.0% 16.9% 8.2% 8.0% 33% 0.84 1.24 72% 20% 5.8% 13% 86 10 12%
2011 27 KCR AL 835 45% 2.8% 15.3% 7.4% 9.3% 41% 1.00 1.42 73% 16% 8.6% 14% 132 18 14%
5 Seasons 2536 48% 2.7% 15.3% 7.7% 9.0% 37% 0.96 1.38 73% 18% 8.0% 12% 448 62 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2010 26 KCR AL 450 1642 3.65 1015 62% 26% 17% 25% 33% 74% 1% 46% 77% 54% 6% 29 17 18% 80 37 4 21% 13 11 0 0 0
2011 27 KCR AL 837 3118 3.73 1929 62% 27% 15% 26% 33% 73% 1% 45% 80% 57% 6% 48 26 22% 186 102 10 20% 26 18 -2 0 0
5 Seasons 2538 9363 3.69 5832 62% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 1% 46% 80% 56% 6% 143 84 20% 520 288 31 22% 72 53 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 26 KCR AL 450 110 12 1 9 0 12 4 5 4 5 17 12 2 71% 5 2 1 161 16 2 89% 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 27 KCR AL 835 192 22 6 23 0 10 15 8 9 14 48 23 8 48% 6 7 0 272 20 3 87% 17 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
5 Seasons 2536 623 69 10 68 2 38 34 34 24 44 123 69 19 56% 28 26 1 904 69 13 84% 59 10 10 2 0 1 4 2 49 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 54 220 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.25 220
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
2010 26 19 32 .373 5.60 69 65 1 3 1 0 387.2 431 258 241 45 134 2 259 20 1 19 1701 78 1.457 10.0 1.0 3.1 6.0 1.93 78
2011 27 30 43 .411 5.29 100 96 1 3 1 0 585.2 623 368 344 68 196 6 387 27 3 26 2536 81 1.398 9.6 1.0 3.0 5.9 1.97 81

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 46 101 8 1.555 11.0 3.0 6.6 2.20 1.5 25
2010 26 4 6 .400 5.23 98.0 113 63 57 9 38 73 4 1.541 10.4 3.5 6.7 1.92 0.8 18
2011 27 7 13 .350 5.22 188.0 199 121 109 24 64 122 7 1.399 9.5 3.1 5.8 1.91 1.1 31
5 Seasons 20 39 .339 5.64 559.0 632 388 350 69 199 370 27 1.487 10.2 6.0 1.86 1.1 100

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

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)
2011 AL  103 (6th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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