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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 54 220 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

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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
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 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
5 Seasons 70 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 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 24 KCR AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2009 25 KCR AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2010 26 KCR AL 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $1,760,000 1
2011 27 KCR AL 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,760,000 1
4 Seasons 12 -3 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,520,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2007 KCR AL 23 P 4 12.2 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 -1 -16 3.55 1.25 .956 1.63 1.60
2008 KCR AL 24 P 22 129.0 18 6 11 1 2 .944 -3 -5 1.19 0.77 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 KCR AL 25 P 25 143.0 30 10 20 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.89 1.20 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 KCR AL 26 P 18 103.0 18 5 12 1 1 .944 -4 -8 1.49 0.94 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 KCR AL 27 P 31 31 0 198.0 42 17 22 3 1 .929 -3 -3 1.77 1.26 .949 1.60 1.59 20 3 13% 0
5 Seasons P 100 31 0 585.2 113 39 69 5 6 .956 -11 -3 1.66 1.08 .952 1.59 1.58 20 3 13% 0
5 Seasons TOT 100 31 0 585.2 113 39 69 5 6 .956 -11 -22 1.66 1.08 .952 1.59 1.58 20 3 13% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2011 AL  17 (5th)

                           

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

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201026Kansas City Royals$1,760,000
201127Kansas City Royals$1,760,000
201228Kansas City Royals$3,510,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,520,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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