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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
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.151, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Matt Sosnick [*]
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2006	22	KCR-min	A	0	1	.000	1.17	4	4	0	0	0	15.1	8	3	2	2	2	0	16	1	0	1	57		0.652	4.7	1.2	1.2	9.4	8.00	BUR · MIDW
2007	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	4	9	.308	4.86	27	26	0	0	0	152.0	163	96	82	24	47	0	138	9	0	8	663		1.382	9.7	1.4	2.8	8.2	2.94	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2007	23	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	2.13	4	1	1	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-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.60	3	3	0	0	0	17.1	11	7	5	2	6	0	12	0	1	3	68		0.981	5.7	1.0	3.1	6.2	2.00	OMA · PCL
2008	24	KCR	AL	6	12	.333	5.51	22	22	0	0	0	129.0	143	84	79	12	47	1	72	5	0	7	566	78	1.473	10.0	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.53
2009	25	KCR-min	AAA	5	1	.833	1.50	8	8	0	1	1	48.0	41	11	8	2	12	0	36	0	0	0	187		1.104	7.7	0.4	2.2	6.8	3.00	OMA · PCL
2009	25	KCR	AL	7	13	.350	6.55	25	25	0	2	1	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-min	AAA	0	0		1.80	2	2	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	20		0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00	OMA · PCL
2010	26	KCR	AL	6	6	.500	4.81	18	17	0	1	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	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
2012	28	KCR	AL	8	16	.333	5.73	32	32	0	2	1	185.1	202	127	*118*	27	61	3	144	13	0	8	800	71	1.419	9.8	1.3	3.0	7.0	2.36
6 Yrs				38	59	.392	5.39	132	128	1	5	2	771.0	825	495	462	95	257	9	531	40	3	34	3336	78	1.403	9.6	1.1	3.0	6.2	2.07
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.392	5.39	35	33	0	1	1	202	216	129	121	25	67	2	139	10	1	9	872	78	1.403	9.6	1.1	3.0	6.2	2.07

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	23	KCR	AL	12.2	4	1	4	2.84	5.16	0.25	-0.24	102.0	4.76	3	0.3	.2	-0.1	0.3	4	.567	.502	$
2008	24	KCR	AL	129.0	22	22	84	5.86	4.77	-0.48	0.18	100.3	5.45	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.3	10	.464	.495	$
2009	25	KCR	AL	143.0	25	25	109	6.86	4.82	-0.70	0.19	99.0	5.65	-20	-1.9		-0.1	-0.7	-2	.425	.488	$
2010	26	KCR	AL	103.0	18	17	61	5.33	4.61	-0.63	0.15	99.9	5.39	0	0.0	.1	-0.1	0.9	12	.500	.500	$1,760,000
2011	27	KCR	AL	198.0	31	31	110	5.00	4.45	0.12	0.16	101.6	4.57	-10	-1.0		-0.1	0.6	13	.467	.494	$1,760,000
2012	28	KCR	AL	185.1	32	32	127	6.17	4.52	0.07	0.17	99.6	4.61	-33	-3.2		-0.1	-1.7	-11	.401	.480	$3,510,000
6 Seasons				771.0	132	128	495	5.78	4.62	-0.24	0.17	100.2	5.04	-69	-6.6	.2	-0.6	-0.3	27	.450	.493	$7,030,000

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More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos	Awards
2006	22	KCR-min	A	4	0	0	0	0						0	0		BUR · MIDW
2007	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0						0	0		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2007	23	KCR	AL	4	0	0	0	0						0	0	/1
2008	24	KCR-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0						0	0		OMA · PCL
2008	24	KCR	AL	22	4	3	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	1
2009	25	KCR-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0						0	0		OMA · PCL
2009	25	KCR	AL	25	5	5	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2010	26	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0						0	0		OMA · PCL
2010	26	KCR	AL	18	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2011	27	KCR	AL	31	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2012	28	KCR	AL	32	5	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	1
6 Yrs				132	17	16	1	10	.063	.063	.063	.125	-66	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	21	20	1	12	.063	.063	.063	.125	-66	1	1

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	23	KCR	AL	4	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	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
2009	25	KCR	AL	25	5	-1	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	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,760,000	1
2011	27	KCR	AL	31	2	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,760,000	1
2012	28	KCR	AL	32	5	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,510,000	1
6 Seasons				132	17	-3	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$7,030,000

Standard Fielding

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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%	lgCS%	PO
2007	KCR	AL	23	P	4	1	0	12.2	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-16	3.55	1.25	.956	1.63	1.60	0	0			0
2008	KCR	AL	24	P	22	22	0	129.0	18	6	11	1	2	.944	-4	-6	1.19	0.77	.952	1.60	1.59	14	4	22%	27%	0
2009	KCR	AL	25	P	25	25	2	143.0	30	10	20	0	1	1.000	1	1	1.89	1.20	.953	1.53	1.51	19	4	17%	26%	4
2010	KCR	AL	26	P	18	17	1	103.0	18	5	12	1	1	.944	-4	-8	1.49	0.94	.953	1.63	1.61	16	2	11%	26%	0
2011	KCR	AL	27	P	31	31	0	198.0	42	17	22	3	1	.929	-1	-1	1.77	1.26	.949	1.60	1.59	20	3	13%	28%	0
2012	KCR	AL	28	P	32	32	2	185.1	34	6	28	0	1	1.000	3	3	1.65	1.06	.954	1.57	1.56	15	7	32%	25%	1
	6 Seasons			P	132	128	5	771.0	147	45	97	5	7	.966	-6	-1	1.66	1.08	.952	1.58	1.57	84	20	19%	27%	5
	6 Seasons			TOT	132	128	5	771.0	147	45	97	5	7	.966	-6	-9	1.66	1.08	.952	1.58	1.57	84	20	19%	27%	5

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Started s c a p y 2012 AL 32 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2009 AL 2 (9th) 2012 AL 2 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2009 AL 1 (7th) 2012 AL 1 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 2008 AL 12 (10th) 2009 AL 13 (2nd) 2012 AL 16 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 104 (3rd) 2011 AL 103 (6th) 2012 AL 118 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2009 AL 9 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2012 AL 13 (2nd)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2011 AL 17 (5th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 2012 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1680), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (2570th), -0.4 career WAR/-0.4 7yr-peak WAR/-0.4 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 39th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (40th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed August 4, 2006.

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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
2010	26	Kansas City Royals	$1,760,000
2011	27	Kansas City Royals	$1,760,000
2012	28	Kansas City Royals	$3,510,000	contracts
2013 Status		2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,030,000

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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