Richard Lovelady

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (minors)

Born: July 7, 1995 in Hinesville, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA).

School: Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 2.026 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2028

Full Name: Richard Tyler Lovelady

Nicknames: Love

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

ERA

5.26

65.0

WHIP

1.338

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	19	-1.1	Ocean State	NECL	Smr		3	0	1.000	1.91	3.18	19	0	7	0	0	5	28.1	17	10	6	2	10	0	28	1	0	1	109	0.953	5.4	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.80
2016	20	-0.5	Kennesaw	ASun	NCAA		4	3	.571	2.96	4.14	37	0		0	0	4	45.2	30	21	15	0	25	3	52	4	2	2	195	1.204	5.9	0.0	4.9	10.2	2.08
2016	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	KCR	2	1	.667	1.80	3.24	21	0	18	0	0	9	25.0	14	9	5	0	9	0	30	1	0	3	97	0.920	5.0	0.0	3.2	10.8	3.33
2016	20	-1.4	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	0	1	.000	1.84	2.45	13	0	11	0	0	6	14.2	10	4	3	0	7	0	16	1	0	2	58	1.159	6.1	0.0	4.3	9.8	2.29
2016	20	-0.9	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.74	4.35	8	0	7	0	0	3	10.1	4	5	2	0	2	0	14	0	0	1	39	0.581	3.5	0.0	1.7	12.2	7.00
2017	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	4	2	.667	1.62	2.30	42	0	22	0	0	10	66.2	46	17	12	1	17	3	77	2	2	3	260	0.945	6.2	0.1	2.3	10.4	4.53
2017	21	-3.1	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	3	2	.600	2.16	3.24	21	0	9	0	0	3	33.1	28	12	8	1	13	3	36	0	1	1	137	1.230	7.6	0.3	3.5	9.7	2.77
2017	21	-1.8	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	1	0	1.000	1.08	1.35	21	0	13	0	0	7	33.1	18	5	4	0	4	0	41	2	1	2	123	0.660	4.9	0.0	1.1	11.1	10.25
2018	22	-4.6	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	3	.500	2.47	2.96	46	0	20	0	0	9	73.0	53	24	20	3	21	3	71	2	0	1	288	1.014	6.5	0.4	2.6	8.8	3.38
2019	23	-3.7	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	1	2	.333	3.08	3.76	24	0	13	0	0	4	26.1	26	11	9	1	7	2	29	2	0	0	112	1.253	8.9	0.3	2.4	9.9	4.14
2019	23	-5.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	3	.000	7.65	7.65	25	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	30	17	17	2	8	2	17	1	0	1	96	1.900	13.5	0.9	3.6	7.7	2.13
2020	24	-4.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2021	25	-2.0	Omaha	AAAE	AAA	KCR	0	0		1.08	1.08	7	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	5	1	1	0	4	1	9	1	0	1	33	1.080	5.4	0.0	4.3	9.7	2.25
2021	25	-3.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	20	0	2	0	0	1	20.2	16	9	8	3	6	1	23	1	0	1	84	1.065	7.0	1.3	2.6	10.0	3.83
2022	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	15	0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	20.3	9.00
2022	26	-1.0	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	11	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	21.0	7.00
2022	26	1.5	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2023	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	ATL	0	1	.000	7.50	7.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	5	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	26	1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	7.5	2.50
2023	27	0.1	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	7.20	7.20	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	22	1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
2023	27	5.1	Stockton	CALL	A	OAK	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
2023	27	-1.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	3	.000	4.63	5.01	27	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	15	13	12	3	10	0	24	3	0	0	96	1.071	5.8	1.2	3.9	9.3	2.40
2024	28	0.8	Iowa	IL	AAA	CHC	0	2	.000	7.56	7.56	8	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	17	7	7	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	43	2.160	18.4	0.0	1.1	17.3	16.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		2	6	.250	5.26	5.54	73	0	10	0	0	1	65.0	62	40	38	9	25	3	64	5	0	2	280	1.338	8.6	1.2	3.5	8.9	2.56
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		10	11	.476	2.44	3.06	157	0	77	0	0	32	217.2	167	74	59	6	62	9	246	10	2	8	874	1.052	6.9	0.2	2.6	10.2	3.97
College (1 season)					College		4	3	.571	2.96	4.14	37	0		0	0	4	45.2	30	21	15	0	25	3	52	4	2	2	195	1.204	5.9	0.0	4.9	10.2	2.08
Other (1 season)					Other		3	0	1.000	1.91	3.18	19	0	7	0	0	5	28.1	17	10	6	2	10	0	28	1	0	1	109	0.953	5.4	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.80
All Levels (10 Seasons)							19	20	.487	2.98	3.66	286	0	94	0	0	42	356.2	276	145	118	17	122	15	390	20	4	13	1458	1.116	7.0	0.4	3.1	9.8	3.20

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		4	8	.333	2.98	3.41	92	0	37	0	0	13	124.0	106	47	41	4	36	6	136	6	0	2	509	1.145	7.7	0.3	2.6	9.9	3.78
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.10	3.15	22	0	9	0	0	3	34.1	28	12	8	1	13	3	38	1	1	1	141	1.194	7.3	0.3	3.4	10.0	2.92
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.08	1.35	21	0	13	0	0	7	33.1	18	5	4	0	4	0	41	2	1	2	123	0.660	4.9	0.0	1.1	11.1	10.25
A (1 season)					Minors		0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.80	3.24	21	0	18	0	0	9	25.0	14	9	5	0	9	0	30	1	0	3	97	0.920	5.0	0.0	3.2	10.8	3.33