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Sean Manaea

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-5, 245lb (196cm, 111kg)

Born: February 1, 1992 in Valparaiso, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (34th) of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN).

High School: Andrean HS (Merrillville, IN)

School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2027, 3 yrs/$75M (25-27)

Service Time (01/2026): 9.157 • Free Agent: 2028

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Sean Anthony Manaea

Nicknames: Baby Giraffe, Da Kid or Manaealator

Pronunciation: \muh-NIY-uh\

Instagram: @seanmanaea

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.2

14.5

ERA

4.56

4.11

263

216

75.0

1320.0

1258

WHIP

1.320

1.209

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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
2011	19		Indiana State	MVC	NCAA					4.29	4.82		15			0		84.0	70	45	40		48		82					1.405	7.5		5.1	8.8	1.71
2012	20	-0.8	Indiana State	MVC	NCAA		5	3	.625	3.34	3.60	17	17			0	0	105.0	94	42	39	6	37	0	115	8	4	3	438	1.248	8.1	0.5	3.2	9.9	3.11
2012	20	-0.1	Hyannis	CCBL	Smr		5	1	.833	1.22	2.26	9	8	0	0	0	0	51.2	21	13	7	3	7	0	85	2	1	3	186	0.542	3.7	0.5	1.2	14.8	12.14
2013	21	0.5	Indiana State	MVC	NCAA		5	4	.556	1.47	2.09	13	13			0	0	73.1	49	17	12	3	27	2	93	5	5	4	295	1.036	6.0	0.4	3.3	11.4	3.44
2014	22	-0.7	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	7	8	.467	3.11	3.99	25	25	0	1	1	0	121.2	102	54	42	5	54	0	146	5	0	4	514	1.282	7.5	0.4	4.0	10.8	2.70
2015	23		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-Rk	KCR	7	1	.875	2.66	3.51	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.1	67	29	22	5	26	0	90	4	0	3	309	1.251	8.1	0.6	3.1	10.9	3.46
2015	23	-1.4	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	1	.000	5.14	6.43	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	4	1	6	0	11	1	0	1	36	2.143	11.6	1.3	7.7	14.1	1.83
2015	23	-1.4	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	6	0	1.000	1.90	2.32	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.2	34	11	9	3	15	0	51	1	0	1	173	1.148	7.2	0.6	3.2	10.8	3.40
2015	23	0.1	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	1	0	1.000	3.66	5.49	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	22	12	8	0	4	0	22	1	0	0	81	1.322	10.1	0.0	1.8	10.1	5.50
2015	23	2.5	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	1	19	0.600	3.6	1.8	1.8	10.8	6.00
2015	23	-0.1	Mesa	AZFL	Fal		0	2	.000	3.86	4.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	25.2	22	12	11	0	6	0	33	1	1	3	106	1.091	7.7	0.0	2.1	11.6	5.50
2016	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	OAK	2	0	1.000	2.08	2.08	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	18	5	5	2	6	0	24	0	0	1	88	1.108	7.5	0.8	2.5	10.0	4.00
2016	24	-2.7	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	2	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	3	3	1	4	0	21	0	0	1	73	1.111	8.0	0.5	2.0	10.5	5.25
2016	24	0.9	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	0	0		4.91	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.50
2016	24	-4.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	7	9	.438	3.86	4.04	25	24	0	0	0	0	144.2	135	65	62	20	37	1	124	4	0	3	594	1.189	8.4	1.2	2.3	7.7	3.35
2017	25	-1.6	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	0		2.25	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	1.250	9.0	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
2017	25	-3.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	12	10	.545	4.37	4.99	29	29	0	0	0	0	158.2	167	88	77	18	55	1	140	10	0	8	692	1.399	9.5	1.0	3.1	7.9	2.55
2018	26	-2.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	12	9	.571	3.59	3.75	27	27	0	1	1	0	160.2	141	67	64	21	32	1	108	8	0	9	654	1.077	7.9	1.2	1.8	6.0	3.38
2019	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	OAK	3	3	.500	4.71	5.45	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.1	30	22	19	6	10	0	53	1	0	2	147	1.101	7.4	1.5	2.5	13.1	5.30
2019	27	0.3	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	1	.750	3.21	3.54	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	16	11	10	5	6	0	43	1	0	1	105	0.786	5.1	1.6	1.9	13.8	7.17
2019	27	3.8	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	0	2	.000	9.72	11.88	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.1	14	11	9	1	4	0	10	0	0	1	42	2.160	15.1	1.1	4.3	10.8	2.50
2019	27	-1.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	0	1.000	1.21	1.21	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.2	16	4	4	3	7	0	30	2	0	1	109	0.775	4.9	0.9	2.1	9.1	4.29
2020	28	-0.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	4	3	.571	4.50	5.33	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	57	32	27	7	8	0	45	1	0	1	222	1.204	9.5	1.2	1.3	7.5	5.63
2021	29	0.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	11	10	.524	3.91	3.96	32	32	0	2	2	0	179.1	179	79	78	25	41	0	194	9	1	5	754	1.227	9.0	1.3	2.1	9.7	4.73
2022	30	0.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	8	9	.471	4.96	5.41	30	28	1	0	0	0	158.0	155	95	87	29	50	1	156	3	0	0	671	1.297	8.8	1.7	2.8	8.9	3.12
2023	31	1.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	7	6	.538	4.44	5.20	37	10	2	0	0	1	117.2	104	68	58	14	42	0	128	8	0	3	499	1.241	8.0	1.1	3.2	9.8	3.05
2024	32	2.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	12	6	.667	3.47	3.72	32	32	0	0	0	0	181.2	134	75	70	21	63	0	184	9	0	4	738	1.084	6.6	1.0	3.1	9.1	2.92
2025	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-AA	NYM	0	1	.000	6.27	7.23	6	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	23	15	13	2	5	0	23	3	1	1	88	1.500	11.1	1.0	2.4	11.1	4.60
2025	33	5.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	0	0		4.00	4.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	12	0	1	0	34	0.778	6.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	12.00
2025	33	8.3	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		6.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2025	33	9.8	Brooklyn	SALL	A+	NYM	0	1	.000	9.45	10.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	8	7	1	3	0	8	3	0	1	38	2.100	14.9	1.4	4.1	10.8	2.67
2025	33	3.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	4	.333	5.64	5.64	15	12	2	0	0	0	60.2	62	38	38	13	12	0	75	7	0	2	263	1.220	9.2	1.9	1.8	11.1	6.25
2026	34	4.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	2	4	.333	4.56	5.40	20	6	6	0	0	0	75.0	75	45	38	10	24	0	74	8	0	2	329	1.320	9.0	1.2	2.9	8.9	3.08
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 (11 seasons)					Majors		81	70	.536	4.11	4.47	263	216	11	3	3	1	1320.0	1225	656	603	181	371	4	1258	69	1	38	5525	1.209	8.4	1.2	2.5	8.6	3.39
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		19	13	.594	3.32	4.13	58	57	0	1	1	0	276.2	244	127	102	20	102	0	341	13	1	11	1164	1.251	7.9	0.7	3.3	11.1	3.34
College (3 seasons)					College		10	7		3.12	3.57	30	45			0	0	262.1	213	104	91	9	112	2	290	13	9	7	733	1.239	7.3		3.8	9.9	2.59
Other (2 seasons)					Other		5	3	.625	2.09	2.91	15	14	0	0	0	0	77.1	43	25	18	3	13	0	118	3	2	6	292	0.724	5.0	0.3	1.5	13.7	9.08
All Levels (16 Seasons)							115	93		3.78	4.24	366	332	11	4	4	1	1936.1	1725	912	814	213	598	6	2007	98	13	62	7714	1.200	8.0		2.8	9.3	3.36

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		5	1	.833	2.75	3.05	11	10	0	0	0	0	59.0	42	20	18	7	12	0	81	1	1	2	230	0.915	6.4	1.1	1.8	12.4	6.75
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	1	.857	2.56	3.25	10	10	0	0	0	0	52.2	49	19	15	4	22	0	65	2	0	2	225	1.348	8.4	0.7	3.8	11.1	2.95
A+ (5 seasons)					Minors		8	11	.421	3.83	4.89	36	36	0	1	1	0	160.0	151	87	68	8	67	0	189	9	0	6	690	1.363	8.5	0.5	3.8	10.6	2.82
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	1	19	0.600	3.6	1.8	1.8	10.8	6.00
Fal (1 season)					Other		0	2	.000	3.86	4.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	25.2	22	12	11	0	6	0	33	1	1	3	106	1.091	7.7	0.0	2.1	11.6	5.50
Smr (1 season)					Other		5	1	.833	1.22	2.26	9	8	0	0	0	0	51.2	21	13	7	3	7	0	85	2	1	3	186	0.542	3.7	0.5	1.2	14.8	12.14