Ken Waldichuk

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Team: Oakland Athletics (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: January 8, 1998 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft from Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA).

School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Debut: September 1, 2022 (Age 24-236d, 22,800th in major league history)
vs. WSN 4.2 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.035 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Kenneth Dieter Waldichuk

Twitter: @Ken_Waldichuk

Instagram: @ken_waldichuk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

ERA

5.28

175.2

165

WHIP

1.491

Summary of 29 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
OAK	29

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Away	15
Home	14

Outs
0	12
1	9
2	8

13 Opps
LAA	6
TBR	4
CHW	3
KCR	2
NYM	2
ATL	2
BOS	2
BAL	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
DET	1

29 Batters
Freddy Fermin	1
Harold Ramírez	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Adolis García	1
Vaughn Grissom	1
James McCann	1
Mike Trout	1
Yordan Alvarez	1
Mickey Moniak	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Elvis Andrus	1
Luis Robert Jr.	1
Masataka Yoshida	1
Justin Turner	1
Juan Soto	1
Dansby Swanson	1
Isaac Paredes	1
Austin Hays	1
Logan O'Hoppe	1
Brandon Drury	1
Chad Wallach	1
Nick Senzel	1
Pete Alonso	1
Carson Kelly	1
Kyle Tucker	1
Christian Bethancourt	1
Andrew Benintendi	1
Mark Vientos	1
Manuel Margot	1

8 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	14
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	9
78	8
89	5
9	5
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	7
1	6
3	6
5	5
4	3
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	6
-2-	4
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

45 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	16
1 on	11
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	3
4	5
5	8
6	2
7	1
8	1

1-3	12
4-6	15
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	9
Tied	8
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-1	6
0-1	5
1-2	4
1-0	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
3-2	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	6
DH	5
CF	4
1B	3
RF	3
LF	3
2B	2
SS	2
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	6
8th	6
5th	4
6th	4
7th	3
2nd	3
4th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2022-09-07	Vaughn Grissom	ATL	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	4	22%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. d'Arnaud Scores
2	2	2	2	2022-09-07	Dansby Swanson	ATL	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BCFFBBX	1	2	6	19%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
3	3	3	1	2022-09-13	Adolis García	TEX		OAK	behind 3-7	b 5	1	--3	4,(1-2) SBFX	2	4	9	11%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Mathias Scores
4	4	4	1	2022-09-24	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	3	16%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Canha Scores
5	5	5	2	2022-09-24	Mark Vientos	NYM	@	OAK	behind 3-4	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	8	DH	11%	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2023-04-02	Logan O'Hoppe	LAA	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BCX	3	8	2	30%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Renfroe Scores; L. Rengifo Scores
7	7	2	2	2023-04-02	Mike Trout	LAA	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	8	8%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Ward Scores
8	8	3	3	2023-04-02	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@	OAK	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	4	1	2023-04-07	Harold Ramírez	TBR		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	5	2	2023-04-07	Isaac Paredes	TBR		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	123	3,(1-1) FBX	4	3	5	23%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Siri Scores; C. Bethancourt Scores; T. Walls Scores
11	11	6	3	2023-04-07	Manuel Margot	TBR		OAK	ahead 6-2	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	6	9	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	7	4	2023-04-07	Christian Bethancourt	TBR		OAK	ahead 7-2	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	8	1	2023-04-24	Brandon Drury	LAA		OAK	behind 0-5	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	3	5%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	9	2	2023-04-24	Chad Wallach	LAA		OAK	behind 1-7	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	4%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	10	1	2023-04-30	Nick Senzel	CIN	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	10%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	11	1	2023-05-06	Freddy Fermin	KCR		OAK	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	2	7%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	12	2	2023-05-06	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR		OAK	behind 2-5	b 4	0	-2-	5,(2-2) BBFSX	2	1	6	15%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bradley Scores
18	18	13	1	2023-05-19	Kyle Tucker	HOU		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	14%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Abreu Scores
19	19	14	1	2023-05-28	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	15	1	2023-07-09	Masataka Yoshida	BOS		OAK	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	6,(1-2) CCBFFX	1	5	DH	25%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	16	1	2023-07-19	Justin Turner	BOS	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	4,(2-1) 1BC>B.X	2	3	3	16%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Refsnyder Scores
22	22	17	1	2023-08-19	Austin Hays	BAL	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
23	23	18	2	2023-08-19	James McCann	BAL	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	14%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	19	1	2023-08-24	Andrew Benintendi	CHW		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	2	7	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	20	2	2023-08-24	Elvis Andrus	CHW		OAK	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	5,(1-2) BS.FFX	1	7	4	13%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	21	3	2023-08-24	Luis Robert Jr.	CHW		OAK	tied 3-3	b 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) F*BX	2	3	8	25%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Benintendi Scores/unER; L. Robert Scores/unER
27	27	22	1	2023-09-17	Juan Soto	SDP	@	OAK	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	3	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); F. Tatís Scores
28	28	23	1	2023-09-22	Carson Kelly	DET	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 5	1	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	8	2	24%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Báez Scores
29	29	24	1	2023-09-29	Mickey Moniak	LAA		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	7	8	12%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. O'Hoppe Scores