Zack Greinke

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Apopka HS (Apopka, FL).

High School: Apopka HS (Apopka, FL)

Debut: May 22, 2004 (Age 20-214d, 16,057th in MLB history)
vs. OAK 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

2019 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 6 yrs/$206.5M (16-21)

Service Time (01/2019): 14.057 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: Excel Sports Management • Previously: Relativity Baseball

Full Name: Donald Zachary Greinke

Pronunciation: \GRAYN-kee\

Cy Young
5x All-Star
5x Gold Glove
Silver Slugger
2x ERA Title

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SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

4.8

65.7

W

187

L

118

ERA

3.21

3.39

G

455

GS

414

SV

IP

207.2

2663.1

SO

199

2435

WHIP

1.079

1.173

2/22 As he closes in on his 30th birthday and the start of his tenth season of action in the big leagues, Chris Sale (through his reps at Jet Sports Management) is engaged in at least some level of discussion
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Projections

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2002	18	KCR-min	Rk,A-,A+	0	0		3.97	6	5	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	5	5	0	3	0	9	0	0	2	48			1.412	10.3	0.0	2.4	7.1	3.00	DVT,SPO,WMT GULF,NORW,CARL
2003	19	KCR-min	A+,AA	15	4	.789	1.93	23	23	0	3	1	0	140.0	114	36	30	10	18	2	112	5	0	1	544			0.943	7.3	0.6	1.2	7.2	6.22	WMT,WCH CARL,TL
2004	20	KCR-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	25	8	8	2	6	0	23	2	1	2	119			1.081	7.8	0.6	1.9	7.2	3.83	OMA PCL
2004	20	KCR	AL	8	11	.421	3.97	24	24	0	0	0	0	145.0	143	64	64	26	26	3	100	8	1	1	599	120	4.70	1.166	8.9	1.6	1.6	6.2	3.85	RoY-4
2005	21	KCR	AL	5	17	.227	5.80	33	33	0	2	0	0	183.0	233	125	118	23	53	0	114	13	2	4	829	76	4.49	1.563	11.5	1.1	2.6	5.6	2.15
2006	22	KCR-min	AA	8	3	.727	4.34	18	17	0	1	0	0	105.2	96	53	51	12	27	0	94	6	0	6	438			1.164	8.2	1.0	2.3	8.0	3.48	WCH TL
2006	22	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	4.26	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	7	3	3	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	28	116	5.04	1.579	9.9	1.4	4.3	7.1	1.67
2007	23	KCR	AL	7	7	.500	3.69	52	14	7	0	0	1	122.0	122	52	50	12	36	5	106	3	1	3	507	124	3.74	1.295	9.0	0.9	2.7	7.8	2.94
2008	24	KCR	AL	13	10	.565	3.47	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.1	202	87	78	21	56	1	183	4	1	8	851	125	3.56	1.275	9.0	0.9	2.5	8.1	3.27
2009	25	KCR	AL	16	8	.667	*2.16*	33	33	0	6	3	0	229.1	195	64	55	11	51	0	242	4	0	5	915	*205*	*2.33*	1.073	7.7	0.4	2.0	9.5	4.75	AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010	26	KCR	AL	10	14	.417	4.17	33	33	0	3	0	0	220.0	219	114	102	18	55	1	181	7	0	4	919	100	3.34	1.245	9.0	0.7	2.3	7.4	3.29
2011	27	MIL-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	13	0	0	0	43			1.219	9.3	0.8	1.7	11.0	6.50	NVL,BRE PCL,FLOR
2011	27	MIL	NL	16	6	.727	3.83	28	28	0	0	0	0	171.2	161	82	73	19	45	0	201	4	0	10	715	103	2.98	1.200	8.4	1.0	2.4	*10.5*	4.47
2012	28	TOT	MLB	15	5	.750	3.48	34	34	0	0	0	0	212.1	200	84	82	18	54	0	200	2	0	8	868	115	3.10	1.196	8.5	0.8	2.3	8.5	3.70
2012	28	MIL	NL	9	3	.750	3.44	21	21	0	0	0	0	123.0	120	49	47	7	28	0	122	0	0	4	504	120	2.53	1.203	8.8	0.5	2.0	8.9	4.36
2012	28	LAA	AL	6	2	.750	3.53	13	13	0	0	0	0	89.1	80	35	35	11	26	0	78	2	0	4	364	108	3.89	1.187	8.1	1.1	2.6	7.9	3.00
2013	29	LAD-min	A+	0	0		6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	8	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	21			1.385	12.5	2.1	0.0	8.3		RCU CALL
2013	29	LAD	NL	15	4	.789	2.63	28	28	0	1	1	0	177.2	152	54	52	13	46	1	148	7	0	5	717	135	3.23	1.114	7.7	0.7	2.3	7.5	3.22	CYA-8,SS
2014	30	LAD	NL	17	8	.680	2.71	32	32	0	0	0	0	202.1	190	69	61	19	43	3	207	2	0	12	821	129	2.97	1.152	8.5	0.8	1.9	9.2	4.81	AS,CYA-7,GG
2015	31	LAD	NL	19	3	*.864*	*1.66*	32	32	0	1	0	0	222.2	148	43	41	14	40	1	200	5	0	7	843	*222*	2.76	*0.844*	6.0	0.6	1.6	8.1	5.00	AS,CYA-2,MVP-7,GG
2016	32	ARI-min	AAA,Rk	0	2	.000	5.62	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	13	6	5	2	2	0	10	0	0	1	38			1.875	14.6	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00	REN,DKS PCL,ARIZ
2016	32	ARI	NL	13	7	.650	4.37	26	26	0	1	1	0	158.2	161	80	77	23	41	3	134	0	0	1	667	102	4.12	1.273	9.1	1.3	2.3	7.6	3.27	GG
2017	33	ARI	NL	17	7	.708	3.20	32	32	0	1	0	0	202.1	172	80	72	25	45	0	215	0	0	12	801	147	3.31	1.072	7.7	1.1	2.0	9.6	4.78	AS,CYA-4,MVP-20,GG
2018	34	ARI	NL	15	11	.577	3.21	33	33	0	0	0	0	207.2	181	77	74	28	43	3	199	6	0	4	839	135	3.71	1.079	7.8	1.2	1.9	8.6	4.63	AS,GG
15 Yrs				187	118	.613	3.39	455	414	8	16	5	1	2663.1	2486	1078	1002	271	637	23	2435	65	5	84	10919	124	3.39	1.173	8.4	0.9	2.2	8.2	3.82
162 Game Avg.				15	9	.613	3.39	36	32	1	1	0	0	208	195	84	78	21	50	2	191	5	0	7	854	124	3.39	1.173	8.4	0.9	2.2	8.2	3.82
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
KCR (7 yrs)				60	67	.472	3.82	210	169	8	12	3	1	1108.0	1121	509	470	112	280	12	931	39	5	25	4648	116	3.59	1.264	9.1	0.9	2.3	7.6	3.33
ARI (3 yrs)				45	25	.643	3.53	91	91	0	2	1	0	568.2	514	237	223	76	129	6	548	6	0	17	2307	127	3.68	1.131	8.1	1.2	2.0	8.7	4.25
LAD (3 yrs)				51	15	.773	2.30	92	92	0	2	1	0	602.2	490	166	154	46	129	5	555	14	0	24	2381	156	2.97	1.027	7.3	0.7	1.9	8.3	4.30
MIL (2 yrs)				25	9	.735	3.67	49	49	0	0	0	0	294.2	281	131	120	26	73	0	323	4	0	14	1219	110	2.79	1.201	8.6	0.8	2.2	9.9	4.42
LAA (1 yr)				6	2	.750	3.53	13	13	0	0	0	0	89.1	80	35	35	11	26	0	78	2	0	4	364	108	3.89	1.187	8.1	1.1	2.6	7.9	3.00

NL (8 yrs)				121	49	.712	3.05	232	232	0	4	2	0	1466.0	1285	534	497	148	331	11	1426	24	0	55	5907	132	3.21	1.102	7.9	0.9	2.0	8.8	4.31
AL (8 yrs)				66	69	.489	3.80	223	182	8	12	3	1	1197.1	1201	544	505	123	306	12	1009	41	5	29	5012	115	3.62	1.259	9.0	0.9	2.3	7.6	3.30

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