Kirby Yates

Q: When was Kirby Yates born?

Kirby Yates was born on March 25, 1987.

Q: Where was Kirby Yates born?

Kirby Yates was born in Lihue, HI .

Q: How tall is Kirby Yates?

Kirby Yates is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

Q: How much does Kirby Yates weigh?

Kirby Yates weighs 205 lbs (92 kg).

Q: How many seasons has Kirby Yates played?

Kirby Yates is in his 10th season.

Q: When was Kirby Yates drafted?

Kirby Yates was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kauai HS (Lihue, HI) .

Q: How many strikeouts does Kirby Yates have?

Kirby Yates had 85 strikeouts last season and has 571 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How much is Kirby Yates worth?

Kirby Yates made $4,500,000.00 last year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$4.5M (24).

Q: How many teams has Kirby Yates played for?

Kirby Yates has played for 6 teams; the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers.

Q: How many World Series has Kirby Yates won?

Kirby Yates has never won a World Series.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 205lb (178cm, 92kg)

Team: Texas Rangers (majors)

Born: March 25, 1987 in Lihue, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kauai HS (Lihue, HI).

High School: Kauai HS (Lihue, HI)

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: June 7, 2014 (Age 27-074d, 20,648th in major league history)
vs. SEA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$4.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.021 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Kirby Kali Yates

Nicknames: Kirbs or Chubbs Senior

Twitter: @KauaiKirby39

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Relatives: Brother of Tyler Yates

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

3.3

9.0

ERA

1.17

3.17

422

61.2

411.1

571

WHIP

0.827

1.113

10/8 The Rangers never seemed to snap out of a World Series hangover, as the team stumbled to a 78-84 record one year after capturing its first championship. Texas now has several holes to be filled on the
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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	BB	SO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	WPA	aLI	cWPA	RE24
2024-09-28	TEX	@	LAA	W 9-8	9-GF, S	0	1.0	0	1	3	9	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0.198	2.62	0.00%	0.494
2024-09-27	TEX	@	LAA	W 5-2	9-GF, S	4	1.0	1	0	4	20	13	4	2	1	2	1	0	0.040	0.55	0.00%	0.494
2024-09-22	TEX		SEA	W 6-5	9-GF, W	3	1.0	0	1	3	17	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	0.133	1.78	0.00%	0.479
2024-09-18	TEX		TOR	W 2-0	9-GF, S	0	1.0	0	2	3	15	11	5	2	0	1	0	0	0.071	0.93	0.00%	0.480
2024-09-17	TEX		TOR	W 13-8	9-GF	4	1.0	2	0	5	27	15	4	1	0	3	0	1	0.006	0.13	0.00%	0.480

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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
2009	22	TBR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	2.39	14	0	12	0	0	4	26.1	22	7	7	0	8	1	49	5	0	4	111			1.139	7.5	0.0	2.7	16.7	6.13	PRI APPY
2010	23	TBR-min	A,A+	3	6	.333	3.40	28	13	14	0	0	5	95.1	80	44	36	9	43	3	100	5	1	5	400			1.290	7.6	0.8	4.1	9.4	2.33	BWG,POE MIDW,FLOR
2011	24	TBR-min	A+,Rk	2	1	.667	1.80	20	4	11	0	0	2	40.0	20	9	8	0	24	0	48	6	2	1	166			1.100	4.5	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00	POE,DVS FLOR,GULF
2012	25	TBR-min	AA	4	2	.667	2.65	50	0	39	0	0	16	68.0	48	21	20	4	39	2	94	1	0	8	285			1.279	6.4	0.5	5.2	12.4	2.41	MTG SOUL
2013	26	TBR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.90	51	0	38	0	0	20	61.2	38	14	13	2	23	2	93	5	0	6	249			0.989	5.5	0.3	3.4	13.6	4.04	DHM IL
2014	27	TBR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.36	21	0	21	0	0	16	25.0	10	1	1	0	9	0	35	1	1	0	97			0.760	3.6	0.0	3.2	12.6	3.89	DHM IL
2014	27	TBR	AL	0	2	.000	3.75	37	0	12	0	0	1	36.0	33	16	15	4	15	3	42	3	0	2	156	100	3.74	1.333	8.3	1.0	3.8	10.5	2.80
2015	28	TBR-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	5.60	25	1	10	0	0	6	27.1	29	19	17	5	13	0	36	2	0	3	127			1.537	9.5	1.6	4.3	11.9	2.77	DHM,POE IL,FLOR
2015	28	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	7.97	20	0	10	0	0	0	20.1	23	18	18	10	7	0	21	1	0	0	92	50	8.64	1.475	10.2	4.4	3.1	9.3	3.00
2016	29	NYY-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.62	14	0	10	0	0	4	16.2	12	3	3	0	6	0	19	1	1	2	69			1.080	6.5	0.0	3.2	10.3	3.17	SWB IL
2016	29	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	5.23	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	5	19	1	50	4	0	1	184	83	3.97	1.452	8.9	1.1	4.1	10.9	2.63
2017	30	LAA-min	AAA	0	0		2.57	6	0	1	0	0	1	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	14	1	0	0	33			1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	18.0	4.67	SLK PCL
2017	30	TOT	MLB	4	5	.444	3.97	62	0	12	0	0	1	56.2	44	28	25	12	19	2	88	2	1	0	231	107	3.92	1.112	7.0	1.9	3.0	14.0	4.63
2017	30	LAA	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	32	27.16	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	9.0
2017	30	SDP	NL	4	5	.444	3.72	61	0	12	0	0	1	55.2	42	26	23	10	19	2	87	2	1	0	226	114	3.50	1.096	6.8	1.6	3.1	14.1	4.58
2018	31	SDP	NL	5	3	.625	2.14	65	0	28	0	0	12	63.0	41	15	15	6	17	0	90	4	0	2	250	180	2.54	0.921	5.9	0.9	2.4	12.9	5.29
2019	32	SDP	NL	0	5	.000	1.19	60	0	51	0	0	41	60.2	41	14	8	2	13	1	101	7	0	2	243	354	1.30	0.890	6.1	0.3	1.9	15.0	7.77	AS,CYA-9
2020	33	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	12.46	6	0	3	0	0	2	4.1	7	6	6	1	4	0	8	0	0	2	25	36	5.27	2.538	14.5	2.1	8.3	16.6	2.00
2021			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injury)
2022	35	ATL-min	AAA,AA,Rk	0	0		1.08	8	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	32			0.720	4.3	0.0	2.2	10.8	5.00	GWI,MSS,KIS IL,SOUL,FCL
2022	35	ATL	NL	0	0		5.14	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	6	0	0	2	33	84	7.25	1.571	7.7	2.6	6.4	7.7	1.20
2023	36	ATL	NL	7	2	.778	3.28	61	0	16	0	0	5	60.1	35	22	22	9	37	1	80	5	1	5	254	133	4.63	1.193	5.2	1.3	5.5	11.9	2.16
2024	37	TEX	AL	7	2	.778	1.17	61	0	50	0	0	33	61.2	23	10	8	3	28	5	85	2	2	1	237	340	2.50	0.827	3.4	0.4	4.1	12.4	3.04	AS
10 Yrs				26	21	.553	3.17	422	0	196	0	0	95	411.1	294	157	145	54	164	13	571	28	4	17	1705	130	3.51	1.113	6.4	1.2	3.6	12.5	3.48
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.553	3.17	68	0	32	0	0	15	66	47	25	23	9	26	2	92	5	1	3	275	130	3.51	1.113	6.4	1.2	3.6	12.5	3.48

SDP (4 yrs)				9	14	.391	2.55	192	0	94	0	0	56	183.2	131	61	52	19	53	3	286	13	1	6	744	161	2.49	1.002	6.4	0.9	2.6	14.0	5.40
TBR (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.27	57	0	22	0	0	1	56.1	56	34	33	14	22	3	63	4	0	2	248	73	5.51	1.385	8.9	2.2	3.5	10.1	2.86
ATL (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	3.48	70	0	19	0	0	5	67.1	41	26	26	11	42	1	86	5	1	7	287	125	4.90	1.233	5.5	1.5	5.6	11.5	2.05
TEX (1 yr)				7	2	.778	1.17	61	0	50	0	0	33	61.2	23	10	8	3	28	5	85	2	2	1	237	340	2.50	0.827	3.4	0.4	4.1	12.4	3.04
LAA (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	32	27.16	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	9.0
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.23	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	5	19	1	50	4	0	1	184	83	3.97	1.452	8.9	1.1	4.1	10.9	2.63

NL (6 yrs)				16	16	.500	2.80	262	0	113	0	0	61	251.0	172	87	78	30	95	4	372	18	2	13	1031	149	3.13	1.064	6.2	1.1	3.4	13.3	3.92
AL (5 yrs)				10	5	.667	3.76	160	0	83	0	0	34	160.1	122	70	67	24	69	9	199	10	2	4	674	107	4.09	1.191	6.8	1.3	3.9	11.2	2.88

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kirby Yates?

Kirby Yates is 37 years old.

When was Kirby Yates born?

Kirby Yates was born on March 25, 1987.

Where was Kirby Yates born?

Kirby Yates was born in Lihue, HI.

How tall is Kirby Yates?

Kirby Yates is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much does Kirby Yates weigh?

Kirby Yates weighs 205 lbs (92 kg).

How many seasons has Kirby Yates played?

Kirby Yates is in his 10th season.

When was Kirby Yates drafted?

Kirby Yates was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kauai HS (Lihue, HI).

What position does Kirby Yates play?

Kirby Yates is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Kirby Yates have?

Kirby Yates had 85 strikeouts last season and has 571 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Kirby Yates worth?

Kirby Yates made $4,500,000.00 last year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$4.5M (24).

How many teams has Kirby Yates played for?

Kirby Yates has played for 6 teams; the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers.

How many World Series has Kirby Yates won?

Kirby Yates has never won a World Series.

What is Kirby Yates' Twitter account?

Kirby Yates is on Twitter at KauaiKirby39.

What are Kirby Yates' nicknames?

Kirbs, Chubbs Senior are nicknames for Kirby Yates.

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