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Derek Law

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: September 14, 1990 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 28th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton LaSalle Catholic HS (Pittsburgh, PA) and the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL).

High School: Seton LaSalle Catholic HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

School: Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.081 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Derek Robert Law

Nicknames: D-Law or Lawdog

Twitter: @DerekLaw64

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.9

4.1

ERA

2.60

3.69

322

90.0

346.0

316

WHIP

1.178

1.370

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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	20	-0.9	Giants	ARIZ	Rk	SFG	0	0		2.50	3.00	15	0	8	0	0	4	18.0	16	6	5	0	2	0	19	0	0	2	72	1.000	8.0	0.0	1.0	9.5	9.50
2012	21	-0.6	Augusta	SALL	A	SFG	5	2	.714	2.91	3.23	32	0	8	0	0	2	55.2	45	20	18	6	23	0	67	2	0	8	235	1.222	7.3	1.0	3.7	10.8	2.91
2013	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-A+-Rk	SFG	5	3	.625	2.31	2.85	46	0	27	0	0	14	66.1	51	21	17	2	12	3	102	2	0	11	263	0.950	6.9	0.3	1.6	13.8	8.50
2013	22	-1.2	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	4	0	1.000	2.10	2.45	22	0	21	0	0	11	25.2	20	7	6	1	1	0	45	1	0	5	98	0.818	7.0	0.4	0.4	15.8	45.00
2013	22	0.3	Augusta	SALL	A	SFG	0	3	.000	2.31	3.09	19	0	5	0	0	3	35.0	27	12	9	1	10	3	48	1	0	4	144	1.057	6.9	0.3	2.6	12.3	4.80
2013	22	1.6	Giants	ARIZ	Rk	SFG	1	0	1.000	3.18	3.18	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	2	21	0.882	6.4	0.0	1.6	14.3	9.00
2013	22	-1.0	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.73	11	0	8	0	0	0	12.1	8	1	0	0	6	0	16	0	0	1	50	1.135	5.8	0.0	4.4	11.7	2.67
2014	23	-1.6	Richmond	EL	AA	SFG	2	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	27	0	24	0	0	13	28.0	19	8	8	1	14	0	29	1	0	1	113	1.179	6.1	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.07
2015	24	-0.6	Richmond	EL	AA	SFG	0	1	.000	4.56	5.61	28	0	21	0	0	13	25.2	31	16	13	1	8	0	32	0	0	6	116	1.519	10.9	0.4	2.8	11.2	4.00
2016	25	-1.7	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
2016	25	-3.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	2	.667	2.13	2.13	61	0	12	0	0	1	55.0	44	13	13	3	9	0	50	0	0	1	214	0.964	7.2	0.5	1.5	8.2	5.56
2017	26	-0.6	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	1	.500	2.48	2.48	25	0	20	0	0	10	32.2	32	9	9	1	12	1	26	0	0	3	137	1.347	8.8	0.3	3.3	7.2	2.17
2017	26	-2.4	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	1	.800	5.06	5.06	41	0	12	0	0	4	37.1	45	21	21	5	14	2	35	2	0	5	168	1.580	10.8	1.2	3.4	8.4	2.50
2018	27	0.4	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	3	.250	4.20	4.87	33	0	21	0	0	8	40.2	34	22	19	2	9	1	43	1	0	0	160	1.057	7.5	0.4	2.0	9.5	4.78
2018	27	-1.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	0	1.000	7.43	8.78	7	0	4	0	0	0	13.1	16	13	11	2	8	0	12	1	0	1	66	1.800	10.8	1.4	5.4	8.1	1.50
2019	28	1.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	2	1	.667	1.69	2.53	8	0	5	0	0	2	10.2	7	3	2	1	3	0	17	0	0	1	42	0.938	5.9	0.8	2.5	14.3	5.67
2019	28	-0.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	2	.333	4.90	5.34	58	4	18	0	0	5	60.2	61	36	33	8	40	3	67	3	0	7	285	1.665	9.0	1.2	5.9	9.9	1.68

2021	30	3.0	St. Paul	AAAE	AAA	MIN	1	1	.500	2.54	2.54	18	3	7	0	0	4	28.1	25	8	8	1	12	0	28	0	0	4	117	1.306	7.9	0.3	3.8	8.9	2.33
2021	30	1.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		4.20	4.20	9	0	4	0	0	0	15.0	16	7	7	2	8	0	14	0	0	1	67	1.600	9.6	1.2	4.8	8.4	1.75
2022	31		2 Teams	IL	AAA	CIN-DET	1	3	.250	2.87	3.06	39	0	30	0	0	15	47.0	41	16	15	2	13	2	47	1	2	2	190	1.149	7.9	0.4	2.5	9.0	3.62
2022	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	2	3	.400	4.12	5.95	17	0	2	0	0	0	19.2	23	13	9	3	8	0	17	2	0	1	92	1.576	10.5	1.4	3.7	7.8	2.13
2022	31	4.0	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	3	.250	3.23	3.46	33	0	29	0	0	15	39.0	37	15	14	2	10	2	44	1	2	1	162	1.205	8.5	0.5	2.3	10.2	4.40
2022	31	4.0	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		1.13	1.13	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	28	0.875	4.5	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
2022	31	1.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	2	.500	4.08	4.08	15	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	19	8	8	2	7	0	15	1	0	0	79	1.472	9.7	1.0	3.6	7.6	2.14
2022	31	2.6	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	4.50	22.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	5	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	13	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	9.0	2.00
2023	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2023	32	5.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2023	32	8.9	Dayton	MIDW	A+	CIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2023	32	2.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	4	6	.400	3.60	3.93	54	3	13	0	0	2	55.0	50	24	22	6	26	0	45	3	0	5	240	1.382	8.2	1.0	4.3	7.4	1.73
2024	33	3.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	7	4	.636	2.60	3.10	75	0	8	0	0	1	90.0	82	31	26	7	24	0	76	1	0	6	365	1.178	8.2	0.7	2.4	7.6	3.17
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 (8 seasons)					Majors		23	18	.561	3.69	4.11	322	7	73	0	0	13	346.0	337	158	142	36	137	5	316	12	0	27	1497	1.370	8.8	0.9	3.6	8.2	2.31
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		18	15	.545	2.86	3.23	277	4	172	0	0	85	359.0	305	129	114	17	109	7	416	7	2	38	1469	1.153	7.6	0.4	2.7	10.4	3.82
Other (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.73	11	0	8	0	0	0	12.1	8	1	0	0	6	0	16	0	0	1	50	1.135	5.8	0.0	4.4	11.7	2.67
All Levels (13 Seasons)							42	33	.560	3.21	3.61	610	11	253	0	0	98	717.1	650	288	256	53	252	12	748	19	2	66	3016	1.257	8.2	0.7	3.2	9.4	2.97

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		6	9	.400	2.90	3.18	128	3	84	0	0	39	164.1	143	58	53	7	50	4	166	2	2	10	667	1.174	7.8	0.4	2.7	9.1	3.32
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	3.52	4.02	55	0	45	0	0	26	53.2	50	24	21	2	22	0	61	1	0	7	229	1.342	8.4	0.3	3.7	10.2	2.77
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		4	0	1.000	2.03	2.36	23	1	21	0	0	11	26.2	20	7	6	1	1	0	46	1	0	5	101	0.788	6.8	0.3	0.3	15.5	46.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		5	5	.500	2.68	3.18	51	0	13	0	0	5	90.2	72	32	27	7	33	3	115	3	0	12	379	1.158	7.1	0.7	3.3	11.4	3.48
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.66	3.04	20	0	9	0	0	4	23.2	20	8	7	0	3	0	28	0	0	4	93	0.972	7.6	0.0	1.1	10.6	9.33