Richard Lovelady

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (minors, 40-man)

Born: July 7, 1995 in Hinesville, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA).

School: Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)

Debut: April 9, 2019 (Age 23-276d, 19,461st in MLB history)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 0.100 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Richard Tyler Lovelady

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Career

WAR

-0.4

W

L

ERA

7.71

G

GS

SV

IP

21.0

SO

WHIP

1.905

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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
2015	19	-1.1	Ocean State	NECL	Smr		3	0	1.000	1.91	3.18	19	0	7	0	0	5	28.1	17	10	6	2	10	0	28	1	0	1	109	0.953	5.4	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.80
2016	20	-0.5	Kennesaw	ASun	NCAA		4	3	.571	2.96	4.14	37	0			0	4	45.2	30	21	15	0	25		52	4	2	2	195	1.204	5.9	0.0	4.9	10.2	2.08
2016	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	KCR	2	1	.667	1.80	3.24	21	0	18	0	0	9	25.0	14	9	5	0	9	0	30	1	0	3	97	0.920	5.0	0.0	3.2	10.8	3.33
2016	20	-1.4	Idaho Falls	PION	Rk	KCR	0	1	.000	1.84	2.45	13	0	11	0	0	6	14.2	10	4	3	0	7	0	16	1	0	2	58	1.159	6.1	0.0	4.3	9.8	2.29
2016	20	-0.9	Royals	ARIZ	Rk	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.74	4.35	8	0	7	0	0	3	10.1	4	5	2	0	2	0	14	0	0	1	39	0.581	3.5	0.0	1.7	12.2	7.00
2017	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	KCR	4	2	.667	1.62	2.30	42	0	22	0	0	10	66.2	46	17	12	1	17	3	77	2	2	3	260	0.945	6.2	0.1	2.3	10.4	4.53
2017	21	-3.1	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	3	2	.600	2.16	3.24	21	0	9	0	0	3	33.1	28	12	8	1	13	3	36	0	1	1	137	1.230	7.6	0.3	3.5	9.7	2.77
2017	21	-1.8	Wilmington	CARL	A+	KCR	1	0	1.000	1.08	1.35	21	0	13	0	0	7	33.1	18	5	4	0	4	0	41	2	1	2	123	0.660	4.9	0.0	1.1	11.1	10.25
2018	22	-4.6	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	3	.500	2.47	2.96	46	0	20	0	0	9	73.0	53	24	20	3	21	3	71	2	0	1	288	1.014	6.5	0.4	2.6	8.8	3.38
2019	23	-5.4	KCR	AL	MLB	KCR	0	3	.000	7.65	7.65	25	0	5	0	0	0	20.0	30	17	17	2	8	2	17	1	0	1	96	1.900	13.5	0.9	3.6	7.7	2.13
2019	23	-3.7	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	1	2	.333	3.08	3.76	24	0	13	0	0	4	26.1	26	11	9	1	7	2	29	2	0	0	112	1.253	8.9	0.3	2.4	9.9	4.14
2020	24	-4.2	KCR	AL	MLB	KCR	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
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
MLB (2 seasons)					MLB		0	3	.000	7.71	7.71	26	0	5	0	0	0	21.0	31	18	18	3	9	2	17	1	0	1	100	1.905	13.3	1.3	3.9	7.3	1.89
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		10	8	.556	2.17	2.87	133	0	73	0	0	32	191.0	139	61	46	5	54	8	207	7	2	7	757	1.010	6.5	0.2	2.5	9.8	3.83
NCAA (1 season)					NCAA		4	3	.571	2.96	4.14	37	0			0	4	45.2	30	21	15	0	25		52	4	2	2	195	1.204	5.9	0.0	4.9	10.2	2.08
Other (1 season)					Other		3	0	1.000	1.91	3.18	19	0	7	0	0	5	28.1	17	10	6	2	10	0	28	1	0	1	109	0.953	5.4	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.80
All Levels (6 Seasons)							17	14	.548	2.67	3.46	215	0	85	0	0	41	286.0	217	110	85	10	98	10	304	13	4	11	1161	1.101	6.8	0.3	3.1	9.6	3.10

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	5	.444	2.63	3.17	70	0	33	0	0	13	99.1	79	35	29	4	28	5	100	4	0	1	400	1.077	7.2	0.4	2.5	9.1	3.57
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.16	3.24	21	0	9	0	0	3	33.1	28	12	8	1	13	3	36	0	1	1	137	1.230	7.6	0.3	3.5	9.7	2.77
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.08	1.35	21	0	13	0	0	7	33.1	18	5	4	0	4	0	41	2	1	2	123	0.660	4.9	0.0	1.1	11.1	10.25
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.80	3.24	21	0	18	0	0	9	25.0	14	9	5	0	9	0	30	1	0	3	97	0.920	5.0	0.0	3.2	10.8	3.33