Keynan Middleton

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Team: St. Louis Cardinals (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: September 12, 1993 in Portland, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 3rd round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lane Community College (Eugene, OR).

High School: Milwaukie HS (Milwaukie, OR)

School: Lane Community College (Eugene, OR)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$5M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 6.023 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Keynan Anthony Middleton

Nicknames: Key or Major Key

Pronunciation: \KEE-nin\

Twitter: @since93key

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

3.84

205

194.1

199

WHIP

1.343

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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
2013	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk	LAA	1	3	.250	7.76	8.69	10	7	0	0	0	0	29.0	32	28	25	4	18	0	20	2	0	7	133	1.724	9.9	1.2	5.6	6.2	1.11
2013	19	-2.0	Orem	PION	Rk	LAA	1	3	.250	8.10	9.26	6	6	0	0	0	0	23.1	29	24	21	4	15	0	15	2	0	7	109	1.886	11.2	1.5	5.8	5.8	1.00
2013	19	-1.4	Angels	ARIZ	Rk	LAA	0	0		6.35	6.35	4	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	4	4	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	24	1.059	4.8	0.0	4.8	7.9	1.67
2014	20	-1.2	Orem	PION	Rk	LAA	5	4	.556	6.45	7.79	14	14	0	0	0	0	67.0	69	58	48	9	30	0	53	6	0	7	302	1.478	9.3	1.2	4.0	7.1	1.77
2015	21	-0.9	Burlington	MIDW	A	LAA	6	11	.353	5.30	5.59	26	26	0	0	0	0	125.2	148	78	74	15	47	0	88	3	1	8	549	1.552	10.6	1.1	3.4	6.3	1.87
2016	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	LAA	1	2	.333	3.41	3.41	46	0	22	0	0	8	66.0	47	25	25	9	28	0	88	0	0	5	271	1.136	6.4	1.2	3.8	12.0	3.14
2016	22	-4.7	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	1	.000	4.91	4.91	8	0	4	0	0	2	14.2	14	8	8	1	4	0	14	0	0	1	62	1.227	8.6	0.6	2.5	8.6	3.50
2016	22	-2.4	Arkansas	TL	AA	LAA	0	0		1.20	1.20	13	0	9	0	0	6	15.0	11	2	2	1	4	0	18	0	0	0	60	1.000	6.6	0.6	2.4	10.8	4.50
2016	22	-1.1	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	LAA	1	1	.500	3.72	3.72	25	0	9	0	0	0	36.1	22	15	15	7	20	0	56	0	0	4	149	1.156	5.4	1.7	5.0	13.9	2.80
2017	23	-3.6	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		2.84	3.55	10	0	6	0	0	2	12.2	11	5	4	0	4	0	8	1	0	0	52	1.184	7.8	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00
2017	23	-5.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	6	1	.857	3.86	3.86	64	0	17	0	0	3	58.1	60	25	25	11	18	2	63	0	0	2	246	1.337	9.3	1.7	2.8	9.7	3.50
2018	24	-2.6	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	18.0	1.00
2018	24	-4.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		2.04	2.04	16	0	9	0	0	6	17.2	14	4	4	1	9	1	16	1	0	1	71	1.302	7.1	0.5	4.6	8.2	1.78
2019	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-Rk	LAA	0	0		1.00	1.00	10	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	16	0	0	0	39	1.111	4.0	0.0	6.0	16.0	2.67
2019	25	-1.7	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		2.08	2.08	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	19	1.154	4.2	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67
2019	25	1.8	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	17	1.364	4.9	0.0	7.4	22.1	3.00
2019	25	4.4	Angels	ARIZ	Rk	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2019	25	-3.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		1.17	1.17	11	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	4	1	1	0	7	0	6	0	0	1	33	1.435	4.7	0.0	8.2	7.0	0.86
2020	26	-2.2	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	1	.000	5.25	6.00	13	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	8	7	2	6	0	11	0	0	1	53	1.500	9.0	1.5	4.5	8.3	1.83
2021	27	-0.4	Tacoma	AAAW	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	2.35	3.52	7	1	1	0	0	0	7.2	7	3	2	1	2	0	13	0	0	0	32	1.174	8.2	1.2	2.3	15.3	6.50
2021	27	-1.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	2	.333	4.94	5.81	32	1	10	0	0	4	31.0	30	20	17	2	19	1	24	2	0	0	140	1.581	8.7	0.6	5.5	7.0	1.26
2022	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	ARI	2	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	18	1	4	0	0	1	18.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	26	0	0	1	70	0.889	4.5	0.5	3.5	13.0	3.71
2022	28	0.8	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	0	1.000	2.12	2.12	17	0	4	0	0	1	17.0	8	4	4	1	7	0	24	0	0	1	66	0.882	4.2	0.5	3.7	12.7	3.43
2022	28	6.8	Diamondbacks Red	ACL	Rk	ARI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2022	28	-1.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	2	.333	5.29	6.88	18	0	2	0	0	0	17.0	16	13	10	5	3	0	15	1	0	1	69	1.118	8.5	2.6	1.6	7.9	5.00
2023	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CHW-NYY	2	2	.500	3.38	3.55	51	0	11	0	0	2	50.2	40	20	19	8	23	0	64	1	0	2	212	1.243	7.1	1.4	4.1	11.4	2.78
2023	29	2.1	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	11	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
2023	29	0.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	3.96	4.21	39	0	6	0	0	2	36.1	33	17	16	7	16	0	47	1	0	1	156	1.349	8.2	1.7	4.0	11.6	2.94
2023	29	0.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		1.88	1.88	12	0	5	0	0	0	14.1	7	3	3	1	7	0	17	0	0	1	56	0.977	4.4	0.6	4.4	10.7	2.43
2024	30	5.7	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		2.25	2.25	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1	6	0	2	0	0	2	18	1.750	2.3	2.3	13.5	4.5	0.33
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 (7 seasons)					Majors		10	8	.556	3.84	4.21	205	1	53	0	0	15	194.1	176	91	83	29	85	4	199	5	0	8	824	1.343	8.2	1.3	3.9	9.2	2.34
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		16	20	.444	4.83	5.33	150	53	35	0	0	12	343.0	329	203	184	40	152	0	319	12	1	30	1482	1.402	8.6	1.0	4.0	8.4	2.10
All Levels (12 Seasons)							26	28	.481	4.47	4.92	355	54	88	0	0	27	537.1	505	294	267	69	237	4	518	17	1	38	2306	1.381	8.5	1.2	4.0	8.7	2.19

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	2.83	3.13	51	2	17	0	0	6	60.1	43	21	19	3	24	0	69	1	0	2	247	1.110	6.4	0.4	3.6	10.3	2.88
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		1.42	1.42	18	0	9	0	0	6	19.0	12	3	3	2	10	0	20	0	0	2	78	1.158	5.7	0.9	4.7	9.5	2.00
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	29	2	9	0	0	0	40.0	24	15	15	7	23	0	65	0	0	4	166	1.175	5.4	1.6	5.2	14.6	2.83
A (1 season)					Minors		6	11	.353	5.30	5.59	26	26	0	0	0	0	125.2	148	78	74	15	47	0	88	3	1	8	549	1.552	10.6	1.1	3.4	6.3	1.87
Rk (4 seasons)					Minors		6	7	.462	6.70	7.90	26	23	0	0	0	0	98.0	102	86	73	13	48	0	77	8	0	14	442	1.531	9.4	1.2	4.4	7.1	1.60