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Kirby Yates

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

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

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)

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

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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
2009	22	1.6	Princeton	APPY	Rk	TBR	0	1	.000	2.39	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
2010	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	TBR	3	6	.333	3.40	4.15	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
2010	23	0.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		5.06	5.06	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	1.688	11.8	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.50
2010	23	1.3	Bowling Green	MIDW	A	TBR	3	6	.333	3.30	4.10	27	12	14	0	0	5	90.0	73	41	33	9	41	3	97	5	1	5	379	1.267	7.3	0.9	4.1	9.7	2.37
2011	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	TBR	2	1	.667	1.80	2.03	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
2011	24	1.1	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	2	0	1.000	1.62	1.62	16	0	11	0	0	2	33.1	14	6	6	0	22	0	45	5	2	1	137	1.080	3.8	0.0	5.9	12.2	2.05
2011	24	3.5	Rays	GULF	Rk	TBR	0	1	.000	2.70	4.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	29	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
2011	24	0.7	Surprise	AZFL	Fal		0	0		6.97	6.97	9	0	2	0	0	1	10.1	11	8	8	1	7	0	17	0	0	1	49	1.742	9.6	0.9	6.1	14.8	2.43
2012	25	1.2	Montgomery	SOUL	AA	TBR	4	2	.667	2.65	2.78	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
2012	25	1.7	Phoenix	AZFL	Fal		0	0		2.45	2.45	10	0	5	0	0	2	11.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	12	0	0	0	46	1.091	5.7	1.6	4.1	9.8	2.40
2013	26	-1.2	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	3	2	.600	1.90	2.04	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
2014	27	0.1	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	1	0	1.000	0.36	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
2014	27	-1.5	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	0	2	.000	3.75	4.00	37	0	12	0	0	1	36.0	33	16	15	4	15	3	42	3	0	2	156	1.333	8.3	1.0	3.8	10.5	2.80
2015	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	TBR	1	2	.333	5.60	6.26	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
2015	28	1.0	Durham	IL	AAA	TBR	1	2	.333	5.33	5.68	23	0	10	0	0	6	25.1	27	16	15	5	12	0	34	2	0	3	117	1.539	9.6	1.8	4.3	12.1	2.83
2015	28	5.0	Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		9.00	13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2015	28	-0.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	1	0	1.000	7.97	7.97	20	0	10	0	0	0	20.1	23	18	18	10	7	0	21	1	0	0	92	1.475	10.2	4.4	3.1	9.3	3.00
2016	29	2.3	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	1	.000	1.62	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
2016	29	0.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	5.23	5.23	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	5	19	1	50	4	0	1	184	1.452	8.9	1.1	4.1	10.9	2.63
2017	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SDP	4	5	.444	3.97	4.45	62	0	12	0	0	1	56.2	44	28	25	12	19	2	88	2	1	0	231	1.112	7.0	1.9	3.0	14.0	4.63
2017	30	3.4	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	0	0		2.57	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
2017	30	1.6	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	5	.444	3.72	4.20	61	0	12	0	0	1	55.2	42	26	23	10	19	2	87	2	1	0	226	1.096	6.8	1.6	3.1	14.1	4.58
2017	30	1.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	9.0
2018	31	2.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	5	3	.625	2.14	2.14	65	0	28	0	0	12	63.0	41	15	15	6	17	0	90	4	0	2	250	0.921	5.9	0.9	2.4	12.9	5.29
2019	32	3.7	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	0	5	.000	1.19	2.08	60	0	51	0	0	41	60.2	41	14	8	2	13	1	101	7	0	2	243	0.890	6.1	0.3	1.9	15.0	7.77
2020	33	4.6	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	0	1	.000	12.46	12.46	6	0	3	0	0	2	4.1	7	6	6	1	4	0	8	0	0	2	25	2.538	14.5	2.1	8.3	16.6	2.00

2022	35		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-Rk	ATL	0	0		1.08	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
2022	35	8.0	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		1.69	1.69	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	21	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
2022	35	10.6	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2022	35	14.0	Braves	FCL	Rk	ATL	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
2022	35	5.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		5.14	5.14	9	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	6	0	0	2	33	1.571	7.7	2.6	6.4	7.7	1.20
2023	36	6.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	2	.778	3.28	3.28	61	0	16	0	0	5	60.1	35	22	22	9	37	1	80	5	1	5	254	1.193	5.2	1.3	5.5	11.9	2.16
2024	37	8.0	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	7	2	.778	1.17	1.46	61	0	50	0	0	33	61.2	23	10	8	3	28	5	85	2	2	1	237	0.827	3.4	0.4	4.1	12.4	3.04
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 (10 seasons)					Majors		26	21	.553	3.17	3.44	422	0	196	0	0	95	411.1	294	157	145	54	164	13	571	28	4	17	1705	1.113	6.4	1.2	3.6	12.5	3.48
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		14	15	.483	2.59	2.90	237	20	156	0	0	74	375.2	271	121	108	20	170	8	498	28	5	29	1569	1.174	6.5	0.5	4.1	11.9	2.93
Other (2 seasons)					Other		0	0		4.64	4.64	19	0	7	0	0	3	21.1	18	11	11	3	12	0	29	0	0	1	95	1.406	7.6	1.3	5.1	12.2	2.42
All Levels (15 Seasons)							40	36	.526	2.94	3.22	678	20	359	0	0	172	808.1	583	289	264	77	346	21	1098	56	9	47	3369	1.149	6.5	0.9	3.9	12.2	3.17

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		5	5	.500	2.23	2.36	120	0	80	0	0	47	141.0	97	37	35	7	55	2	199	11	2	11	586	1.078	6.2	0.4	3.5	12.7	3.62
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	2	.667	2.57	2.70	52	1	39	0	0	16	70.0	50	21	20	4	39	2	98	1	0	8	293	1.271	6.4	0.5	5.0	12.6	2.51
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	2.43	2.66	19	2	11	0	0	2	40.2	23	12	11	0	25	0	50	5	2	1	168	1.180	5.1	0.0	5.5	11.1	2.00
A (1 season)					Minors		3	6	.333	3.30	4.10	27	12	14	0	0	5	90.0	73	41	33	9	41	3	97	5	1	5	379	1.267	7.3	0.9	4.1	9.7	2.37
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	2.38	2.65	19	5	12	0	0	4	34.0	28	10	9	0	10	1	54	6	0	4	143	1.118	7.4	0.0	2.6	14.3	5.40