Cole Ragans

#55 - Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	12/12/1997 (26)
Height, Weight	6'4", 190 lb
Hometown	Crawfordville, FL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	11-9	186.1	3.14	1.14	29.3%	8.8%

	33^rd 7 W	12^th 116 IP	30^th 4.33 ERA	45^th 1.29 WHIP	11^th 21.8% K%	137^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	95.4	15.6%	30.2%	51.8%	4.7%	5.24	2.93

	42^nd 93.5 FB MPH	7^th 11.7% SwStr%	31^st 28.0% CSW%	132^nd - Str-ICR	26^th - MTK%	42^nd 5.12 PLV	61^st - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2022	TEX	9	9	40.0	0-3	0	4.95	1.48	5.05	4.91	4.74	3.99	15.5%	9.2%	9.7	1.35	.296	14.0%	69.2%	43.5%	40.0%	11.3%	22.7%	0.32	4.93
2023	KC/TEX	29	12	96.0	7-5	7	3.47	1.16	3.14	3.19	3.73	4.04	28.8%	10.5%	6.6	0.66	.275	9.1%	70.7%	35.2%	45.9%	15.3%	29.7%	0.57	4.95
2024	KC	32	32	186.1	11-9	21	3.14	1.14	3.45	3.00	3.43	2.93	29.3%	8.8%	7.1	0.72	.292	9.2%	74.7%	39.1%	43.5%	15.6%	30.2%	0.58	5.24
SP MLB Percentile		88	88	93	78-24	96	85	76	85	94	87	68	94	30	85	89	43	91	63	47	59	95	84	16	78
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		70	53	322.1	18-17	28	3.46	1.19	-	-	-	3.39	27.3%	9.3%	7.2	0.78	.288	9.9%	72.8%	38.7%	43.7%	15.0%	29.1%	0.54	5.11

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 42%
Changeup | 24%
Slider | 13%
Cutter | 11%
Curveball | 10%
All

2022 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	44.5%	92.1	41.7%	24.0%	60.2%	5.4%	13.7%	19.1%	41.7%	40.4%	33.3%	50.9%	26.3%	.388	.404	+15	12.8	5.1%	4.67
2023	40.1%	96.5	50.2%	28.4%	63.8%	13.5%	15.4%	28.9%	54.1%	40.8%	38.2%	40.8%	17.2%	.234	.338	-1	0.7	6.9%	4.98
2024	41.8%	95.4	51.5%	29.0%	67.6%	11.7%	16.9%	28.6%	54.3%	37.8%	40.7%	41.4%	9.4%	.213	.276	+8	-0.1	4.5%	5.32
SP MLB Percentile	59	78	49	66	64	72	41	63	65	70	42	52	74	79	62	20	59	-	91
SP MLB AVG	37.6%	93.5	50.9%	26.3%	65.7%	9.6%	17.6%	27.2%	51.6%	34.0%	42.6%	42.0%	13.2%	.259	.295	+1	-	6.9%	4.96

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.335	.463	.334	.493	-	14.0%	50.9%	91.9	85.7	18.3	6.5	11.0	0.6	6.4	6.1	2,400
2023	.195	.310	.265	.388	-	9.2%	40.8%	91.9	91.8	14.2	7.5	9.5	1.1	6.2	6.1	2,474
2024	.227	.322	.284	.380	-	7.2%	41.4%	90.6	89.3	18.8	7.6	10.3	0.8	6.2	6.1	2,546
SP MLB Percentile	74	67	54	61	-	75	52	57	41	59	90	81	74	89	12	98
SP MLB AVG	.256	.350	.286	.395	-	9.8%	42.0%	90.8	88.8	19.9	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,260

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	314	80	189	125	16	4	1	5	26	37	29	10	13	0
2023	636	147	406	230	18	5	1	5	29	40	31	48	22	1
2024	1,303	343	881	422	37	16	2	8	63	81	87	90	39	4
SP MLB Percentile	95	97	94	6	16	5	6	25	10	-	-	98	4	4
SP MLB AVG	636	157	424	212	21	7	1	6	35	48	43	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	40.4%	26.3%	33.3%	14.0%	35.1%	29.8%	35.1%	29.8%	7.0%	14.0%	40.4%	-	49.1%	50.9%
2023	40.8%	21.1%	38.2%	7.9%	19.7%	30.3%	50.0%	21.1%	10.5%	9.2%	32.9%	-	59.2%	40.8%
2024	37.8%	22.0%	40.7%	16.3%	29.5%	31.0%	39.5%	24.9%	9.6%	7.2%	34.9%	-	58.3%	41.4%
SP MLB Percentile	70	58	42	69	40	17	83	43	27	75	75	-	-	52
SP MLB AVG	34.0%	23.5%	42.6%	13.7%	30.8%	35.8%	33.4%	24.4%	7.9%	9.8%	37.9%	-	57.9%	42.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.388	.501	.404	.456	+15	.335	.463	.334	.493	91.9	85.7	18.3	26.3
2023	.234	.338	.338	.382	-1	.195	.310	.265	.388	91.9	91.8	14.2	17.2
2024	.213	.300	.276	.304	+8	.227	.322	.284	.380	90.6	89.3	18.8	9.4
SP MLB Percentile	79	79	62	72	20	74	67	54	61	57	41	59	74
SP MLB AVG	.259	.345	.295	.334	+1	.256	.350	.286	.395	90.8	88.8	19.9	13.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	41.7%	60.2%	46.5%	24.0%	11.6%	22.9%	88.4%	93.1%	77.3%	13.7%	5.4%	19.1%	30.2%	18.2%	51.9%	0.22	41.7%
2023	50.2%	63.8%	48.4%	28.4%	27.9%	23.0%	72.1%	76.6%	61.1%	15.4%	13.5%	28.9%	18.7%	11.9%	59.3%	0.62	54.1%
2024	51.5%	67.6%	50.7%	29.0%	23.1%	22.9%	76.9%	77.8%	74.3%	16.9%	11.7%	28.6%	23.8%	16.1%	62.8%	0.60	54.3%
SP MLB Percentile	49	64	68	66	74	61	74	89	33	41	72	63	65	57	69	33	65
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.7%	48.1%	26.3%	19.7%	21.7%	80.3%	84.1%	70.1%	17.6%	9.6%	27.2%	-	-	60.1%	0.52	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	41.7%	29.0%	27.1%	43.9%	47.5%	27.7%	24.8%	34.4%	38.5%	7.3%
2023	50.2%	36.8%	27.7%	35.5%	56.4%	27.2%	16.4%	28.9%	43.4%	7.7%
2024	51.5%	30.2%	29.5%	40.3%	47.4%	28.9%	23.6%	34.5%	36.0%	7.7%
SP MLB Percentile	49	25	58	75	32	71	62	84	13	45
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	34.8%	28.8%	36.4%	51.8%	26.6%	21.6%	28.3%	42.9%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	52.5%	17.5%	29.9%	9.7%	54.9%	46.3%	17.6%	17.0%	10.6%
2023	53.3%	13.1%	33.6%	9.4%	60.2%	50.8%	20.9%	19.6%	22.4%
2024	52.6%	16.4%	30.9%	13.0%	62.6%	51.3%	22.0%	22.6%	22.3%
SP MLB Percentile	15	18	65	44	37	42	46	56	89
SP MLB AVG	57.3%	13.2%	29.5%	13.8%	63.6%	52.2%	22.7%	21.6%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	92.1	6.1	11.4	17.7	21.2	-5.6	0.3	2,400	4.67
2023	96.5	6.1	13.1	15.5	20.4	-5.1	0.5	2,474	4.98
2024	95.4	6.1	13.3	16.8	21.5	-5.2	0.5	2,546	5.32
SP MLB Percentile	78	12	93	81	100	16	19	98	91
SP MLB AVG	93.5	6.5	-	-	-	-	-	2,260	4.96

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2022	314	4.67	4.78	43.3%	14.3%	42.4%	1.0%	12.8	+15
2023	636	4.98	3.96	47.3%	15.3%	37.4%	9.9%	0.7	-1
2024	1,303	5.32	2.68	54.6%	14.0%	31.3%	23.3%	-0.1	+8
SP MLB Percentile	95	91	-	92	10	81	81	59	20
SP MLB AVG	636	4.96	1.16	45.0%	18.2%	36.9%	8.1%	-	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	32.9%	82.1	35.3%	41.3%	63.4%	20.3%	7.8%	28.0%	52.2%	34.1%	41.5%	31.7%	0.0%	.151	.195	-2	-2.4	3.0%	5.40
2023	23.7%	86.6	37.5%	36.2%	62.8%	19.1%	7.2%	26.3%	51.6%	42.5%	38.4%	28.0%	3.6%	.152	.189	-9	-12.7	9.8%	4.70
2024	23.7%	84.8	38.2%	41.8%	65.0%	27.4%	7.6%	35.0%	55.5%	40.4%	38.6%	30.7%	6.8%	.183	.261	-6	-6.5	3.8%	5.15
SP MLB Percentile	78	39	61	82	81	98	31	98	95	27	83	74	64	80	57	96	98	-	59
SP MLB AVG	17.3%	85.3	35.5%	33.8%	58.8%	14.0%	9.3%	23.3%	44.2%	49.2%	28.7%	36.4%	15.4%	.252	.283	+2	3.0	6.7%	5.03

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.197	.211	.255	.250	-	0.0%	31.7%	77.4	78.0	22.5	9.4	8.5	0.8	6.2	6.2	2,199
2023	.193	.240	.247	.259	-	4.1%	28.0%	82.8	85.2	14.7	9.3	6.6	1.2	6.0	6.2	2,056
2024	.175	.249	.245	.296	-	3.5%	30.7%	81.2	83.8	17.1	9.4	7.5	1.0	6.1	6.2	2,151
SP MLB Percentile	86	76	71	70	-	65	74	93	77	13	72	96	71	85	23	92
SP MLB AVG	.247	.307	.278	.350	-	6.2%	36.4%	86.3	87.1	9.3	8.4	3.6	-0.6	5.7	6.5	1,774

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	232	55	147	85	7	1	0	0	8	8	13	12	2	0
2023	376	110	236	140	13	1	0	1	15	17	21	25	10	0
2024	740	197	481	259	21	8	0	3	32	38	35	61	21	1
SP MLB Percentile	96	95	95	4	8	6	20	19	8	-	-	97	1	6
SP MLB AVG	240	65	145	94	10	3	0	2	14	19	17	14	4	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	34.1%	24.4%	41.5%	19.5%	48.8%	24.4%	26.8%	29.3%	2.4%	0.0%	31.7%	-	68.3%	31.7%
2023	42.5%	19.2%	38.4%	15.1%	40.0%	40.0%	20.0%	21.9%	2.7%	4.1%	30.1%	-	71.1%	28.0%
2024	40.4%	21.1%	38.6%	17.5%	50.0%	26.3%	23.7%	22.8%	4.4%	3.5%	34.2%	-	69.4%	30.7%
SP MLB Percentile	27	51	83	94	35	32	82	57	50	65	52	-	-	74
SP MLB AVG	49.2%	22.1%	28.7%	8.0%	52.5%	30.7%	16.8%	24.9%	5.1%	6.2%	34.6%	-	63.9%	36.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.151	.160	.195	.195	-2	.197	.211	.255	.250	77.4	78.0	22.5	0.0
2023	.152	.197	.189	.200	-9	.193	.240	.247	.259	82.8	85.2	14.7	3.6
2024	.183	.253	.261	.281	-6	.175	.249	.245	.296	81.2	83.8	17.1	6.8
SP MLB Percentile	80	68	57	61	96	86	76	71	70	93	77	13	64
SP MLB AVG	.252	.309	.283	.313	+2	.247	.307	.278	.350	86.3	87.1	9.3	15.4

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	35.3%	63.4%	55.6%	41.3%	36.4%	17.7%	63.6%	79.1%	46.8%	7.8%	20.3%	28.0%	27.9%	17.7%	59.9%	0.47	52.2%
2023	37.5%	62.8%	55.6%	36.2%	34.4%	16.5%	65.6%	73.4%	54.1%	7.2%	19.1%	26.3%	31.8%	19.9%	58.8%	0.38	51.6%
2024	38.2%	65.0%	57.4%	41.8%	47.8%	14.6%	52.2%	60.3%	42.4%	7.6%	27.4%	35.0%	23.7%	15.4%	60.7%	0.69	55.5%
SP MLB Percentile	61	81	90	82	98	43	98	97	92	31	98	98	95	85	91	2	95
SP MLB AVG	35.5%	58.8%	49.5%	33.8%	28.1%	15.6%	71.9%	81.0%	60.6%	9.3%	14.0%	23.3%	-	-	52.5%	0.25	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	35.3%	62.1%	27.6%	10.3%	15.1%	20.3%	64.7%	11.2%	61.2%	3.4%
2023	37.5%	58.0%	27.9%	14.1%	15.4%	21.5%	63.0%	16.5%	55.6%	5.3%
2024	38.2%	57.0%	25.1%	17.8%	14.9%	21.4%	63.8%	17.3%	57.6%	5.3%
SP MLB Percentile	61	49	54	52	58	65	38	39	54	75
SP MLB AVG	35.5%	56.6%	24.6%	18.8%	13.6%	19.3%	67.1%	19.4%	56.0%	4.0%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	56.0%	9.9%	34.1%	16.9%	63.0%	45.7%	13.1%	31.6%	15.2%
2023	54.3%	12.0%	33.8%	18.6%	59.1%	43.2%	8.8%	30.7%	19.7%
2024	53.9%	13.4%	32.7%	12.8%	65.0%	55.3%	11.3%	35.5%	25.2%
SP MLB Percentile	30	20	54	16	76	86	42	70	93
SP MLB AVG	58.8%	10.1%	31.0%	17.9%	56.1%	42.5%	12.5%	30.8%	16.2%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	82.1	6.2	16.9	13.0	21.4	-7.5	-0.4	2,199	5.40
2023	86.6	6.2	16.4	9.5