Lucas Erceg

#60 - Relief Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Left / Right
Date of Birth	5/1/1995 (29)
Height, Weight	6'2", 214 lb
Hometown	San Jose, CA

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	14	61.2	3.36	1.05	28.5%	6.3%

	29^th Sv	73^rd IP	124^th - ERA	62^nd - WHIP	69^th - K%	64^th - BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	98.6	14.8%	32.2%	-	5.4%	5.32	2.45

	11^th - FB MPH	76^th - SwStr%	54^th - CSW%	- Str-ICR	153^rd - MTK%	44^th - PLV	40^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2023	OAK	50	0	55.0	4-4	0	11	4.75	1.58	4.22	3.31	4.52	5.15	27.1%	14.3%	8.3	0.16	.357	2.3%	65.5%	33.3%	46.1%	11.8%	29.2%	0.50	4.82
2024	KC/OAK	61	0	61.2	2-6	14	18	3.36	1.05	3.27	2.53	3.05	2.45	28.5%	6.3%	7.2	0.44	.295	7.1%	67.4%	39.0%	50.3%	14.8%	32.2%	0.61	5.32
RP MLB Percentile		77	0	78	37-3	91	91	64	81	77	92	90	88	80	81	67	88	44	83	26	27	73	77	84	-	86
RP MLB AVG		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career		111	0	116.2	6-10	14	29	4.01	1.30	-	-	-	3.72	27.8%	10.3%	7.7	0.31	.324	4.7%	66.3%	36.3%	48.3%	13.2%	30.7%	0.55	5.06

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 31%
Slider | 28%
Sinker | 21%
Changeup | 20%
Cutter | 0%
All

2023 2024 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	27.4%	97.9	47.9%	22.7%	60.8%	8.7%	15.3%	24.0%	50.3%	27.8%	44.4%	41.7%	6.3%	.190	.286	-7	-1.3	13.5%	4.66
2024	30.9%	98.6	52.6%	29.5%	67.2%	13.3%	20.8%	34.1%	50.9%	35.6%	35.6%	53.3%	12.5%	.233	.349	+2	0.2	6.1%	4.98
RP MLB Percentile	27	97	57	69	61	72	83	92	61	51	32	12	40	50	27	31	46	48	54
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	.235	.334	.345	.436	-	11.1%	41.7%	90.5	87.1	16.1	5.7	8.7	-1.8	6.0	6.7	2,103
2024	.267	.347	.405	.486	-	13.3%	53.3%	91.6	90.4	16.6	6.4	8.9	-1.9	5.9	6.6	2,172
RP MLB Percentile	31	41	6	13	-	19	12	35	37	64	75	38	25	69	59	19
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	288	68	175	113	5	5	0	1	11	13	15	22	8	2
2024	293	83	197	96	10	4	1	2	17	22	24	28	7	3
RP MLB Percentile	69	74	70	32	23	15	3	30	22	-	-	85	37	1
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	27.8%	27.8%	44.4%	5.6%	33.3%	30.6%	36.1%	19.4%	11.1%	11.1%	41.7%	-	58.3%	41.7%
2024	35.6%	28.9%	35.6%	11.1%	22.2%	28.9%	48.9%	31.1%	8.9%	13.3%	42.2%	-	46.6%	53.3%
RP MLB Percentile	51	25	32	42	17	23	93	21	31	19	27	-	-	12
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	.190	.289	.286	.306	-7	.235	.334	.345	.436	90.5	87.1	16.1	6.3
2024	.233	.319	.349	.378	+2	.267	.347	.405	.486	91.6	90.4	16.6	12.5
RP MLB Percentile	50	52	27	28	31	31	41	6	13	35	37	64	40
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	47.9%	60.8%	45.5%	22.7%	19.1%	24.3%	80.9%	85.6%	67.6%	15.3%	8.7%	24.0%	20.6%	12.5%	56.9%	0.44	50.3%
2024	52.6%	67.2%	46.4%	29.5%	28.7%	17.7%	71.3%	77.9%	56.1%	20.8%	13.3%	34.1%	22.8%	15.4%	61.4%	0.72	50.9%
RP MLB Percentile	57	61	31	69	80	15	80	69	80	83	72	92	61	57	58	17	61
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2023	47.9%	30.9%	29.5%	39.6%	46.9%	27.1%	26.0%	27.8%	42.7%	5.9%
2024	52.6%	31.4%	27.3%	41.3%	59.7%	24.6%	15.7%	36.2%	36.5%	6.8%
RP MLB Percentile	57	33	41	69	81	30	20	88	18	31
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2023	44.1%	13.5%	42.4%	13.4%	54.4%	44.1%	22.0%	18.0%	18.0%
2024	58.7%	9.6%	31.7%	12.2%	58.9%	49.5%	26.2%	24.7%	30.1%
RP MLB Percentile	75	85	57	43	32	41	78	74	95
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2023	97.9	6.7	9.1	13.8	16.7	-5.1	0.7	2,103	4.66
2024	98.6	6.6	10.4	14.3	17.8	-4.7	0.8	2,172	4.98
RP MLB Percentile	97	59	77	35	56	43	26	19	54
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2023	288	4.66	5.70	34.4%	20.1%	45.5%	-11.1%	-1.3	-7
2024	293	4.98	3.41	44.7%	18.8%	36.5%	8.2%	0.2	+2
RP MLB Percentile	69	54	-	41	69	47	47	46	31
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	15.3%	86.3	37.9%	19.0%	53.4%	9.9%	20.5%	30.4%	46.0%	23.1%	38.5%	46.2%	0.0%	.304	.538	0	3.0	6.8%	4.92
2024	27.9%	85.7	41.3%	32.9%	62.1%	17.0%	17.0%	34.1%	53.8%	46.7%	33.3%	36.7%	0.0%	.123	.233	-7	-5.2	9.1%	5.34
RP MLB Percentile	46	49	48	50	42	60	67	67	34	65	37	50	64	89	70	98	96	22	66
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	.228	.343	.308	.553	-	15.4%	46.2%	89.1	84.5	25.1	0.4	-0.2	-1.9	6.1	6.6	1,962
2024	.141	.165	.268	.278	-	3.3%	36.7%	86.3	85.8	11.3	0.8	-1.4	-1.9	5.9	6.5	2,060
RP MLB Percentile	85	90	51	77	-	64	50	55	62	66	2	7	32	66	53	5
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	161	25	86	75	4	2	1	0	7	8	6	10	2	0
2024	264	59	164	100	6	1	0	0	7	7	11	27	1	1
RP MLB Percentile	78	72	76	20	31	41	16	58	41	-	-	86	53	7
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	23.1%	38.5%	38.5%	15.4%	69.2%	23.1%	7.7%	23.1%	7.7%	15.4%	46.2%	-	53.9%	46.2%
2024	46.7%	20.0%	33.3%	6.7%	63.3%	20.0%	16.7%	30.0%	3.3%	3.3%	30.0%	-	63.3%	36.7%
RP MLB Percentile	65	51	37	40	85	17	34	29	55	64	65	-	-	50
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	.304	.359	.538	.538	0	.228	.343	.308	.553	89.1	84.5	25.1	0.0
2024	.123	.135	.233	.233	-7	.141	.165	.268	.278	86.3	85.8	11.3	0.0
RP MLB Percentile	89	92	70	80	98	85	90	51	77	55	62	66	64
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	37.9%	53.4%	32.9%	19.0%	30.2%	14.9%	69.8%	79.4%	52.6%	20.5%	9.9%	30.4%	15.1%	8.1%	49.1%	0.52	46.0%
2024	41.3%	62.1%	45.1%	32.9%	37.8%	16.7%	62.2%	79.4%	39.2%	17.0%	17.0%	34.1%	18.3%	11.4%	59.5%	0.70	53.8%
RP MLB Percentile	48	42	36	50	67	61	67	66	63	67	60	67	87	84	63	28	34
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2023	37.9%	25.5%	18.0%	56.5%	25.5%	21.1%	53.4%	34.2%	47.8%	5.0%
2024	41.3%	17.4%	28.0%	54.5%	9.1%	17.4%	73.5%	29.2%	42.8%	7.2%
RP MLB Percentile	48	40	85	38	18	26	84	67	18	66
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2023	64.0%	3.1%	32.9%	6.8%	59.6%	57.4%	28.2%	18.9%	18.9%
2024	58.7%	3.0%	38.3%	8.4%	59.8%	51.1%	21.9%	25.7%	26.7%
RP MLB Percentile	51	85	71	19	44	50	62	45	79
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2023	86.3	6.6	-0.6	-2.5	3.6	-8.1	-1.3	1,962	4.92
2024	85.7	6.5	0.1	-4.9	5.5	-8.6	-1.2	2,060	5.34
RP MLB Percentile	49	53	2	6	35	9	11	5	66
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2023	161	4.92	4.81	41.0%	20.5%	38.5%	2.5%	3.0	0
2024	264	5.34	2.40	48.1%	19.7%	32.2%	15.9%	-5.2	-7
RP MLB Percentile	78	66	-	47	62	54	54	96	98
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2023	31.3%	98.0	46.1%	30.3%	63.9%	12.7%	19.7%	32.4%	54.8%	58.2%	26.9%	22.4%	0.0%	.280	.343	+1	1.0	7.9%	4.87
2024	21.3%	98.5	51.5%	32.7%	67.8%	9.9%	18.8%	28.7%	55.9%	67.3%	14.3%	24.5%	0.0%	.217	.265	-3	-4.2	2.0%	5.55
RP MLB Percentile	39	98	45	72	52	86	38	59	33	77	25	89	54	73	64	91	96	85	93
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2023	.218	.307	.266	.257	-	3.0%	22.4%	83.3	78.7	1.9	9.3	6.8	-1.8	6.0	6.7	1,855
2024	.214	.247	.262	.255	-	0.0%	24.5%	82.7	81.9	-7.7	9.5	6.3	-1.8	5.9	6.6	1,902
RP MLB Percentile	79	87	66	80	-	64	89	88	76	89	56	72	31	80	66	4
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2023	330	104	211	119	17	6	0	0	23	23	15	16	18	3
2024	202	65	137	65	12	1	0	0	13	13	12	11	3	2
RP MLB Percentile	74	79	76	25	19	38	12	44	24	-	-	85	38	7
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2023	58.2%	14.9%	26.9%	4.5%	32.8%	32.8%	34.3%	17.9%	1.5%	3.0%	25.4%	-	77.6%	22.4%
2024	67.3%	18.4%	14.3%	2.0%	26.5%	34.7%	38.8%	22.4%	2.0%	0.0%	20.4%	-	75.5%	24.5%
RP MLB Percentile	77	55	25	43	24	49	77	56	58	64	81	-	-	89
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2023	.280	.358	.343	.343	+1	.218	.307	.266	.257	83.3	78.7	1.9	0.0
2024	.217	.236	.265	.265	-3	.214	.247	.262	.255	82.7	81.9	-7.7	0.0
RP MLB Percentile	73	83	64	72	91	79	87	66	80	88	76	89	54
RP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2023	46.1%	63.9%	44.2%	30.3%	28.8%	11.2%	71.2%	83.7%	50.0%	19.7%	12.7%	32.4%	31.8%	20.3%	57.0%	0.52	54.8%
2024	51.5%	67.8%	49.0%	32.7%	20.2%	14.9%	79.8%	86.6%	65.6%	18.8%	9.9%	28.7%	35.8%	24.3%