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Richard Lovelady

#55 - Relief Pitcher

Washington Nationals

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 7/7/1995 (30)
Height, Weight 6'0", 185 lb
Hometown Hinesville, GA

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
4 26.0 3.12 1.73 18.2% 15.7%
26th 1
Sv
127th 21.0
IP
137th 4.48
ERA
292nd 1.41
WHIP
242nd 22.1%
K%
285th 10.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.3 10.6% 29.6% 50.6% 3.3% 5.06 3.25
251st 94.2
FB MPH
201st 12.0%
SwStr%
117th 28.5%
CSW%
180th 50.5%
Str-ICR
72nd 4.4%
MTK%
67th 4.93
PLV
99th 3.62
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130th

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Richard Lovelady 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
2019 KC 25 0 20.0 0-3 0 2 7.65 1.90 - 4.16 - 0.00 17.7% 8.3% 13.5 0.90 .418 - 60.8% - - 8.3% 25.1% 0.40 -
2020 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 9.00 2.00 20.49 19.19 9.03 3.66 0.0% 25.0% 9.0 9.00 .000 100.0% 100.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 15.4% -0.23 4.67
2021 KC 20 0 20.2 2-0 1 4 3.48 1.06 3.30 3.86 2.87 2.69 27.4% 7.1% 7.0 1.31 .255 42.9% 74.5% 31.5% 55.6% 13.7% 32.4% 0.63 5.23
2023 ATH 27 0 23.1 0-3 0 4 4.63 1.07 4.14 4.55 4.52 3.69 25.0% 10.4% 5.8 1.16 .214 20.0% 63.0% 28.8% 47.5% 11.1% 30.7% 0.60 4.92
2024 CHC/TB 35 0 34.1 3-6 2 4 4.46 1.31 3.87 3.93 4.32 3.25 17.7% 7.5% 8.9 0.79 .298 13.6% 67.8% 36.1% 50.5% 11.6% 27.5% 0.44 4.96
2025 NYM/TOR 10 0 11.2 0-1 0 2 8.49 1.54 6.35 7.15 5.20 4.12 21.1% 10.5% 9.3 2.31 .281 42.9% 56.2% 37.1% 57.1% 14.0% 30.3% 0.58 4.89
2026 WSH/NYM 25 4 26.0 2-3 4 4 3.12 1.73 5.06 5.24 4.97 3.25 18.2% 15.7% 9.0 1.04 .319 21.4% 84.1% 34.6% 47.4% 10.6% 29.6% 0.49 5.06
RP MLB Percentile 74 90 62 69-4 90 67 61 16 19 24 26 71 31 19 26 40 24 32 80 55 60 42 66 52 78
RP MLB AVG 17 1 21.0 1-1 1 3 4.48 1.41 4.34 4.37 4.37 3.62 22.1% 10.5% 8.5 1.10 .292 18.0% 72.1% 37.3% 44.0% 12.0% 28.5% 0.49 4.93
Career 143 4 137.0 7-16 7 20 4.93 1.42 4.48 4.67 4.36 2.84 20.5% 10.1% 8.8 1.18 .302 27.3% 69.5% 28.0% 50.6% 11.2% 28.9% 0.51 5.01

Richard Lovelady Repertoire

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Richard Lovelady Game Log

Richard Lovelady Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2019 KC 25 0 20.0 0-3 0 0 2 375 239 136 96 30 19 8 1 2 17 8 1 1
2020 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 13 6 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2021 KC 20 0 20.2 2-0 0 1 4 315 209 106 84 16 12 1 0 3 23 6 1 1
2023 ATH 27 0 23.1 0-3 0 0 4 378 246 132 96 15 6 6 0 3 24 10 3 0
2024 CHC/TB 35 0 34.1 3-6 0 2 4 528 342 186 147 34 25 6 0 3 26 11 2 1
2025 NYM/TOR 10 0 11.2 0-1 0 0 2 221 144 78 57 12 5 4 0 3 12 6 4 0
2026 WSH/NYM 25 4 26.0 2-3 0 4 4 453 283 171 121 26 17 6 0 3 22 19 2 0
RP MLB Percentile 74 90 62 69-4 0 90 67 70 69 28 77 19 20 13 25 22 52 10 12 51
RP MLB AVG 17 1 21.0 1-1 0 1 3 364 231 134 93 20 13 4 0 2 21 9 1 1
Career 143 4 137.0 7-16 0 7 20 2,283 1,469 816 605 134 84 31 1 18 124 61 13 3

Richard Lovelady Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2019 KC 17.7% 8.3% .353 .541 .952 .393 .418 .435 - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 0.0% 25.0% .333 1.333 1.833 .670 .000 .333 .345 .678 .018 .671 94.3 106.4 23.7 20.49
2021 KC 27.4% 7.1% .211 .342 .616 .265 .255 .296 .214 .273 .260 .342 88.2 96.2 7.8 3.30
2023 ATH 25.0% 10.4% .188 .375 .667 .291 .214 .254 .211 .310 .247 .350 90.5 90.4 13.5 4.14
2024 CHC/TB 17.7% 7.5% .258 .371 .693 .304 .298 .318 .250 .304 .288 .331 88.8 85.4 7.0 3.87
2025 NYM/TOR 21.1% 10.5% .267 .556 .942 .396 .281 .343 .271 .394 .290 .440 89.9 94.0 3.8 6.35
2026 WSH/NYM 18.2% 15.7% .268 .423 .821 .361 .319 .347 .253 .354 .299 .364 84.3 80.9 8.6 5.06
RP MLB Percentile 31 19 19 28 20 21 24 22 24 19 24 38 88 97 81 19
RP MLB AVG 22.1% 10.5% .243 .391 .722 .322 .292 .322 .238 .323 .283 .365 87.9 89.5 13.2 4.34
Career 20.5% 10.1% .259 .427 .774 .339 .302 .333 .231 .323 .276 .364 88.1 87.9 8.5 4.48

Richard Lovelady Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2019 KC 22.7% (93.6) 6.9% (94.2) - 21.3% (87.5) - - 0.5% (89.0) - - 29.6% 21.9%
2020 KC 23.1% (91.9) 15.4% (91.6) - 61.5% (86.1) - - - - - 38.5% 61.5%
2021 KC 32.7% (93.1) 17.5% (93.2) - 49.8% (86.6) - - - - - 50.2% 49.8%
2023 ATH 31.2% (90.8) 21.2% (91.0) - 46.6% (85.9) - - 1.1% (86.1) - - 52.4% 47.6%
2024 CHC/TB 19.7% (92.4) 34.3% (92.2) - 46.0% (85.7) - - - - - 54.0% 46.0%
2025 NYM/TOR 12.7% (91.7) 34.4% (91.4) - 19.0% (85.9) 33.9% (83.4) - - - - 47.1% 52.9%
2026 WSH/NYM 20.1% (91.5) 28.5% (91.3) - 7.3% (86.8) 43.9% (81.7) - - - - 48.6% 51.2%
RP MLB Percentile 16 (11) 63 (17) - 9 (58) 94 (41) - - - - 45.9% 53.3%
RP MLB AVG 36.9% (94.2) 26.0% (93.9) 21.2% (89.3) 26.2% (85.4) 22.4% (82.4) 17.4% (80.0) 18.1% (86.2) 20.0% (86.5) 31.8% (68.1) 47.9% 52.0%
Career 23.3% (92.2) 24.0% (91.9) - 32.4% (86.2) 12.0% (86.2) - 0.3% (87.0) - - 47.3% 44.6%

Richard Lovelady Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2019 KC 24.7% (8) 11.5% (2) - 22.5% (7) - - 0.0% (0) - - 21.6% 85.4%
2020 KC 33.3% (0) 0.0% (0) - 12.5% (0) - - - - - 20.0% 12.5%
2021 KC 31.1% (12) 32.7% (3) - 33.1% (28) - - - - - 31.6% 33.1%
2023 ATH 26.3% (15) 32.5% (7) - 32.4% (18) - - 50.0% (2) - - 28.8% 32.8%
2024 CHC/TB 30.8% (13) 24.9% (10) - 28.0% (38) - - - - - 27.0% 28.0%
2025 NYM/TOR 17.9% (3) 25.0% (4) - 26.2% (7) 42.7% (17) - - - - 23.1% 36.8%
2026 WSH/NYM 22.0% (9) 35.7% (11) - 42.4% (4) 26.6% (23) - - - - 30.0% 29.3%
RP MLB Percentile 21 (48) 86 (13) - 94 (60) 42 (9) - - - - 67.7% 56.4%
RP MLB AVG 26.7% (12) 27.7% (5) 26.4% (7) 29.8% (11) 27.6% (10) 26.4% (6) 22.0% (9) 24.4% (11) 23.3% (6) 28.1% 28.5%
Career 26.7% (60) 28.6% (37) - 29.9% (102) 31.0% (40) - 33.3% (2) - - 27.7% 35.4%

Richard Lovelady Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2019 KC - - - - - - - - 20.0% - - - - -
2020 KC 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 7.7% 66.6% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3%
2021 KC 55.6% 20.4% 13.0% 11.1% 25.9% 38.9% 48.1% 13.0% 16.8% 68.5% 18.5% 9.3% 3.7% 31.5%
2023 ATH 47.5% 15.3% 25.4% 11.9% 33.9% 32.2% 45.8% 22.0% 18.8% 71.2% 13.6% 6.8% 8.5% 28.8%
2024 CHC/TB 50.5% 21.5% 20.6% 7.5% 31.8% 36.1% 38.9% 25.0% 16.9% 63.6% 25.2% 2.8% 8.4% 36.1%
2025 NYM/TOR 57.1% 22.9% 20.0% 0.0% 37.1% 34.3% 37.1% 28.6% 19.0% 62.8% 20.0% 2.9% 14.3% 37.1%
2026 WSH/NYM 47.4% 25.0% 18.4% 9.2% 34.2% 33.3% 43.6% 23.1% 15.7% 64.5% 27.6% 2.6% 5.3% 34.6%
RP MLB Percentile 60 21 26 26 37 12 92 39 20 51 20 84 62 55
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.4% 24.3% 10.3% 34.4% 41.4% 33.8% 24.8% 17.6% 62.4% 24.5% 5.9% 7.3% 37.3%
Career 50.6% 21.0% 19.8% 8.7% 32.3% 35.0% 42.4% 22.6% 17.6% 65.9% 21.9% 4.5% 7.8% 28.0%

Richard Lovelady Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2019 KC .353 .393 .418 .435 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC .333 .670 .000 .333 .345 .678 .018 .671 94.3 106.4 23.7 100.0% 33.3% 25.0%
2021 KC .211 .265 .255 .296 .214 .273 .260 .342 88.2 96.2 7.8 42.9% 31.5% 20.2%
2023 ATH .188 .291 .214 .254 .211 .310 .247 .350 90.5 90.4 13.5 20.0% 28.8% 17.7%
2024 CHC/TB .258 .304 .298 .318 .250 .304 .288 .331 88.8 85.4 7.0 13.6% 36.1% 26.5%
2025 NYM/TOR .267 .396 .281 .343 .271 .394 .290 .440 89.9 94.0 3.8 42.9% 37.1% 22.8%
2026 WSH/NYM .268 .361 .319 .347 .253 .354 .299 .364 84.3 80.9 8.6 21.4% 34.6% 22.3%
RP MLB Percentile 19 21 24 22 24 19 24 38 88 97 81 32 55 55
RP MLB AVG .243 .322 .292 .322 .238 .323 .283 .365 87.9 89.5 13.2 18.0% 37.3% 24.6%
Career .259 .339 .302 .333 .231 .323 .276 .364 88.1 87.9 8.5 27.3% 28.0% 18.8%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2019 KC - 63.7% 46.9% - 17.6% 20.0% 82.4% - - 16.8% 8.3% 25.1% 18.7% 55.7% 0.40 -
2020 KC 23.1% 46.2% 30.8% 20.0% 0.0% 7.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 15.4% 0.0% 15.4% 23.1% 38.5% -0.23 30.8%
2021 KC 54.0% 66.3% 47.6% 29.0% 28.7% 16.8% 71.3% 85.2% 35.7% 18.7% 13.7% 32.4% 17.1% 61.3% 0.63 55.6%
2023 ATH 50.3% 65.1% 45.5% 28.2% 24.4% 18.8% 75.6% 86.6% 50.9% 19.6% 11.1% 30.7% 15.6% 61.1% 0.60 56.1%
2024 CHC/TB 46.4% 64.8% 48.9% 31.1% 23.6% 16.9% 76.4% 84.1% 61.4% 15.9% 11.6% 27.5% 20.5% 58.3% 0.44 50.0%
2025 NYM/TOR 48.9% 65.2% 48.9% 32.7% 28.7% 19.0% 71.3% 78.9% 56.8% 16.3% 14.0% 30.3% 15.8% 59.7% 0.58 53.4%
2026 WSH/NYM 45.7% 62.5% 43.5% 28.0% 24.4% 15.7% 75.6% 85.8% 58.0% 19.0% 10.6% 29.6% 17.2% 56.7% 0.49 50.6%
RP MLB Percentile 61 46 26 40 48 20 48 38 60 81 42 66 65 38 52 47
RP MLB AVG 44.3% 63.1% 46.6% 31.0% 25.6% 17.6% 74.4% 84.1% 58.3% 16.6% 12.0% 28.5% 17.0% 57.7% 0.49 50.5%
Career 40.4% 64.3% 46.6% 29.5% 24.0% 17.6% 76.0% 84.6% 54.6% 17.7% 11.2% 28.9% 17.8% 58.5% 0.51 54.4%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 23.1% 38.5% 23.1% 38.5% 46.2% 30.8% 23.1% 38.5% 38.5% 0.0%
2021 KC 54.0% 30.5% 23.8% 45.7% 35.2% 24.1% 40.6% 34.3% 41.9% 7.0%
2023 ATH 50.3% 42.1% 23.8% 34.1% 38.6% 22.2% 39.2% 33.3% 42.9% 5.3%
2024 CHC/TB 46.4% 43.2% 20.6% 36.2% 24.2% 26.7% 49.1% 45.3% 34.1% 6.4%
2025 NYM/TOR 48.9% 35.7% 25.3% 38.9% 30.3% 25.8% 43.9% 38.5% 36.2% 6.8%
2026 WSH/NYM 45.7% 44.0% 22.1% 33.8% 34.3% 25.2% 40.5% 28.8% 49.1% 7.3%
RP MLB Percentile 61 91 87 23 41 25 50 38 85 82
RP MLB AVG 44.3% 34.5% 27.0% 38.5% 36.4% 22.8% 40.9% 30.3% 42.7% 6.5%
Career 40.4% 40.2% 22.7% 37.1% 32.1% 25.0% 42.9% 36.3% 41.0% 6.5%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2019 KC 58.7% 13.9% 28.0% 15.9% 58.9% 45.3% 20.0% - 16.2%
2020 KC 61.5% 30.8% 7.7% 25.0% 50.0% 25.0% 12.5% - 0.0%
2021 KC 61.6% 9.8% 29.8% 16.0% 67.1% 52.9% 22.7% 18.1% 24.5%
2023 ATH 60.6% 11.4% 28.3% 13.5% 61.9% 54.6% 24.5% 18.7% 22.4%
2024 CHC/TB 62.3% 11.0% 27.5% 16.4% 54.8% 41.8% 19.8% 22.1% 17.9%
2025 NYM/TOR 62.4% 8.6% 29.4% 10.1% 65.5% 62.1% 23.2% 27.7% 18.5%
2026 WSH/NYM 60.5% 15.0% 27.2% 15.3% 64.2% 56.7% 24.5% 21.1% 17.9%
RP MLB Percentile 81 20 24 67 73 85 80 31 44
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.6% 29.5% 14.3% 60.0% 49.5% 21.2% 26.4% 19.2%
Career 61.0% 12.0% 28.0% 15.0% 61.2% 50.7% 22.2% 17.7% 19.4%

Richard Lovelady PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2019 KC 375 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 KC 13 4.67 30.8% 30.8% 38.5% -7.7% 0.0% 1.3 +1 3.66
2021 KC 315 5.23 51.7% 17.1% 31.1% 20.6% 7.3% -0.3 -1 2.69
2023 ATH 378 4.92 46.0% 19.6% 34.4% 11.6% 6.6% -0.3 -5 3.69
2024 CHC/TB 528 4.96 48.1% 16.7% 35.2% 12.9% 6.6% 3.6 +10 3.25
2025 NYM/TOR 221 4.89 46.8% 18.9% 34.2% 12.6% 6.8% 6.2 +1 4.12
2026 WSH/NYM 453 5.06 48.5% 17.2% 34.4% 14.1% 3.3% 6.7 +3 3.25
RP MLB Percentile 70 78 75 52 74 74 78 7 10 71
RP MLB AVG 364 4.93 46.2% 17.0% 36.9% 9.3% 4.4% 0.5 0 3.62
Career 2,283 5.01 48.1% 17.8% 34.1% 14.0% 5.9% 17.2 +8 2.84
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