Richard Lovelady

#55 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	7/7/1995 (29)
Height, Weight	6'0", 185 lb
Hometown	Hinesville, GA

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	2	31.1	4.60	1.34	17.6%	7.4%

	72^nd 3 Sv	241^st 42 IP	242^nd 4.09 ERA	205^th 1.29 WHIP	290^th 23.5% K%	103^rd 9.2% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	92.2	11.9%	28.1%	-	6.5%	5.14	2.86

	257^th 94.3 FB MPH	203^rd 12.6% SwStr%	229^th 29.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	234^th - MTK%	156^th 5.13 PLV	103^rd - 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
2019	KC	25	0	20.0	0-3	0	2	7.65	1.90	-	4.16	-	-	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	10.30	4.29	0.0%	25.0%	9.0	9.00	.000	50.0%	100.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	15.4%	-0.23	4.56
2021	KC	20	0	20.2	2-0	1	4	3.48	1.06	3.30	3.86	3.18	2.73	27.4%	7.1%	7.0	1.31	.255	23.1%	74.5%	31.5%	55.6%	13.7%	32.4%	0.63	5.30
2023	OAK	27	0	23.1	0-3	0	4	4.63	1.07	4.14	4.55	4.62	4.42	25.0%	10.4%	5.8	1.16	.214	13.6%	63.0%	28.8%	47.5%	11.1%	30.7%	0.60	4.80
2024	CHC/TB	31	0	31.1	3-6	2	3	4.60	1.34	4.00	4.04	4.36	2.86	17.6%	7.4%	9.2	0.86	.302	10.3%	67.8%	37.0%	48.5%	11.9%	28.1%	0.45	5.14
RP MLB Percentile		40	0	29	56-3	69	38	30	39	45	45	36	70	16	69	24	61	38	62	30	51	67	41	33	-	53
RP MLB AVG		38	0	42.0	3-2	3	7	4.09	1.29	4.17	4.09	4.04	3.20	23.5%	9.2%	8.1	1.07	.287	12.6%	72.0%	37.0%	44.7%	12.6%	29.1%	0.53	5.13
Career		104	0	96.1	5-12	3	13	5.04	1.34	-	-	-	2.63	21.2%	8.4%	8.8	1.12	.301	18.2%	66.3%	25.2%	49.8%	11.1%	28.8%	0.51	5.07

Repertoire

Slider | 47%
Sinker | 34%
Four-Seamer | 19%
Changeup | 0%
All

2019 2020 2021 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
2019	21.3%	87.5	-	-	55.0%	8.8%	13.8%	22.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.333	.455	-	-	-	-
2020	61.5%	86.1	12.5%	28.6%	50.0%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	25.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	.500	.000	+1	1.5	0.0%	4.49
2021	49.8%	86.6	50.3%	38.5%	70.7%	17.8%	15.3%	33.1%	61.8%	56.7%	26.7%	23.3%	25.0%	.140	.143	-2	-1.3	8.3%	5.45
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	46.6%	85.9	56.3%	27.3%	70.5%	10.2%	22.2%	32.4%	56.8%	37.1%	45.7%	34.3%	12.5%	.233	.242	0	2.2	12.5%	5.01
2024	46.9%	85.6	46.2%	36.4%	66.2%	15.1%	12.4%	27.6%	51.1%	34.7%	44.9%	34.0%	4.5%	.190	.229	+5	0.1	9.9%	5.30
RP MLB Percentile	86	47	71	67	69	51	28	32	51	31	72	60	61	64	70	9	59	17	60
RP MLB AVG	30.0%	85.4	41.5%	32.3%	62.2%	15.5%	14.8%	30.3%	50.0%	41.0%	36.7%	38.5%	13.4%	.237	.295	+1	1.0	6.6%	5.20

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.500	.893	.000	.990	-	50.0%	50.0%	101.8	106.4	5.0	-1.6	3.8	2.2	5.3	-	-
2021	.132	.181	.140	.242	-	3.3%	23.3%	84.3	84.5	5.7	-3.2	0.4	2.4	5.3	6.9	2,632
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.279	.374	.300	.435	-	8.6%	34.3%	91.3	89.7	20.9	-1.8	1.7	2.6	5.3	7.3	2,304
2024	.222	.254	.269	.308	-	8.2%	34.0%	88.9	85.7	19.1	-1.8	2.6	2.3	5.2	7.2	2,230
RP MLB Percentile	46	59	48	67	-	36	60	29	62	30	41	80	92	10	97	19
RP MLB AVG	.227	.295	.276	.372	-	7.2%	38.5%	86.7	86.6	14.8	-2.6	1.1	-1.0	5.6	6.4	2,430

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2019	80	17	44	36	5	0	0	0	5	5	0	4	2	0
2020	8	3	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	0
2021	157	44	111	46	4	0	0	2	6	10	7	13	1	0
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	176	50	124	52	2	6	0	2	10	14	12	10	5	0
2024	225	67	149	76	9	2	0	1	12	14	17	15	2	0
RP MLB Percentile	73	78	74	30	15	26	14	27	22	-	-	70	34	27
RP MLB AVG	156	39	98	57	5	2	0	1	8	10	9	12	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	-	50.0%	50.0%
2021	56.7%	16.7%	26.7%	16.7%	50.0%	36.7%	13.3%	10.0%	10.0%	3.3%	20.0%	-	76.6%	23.3%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	37.1%	17.1%	45.7%	17.1%	34.3%	42.9%	22.9%	14.3%	11.4%	8.6%	34.3%	-	65.7%	34.3%
2024	34.7%	20.4%	44.9%	10.2%	44.0%	30.0%	26.0%	22.4%	4.1%	8.2%	36.7%	-	65.3%	34.0%
RP MLB Percentile	31	52	72	60	38	48	73	53	50	36	43	-	-	60
RP MLB AVG	41.0%	22.5%	36.7%	10.0%	48.0%	31.8%	20.2%	24.1%	5.8%	7.2%	36.3%	-	63.0%	38.5%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2019	.333	.337	.455	.455	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.500	.893	.000	.500	+1	.500	.893	.000	.990	101.8	106.4	5.0	100.0
2021	.140	.187	.143	.200	-2	.132	.181	.140	.242	84.3	84.5	5.7	25.0
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	.233	.334	.242	.286	0	.279	.374	.300	.435	91.3	89.7	20.9	12.5
2024	.190	.210	.229	.245	+5	.222	.254	.269	.308	88.9	85.7	19.1	4.5
RP MLB Percentile	64	76	70	77	9	46	59	48	67	29	62	30	61
RP MLB AVG	.237	.300	.295	.330	+1	.227	.295	.276	.372	86.7	86.6	14.8	13.4

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2019	-	55.0%	41.3%	-	21.2%	18.8%	78.8%	-	-	13.8%	8.8%	22.5%	25.0%	13.8%	48.8%	0.28	-
2020	12.5%	50.0%	37.5%	28.6%	0.0%	12.5%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	50.0%	25.0%	37.5%	-0.25	25.0%
2021	50.3%	70.7%	55.4%	38.5%	32.2%	18.5%	67.8%	86.0%	33.3%	15.3%	17.8%	33.1%	27.0%	19.1%	66.9%	0.69	61.8%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.3%	70.5%	48.3%	27.3%	21.2%	18.2%	78.8%	87.5%	52.4%	22.2%	10.2%	32.4%	28.2%	19.9%	64.8%	0.66	56.8%
2024	46.2%	66.2%	53.8%	36.4%	28.1%	16.4%	71.9%	85.7%	47.7%	12.4%	15.1%	27.6%	33.6%	22.2%	60.9%	0.43	51.1%
RP MLB Percentile	71	69	79	67	36	57	36	34	43	28	51	32	16	13	68	67	51
RP MLB AVG	41.5%	62.2%	47.4%	32.3%	32.6%	15.6%	67.4%	82.9%	44.9%	14.8%	15.5%	30.3%	-	-	57.0%	0.53	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	12.5%	37.5%	12.5%	50.0%	25.0%	50.0%	25.0%	50.0%	37.5%	0.0%
2021	50.3%	17.2%	21.0%	61.8%	16.6%	23.6%	59.9%	34.4%	44.6%	7.0%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	56.3%	31.8%	26.1%	42.0%	22.7%	23.9%	53.4%	31.8%	42.0%	5.7%
2024	46.2%	24.4%	20.9%	54.7%	16.4%	27.1%	56.4%	41.3%	37.8%	7.6%
RP MLB Percentile	71	72	38	38	55	80	30	95	9	72
RP MLB AVG	41.5%	20.1%	22.3%	57.6%	16.3%	21.7%	62.0%	25.0%	52.7%	6.2%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2019	62.5%	3.8%	33.8%	12.0%	54.2%	41.7%	16.0%	-	14.8%
2020	50.0%	37.5%	12.5%	25.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%
2021	58.6%	1.3%	40.1%	18.5%	72.2%	55.6%	21.7%	20.6%	20.6%
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	60.8%	9.7%	29.5%	15.9%	73.5%	65.3%	29.0%	13.5%	19.2%
2024	61.3%	8.0%	30.7%	15.9%	54.7%	37.7%	18.1%	29.0%	21.7%
RP MLB Percentile	62	47	38	72	30	16	38	61	56
RP MLB AVG	59.1%	8.2%	32.7%	13.7%	59.8%	49.9%	20.1%	27.3%	20.1%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2019	87.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	86.1	-	-	-	-	-6.3	-0.1	-	4.49
2021	86.6	6.9	-7.2	-1.1	7.9	-7.0	-0.2	2,632	5.45
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	85.9	7.3	-4.7	1.4	5.9	-6.8	-0.1	2,304	5.01
2024	85.6	7.2	-4.7	2.8	6.8	-6.7	0.2	2,230	5.30
RP MLB Percentile	47	97	45	81	51	89	89	19	60
RP MLB AVG	85.4	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,430	5.20

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2019	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	8	4.49	4.47	37.5%	25.0%	37.5%	0.0%	1.5	+1
2021	157	5.45	2.33	49.7%	25.5%	24.8%	24.8%	-1.3	-2
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	176	5.01	3.82	50.6%	17.0%	32.4%	18.2%	2.2	0
2024	225	5.30	2.38	50.7%	19.2%	30.0%	20.7%	0.1	+5
RP MLB Percentile	73	60	-	66	55	70	70	59	9
RP MLB AVG	156	5.20	0.64	47.5%	18.6%	33.9%	13.6%	1.0	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	6.9%	94.2	-	-	53.8%	7.7%	3.8%	11.5%	-	-	-	-	-