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Richard Lovelady

#55 - Relief Pitcher

Washington Nationals

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 7/7/1995 (31)
Height, Weight 6'0", 185 lb
Hometown Hinesville, GA

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
4 30.1 3.86 1.81 17.9% 14.5%
40th 2
Sv
197th 34.0
IP
159th 4.31
ERA
323rd 1.36
WHIP
258th 22.4%
K%
308th 10.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.2 10.2% 28.8% 49.4% 3.3% 5.05 3.35
300th 94.5
FB MPH
255th 12.1%
SwStr%
160th 28.5%
CSW%
229th 50.8%
Str-ICR
69th 4.7%
MTK%
91st 4.93
PLV
149th 3.55
PLA

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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 OAK 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 33 5 30.1 2-4 4 9 3.86 1.81 5.49 5.43 5.25 3.35 17.9% 14.5% 10.1 1.19 .341 21.1% 82.1% 38.9% 44.1% 10.2% 28.8% 0.48 5.05
RP MLB Percentile 63 89 44 49-8 86 81 55 8 14 17 17 58 27 13 17 42 14 34 84 36 49 27 54 45 72
RP MLB AVG 27 1 34.0 2-2 2 4 4.31 1.36 4.32 4.35 4.39 3.55 22.4% 10.0% 8.3 1.16 .289 18.3% 72.5% 37.1% 43.6% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.93
Career 151 5 141.1 7-17 7 25 5.03 1.45 4.61 4.73 4.45 2.88 20.3% 10.0% 9.0 1.21 .308 26.8% 69.6% 29.2% 49.6% 11.1% 28.7% 0.50 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 OAK 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 33 5 30.1 2-4 0 4 9 539 340 200 145 34 23 7 0 4 26 21 3 0
RP MLB Percentile 63 89 44 49-8 0 86 81 49 47 46 53 31 30 24 38 34 37 13 12 64
RP MLB AVG 27 1 34.0 2-2 0 2 4 579 369 210 149 31 21 6 1 4 33 14 2 1
Career 151 5 141.1 7-17 0 7 25 2,369 1,526 845 629 142 90 32 1 19 128 63 14 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 OAK 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 17.9% 14.5% .288 .449 .857 .373 .341 .370 .271 .364 .318 .381 85.1 84.1 9.1 5.49
RP MLB Percentile 27 13 15 25 13 13 14 15 16 14 16 33 87 93 76 14
RP MLB AVG 22.4% 10.0% .241 .392 .717 .317 .289 .320 .237 .319 .281 .361 87.7 89.3 13.3 4.32
Career 20.3% 10.0% .263 .432 .783 .340 .308 .339 .236 .325 .282 .366 88.2 88.3 8.6 4.61

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 KC22.7% (93.6)6.9% (94.2)-21.3% (87.5)--0.5% (89.0)-- 29.6% 21.9%
2020 KC23.1% (91.9)15.4% (91.6)-61.5% (86.1)----- 38.5% 61.5%
2021 KC32.7% (93.1)17.5% (93.2)-49.8% (86.6)----- 50.2% 49.8%
2023 OAK31.2% (90.8)21.2% (91.0)-46.6% (85.9)--1.1% (86.1)-- 52.4% 47.6%
2024 CHC/TB19.7% (92.4)34.3% (92.2)-46.0% (85.7)----- 54.0% 46.0%
2025 NYM/TOR12.7% (91.7)34.4% (91.4)-19.0% (85.9)33.9% (83.4)---- 47.1% 52.9%
2026 WSH/NYM21.7% (91.4)29.5% (91.2)-5.9% (86.7)42.7% (81.8)---- 51.2% 48.6%
RP MLB Percentile 15 (6) 65 (14) - 8 (55) 94 (37) - - - - 59.4% 39.8%
RP MLB AVG 38.1% (94.5) 25.8% (94.0) 20.7% (89.4) 25.5% (85.4) 21.4% (82.5) 16.4% (80.0) 17.2% (86.3) 18.5% (86.4) 32.3% (68.2) 48.3% 51.5%
Career23.6% (92.1)24.4% (91.8)-31.2% (86.2)12.9% (82.2)-0.3% (87.0)-- 48.0% 44.3%

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 KC24.7% (8)11.5% (2)-22.5% (7)--0.0% (0)-- 21.6% 22.0%
2020 KC33.3% (0)0.0% (0)-12.5% (0)----- 20.0% 12.5%
2021 KC31.1% (12)32.7% (3)-33.1% (28)----- 31.6% 33.1%
2023 OAK26.3% (15)32.5% (7)-32.4% (18)--50.0% (2)-- 28.8% 32.8%
2024 CHC/TB30.8% (13)24.9% (10)-28.0% (38)----- 27.0% 28.0%
2025 NYM/TOR17.9% (3)25.0% (4)-26.2% (7)42.7% (17)---- 23.1% 36.8%
2026 WSH/NYM23.9% (11)32.7% (13)-40.6% (4)26.5% (26)---- 29.0% 28.2%
RP MLB Percentile 27 (61) 80 (20) - 92 (67) 41 (16) - - - - 61.9% 44.0%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (20) 27.0% (8) 27.1% (10) 29.2% (17) 28.2% (14) 27.6% (9) 21.6% (13) 23.7% (15) 23.8% (8) 27.8% 28.8%
Career26.9% (62)28.2% (39)-29.8% (102)30.5% (43)-33.3% (2)-- 27.5% 30.0%

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 OAK 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 44.1% 28.0% 20.4% 7.5% 39.8% 30.5% 46.3% 23.2% 16.7% 60.3% 30.1% 3.2% 6.5% 38.9%
RP MLB Percentile 49 10 25 29 16 6 97 35 31 33 12 82 53 36
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.7% 24.4% 10.3% 34.6% 41.0% 33.9% 25.1% 17.9% 62.6% 24.4% 5.9% 7.1% 37.1%
Career 49.6% 21.9% 20.2% 8.3% 33.9% 34.2% 43.2% 22.6% 17.8% 64.7% 22.8% 4.6% 8.0% 29.2%

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 OAK .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 .288 .373 .341 .370 .271 .364 .318 .381 85.1 84.1 9.1 21.1% 38.9% 25.5%
RP MLB Percentile 15 13 14 15 16 14 16 33 87 93 76 34 36 39
RP MLB AVG .241 .317 .289 .320 .237 .319 .281 .361 87.7 89.3 13.3 18.3% 37.1% 24.6%
Career .263 .340 .308 .339 .236 .325 .282 .366 88.2 88.3 8.6 26.8% 29.2% 19.7%

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 OAK 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 45.8% 63.1% 44.5% 29.5% 22.9% 16.7% 77.1% 86.3% 61.6% 18.6% 10.2% 28.8% 17.6% 56.8% 0.48 49.4%
RP MLB Percentile 66 43 22 33 32 31 32 30 34 83 27 54 57 30 45 34
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.5% 47.2% 31.4% 25.6% 17.9% 74.4% 83.8% 58.4% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.1% 0.50 50.8%
Career 40.7% 64.4% 46.8% 29.9% 23.7% 17.8% 76.3% 84.8% 55.8% 17.6% 11.1% 28.7% 17.9% 58.4% 0.50 53.9%

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 OAK 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 45.8% 45.0% 21.7% 33.3% 33.3% 26.0% 40.7% 30.1% 48.1% 7.2%
RP MLB Percentile 66 96 95 21 34 16 52 55 84 71
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.7% 27.0% 38.4% 36.4% 22.9% 40.7% 30.0% 43.0% 6.6%
Career 40.7% 40.6% 22.6% 36.8% 32.0% 25.2% 42.8% 36.4% 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 OAK 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 61.4% 14.7% 26.2% 15.4% 61.1% 53.5% 23.3% 22.7% 18.4%
RP MLB Percentile 86 16 11 61 51 73 74 18 42
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.3% 29.7% 14.5% 60.8% 50.0% 21.1% 26.5% 19.2%
Career 61.2% 12.1% 27.8% 15.0% 60.6% 50.2% 22.0% 18.1% 19.5%

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 OAK 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 539 5.05 47.8% 17.2% 35.0% 12.8% 3.3% 10.1 +6 3.35
RP MLB Percentile 49 72 72 43 70 70 78 8 11 58
RP MLB AVG 579 4.93 45.8% 17.3% 36.8% 9.0% 4.7% 0.9 0 3.55
Career 2,369 5.01 47.9% 17.8% 34.3% 13.7% 5.8% 20.6 +12 2.88
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