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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 32.2 3.86 1.84 18.4% 13.3%
53rd 3
Sv
254th 51.0
IP
167th 4.21
ERA
331st 1.35
WHIP
253rd 22.6%
K%
310th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.2 10.5% 28.9% 50.3% 3.7% 5.07 3.34
302nd 94.7
FB MPH
258th 12.2%
SwStr%
154th 28.5%
CSW%
242nd 51.2%
Str-ICR
57th 4.7%
MTK%
66th 4.94
PLV
123rd 3.49
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 36 5 32.2 3-4 4 10 3.86 1.84 5.04 5.09 5.03 3.34 18.4% 13.3% 10.7 1.10 .357 19.0% 78.4% 39.0% 44.1% 10.5% 28.9% 0.50 5.07
RP MLB Percentile 43 86 27 53-18 81 67 52 5 11 17 14 64 27 11 11 44 10 34 88 27 48 24 55 46 78
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.21 1.35 4.18 4.20 4.26 3.49 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.10 .291 17.7% 72.6% 36.8% 44.0% 12.2% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 154 5 143.2 8-17 7 26 5.01 1.46 4.51 4.66 4.41 2.88 20.4% 9.8% 9.2 1.19 .312 26.0% 68.9% 29.5% 49.4% 11.1% 28.8% 0.51 5.02

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 36 5 32.2 3-4 0 4 10 592 380 213 158 39 26 9 0 4 29 21 3 0
RP MLB Percentile 43 86 27 53-18 0 81 67 29 27 70 31 57 57 33 48 59 22 39 26 77
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 850 543 307 218 46 31 9 1 6 49 21 3 2
Career 154 5 143.2 8-17 0 7 26 2,422 1,566 858 642 147 93 34 1 19 131 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 18.4% 13.3% .298 .458 .864 .376 .357 .382 .265 .351 .313 .371 84.8 83.1 9.5 5.04
RP MLB Percentile 27 11 9 19 9 9 10 11 14 11 11 31 89 98 72 11
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .241 .390 .713 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .359 87.7 89.2 13.0 4.18
Career 20.4% 9.8% .266 .435 .787 .342 .312 .343 .235 .322 .282 .363 88.0 87.9 8.7 4.51

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/NYM21.0% (91.5)29.1% (91.2)-5.4% (86.7)44.4% (81.8)---- 50.0% 49.8%
RP MLB Percentile 13 (7) 63 (14) - 4 (54) 95 (37) - - - - 54.6% 44.6%
RP MLB AVG 38.7% (94.7) 26.6% (94.0) 19.7% (89.4) 25.8% (86.1) 21.0% (82.4) 15.4% (80.3) 17.5% (86.1) 18.6% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.7% 51.2%
Career23.3% (92.1)24.4% (91.8)-30.5% (86.2)14.0% (82.2)-0.3% (87.0)-- 47.8% 44.7%

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/NYM24.2% (12)33.1% (14)-40.6% (4)26.6% (31)---- 29.4% 28.1%
RP MLB Percentile 22 (76) 86 (30) - 95 (84) 37 (20) - - - - 64.6% 43.7%
RP MLB AVG 27.1% (31) 27.4% (12) 26.8% (14) 29.7% (27) 28.2% (19) 27.1% (14) 22.3% (19) 22.2% (20) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career26.9% (63)28.4% (40)-29.8% (102)30.2% (48)-33.3% (2)-- 27.7% 29.9%

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% 27.5% 20.6% 7.8% 39.2% 31.4% 45.7% 22.9% 17.6% 59.8% 31.4% 2.9% 5.9% 39.0%
RP MLB Percentile 48 7 22 33 17 5 99 38 30 24 5 88 56 27
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.7% 24.2% 10.1% 34.7% 41.0% 33.6% 25.4% 18.2% 62.9% 24.6% 5.8% 6.8% 36.8%
Career 49.4% 21.9% 20.3% 8.3% 33.9% 34.3% 43.1% 22.5% 18.0% 64.4% 23.3% 4.4% 7.8% 29.5%

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 .298 .376 .357 .382 .265 .351 .313 .371 84.8 83.1 9.5 19.0% 39.0% 25.9%
RP MLB Percentile 9 9 10 11 14 11 11 31 89 98 72 34 27 31
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .359 87.7 89.2 13.0 17.7% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .266 .342 .312 .343 .235 .322 .282 .363 88.0 87.9 8.7 26.0% 29.5% 19.9%

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 46.1% 64.2% 45.8% 30.7% 22.9% 17.6% 77.1% 87.2% 60.2% 18.4% 10.5% 28.9% 17.7% 57.6% 0.50 50.3%
RP MLB Percentile 67 43 23 35 30 30 30 27 36 84 24 55 63 30 46 29
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 84.0% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.5% 17.1% 58.4% 0.50 51.2%
Career 40.8% 64.7% 47.0% 30.2% 23.7% 18.0% 76.3% 85.0% 55.6% 17.6% 11.1% 28.8% 17.9% 58.6% 0.51 54.1%

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 46.1% 44.5% 22.3% 33.2% 32.0% 26.1% 42.0% 29.6% 48.1% 7.6%
RP MLB Percentile 67 95 97 20 31 13 57 50 85 71
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 40.8% 40.6% 22.7% 36.7% 31.6% 25.2% 43.2% 36.1% 41.2% 6.6%

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 61.5% 13.7% 26.9% 15.1% 61.8% 54.8% 23.6% 23.3% 18.2%
RP MLB Percentile 91 16 8 62 48 80 78 19 45
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.3% 21.2% 26.8% 19.3%
Career 61.2% 11.9% 27.9% 15.0% 60.7% 50.6% 22.1% 18.3% 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 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 592 5.07 48.4% 17.0% 34.6% 13.8% 3.7% 11.8 +8 3.34
RP MLB Percentile 29 78 79 39 76 76 82 7 13 64
RP MLB AVG 850 4.94 45.9% 17.4% 36.7% 9.1% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.49
Career 2,422 5.02 48.1% 17.7% 34.2% 14.0% 5.9% 22.3 +14 2.88
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