Sonny Gray

#54 - Starting Pitcher

Minnesota Twins

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	11/7/1989 (34)
Height, Weight	5'10", 195 lb
Hometown	Nashville, TN

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	8-8	184.0	2.79	1.15	24.3%	7.3%	29.1%

	65^th 7 W	22^nd 114 IP	10^th 4.60 ERA	42^nd 1.33 WHIP	62^nd 21.6% K%	80^th 8.0% BB%	61^st 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	92.9	12.5%	26.4%	50.8%	5.13	3.50

	122^nd 93.5 FB MPH	74^th 11.7% SwStr%	79^th 27.6% HC%	30^th 43.8% GB%	38^th 4.98 PLV	19^th 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	NYY	30	23	130.1	11	9	4.90	-	4.17	-	1.50	9.5	21.1%	9.8%	.327	-	-	0.97	-	70.9%	10.8%	29.2%	-
2019	CIN	31	31	175.1	11	8	2.87	-	3.43	-	1.08	6.3	29.0%	9.6%	.259	-	-	0.87	-	79.7%	12.0%	30.8%	-
2020	CIN	11	11	56.0	5	3	3.70	3.22	3.05	3.36	1.21	6.8	30.6%	11.1%	.290	18.8%	49.3%	0.64	11.8%	68.3%	11.9%	33.0%	4.92
2021	CIN	26	26	135.1	7	9	4.19	3.28	4.00	3.64	1.22	7.7	27.0%	8.7%	.282	19.8%	50.3%	1.26	18.4%	72.4%	11.3%	30.8%	5.03
2022	MIN	24	24	119.2	8	5	3.08	3.48	3.41	3.68	1.13	7.5	24.0%	7.4%	.278	26.4%	46.8%	0.83	10.4%	77.2%	9.7%	29.9%	4.97
2023	MIN	32	32	184.0	8	8	2.79	3.50	2.82	3.61	1.15	7.6	24.3%	7.3%	.295	26.4%	50.8%	0.39	5.9%	76.8%	12.5%	29.1%	5.13
SP MLB Percentile		86	86	89	61	27	95	91	98	90	78	82	68	58	52	59	85	99	98	79	62	69	79
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		154	147	800.2	50	42	3.50	-	-	-	1.20	7.6	25.6%	8.7%	.289	19.3%	49.5%	0.82	19.3%	74.9%	11.4%	30.2%	5.04

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 27%
Slider | 20%
Curveball | 17%
Sinker | 16%
Cutter | 13%
Changeup | 7%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	93.4	13.1%	-	-	7.8%	22.8%	30.6%	63.6%	57.8%	-	-	.309	.407	.306	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.3	15.5%	-	-	8.8%	23.5%	32.3%	64.4%	60.2%	-	-	.241	.320	.281	-	-	-	-	-
2020	93.0	25.7%	18.3%	51.8%	5.6%	26.5%	32.1%	64.7%	60.6%	48.6%	31.4%	.222	.302	.242	18.2%	.222	.283	20.8%	2,510
2021	92.3	24.1%	21.7%	50.3%	7.6%	24.4%	32.0%	65.9%	60.1%	42.4%	37.4%	.274	.355	.271	13.5%	.278	.340	24.2%	2,418
2022	92.1	28.2%	25.1%	49.3%	6.5%	26.4%	32.8%	67.4%	61.9%	50.0%	29.6%	.248	.286	.255	6.3%	.262	.307	26.0%	2,540
2023	92.9	27.2%	22.9%	55.0%	7.8%	21.4%	29.2%	68.4%	61.6%	50.3%	25.5%	.301	.352	.314	10.0%	.322	.384	31.4%	2,513
SP MLB Percentile	37	20	28	82	24	83	67	73	63	96	4	30	55	42	77	10	33	44	97
SP MLB AVG	93.5	38.2%	26.4%	50.7%	9.8%	17.8%	27.6%	65.4%	59.5%	34.2%	41.7%	.274	.363	.309	15.3%	.267	.362	31.1%	2,256

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.222	.283	.252	.329	20.8%	8.6%	31.4%	22.9%	86.5	85.1	9.0	1.8	9.1	-0.6	5.5	6.5	2,510
2021	.278	.340	.294	.328	24.2%	2.0%	30.7%	23.8%	86.6	85.9	12.0	1.6	8.8	-0.5	5.4	6.5	2,418
2022	.262	.307	.270	.295	26.0%	2.8%	32.4%	26.7%	88.0	83.5	10.1	1.4	8.8	-0.8	5.4	6.5	2,540
2023	.322	.384	.333	.381	31.4%	4.5%	36.9%	29.9%	87.8	86.0	8.8	1.0	7.2	-0.8	5.4	6.5	2,513
SP MLB Percentile	10	33	20	73	44	92	88	41	92	87	96	1	7	65	15	45	97
SP MLB AVG	.267	.362	.297	.411	31.1%	10.3%	43.1%	29.3%	91.1	89.0	19.1	4.7	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,256

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	294	70	10	5	0	2	5	13	0	0	187	107	.309	.509	.407
2019	452	97	13	2	1	3	22	14	0	0	291	161	.241	.405	.320
2020	249	48	5	2	1	2	10	3	0	1	161	88	.222	.444	.302
2021	537	130	20	6	0	5	13	15	1	0	354	183	.274	.460	.355
2022	527	131	24	3	0	2	11	11	1	0	355	172	.248	.325	.286
2023	766	194	40	7	1	4	16	21	0	0	524	242	.301	.422	.352
SP MLB Percentile	68	69	15	46	18	62	32	28	67	23	67	35	30	72	55
SP MLB AVG	647	159	22	8	1	6	34	16	1	0	429	219	.274	.487	.363

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	48.6%	20.0%	31.4%	8.6%	18.2%	37.1%	48.6%	14.3%	18.5%	5.7%	37.1%	25.7%	22.9%	0.0%	40.0%
2021	42.4%	20.2%	37.4%	11.1%	13.5%	45.5%	32.7%	21.8%	15.1%	4.0%	35.4%	29.3%	24.2%	5.1%	33.3%
2022	50.0%	20.4%	29.6%	8.3%	6.3%	44.4%	35.2%	20.4%	14.0%	2.8%	38.9%	25.9%	25.0%	4.6%	31.5%
2023	50.3%	24.2%	25.5%	7.6%	10.0%	43.3%	26.1%	30.6%	18.7%	5.1%	37.6%	20.4%	26.1%	6.4%	35.7%
SP MLB Percentile	96	45	4	18	77	95	5	36	25	86	97	9	39	65	72
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	24.1%	41.7%	12.5%	15.3%	31.9%	35.5%	32.6%	21.1%	3.1%	22.0%	31.7%	24.9%	7.9%	39.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.309	.407	.306	.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.241	.320	.281	.317	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	20.8%	8.6%	31.4%	22.9%	.222	.302	.242	.286	.222	.283	.252	.329	86.5	85.1	9.0
2021	24.2%	2.0%	30.7%	23.8%	.274	.355	.271	.307	.278	.340	.294	.328	86.6	85.9	12.0
2022	26.0%	2.8%	32.4%	26.7%	.248	.286	.255	.269	.262	.307	.270	.295	88.0	83.5	10.1
2023	31.4%	4.5%	36.9%	29.9%	.301	.352	.314	.331	.322	.384	.333	.381	87.8	86.0	8.8
SP MLB Percentile	44	92	88	41	30	55	42	66	10	33	20	73	92	87	96
SP MLB AVG	31.1%	10.3%	43.1%	29.3%	.274	.363	.309	.353	.267	.362	.297	.411	91.1	89.0	19.1

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	7.8%	22.8%	30.6%	63.6%	57.8%	19.2%	40.8%	80.8%	-	-	27.1%	-	60.6%	43.6%
2019	-	-	8.8%	23.5%	32.3%	64.4%	60.2%	21.6%	40.9%	78.4%	-	-	30.6%	-	57.9%	53.5%
2020	18.3%	51.8%	5.6%	26.5%	32.1%	64.7%	60.6%	14.7%	38.2%	85.3%	77.3%	87.7%	32.7%	16.3%	59.5%	54.4%
2021	21.7%	50.3%	7.6%	24.4%	32.0%	65.9%	60.1%	18.4%	41.5%	81.6%	63.8%	87.9%	26.8%	14.9%	64.0%	51.1%
2022	25.1%	49.3%	6.5%	26.4%	32.8%	67.4%	61.9%	15.7%	41.0%	84.3%	70.1%	90.6%	29.1%	31.3%	63.2%	51.0%
2023	22.9%	55.0%	7.8%	21.4%	29.2%	68.4%	61.6%	16.7%	47.0%	83.3%	70.9%	86.8%	25.5%	18.3%	67.8%	53.5%
SP MLB Percentile	28	82	24	83	67	73	63	23	45	23	41	26	72	23	78	60
SP MLB AVG	26.4%	50.7%	9.8%	17.8%	27.6%	65.4%	59.5%	20.4%	47.5%	79.6%	69.5%	83.5%	23.1%	21.8%	62.4%	51.9%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65.3%	20.4%	14.3%	-	15.1%	11.9%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.3%	17.5%	23.2%	-	9.7%	21.0%
2020	12.9%	24.5%	62.7%	37.8%	28.5%	33.7%	8.8%	48.2%	27.3%	65.1%	15.3%	19.7%	51.8%	12.3%	20.4%
2021	23.3%	26.8%	49.9%	38.0%	27.2%	34.8%	6.5%	39.1%	34.1%	68.0%	18.2%	13.8%	50.3%	18.1%	17.6%
2022	19.4%	25.2%	55.4%	43.5%	27.7%	28.8%	6.5%	28.5%	46.3%	67.9%	19.9%	12.1%	49.3%	16.8%	17.2%
2023	18.1%	31.9%	50.0%	46.3%	26.4%	27.3%	8.6%	29.6%	38.5%	63.4%	20.9%	15.7%	55.0%	18.7%	13.3%
SP MLB Percentile	2	83	95	27	50	74	74	55	31	89	4	1	82	95	25
SP MLB AVG	34.8%	29.0%	36.2%	51.8%	26.3%	21.9%	7.6%	29.1%	41.9%	57.2%	13.9%	28.9%	50.7%	13.7%	16.8%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	294	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	452	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	249	5.23	1,302	47.4%	21.7%	30.9%	16.5%	-1.4	3.52	-6
2021	537	5.02	2,694	47.7%	18.1%	34.3%	13.4%	2.1	3.79	+7
2022	527	5.22	2,750	50.7%	18.2%	31.1%	19.5%	-3.9	2.77	+6
2023	766	5.33	4,081	53.5%	17.6%	28.9%	24.7%	0.9	2.73	+8
SP MLB Percentile	68	94	72	95	36	96	96	53	-	12
SP MLB AVG	647	4.90	3,207	43.0%	18.4%	38.7%	4.3%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	84.8	6.7%	-	-	19.9%	9.3%	29.1%	60.3%	55.0%	-	-	.205	.234	.400	-	-	-	-	-
2019	84.5	9.9%	-	-	21.9%	6.6%	28.5%	56.9%	54.2%	-	-	.100	.142	.189	-	-	-	-	-
2020	82.9	15.6%	40.0%	27.2%	23.8%	9.3%	33.1%	57.6%	51.7%	29.4%	17.6%	.265	.257	.529	0.0%	.211	.210	5.7%	2,777
2021	82.1	15.2%	35.6%	25.4%	16.5%	8.0%	24.5%	51.0%	47.5%	51.1%	35.6%	.162	.232	.227	12.5%	.142	.198	3.8%	2,623
2022	81.6	11.2%	33.8%	28.1%	15.2%	6.7%	21.9%	54.8%	49.0%	56.8%	24.3%	.211