Zack Greinke

#23 - Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	10/21/1983 (40)
Height, Weight	6'2", 200 lb
Hometown	Orlando, FL

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	2-15	142.1	5.06	1.27	16.4%	3.9%	25.6%

	167^th 7 W	66^th 114 IP	139^th 4.60 ERA	86^th 1.33 WHIP	165^th 21.6% K%	8^th 8.0% BB%	166^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	89.5	8.1%	30.1%	44.9%	5.03	4.98

	193^rd 93.5 FB MPH	192^nd 11.7% SwStr%	146^th 27.6% HC%	85^th 43.8% GB%	79^th 4.98 PLV	142^nd 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	ARI	33	33	207.2	15	11	3.21	-	3.71	-	1.08	7.8	23.7%	5.1%	.273	-	-	1.21	-	80.2%	11.7%	31.1%	-
2019	ARI/HOU	33	33	208.2	18	5	2.93	-	3.22	-	0.98	7.6	23.1%	3.7%	.274	-	-	0.91	-	75.7%	11.2%	29.7%	-
2020	HOU	12	12	67.0	3	3	4.03	3.70	2.80	3.66	1.13	9.0	24.5%	3.3%	.321	24.9%	43.9%	0.81	9.1%	68.5%	11.3%	32.8%	5.02
2021	HOU	30	29	171.0	11	6	4.16	4.49	4.72	4.22	1.17	8.6	17.2%	5.2%	.264	27.3%	46.6%	1.58	19.1%	75.0%	10.0%	27.6%	5.01
2022	KC	26	26	137.0	4	9	3.68	4.88	4.03	4.49	1.34	10.3	12.5%	4.6%	.306	32.3%	45.2%	0.92	9.5%	72.9%	8.1%	25.7%	5.08
2023	KC	30	27	142.1	2	15	5.06	4.95	4.75	4.35	1.27	10.0	16.4%	3.9%	.300	30.1%	44.9%	1.58	17.1%	68.7%	8.1%	25.6%	5.03
SP MLB Percentile		78	67	67	7	1	31	29	39	57	56	19	16	96	42	26	57	28	32	26	4	15	60
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		164	160	933.2	53	49	3.73	-	-	-	1.15	8.7	19.6%	4.4%	.285	23.9%	45.4%	1.20	24.0%	74.3%	10.2%	28.6%	5.03

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 27%
Slider | 20%
Changeup | 17%
Sinker | 16%
Curveball | 14%
Cutter | 7%
Splitter | 0%
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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	89.6	21.1%	-	-	6.2%	26.5%	32.7%	64.5%	59.3%	-	-	.292	.382	.333	-	-	-	-	-
2019	89.6	15.6%	-	-	5.6%	34.8%	40.4%	67.6%	64.7%	-	-	.175	.253	.189	-	-	-	-	-
2020	88.1	40.9%	10.3%	50.9%	4.4%	31.6%	35.9%	61.8%	55.5%	29.4%	41.2%	.321	.383	.369	10.7%	.309	.385	33.7%	2,301
2021	88.9	40.1%	17.7%	54.5%	4.8%	27.8%	32.6%	67.6%	61.4%	31.5%	40.1%	.267	.338	.273	17.7%	.294	.362	36.5%	2,221
2022	89.1	39.1%	23.8%	54.2%	6.6%	25.7%	32.3%	68.1%	62.4%	29.3%	40.8%	.298	.354	.314	11.7%	.314	.397	40.4%	2,278
2023	89.5	26.5%	18.3%	58.2%	6.8%	26.1%	32.9%	68.9%	63.0%	27.8%	43.5%	.276	.342	.284	12.8%	.295	.378	34.8%	2,235
SP MLB Percentile	4	19	7	95	15	98	93	75	73	22	60	44	62	67	61	27	38	23	46
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	.309	.385	.339	.448	33.7%	11.8%	48.5%	35.9%	88.8	91.3	16.3	1.3	10.3	-1.0	6.1	6.0	2,301
2021	.294	.362	.319	.420	36.5%	8.6%	46.7%	36.1%	92.1	91.0	21.2	1.4	9.7	-1.1	6.2	6.0	2,221
2022	.314	.397	.323	.438	40.4%	12.9%	49.7%	39.9%	91.8	89.5	19.8	2.0	9.2	-1.5	6.1	5.9	2,278
2023	.295	.378	.300	.417	34.8%	11.1%	48.1%	37.7%	92.5	90.1	19.8	2.1	9.2	-1.2	6.1	6.0	2,235
SP MLB Percentile	27	38	44	43	23	37	17	8	25	33	46	8	47	51	81	8	46
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	676	131	18	9	0	8	32	6	3	0	436	240	.292	.567	.382
2019	485	87	8	2	0	4	23	7	0	0	328	157	.175	.350	.253
2020	434	92	16	7	1	3	17	6	1	1	268	166	.321	.536	.383
2021	1,034	255	38	12	0	14	44	13	1	1	699	335	.267	.492	.338
2022	888	183	36	8	0	7	24	11	1	0	605	283	.298	.468	.354
2023	589	138	22	7	0	6	20	6	4	0	406	183	.276	.472	.342
SP MLB Percentile	54	53	39	46	46	43	40	81	8	23	56	52	44	53	62
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	29.4%	29.4%	41.2%	5.9%	10.7%	23.5%	41.2%	35.3%	10.1%	2.9%	23.5%	25.0%	23.5%	13.2%	47.1%
2021	31.5%	28.4%	40.1%	12.7%	17.7%	24.9%	35.5%	39.6%	16.0%	1.0%	18.8%	33.5%	30.5%	7.6%	45.2%
2022	29.3%	29.9%	40.8%	8.8%	11.7%	23.1%	35.4%	41.5%	19.3%	0.7%	20.4%	29.3%	27.9%	8.8%	45.6%
2023	27.8%	28.7%	43.5%	10.2%	12.8%	30.6%	32.4%	37.0%	17.7%	0.9%	19.4%	31.5%	25.0%	12.0%	43.5%
SP MLB Percentile	22	15	60	37	61	45	25	76	14	14	37	48	48	10	22
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	-	-	-	-	.292	.382	.333	.393	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.175	.253	.189	.246	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	33.7%	11.8%	48.5%	35.9%	.321	.383	.369	.397	.309	.385	.339	.448	88.8	91.3	16.3
2021	36.5%	8.6%	46.7%	36.1%	.267	.338	.273	.325	.294	.362	.319	.420	92.1	91.0	21.2
2022	40.4%	12.9%	49.7%	39.9%	.298	.354	.314	.347	.314	.397	.323	.438	91.8	89.5	19.8
2023	34.8%	11.1%	48.1%	37.7%	.276	.342	.284	.324	.295	.378	.300	.417	92.5	90.1	19.8
SP MLB Percentile	23	37	17	8	44	62	67	71	27	38	44	43	25	33	46
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	-	-	6.2%	26.5%	32.7%	64.5%	59.3%	16.3%	38.0%	83.7%	-	-	32.1%	-	66.8%	57.0%
2019	-	-	5.6%	34.8%	40.4%	67.6%	64.7%	17.0%	32.8%	83.0%	-	-	40.7%	-	70.9%	62.0%
2020	10.3%	50.9%	4.4%	31.6%	35.9%	61.8%	55.5%	14.5%	30.2%	85.5%	72.7%	88.1%	37.4%	12.0%	65.1%	58.1%
2021	17.7%	54.5%	4.8%	27.8%	32.6%	67.6%	61.4%	12.1%	39.8%	87.9%	79.5%	90.0%	32.1%	15.4%	69.4%	56.6%
2022	23.8%	54.2%	6.6%	25.7%	32.3%	68.1%	62.4%	15.6%	42.5%	84.4%	82.5%	85.0%	29.5%	17.2%	71.1%	60.1%
2023	18.3%	58.2%	6.8%	26.1%	32.9%	68.9%	63.0%	15.9%	42.8%	84.1%	80.0%	85.0%	30.6%	15.3%	70.9%	57.7%
SP MLB Percentile	7	95	15	98	93	75	73	18	20	18	12	43	94	8	93	80
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66.9%	11.1%	22.0%	-	11.3%	21.5%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68.9%	10.7%	20.4%	-	9.0%	23.2%
2020	42.9%	26.3%	30.9%	20.7%	27.2%	52.1%	7.1%	17.1%	56.7%	66.6%	10.4%	23.0%	50.9%	9.3%	17.0%
2021	36.8%	25.9%	37.2%	27.1%	32.3%	40.6%	8.2%	21.8%	52.3%	65.4%	13.2%	21.4%	54.5%	15.5%	19.9%
2022	37.0%	25.5%	37.5%	35.5%	31.1%	33.4%	7.3%	22.7%	51.8%	63.7%	13.4%	22.9%	54.2%	13.1%	11.8%
2023	39.0%	31.7%	29.2%	38.9%	31.6%	29.5%	10.0%	20.2%	48.0%	68.8%	9.0%	22.2%	58.2%	13.1%	15.3%
SP MLB Percentile	69	80	19	6	94	83	92	8	81	98	92	11	95	44	36
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	676	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	485	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	434	4.79	2,080	35.7%	20.3%	44.0%	-8.3%	0.3	4.54	+0
2021	1,034	4.78	4,948	34.6%	23.6%	41.8%	-7.2%	-7.9	4.11	-5
2022	888	4.86	4,316	37.6%	25.0%	37.4%	0.2%	-1.7	3.95	-8
2023	589	4.74	2,792	39.6%	19.9%	40.6%	-1.0%	-8.6	4.42	-12
SP MLB Percentile	54	28	52	33	70	35	35	90	-	91
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	83.5	8.5%	-	-	19.1%	9.2%	28.3%	67.6%	60.3%	-	-	.230	.294	.271	-	-	-	-	-
2019	83.8	7.3%	-	-	13.7%	9.3%	22.9%	59.0%	48.9%	-	-	.390	.379	.458	-	-	-	-	-
2020	84.6	12.3%	28.6%	35.4%	9.2%	14.6%	23.8%	60.0%	51.5%	46.7%	30.0%	.333	.348	.367	0.0%	.274	.299	26.5%	2,411
2021	83.6	15.2%	40.3%	32.7%	16.1%	11.0%	27.1%	62.1%	55.5%	50.0%	26.1%	.232	.305	.244	20.8%	.237	.310	20.7%	2,348
2022	82.9	10.7%	38.0%	43.9%	11.1%	19.3%	30.3%	66.0%	57.4%	48.1%	28.8%	.333	.384	.380	13.3%	.297	.335	32.3%	2,403
2023	79.2	20.0%	35.5%	41.7%	11.7%	12.8%	24.5%