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Zack Greinke

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 40
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #23

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 22, 2004

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dbWAR: 70.4
IP: 142.1
ERA: 5.06
FIP: 4.74
K/9: 6.1
FIP−: 110

Zack Greinke was a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2023 he struck out 97 batters over 142.1 innings across 30 appearances, 27 of them starts, going 2-15. His ERA of 5.06 was 16.8% higher than the league average of 4.33 — 14th of 23 on his team, and 407th of 550 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.74 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 17.3% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.4%. His 1.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2023 regular season.

FIP4.74

K/96.1

WHIP1.27

WAR1.1

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below. Seasons on file run 2005–2023; his career began in 2004, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.


2023	KC	30	27	142.1	2	15	0	158	80	97	23	5.06	4.74	1.27	6.1	1.5	117	110	1.1
2022	KC	26	26	137.0	4	9	0	157	56	73	27	3.68	4.03	1.34	4.8	1.8	93	102	1.6
2021	HOU	30	29	171.0	11	6	0	164	79	120	36	4.16	4.71	1.17	6.3	1.9	97	111	1.2
2020	HOU	12	12	67.0	3	3	0	67	30	67	9	4.03	2.80	1.13	9.0	1.2	90	63	2.1
2019	AZ/HOU	33	33	208.2	18	5	0	175	68	187	30	2.93	3.22	0.98	8.1	1.3	65	71	5.5
2018	AZ	33	33	207.2	15	11	0	181	74	199	43	3.21	3.70	1.08	8.6	1.9	77	89	3.7
2017	AZ	32	32	202.1	17	7	0	172	72	215	45	3.20	3.31	1.07	9.6	2.0	73	76	5.1
2016	AZ	26	26	158.2	13	7	0	161	77	134	41	4.37	4.12	1.27	7.6	2.3	104	98	2.3
2015	LAD	32	32	222.2	19	3	0	148	41	200	40	1.66	2.76	0.84	8.1	1.6	42	70	5.7
2014	LAD	32	32	202.1	17	8	0	190	61	207	43	2.71	2.97	1.15	9.2	1.9	73	79	4.1
2013	LAD	28	28	177.2	15	4	0	152	52	148	46	2.63	3.23	1.11	7.5	2.3	68	84	3.3
2012	MIL/LAA	34	34	212.1	15	5	0	200	82	200	54	3.48	3.10	1.20	8.5	2.3	87	77	5.0
2011	MIL	28	28	171.2	16	6	0	161	73	201	45	3.83	2.98	1.20	10.5	2.4	97	76	4.0
2010	KC	33	33	220.0	10	14	0	219	102	181	55	4.17	3.34	1.25	7.4	2.3	102	82	4.5
2009	KC	33	33	229.1	16	8	0	195	55	242	51	2.16	2.33	1.07	9.5	2.0	50	54	8.0
2008	KC	32	32	202.1	13	10	0	202	78	183	56	3.47	3.56	1.28	8.1	2.5	80	82	4.0
2007	KC	52	14	122.0	7	7	1	122	50	106	36	3.69	3.74	1.30	7.8	2.7	82	84	1.9
2006	KC	3	0	6.1	1	0	0	7	3	5	3	4.26	5.04	1.58	7.1	4.3	94	111	0.0
2005	KC	33	33	183.0	5	17	0	233	118	114	53	5.80	4.49	1.56	5.6	2.6	135	105	1.7

Batting Regular season


2021	HOU	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-121	-0.0
2019	AZ/HOU	25	56	14	3	8	1	2	12	.280	.308	.580	.300	.314	3.6%	21.4%	.364	+2.0	129	0.9
2018	AZ	30	71	15	0	5	3	3	16	.234	.269	.297	.063	.313	4.2%	22.5%	.252	-3.8	53	0.7
2017	AZ	29	70	13	0	4	0	2	18	.210	.246	.274	.065	.295	2.9%	25.7%	.232	-5.4	35	0.5
2016	AZ	25	60	11	0	3	1	3	9	.212	.246	.231	.019	.244	5.0%	15.0%	.213	-5.2	25	0.3
2015	LAD	30	77	15	2	3	1	1	14	.224	.232	.343	.119	.250	1.3%	18.2%	.248	-4.2	53	0.7
2014	LAD	29	69	12	1	3	0	5	11	.200	.262	.350	.150	.229	7.2%	15.9%	.276	-2.0	75	0.8
2013	LAD	29	72	19	0	4	2	7	10	.328	.409	.379	.052	.396	9.7%	13.9%	.361	+2.4	135	1.3
2012	MIL	18	38	7	1	2	0	0	8	.212	.206	.394	.182	.240	0.0%	21.1%	.254	-1.9	53	0.2
2011	MIL	27	59	7	1	1	1	3	9	.143	.192	.204	.061	.154	5.1%	15.3%	.185	-6.2	7	0.1
2010	KC	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	14.3%	.000	-1.8	-125	-0.1
2009	KC	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.167	.250	0.0%	33.3%	.214	-0.6	19	0.0
2008	KC	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.143	.333	0.0%	12.5%	.312	-0.1	88	0.1
2007	KC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-126	-0.0
2005	KC	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	1.500	.000	0.0%	0.0%	1.037	+1.2	587	0.1

Separate from the regular season

Postseason Postseason

Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.

Postseason pitching

Postseason Zack Greinke's postseason pitching, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
Season	Team	Round	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	K/9
2021 Post	HOU	Postseason total	3	2	6.1	0	0	7	2	1	3	4	2.84	1.58	5.7
		ALDS	1	0	1.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.00	9.0
		ALCS	1	1	1.1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	13.50	3.00	0.0
		World Series	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	1.00	6.8
2020 Post	HOU	Postseason total	3	3	14.2	1	0	12	7	3	5	12	4.30	1.16	7.4
		Wild Card	1	1	4.0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	2.25	1.25	2.3
		ALDS	1	1	4.2	0	0	5	4	2	1	4	7.71	1.29	7.7
		ALCS	1	1	6.0	1	0	5	2	1	1	7	3.00	1.00	10.5
2019 Post	HOU	Postseason total	5	5	25.0	0	2	24	13	6	10	25	4.68	1.36	9.0
		ALDS	1	1	3.2	0	1	5	6	3	1	5	14.73	1.64	12.3
		ALCS	2	2	10.1	0	1	10	4	2	4	11	3.48	1.35	9.6
		World Series	2	2	11.0	0	0	9	3	1	5	9	2.45	1.27	7.4
2017 Post	AZ	Postseason total	2	2	8.2	0	1	10	7	2	6	5	7.27	1.85	5.2
		Wild Card	1	1	3.2	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	9.82	1.91	2.5
		NLDS	1	1	5.0	0	1	4	3	2	5	4	5.40	1.80	7.2
2015 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	2	13.2	1	1	11	5	3	1	17	3.29	0.88	11.2
2014 Post	LAD	NLDS	1	1	7.0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	0.00	0.57	9.0
2013 Post	LAD	Postseason total	3	3	21.0	1	1	14	6	0	2	17	2.57	0.76	7.3
		NLDS	1	1	6.0	0	1	4	2	0	0	3	3.00	0.67	4.5
		NLCS	2	2	15.0	1	0	10	4	0	2	14	2.40	0.80	8.4
2011 Post	MIL	Postseason total	3	3	16.2	1	1	23	12	4	4	13	6.48	1.62	7.0
		NLDS	1	1	5.0	0	0	8	4	3	0	7	7.20	1.60	12.6
		NLCS	2	2	11.2	1	1	15	8	1	4	6	6.17	1.63	4.6
2005–2023		Postseason total · 8 Octobers	22	21	113.0	4	6	103	52	19	33	100	4.14	1.20	8.0

Postseason batting

Postseason Zack Greinke's postseason batting, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
Season	Team	Round	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021 Post	HOU	World Series	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
2019 Post	HOU	World Series	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2017 Post	AZ	Postseason total	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
		Wild Card	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
		NLDS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2015 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	5	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2014 Post	LAD	NLDS	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
2013 Post	LAD	Postseason total	3	7	7	0	1	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
		NLDS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
		NLCS	2	5	5	0	1	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
2011 Post	MIL	Postseason total	3	7	6	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
		NLDS	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
		NLCS	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
2005–2023		Postseason total · 7 Octobers	14	30	26	1	7	1	3	.269	.269	.269	.538

Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2023. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	268	255	82	14	10	35	.322	.351	.561	.387	13.1%
vs RHB	325	306	76	11	13	62	.248	.280	.389	.288	19.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Zack Greinke throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	26.7%	592	89.5	2,248	50.7%	15.7%	128	.273	.792
Slider	20.0%	444	79.2	2,464	42.6%	23.1%	117	.214	.538
Changeup	16.5%	367	86.5	1,755	30.5%	20.7%	110	.236	.605
Sinker	15.6%	347	89.8	2,205	46.1%	8.2%	88	.330	.968
Curveball	14.1%	312	72.5	2,409	42.6%	15.5%	70	.386	1.142
Cutter	7.0%	156	85.2	2,437	41.0%	18.6%	50	.320	.814

Zack Greinke's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Anthony DeSclafaniSF

ERA: 4.88
FIP: 4.35
SO: 79
WAR: 1.1

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Julio TeheranMIL

ERA: 4.40
FIP: 4.93
SO: 50
WAR: 0.3

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Miles MikolasSTL

ERA: 4.78
FIP: 4.27
SO: 137
WAR: 2.7

Germán MárquezCOL

ERA: 4.95
FIP: 4.61
SO: 17
WAR: 0.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.