Players · G · Pitcher · 2023
Zack Greinke
- 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
- dbWAR
- 31.3 15 season(s)
- IP
- 142.1
- ERA
- 5.06
- FIP
- 4.74
- K/9
- 6.1
- FIP−
- 110 100 = avg
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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 592 | 89.5 | 2,248 | 50.7% | 15.7% | 128 | .273 | .792 | |
| Slider | 444 | 79.2 | 2,464 | 42.6% | 23.1% | 117 | .214 | .538 | |
| Changeup | 367 | 86.5 | 1,755 | 30.5% | 20.7% | 110 | .236 | .605 | |
| Sinker | 347 | 89.8 | 2,205 | 46.1% | 8.2% | 88 | .330 | .968 | |
| Curveball | 312 | 72.5 | 2,409 | 42.6% | 15.5% | 70 | .386 | 1.142 | |
| Cutter | 156 | 85.2 | 2,437 | 41.0% | 18.6% | 50 | .320 | .814 |
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Nearest 2023 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.