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Jordan Lyles

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 34
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 230 lb

Born: October 19, 1990 in Hartsville, SC, United States
MLB debut: May 31, 2011
Drafted: 2008, round C-A
High school: Hartsville
Salary, 2024: $8.5M

dbWAR: 3.1
IP: 5.0
ERA: 0.00
FIP: 3.17
K/9: 5.4
FIP−: 78

Jordan Lyles was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2024 he struck out 3 batters over 5.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 0.00 was 100.0% lower than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 3.17 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.9% of swings (15.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.8%. His 0.1 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, 2024.

FIP3.17

K/95.4

WHIP0.80

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2024	KC	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0.00	3.17	0.80	5.4	3.6	0	78	0.1
2023	KC	31	31	177.2	6	17	0	176	124	120	45	6.28	5.62	1.24	6.1	2.3	145	130	-0.2
2022	BAL	32	32	179.0	12	11	0	196	88	144	52	4.42	4.40	1.39	7.2	2.6	111	111	1.2
2021	TEX	32	30	180.0	10	13	0	194	103	146	56	5.15	5.34	1.39	7.3	2.8	121	125	-0.1
2020	TEX	12	9	57.2	1	6	0	67	45	36	23	7.02	5.95	1.56	5.6	3.6	158	134	-0.3
2019	PIT/MIL	28	28	141.0	12	8	0	131	65	146	55	4.15	4.64	1.32	9.3	3.5	92	103	1.5
2018	SD/MIL	36	8	87.2	3	4	0	83	40	84	28	4.11	4.08	1.27	8.6	2.9	99	98	0.7
2017	COL/SD	38	5	69.2	1	5	0	96	60	55	22	7.75	5.68	1.69	7.1	2.8	178	130	-0.4
2016	COL	40	5	58.2	4	5	1	69	38	32	28	5.83	4.58	1.65	4.9	4.3	139	109	0.3
2015	COL	10	10	49.0	2	5	0	54	28	30	19	5.14	3.79	1.49	5.5	3.5	130	96	0.8

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	TEX	3	6	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	83.3%	.000	-1.6	-121	-0.1
2019	PIT/MIL	24	48	4	4	1	28	.089	.128	.089	.000	.235	2.1%	58.3%	.105	-8.9	-48	-0.2
2018	SD/MIL	13	20	0	1	3	8	.000	.167	.000	.000	.000	15.0%	40.0%	.118	-3.2	-39	-0.0
2017	COL/SD	10	14	3	3	1	6	.231	.286	.231	.000	.429	7.1%	42.9%	.238	-1.0	37	0.1
2016	COL	6	8	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-2.0	-106	-0.1
2015	COL	10	19	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	57.9%	.000	-4.8	-109	-0.3

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. 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	9	7	1	0	2	2	.143	.333	.286	.296	22.2%
vs RHB	10	10	1	0	0	1	.100	.100	.200	.124	10.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Jordan Lyles 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	26.4%	19	90.8	2,129	42.1%	0.0%	4	—	—
Changeup	18.1%	13	84.4	1,628	38.5%	71.4%	4	—	—
Cutter	18.1%	13	87.6	2,263	53.8%	42.9%	2	—	—
Sweeper	15.3%	11	80.2	2,218	54.5%	42.9%	3	—	—

Jordan Lyles'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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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.