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Seth Lugo
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #67
- Born
- November 17, 1989 in Shreveport, LA, United States
- MLB debut
- July 1, 2016
- Drafted
- 2011, round 34
- College
- Centenary College of Louisiana
- High school
- Parkway
- Salary, 2026
- $21.5M
- dbWAR
- 16.5 16 season(s)
- IP
- 172.1
- ERA
- 5.17
- FIP
- 4.38
- K/9
- 7.0
- FIP−
- 105 100 = avg
Seth Lugo is a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 134 batters over 172.1 innings across 32 appearances, 32 of them starts, going 7-9. His ERA of 5.17 is 23.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 14th of 19 on his team, and 418th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.38 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.7% of swings (8.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.8%. His 1.9 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, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 32 | 32 | 172.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 99 | 134 | 54 | 5.17 | 4.38 | 1.47 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 124 | 105 | 1.9 | |
| 2025 | KC | 26 | 26 | 145.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 133 | 67 | 125 | 55 | 4.15 | 5.09 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 100 | 122 | 0.1 | |
| 2024 | KC | 33 | 33 | 206.2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 177 | 69 | 181 | 48 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 1.09 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 74 | 80 | 4.7 | |
| 2023 | SD | 26 | 26 | 146.1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 140 | 58 | 140 | 36 | 3.57 | 3.83 | 1.20 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 82 | 88 | 2.5 | |
| 2022 | NYM | 62 | 0 | 65.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 26 | 69 | 18 | 3.60 | 3.76 | 1.17 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 91 | 95 | 0.5 | |
| 2021 | NYM | 46 | 0 | 46.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 55 | 19 | 3.50 | 3.77 | 1.29 | 10.7 | 3.7 | 82 | 88 | 0.5 | |
| 2020 | NYM | 16 | 7 | 36.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 5.15 | 4.45 | 1.36 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 116 | 100 | 0.3 | |
| 2019 | NYM | 61 | 0 | 80.0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 24 | 104 | 16 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 0.90 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 60 | 60 | 2.0 | |
| 2018 | NYM | 54 | 5 | 101.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 81 | 30 | 103 | 28 | 2.66 | 3.17 | 1.08 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 64 | 76 | 1.6 | |
| 2017 | NYM | 19 | 18 | 101.1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 53 | 85 | 25 | 4.71 | 3.95 | 1.37 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 108 | 91 | 1.5 | |
| 2016 | NYM | 17 | 8 | 64.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 19 | 45 | 21 | 2.67 | 4.33 | 1.09 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 64 | 103 | 0.4 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NYM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -127 | -0.0 | |
| 2019 | NYM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .872 | +0.5 | 488 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | NYM | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .000 | .333 | 7.7% | 61.5% | .132 | -2.0 | -31 | 0.0 | |
| 2017 | NYM | 17 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .138 | .138 | .310 | .172 | .167 | 0.0% | 29.4% | .186 | -3.9 | 6 | 0.1 | |
| 2016 | NYM | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .222 | .250 | .063 | .200 | 5.6% | 11.1% | .206 | -1.6 | 22 | 0.1 |
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 | 474 | 423 | 131 | 14 | 38 | 88 | .310 | .373 | .501 | .381 | 18.6% |
| vs RHB | 277 | 254 | 69 | 9 | 16 | 46 | .272 | .315 | .445 | .330 | 16.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Seth Lugo 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.
| Sinker | 557 | 91.4 | 2,338 | 43.1% | 12.4% | 145 | .290 | .862 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 466 | 91.7 | 2,277 | 48.7% | 14.9% | 91 | .418 | 1.157 | |
| Cutter | 456 | 89.8 | 2,349 | 48.5% | 24.2% | 118 | .288 | .807 | |
| Curveball | 427 | 77.4 | 3,201 | 45.0% | 21.6% | 105 | .257 | .758 | |
| Sweeper | 318 | 79.2 | 2,907 | 44.7% | 15.9% | 68 | .294 | .872 | |
| Slider | 267 | 84.3 | 2,673 | 44.2% | 23.4% | 59 | .271 | .719 | |
| Changeup | 258 | 85.1 | 1,734 | 32.6% | 15.8% | 64 | .234 | .563 | |
| Slow Curve | 72 | 69.6 | 2,555 | 43.1% | 34.4% | 18 | .167 | .436 |
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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.