Carlos Estevez stats
Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2026
Relief Pitcher · #53
60-Day ILRight Shoulder · due back February 1
Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 2016
Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 2016
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 506
- W
- 31
- L
- 37
- ERA
- 4.08
- IP
- 485.2
- K
- 494
- BB
- 185
- WHIP
- 1.33
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | COL | 63 | 3 | 7 | 5.24 | 55.0 | 59 | 28 | 1.42 |
| 2017 | COL | 35 | 5 | 0 | 5.57 | 32.1 | 31 | 14 | 1.64 |
| 2019 | COL | 71 | 2 | 2 | 3.75 | 72.0 | 81 | 23 | 1.29 |
| 2020 | COL | 26 | 1 | 3 | 7.50 | 24.0 | 27 | 9 | 1.75 |
| 2021 | COL | 64 | 3 | 5 | 4.38 | 61.2 | 60 | 21 | 1.49 |
| 2022 | COL | 62 | 4 | 4 | 3.47 | 57.0 | 54 | 23 | 1.18 |
| 2023 | LAA | 63 | 5 | 5 | 3.90 | 62.1 | 78 | 31 | 1.49 |
| 2024 |  LAA/PHI | 54 | 4 | 5 | 2.45 | 55.0 | 50 | 12 | 0.91 |
| 2025 | KC | 67 | 4 | 5 | 2.45 | 66.0 | 54 | 22 | 1.06 |
| 2026 | KC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 6.00
- IP
- 3.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 1.33
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.2
- GB
- 514
- FB
- 877
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 24
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 69 | 85 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2017 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 48 | 55 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2019 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 79 | 124 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2020 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 23 | 54 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2021 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 88 | 99 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2022 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 57 | 100 | 0.6 | 6 |
| 2023 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 53 | 114 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | LAA/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 48 | 101 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2025 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 48 | 141 | 0.3 | 2 |
| 2026 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 0 |
Latest performance
Carlos Estevez
Mar 28 · @ ATL · L 6-2
- IP
- 0.1
- H
- 4
- R
- 6
- ER
- 6
- BB
- 2
- K
- 0
- HR
- 1
- ERA
- 162.00
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Mar 28 | at ATLL 6-2 | 0.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 27 | at ATHW 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat, Sep 20 | vs TORW 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 17 | vs SEAW 7-5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 14 | atPHIW 10-3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 10 | at CLEW 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Carlos Estevez's career stats?
Carlos Estevez played 10 seasons for the Rockies, the Angels and the Royals. He had 31 wins and 494 strikeouts with a 4.08 ERA over 485.2 innings. His best season was 2017: 5 wins, a 5.57 ERA and 31 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2016 to 2026
Carlos Estevez led MLB in saves (2025); finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 128th in saves (124)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Carlos Estevez
Playoff series
Carlos Estevez played 3 games across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Series | G | IPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | KK: Batters this pitcher struck out. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  NYM | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Carlos Estevez against each club
- vs Texas Rangers (14)
- vs San Diego Padres (13)
- vs San Francisco Giants (13)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12)
- vs Chicago White Sox (12)
- vs Houston Astros (12)
- vs Seattle Mariners (12)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (11)
- vs New York Mets (11)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (11)
- vs Detroit Tigers (10)
- vs Minnesota Twins (10)
- vs Atlanta Braves (9)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (9)
- vs Athletics (8)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (7)
- vs Miami Marlins (7)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (6)
- vs Kansas City Royals (6)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (6)
- vs Boston Red Sox (5)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (5)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (5)
- vs New York Yankees (5)
- vs Washington Nationals (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (2)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (1)
Similar players
Closest career per-game profiles to Carlos Estevez among MLB players at the same position.
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- Shane GreeneAlike in Wins, Innings pitched69out of 100 on profile similarity
- James McArthurAlike in Strikeouts, Innings pitched68out of 100 on profile similarity
- Jeurys FamiliaAlike in Saves68out of 100 on profile similarity
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