Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2011
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2011
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 522
- W
- 27
- L
- 32
- ERA
- 3.21
- IP
- 513.2
- K
- 510
- BB
- 160
- WHIP
- 1.20
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | KC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 2012 | KC | 76 | 4 | 3 | 2.35 | 84.1 | 77 | 21 | 1.19 |
| 2013 | KC | 59 | 5 | 7 | 3.86 | 58.1 | 74 | 21 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | KC | 70 | 4 | 3 | 1.41 | 70.0 | 59 | 26 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | KC | 72 | 4 | 3 | 2.71 | 69.2 | 64 | 26 | 1.12 |
| 2016 | KC | 72 | 2 | 6 | 2.75 | 72.0 | 86 | 12 | 0.96 |
| 2017 | KC | 64 | 3 | 3 | 4.25 | 59.1 | 56 | 20 | 1.35 |
| 2018 |  KC/WSH | 48 | 2 | 3 | 2.44 | 44.1 | 38 | 10 | 1.20 |
| 2019 | CHW | 57 | 3 | 3 | 6.14 | 51.1 | 53 | 23 | 1.62 |
| 2020 | CHW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 2.1 | 3 | 1 | 1.71 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 22
- W
- 2
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.26
- IP
- 28.2
- K
- 38
- BB
- 10
- WHIP
- 1.08
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.9
- GB
- 690
- FB
- 764
- G/F
- 0.90
- WP
- 26
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2012 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 140 | 104 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 2013 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 72 | 76 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2014 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 104 | 93 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2015 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 91 | 103 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2016 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 83 | 99 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2017 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 85 | 97 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2018 | KC/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 50 | 84 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2019 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 61 | 97 | 0.6 | 8 |
| 2020 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 1 | 6 | 0.2 | 0 |
What were Kelvin Herrera's career stats?
Kelvin Herrera played 10 seasons for the Royals and the White Sox. He had 27 wins and 510 strikeouts with a 3.21 ERA over 513.2 innings. His best season was 2013: 5 wins, a 3.86 ERA and 74 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2011 to 2020
Championships
- 2015 World Series with the Kansas City Royals
All-time career rank
- 299th in saves (61)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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