Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2014
- Draft
- 2005Rd 26, Pk 798
- College
- Yavapai College
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2014
- Draft
- 2005Rd 26, Pk 798
- College
- Yavapai College
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 516
- W
- 32
- L
- 29
- ERA
- 3.36
- IP
- 492.1
- K
- 670
- BB
- 198
- WHIP
- 1.14
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | TB | 37 | 0 | 2 | 3.75 | 36.0 | 42 | 15 | 1.33 |
| 2015 | TB | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7.97 | 20.1 | 21 | 7 | 1.48 |
| 2016 | NYY | 41 | 2 | 1 | 5.23 | 41.1 | 50 | 19 | 1.45 |
| 2017 |  LAA/SD | 62 | 4 | 5 | 3.97 | 56.2 | 88 | 19 | 1.11 |
| 2018 | SD | 65 | 5 | 3 | 2.14 | 63.0 | 90 | 17 | 0.92 |
| 2019 | SD | 60 | 0 | 5 | 1.19 | 60.2 | 101 | 13 | 0.89 |
| 2020 | SD | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 4.1 | 8 | 4 | 2.54 |
| 2022 | ATL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 1.57 |
| 2023 | ATL | 61 | 7 | 2 | 3.28 | 60.1 | 80 | 37 | 1.19 |
| 2024 | TEX | 61 | 7 | 2 | 1.17 | 61.2 | 85 | 28 | 0.83 |
| 2025 | LAD | 50 | 4 | 3 | 5.23 | 41.1 | 52 | 17 | 1.33 |
| 2026 |  LAA/PIT | 44 | 2 | 5 | 3.40 | 39.2 | 47 | 17 | 1.21 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 1.0
- K
- 2
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 2.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 12.2
- GB
- 440
- FB
- 709
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 19
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 33 | 62 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2015 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 19 | 44 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.9 | 50 | 61 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2017 | LAA/SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 36 | 86 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2018 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 60 | 79 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2019 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 59 | 63 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.6 | 5 | 8 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2022 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 8 | 14 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2023 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 50 | 82 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2024 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 55 | 66 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2025 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 33 | 75 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 2026 | LAA/PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 32 | 69 | 0.5 | 1 |
Latest performance
Kirby Yates
Aug 30 · @ STL · W 5-4
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.40
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Aug 30 | at STLW 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wed, Aug 26 | atSDL 3-0 | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mon, Aug 24 | atSDW 3-2 F/12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat, Aug 22 | at LADL 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Aug 21 | atLADL 5-4 F/10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Aug 17 | vs DETL 8-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Kirby Yates's career stats?
Kirby Yates played 12 seasons for the Rays, the Yankees, the Padres, the Braves, the Rangers and the Dodgers. He had 32 wins and 670 strikeouts with a 3.36 ERA over 492.1 innings. His best season was 2023: 7 wins, a 3.28 ERA and 80 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 2014 to 2026
Kirby Yates led MLB in saves (2019); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 2025 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
All-time career rank
- 171st in saves (101)
Among the 8,943 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 Kirby Yates
Playoff series
Kirby Yates played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 1 won, 0 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  PHI | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Kirby Yates against each club
- vs Athletics (12)
- vs Colorado Rockies (12)
- vs Boston Red Sox (11)
- vs Houston Astros (11)
- vs Miami Marlins (11)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (11)
- vs San Francisco Giants (11)
- vs Detroit Tigers (10)
- vs San Diego Padres (10)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (9)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (9)
- vs New York Mets (9)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Minnesota Twins (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (7)
- vs Washington Nationals (7)
- vs Chicago White Sox (6)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (6)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (6)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (5)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (5)
- vs Atlanta Braves (4)
- vs Kansas City Royals (4)
- vs Seattle Mariners (4)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (4)
- vs Texas Rangers (4)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (3)
- vs New York Yankees (3)
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