Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2018
- Draft
- 2011Rd 6, Pk 194
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2018
- Draft
- 2011Rd 6, Pk 194
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 476
- W
- 31
- L
- 24
- ERA
- 3.79
- IP
- 488.2
- K
- 565
- BB
- 228
- WHIP
- 1.29
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | KC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 15.0 | 15 | 3 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | KC | 61 | 3 | 3 | 4.22 | 70.1 | 92 | 37 | 1.44 |
| 2020 | KC | 32 | 2 | 1 | 4.20 | 30.0 | 39 | 9 | 1.20 |
| 2021 | KC | 71 | 5 | 3 | 2.42 | 74.1 | 91 | 28 | 1.20 |
| 2022 | KC | 69 | 7 | 4 | 2.18 | 74.1 | 77 | 22 | 1.00 |
| 2023 |  KC/SD | 63 | 2 | 6 | 4.37 | 68.0 | 79 | 34 | 1.40 |
| 2024 | CLE | 63 | 3 | 3 | 4.25 | 55.0 | 68 | 31 | 1.36 |
| 2025 | CIN | 75 | 6 | 3 | 4.21 | 68.1 | 75 | 45 | 1.39 |
| 2026 | ATH | 36 | 2 | 0 | 6.48 | 33.1 | 29 | 19 | 1.35 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.00
- IP
- 1.2
- K
- 4
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 0.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 10.4
- GB
- 549
- FB
- 717
- G/F
- 0.80
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 20 | 27 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 73 | 105 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2020 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 35 | 40 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2021 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 72 | 113 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2022 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 89 | 99 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2023 | KC/SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 80 | 101 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2024 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 66 | 72 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2025 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 78 | 99 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2026 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 36 | 61 | 0.6 | 1 |
Latest performance
Scott Barlow
Jun 20 · vs LAA · L 7-0
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 3
- R
- 2
- ER
- 2
- BB
- 0
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 6.48
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jun 20 | vs LAAL 7-0 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fri, Jun 19 | vsLAAW 12-11 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wed, Jun 17 | vs PITL 12-4 | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun, Jun 14 | vs COLL 23-9 | 0.2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Sat, Jun 13 | vsCOLW 7-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Jun 10 | vs MILW 4-3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Scott Barlow's career stats?
Scott Barlow played 9 seasons for the Royals, the Guardians, the Reds and the Athletics. He had 31 wins and 565 strikeouts with a 3.79 ERA over 488.2 innings. His best season was 2022: 7 wins, a 2.18 ERA and 77 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 2018 to 2026
All-time career rank
- 299th in saves (61)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Scott Barlow
Playoff series
Scott Barlow played 1 game 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  LAD | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Scott Barlow against each club
- vs Detroit Tigers (21)
- vs Chicago White Sox (18)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (16)
- vs Minnesota Twins (15)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (14)
- vs Athletics (13)
- vs Colorado Rockies (13)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (12)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (12)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (11)
- vs New York Yankees (11)
- vs San Francisco Giants (11)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (11)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (11)
- vs San Diego Padres (10)
- vs Seattle Mariners (10)
- vs Texas Rangers (10)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (9)
- vs Atlanta Braves (9)
- vs Houston Astros (9)
- vs Kansas City Royals (9)
- vs Boston Red Sox (8)
- vs Chicago Cubs (8)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (7)
- vs Washington Nationals (7)
- vs New York Mets (6)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Miami Marlins (4)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (2)
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