Zack Greinke stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2023

Starting Pitcher · #23

Age 43 · 6' 2"

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Zack Greinke played 20 MLB seasons, 2004 to 2023.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
586
W
225
L
156
ERA
3.49
IP
3,389.1
K
2,979
BB
762
WHIP
1.17

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
2004KC248113.97145.0100261.17
2005KC335175.80183.0114531.56
2006KC3104.266.1531.58
2007KC52773.69122.0106361.30
2008KC3213103.47202.1183561.28
2009KC331682.16229.1242511.07
2010KC3310144.17220.0181551.25
2011MIL281663.83171.2201451.20
2012MIL/LAA341553.48212.1200541.20
2013LAD281542.63177.2148461.11
2014LAD321782.71202.1207431.15
2015LAD321931.66222.2200400.84
2016ARI261374.37158.2134411.27
2017ARI321773.20202.1215451.07
2018ARI3315113.21207.2199431.08
2019ARI/HOU331852.93208.2187300.98
2020HOU12334.0367.06791.13
2021HOU301164.16171.0120361.17
2022KC26493.68137.073271.34
2023KC302155.06142.197231.27

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
22
W
4
L
6
ERA
4.14
IP
113.0
K
100
BB
33
WHIP
1.20

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
318
CG
17
SHO
5
K/9
7.9
GB
4,525
FB
5,520
G/F
0.80
WP
101

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
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.
2004KC13006.21702940.61
2005KC12205.62603880.74
2006KC0007.17130.50
2007KC4007.81182440.53
2008KC23108.12633450.88
2009KC26639.52553590.75
2010KC21307.43173570.94
2011MIL190010.5227237110
2012MIL/LAA20008.531230018
2013LAD18117.52502660.95
2014LAD21009.2284282112
2015LAD30108.129430417
2016ARI16117.62312610.91
2017ARI19109.62592820.912
2018ARI21008.62693220.84
2019ARI/HOU24008.12743150.92
2020HOU5009.0841120.83
2021HOU15106.32462930.83
2022KC9004.82002820.77
2023KC2006.12052640.82

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
43 yearsOct 21, 1983
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2004
Birthplace
Orlando, FL
Draft
2002Rd 1, Pk 6
AL Cy Young
2009
NL Gold Glove
6x
NL Silver Slugger
2x

Latest performance

Zack Greinke

Oct 01 · vs NYY · W 5-2

IP
5.0
H
4
R
1
ER
1
BB
2
K
2
HR
0
ERA
5.06
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sun, Oct 01vsNYYW 5-254112
Tue, Sep 26atDETL 6-351005
Wed, Sep 20vsCLEW 6-23.25225
Fri, Sep 15vsHOUW 4-223001
Sat, Sep 09atTORL 5-13.26444
Sun, Sep 03vsBOSL 7-33.25330

What were Zack Greinke's career stats?

Zack Greinke played 20 seasons for the Royals, the Brewers, the Dodgers, the Diamondbacks and the Astros. He had 225 wins and 2,979 strikeouts with a 3.49 ERA over 3,389.1 innings. His best season was 2015: 19 wins, a 1.66 ERA and 200 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 8 postseasons, 2004 to 2023

Zack Greinke led MLB in ERA (2009, 2015) and WHIP (2015); finished top 10 in a stat 15 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 21st in strikeouts (pitching) (2,979)
  • 67th in wins (pitching) (225)

Among the 9,244 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 Zack Greinke

Playoff series

Zack Greinke played 22 games across 8 MLB postseasons in 17 series — 7 won, 10 lost.

Zack Greinke's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2021CHWLost 0-111.0201
2021BOSWon 1-011.1120
2021ATLLost 0-114.0403
2020MINWon 1-014.0211
2020ATHWon 1-014.2544
2020TBWon 1-016.0527
2019TBLost 0-113.2565
2019NYYLost 1-1210.110411
2019WSHLost 1-1211.0939
2017COLWon 1-013.2641
2017LADLost 0-115.0434
2015NYMLost 1-1213.211517
2014STLWon 1-017.0207
2013ATLLost 0-116.0423
2013STLLost 1-1215.010414
2011ARIWon 1-015.0847
2011STLLost 1-1211.21586

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Zack Greinke’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.