Zack Greinke stats
Bio
- Age
- 43 yearsOct 21, 1983
- Height
- 6' 2"
- AL Cy Young
- 2009
Zack Greinke played 20 MLB seasons, 2004 to 2023.
Stats
Standard
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | KC | 24 | 8 | 11 | 3.97 | 145.0 | 100 | 26 | 1.17 |
| 2005 | KC | 33 | 5 | 17 | 5.80 | 183.0 | 114 | 53 | 1.56 |
| 2006 | KC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 1.58 |
| 2007 | KC | 52 | 7 | 7 | 3.69 | 122.0 | 106 | 36 | 1.30 |
| 2008 | KC | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3.47 | 202.1 | 183 | 56 | 1.28 |
| 2009 | KC | 33 | 16 | 8 | 2.16 | 229.1 | 242 | 51 | 1.07 |
| 2010 | KC | 33 | 10 | 14 | 4.17 | 220.0 | 181 | 55 | 1.25 |
| 2011 | MIL | 28 | 16 | 6 | 3.83 | 171.2 | 201 | 45 | 1.20 |
| 2012 |  MIL/LAA | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3.48 | 212.1 | 200 | 54 | 1.20 |
| 2013 | LAD | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2.63 | 177.2 | 148 | 46 | 1.11 |
| 2014 | LAD | 32 | 17 | 8 | 2.71 | 202.1 | 207 | 43 | 1.15 |
| 2015 | LAD | 32 | 19 | 3 | 1.66 | 222.2 | 200 | 40 | 0.84 |
| 2016 | ARI | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4.37 | 158.2 | 134 | 41 | 1.27 |
| 2017 | ARI | 32 | 17 | 7 | 3.20 | 202.1 | 215 | 45 | 1.07 |
| 2018 | ARI | 33 | 15 | 11 | 3.21 | 207.2 | 199 | 43 | 1.08 |
| 2019 |  ARI/HOU | 33 | 18 | 5 | 2.93 | 208.2 | 187 | 30 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | HOU | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4.03 | 67.0 | 67 | 9 | 1.13 |
| 2021 | HOU | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4.16 | 171.0 | 120 | 36 | 1.17 |
| 2022 | KC | 26 | 4 | 9 | 3.68 | 137.0 | 73 | 27 | 1.34 |
| 2023 | KC | 30 | 2 | 15 | 5.06 | 142.1 | 97 | 23 | 1.27 |
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | KC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 170 | 294 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2005 | KC | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5.6 | 260 | 388 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2006 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 7 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2007 | KC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 118 | 244 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2008 | KC | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 263 | 345 | 0.8 | 8 |
| 2009 | KC | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9.5 | 255 | 359 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | KC | 21 | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | 317 | 357 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2011 | MIL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 227 | 237 | 1 | 10 |
| 2012 | MIL/LAA | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 312 | 300 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013 | LAD | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 250 | 266 | 0.9 | 5 |
| 2014 | LAD | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 284 | 282 | 1 | 12 |
| 2015 | LAD | 30 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 294 | 304 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | ARI | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7.6 | 231 | 261 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2017 | ARI | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9.6 | 259 | 282 | 0.9 | 12 |
| 2018 | ARI | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 269 | 322 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2019 | ARI/HOU | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 274 | 315 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2020 | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 84 | 112 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2021 | HOU | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | 246 | 293 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2022 | KC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 200 | 282 | 0.7 | 7 |
| 2023 | KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 205 | 264 | 0.8 | 2 |
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
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 01 | vs NYYW 5-2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tue, Sep 26 | at DETL 6-3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wed, Sep 20 | vs CLEW 6-2 | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Fri, Sep 15 | vsHOUW 4-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat, Sep 09 | at TORL 5-1 | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sun, Sep 03 | vs BOSL 7-3 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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
- AL Cy Young: 2009
- NL Silver Slugger ×2: 2013, 2019
- NL Gold Glove ×6: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
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
- Wins: 2009 (9th), 2011 (9th), 2014 (8th), 2015 (3rd), 2017 (5th), 2019 (4th)
- ERA: 2009 (1st), 2013 (6th), 2015 (1st), 2019 (10th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 2009 (3rd)
- WHIP: 2009 (6th), 2015 (1st), 2017 (8th), 2019 (5th)
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.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  CHW | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | BOS | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 |  ATL | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 |  MIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 |  ATH | Won 1-0 | 1 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 |  TB | Won 1-0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | TB | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 3.2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | NYY | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 10.1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 |  WSH | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 11.0 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 |  COL | Won 1-0 | 1 | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 |  LAD | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 |  NYM | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 13.2 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 2014 |  STL | Won 1-0 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | ATL | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | STL | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 15.0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2011 |  ARI | Won 1-0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | STL | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 11.2 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
Zack Greinke’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Zack Greinke against each club
- vs Cleveland Guardians (38)
- vs Colorado Rockies (38)
- vs Detroit Tigers (35)
- vs Chicago White Sox (34)
- vs Minnesota Twins (34)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (28)
- vs Athletics (27)
- vs San Diego Padres (27)
- vs Texas Rangers (25)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (22)
- vs San Francisco Giants (22)
- vs New York Yankees (21)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (21)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (20)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (18)
- vs Seattle Mariners (18)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (17)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (16)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (15)
- vs Atlanta Braves (14)
- vs Miami Marlins (14)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (14)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (13)
- vs Houston Astros (13)
- vs Boston Red Sox (12)
- vs New York Mets (12)
- vs Chicago Cubs (11)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (11)
- vs Washington Nationals (11)
- vs Kansas City Royals (7)
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- Mat LatosAlike in Innings pitched, Strikeouts, Wins86out of 100 on profile similarity
- Dan HarenAlike in WHIP, Strikeouts, Wins86out of 100 on profile similarity
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