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Zack Greinke

Royals Career team 2004–2023
Number #23
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 6' 2"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Orlando, KY
Born Oct 21, 1983

Key Insights

2023
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Greinke's sinker leaves the bat at 92.9 mph, against 86.1 off his cutter.

347 and 156 of them thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Greinke averages 84.3 mph across his arsenal, 5th percentile in the league.

2219 pitches in 2023. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 734th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .378 expected average against them, against .319 on his breaking balls.

1095 of his fastballs thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Greinke projects a .349 average, 27th percentile.

2219 pitches in 2023. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 563rd in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

44% of the contact against Greinke is on the ground and 31.7% of it is in the air.

461 tracked batted balls allowed.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

34.9% of the contact against Greinke with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.7% with the bases empty.

384 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1835 with the bases empty.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 21, 1983
Birth Place Orlando, KY
Height 6' 2"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right