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Zack Greinke
Donald Zackary Greinke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 22, 2004

Born October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 20 KCR AL   8  11  24  24   0   0   0  0  145.0  143   64   64  26   26  100   8   1   599   3   1  3.97  4.78  120 1.166 RoY-4
 2005 21 KCR AL   5  17  33  33   2   0   0  0  183.0  233  125  118  23   53  114  13   4   829   0   2  5.80  4.40   76 1.563
 2006 22 KCR AL   1   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    6.3    7    3    3   1    3    5   0   0    28   2   0  4.26  4.70  110 1.579
 2007 23 KCR AL   7   7  52  14   0   0   7  1  122.0  122   52   50  12   36  106   3   3   507   5   1  3.69  4.70  127 1.295
 2008 24 KCR AL  13  10  32  32   1   0   0  0  202.3  202   87   78  21   56  183   4   8   851   1   1  3.47  4.53  131 1.275
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .430  34  45 144 103   3   0   8  1  658.7  707  331  313  83  174  508  28  16  2814  11   5  4.28  4.58  107 1.338
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  39  28   0   0   2  0  181.3  194   91   86  22   47  139   7   4   774   3   1  4.28  4.58  107 1.338
 Career High     13  17  52  33   2   0   7  1  202.3  233  125  118  26   56  183  13   8   851   5   2  3.47  4.78  131 1.166

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 20 KCR AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-4
 2005 21 KCR AL  33    2    1    1   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 2.000  524    4   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 23 KCR AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 24 KCR AL   3    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .286  .286  .429   84    3   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       43   12    1    3   1  0   1    1   0  0   0   3  .250  .250  .583  110    7   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         45    4   11   4  0   4    4   0  0   0  11  .250  .250  .583  110   26   4   0   0   0   4
 Career High     33    7    1    2   1  0   1    1   0  0   0   1                           4   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 20 KCR AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .341| .000  .438| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2005 21 KCR AL    2    1    2  53.4   104| .500  .267| .500  .330|2.000  .424|2.500  .753| 524  .988   1.1   0.1   0%
 2007 23 KCR AL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .274| .000  .342| .000  .429| .000  .771|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2008 24 KCR AL    8    7    0   0.0   108| .286  .272| .286  .340| .429  .427| .715  .767|  84  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        13   11    2   4.9   108| .250  .271| .250  .339| .583  .428| .833  .767| 110  .488   0.1   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 20 KCR AL P 24 13 15 0 1 1.000 .949 1.17 0.45 1.74 1.66 24 145.0 2005 21 KCR AL P 33 19 24 1 2 .977 .953 1.30 0.46 2.11 1.69 33 183.0 2006 22 KCR AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.40 1.43 1.57 0 6.3 2007 23 KCR AL P 52 11 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.35 0.42 1.33 1.60 14 122.0 2008 24 KCR AL P 32 11 24 1 1 .972 .951 1.09 0.42 1.56 1.60 32 202.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 20 KCR AL P 24 13 15 0 1 1.000 .949 1.17 0.45 1.74 1.66 24 145.0 2005 21 KCR AL P 33 19 24 1 2 .977 .953 1.30 0.46 2.11 1.69 33 183.0 2006 22 KCR AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.40 1.43 1.57 0 6.3 2007 23 KCR AL P 52 11 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.35 0.42 1.33 1.60 14 122.0 2008 24 KCR AL P 32 11 24 1 1 .972 .951 1.09 0.42 1.56 1.60 32 202.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 144 54 71 2 4 .984 .953 0.87 0.43 1.71 1.64 103 658.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 144 54 71 2 4 .984 .953 0.87 0.43 1.71 1.64 103 659
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2008 AL-3.47-10

Strikeouts/9IP
2008 AL-8.14-6

Strikeouts
2008 AL-183-5

Games Started
2005 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
2005 AL-2-10

Hits Allowed
2005 AL-233-4

SO to Walk
2008 AL-3.27-10

Losses
2005 AL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
2005 AL-118-2

Wild Pitches
2008 AL-8-7

Hit Batsmen
2005 AL-13-4

Adjusted ERA+
2008 AL-131-6

Youngest Player
2004 AL-20-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1391) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Kansas City Royals$330,500
2006Kansas City Royals$365,500
2007Kansas City Royals$407,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,103,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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