Zack Greinke, baseball player, 2004

Zack Greinke

Born: 10/21/1983 in Orlando, FL, USA

MLB Debut: 2004-05-22

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 200 lbs

Full name: Donald Zachary Greinke

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Biography

Zack Greinke, born in 1983, was a prominent pitcher in Major League Baseball whose career spanned from 2004 to 2022. Known for his exceptional talent on the mound, Greinke compiled a career record of 225 wins and 156 losses, showcasing his ability to dominate opposing hitters with a career earned run average (ERA) of 3.49. Over his 18 seasons in the league, he accumulated a remarkable 2,979 strikeouts, underscoring his effectiveness as a strikeout pitcher. In addition to his impressive win-loss record, Greinke recorded one save, a rarity for a pitcher of his caliber who primarily served as a starter. Greinke's accolades include being a four-time All-Star and winning the prestigious Cy Young Award, highlighting his status as one of the elite pitchers of his era. His career unfolded during a transformative period in baseball, marked by an increasing emphasis on strikeouts and advanced analytics, which Greinke adeptly embraced. Renowned for his strategic approach, pitch variety, and control, he left an indelible mark on the game, influencing a generation of pitchers to prioritize precision and intelligence on the mound. Greinke's legacy is cemented not only through his statistical achievements but also through his impact on the art of pitching in modern baseball.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
225 156 586 541 17 5 1 3389.3 3207 1315 367 762 2979 3.49 0

Career ERA 3.49 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 16.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2004 KCR AL 8 11 24 24 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 26 100 3.97 4.46 (+11%) -
2005 KCR AL 5 17 33 33 2 0 0 183.0 233 118 53 114 5.80 4.29 (-35%) -
2006 KCR AL 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 3 3 5 4.26 — -
2007 KCR AL 7 7 52 14 0 0 1 122.0 122 50 36 106 3.69 4.47 (+18%) -
2008 KCR AL 13 10 32 32 1 0 0 202.3 202 78 56 183 3.47 4.32 (+20%) -
2009 KCR AL 16 8 33 33 6 3 0 229.3 195 55 51 242 2.16 4.32 (+50%) -
2010 KCR AL 10 14 33 33 3 0 0 220.0 219 102 55 181 4.17 4.08 (-2%) -
2011 MIL NL 16 6 28 28 0 0 0 171.7 161 73 45 201 3.83 3.94 (+3%) 4281.7
2012 MIL NL 9 3 21 21 0 0 0 123.0 120 47 28 122 3.44 4.01 (+14%) 4669.0
2012 LAA AL 6 2 13 13 0 0 0 89.3 80 35 26 78 3.53 4.01 (+12%) 284.6
2013 LAD NL 15 4 28 28 1 1 0 177.7 152 52 46 148 2.63 3.87 (+32%) -
2014 LAD NL 17 8 32 32 0 0 0 202.3 190 61 43 207 2.71 3.74 (+27%) -
2015 LAD NL 19 3 32 32 1 0 0 222.7 148 41 40 200 1.66 3.96 (+58%) -
2016 AZ NL 13 7 26 26 1 1 0 158.7 161 77 41 134 4.37 4.19 (-4%) -
2017 AZ NL 17 7 32 32 1 0 0 202.3 172 72 45 215 3.20 4.36 (+27%) -
2018 AZ NL 15 11 33 33 0 0 0 207.7 181 74 43 199 3.21 4.15 (+23%) -
2019 AZ NL 10 4 23 23 0 0 0 146.0 117 47 21 135 2.90 4.51 (+36%) -
2019 HOU AL 8 1 10 10 0 0 0 62.7 58 21 9 52 3.02 4.51 (+33%) 1947.3
2020 HOU AL 3 3 12 12 0 0 0 67.0 67 30 9 67 4.03 4.45 (+10%) 2801.7
2021 HOU AL 11 6 30 29 1 0 0 171.0 164 79 36 120 4.16 4.27 (+3%) -1984.2
2022 KCR AL 4 9 26 26 0 0 0 137.0 157 56 27 73 3.68 3.97 (+7%) -
2023 KCR AL 2 15 30 27 0 0 0 142.3 158 80 23 97 5.06 4.33 (-17%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
597 521 49 117 29 1 9 34 9 26 114 0.225 0.262 0.336 0.598 -1401.7

Career AVG .225 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 12.3% below league average.

Career OBP .262 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 19.0% below league average.

Career SLG .336 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 18.6% below league average.

Career OPS 0.598 vs. league average 0.736 across their career seasons — 18.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2004 KCR AL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 KCR AL 33 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.500 — — — — 0.0
2006 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 KCR AL 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2008 KCR AL 32 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.286 — — — — 0.0
2009 KCR AL 33 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.167 — — — — 0.0
2010 KCR AL 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2011 MIL NL 29 49 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 3 9 0.143 — — — — -365.5
2012 MIL NL 24 33 3 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 0.212 — — — — 0.0
2012 LAA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 LAD NL 29 58 5 19 3 0 0 4 2 7 10 0.328 .253 (+29%) .317 (+29%) .396 (-4%) .714 (+10%) 143.7
2014 LAD NL 32 60 5 12 6 0 1 3 0 5 11 0.200 .251 (-20%) .313 (-17%) .386 (-9%) .700 (-13%) -136.0
2015 LAD NL 32 67 8 15 2 0 2 3 1 1 14 0.224 .254 (-12%) .316 (-27%) .404 (-15%) .721 (-20%) -249.4
2016 AZ NL 27 52 4 11 1 0 0 3 1 3 9 0.212 .255 (-17%) .321 (-24%) .417 (-45%) .738 (-36%) -327.9
2017 AZ NL 33 62 4 13 4 0 0 4 0 2 18 0.210 .254 (-18%) .324 (-24%) .425 (-36%) .750 (-31%) -332.1
2018 AZ NL 34 64 6 15 4 0 0 5 3 3 16 0.234 .247 (-5%) .318 (-16%) .409 (-27%) .727 (-22%) -243.4
2019 AZ NL 26 48 7 13 4 1 3 8 1 2 11 0.271 — — — — 109.0
2019 HOU AL 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 109.0
2020 HOU AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 HOU AL 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2022 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 KCR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
23 26 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.269

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2021 ALCS HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 ALDS1 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 WS HOU 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
2020 ALCS HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 ALDS2 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 ALWC3 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 ALCS HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 ALDS1 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 WS HOU 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2017 NLDS1 ARI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2017 NLWC ARI 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2015 NLDS2 LAN 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2014 NLDS2 LAN 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
2013 NLCS LAN 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.200
2013 NLDS2 LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2011 NLCS MIL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
2011 NLDS2 MIL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 6 22 21 0 113.0 103 52 33 100 4.14

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2021 ALCS HOU 0 0 1 1 0 1.3 1 2 3 0 13.50
2021 ALDS1 HOU 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 0.00
2021 WS HOU 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 3 0.00
2020 ALCS HOU 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 2 1 7 3.00
2020 ALDS2 HOU 0 0 1 1 0 4.7 5 4 1 4 7.71
2020 ALWC3 HOU 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 2 1 3 1 2.25
2019 ALCS HOU 0 1 2 2 0 10.3 10 4 4 11 3.48
2019 ALDS1 HOU 0 1 1 1 0 3.7 5 6 1 5 14.73
2019 WS HOU 0 0 2 2 0 11.0 9 3 5 9 2.45
2017 NLDS1 ARI 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 4 3 5 4 5.40
2017 NLWC ARI 0 0 1 1 0 3.7 6 4 1 1 9.82
2015 NLDS2 LAN 1 1 2 2 0 13.7 11 5 1 17 3.29
2014 NLDS2 LAN 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 2 7 0.00
2013 NLCS LAN 1 0 2 2 0 15.0 10 4 2 14 2.40
2013 NLDS2 LAN 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 4 2 0 3 3.00
2011 NLCS MIL 1 1 2 2 0 11.7 15 8 4 6 6.17
2011 NLDS2 MIL 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 8 4 0 7 7.20

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 586 541 340 485 9 62

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2004 KCA P 24 24 13 15 0 1
2005 KCA P 33 33 19 25 1 2
2006 KCA P 3 0 0 1 0 0
2007 KCA P 52 14 11 7 0 0
2008 KCA P 32 32 11 24 1 1
2009 KCA P 33 33 11 35 1 4
2010 KCA P 33 33 14 34 1 1
2011 MIL P 28 28 13 22 0 3
2012 MIL P 21 21 14 17 0 2
2012 LAA P 13 13 8 14 0 1
2013 LAN P 28 28 16 31 0 4
2014 LAN P 32 32 28 30 1 8
2015 LAN P 32 32 19 41 2 2
2016 ARI P 26 26 20 28 1 4
2017 ARI P 32 32 26 30 0 5
2018 ARI P 33 33 27 30 0 0
2019 ARI P 23 23 26 25 1 8
2019 HOU P 10 10 7 9 0 4
2020 HOU P 12 12 9 7 0 3
2021 HOU P 30 29 17 20 0 6
2022 KCA P 26 26 20 17 0 1
2023 KCA P 30 27 11 23 0 2

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 586

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2019 All-MLB Team - Second Team SP
2019 Gold Glove P
2019 Silver Slugger P
2018 Gold Glove P
2018 Pitcher of the Month July
2017 Gold Glove P
2016 Gold Glove P
2015 Gold Glove P
2015 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2015 Player of the Week Week of 2015-07-19
2014 Gold Glove P
2013 Pitcher of the Month August
2013 Silver Slugger P
2009 Cy Young Award
2009 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2009 Pitcher of the Month April
2009 Player of the Week Week of 2009-08-30
2009 Player of the Week Week of 2009-04-18
2009 This Year in Baseball Starter of the Year MLB.com GIBBY
2009 TSN Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 ARI NL $31,799,030
2015 LAN NL $25,000,000
2014 LAN NL $26,000,000
2013 LAN NL $21,000,000
2012 MIL NL $13,500,000
2011 MIL NL $13,500,000
2010 KCA AL $7,250,000
2009 KCA AL $3,750,000
2008 KCA AL $1,400,000
2007 KCA AL $407,000
2006 KCA AL $365,500
2005 KCA AL $330,500
Total Career Earnings $144,302,030

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2017 Cy Young Award NL 4th 52.0 210 0
2017 Most Valuable Player NL 20th 1.0 420 0
2015 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 147.0 210 10
2015 Most Valuable Player NL 7th 130.0 420 0
2014 Cy Young Award NL 7th 6.0 210 0
2013 Cy Young Award NL 8th 19.0 210 0
2009 Cy Young Award AL 1st 134.0 140 25
2009 Most Valuable Player AL 17th 12.0 392 0
2004 Rookie of the Year AL 4th 16.0 140 0