Drew Waters

Drew Waters

Kansas City Royals

OF

Age: 26

Bats/Throws: B/R

6'1" / 185

DOB: 12/30/1998

(26 years, 5 months, 15 days)

OF

Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Slider (SL)	49		14	15	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	.357		77.6	91.8	86.2
2023	Slider (SL)	238		64	70	10	7	2	0	1	4	0	33	2	0	0	2	.156		75.8	91.7	85.1
2024	Slider (SL)	8		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000		79.2	88.9	83.1
2025	Slider (SL)	85		19	20	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	.158		78.3	90.5	85.4
Total	Slider (SL)	380		100	108	18	10	4	2	2	6	0	47	2	0	0	4	.180		75.8	91.8	85.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Slider (SL)	49		14	15	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	.357		77.6	91.8	86.2
2023	Slider (SL)	238		64	70	10	7	2	0	1	4	0	33	2	0	0	2	.156		75.8	91.7	85.1
2024	Slider (SL)	8		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000		79.2	88.9	83.1
2025	Slider (SL)	85		19	20	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	.158		78.3	90.5	85.4
Total	Slider (SL)	380		100	108	18	10	4	2	2	6	0	47	2	0	0	4	.180		75.8	91.8	85.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Slider (SL)	49		6.7%	33.3%	0.20	.357	.400	.857	1.257	.500	.500	4.2	2.5	.518	257
2023	Slider (SL)	238		5.7%	47.1%	0.12	.156	.229	.234	.463	.078	.300	2.4	-6.1	.213	42
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	66.7%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-0.7	.000	-100
2025	Slider (SL)	85		5.0%	35.0%	0.14	.158	.200	.263	.463	.105	.250	0.5	-1.8	.204	38
Total	Slider (SL)	380		5.6%	43.5%	0.13	.180	.241	.320	.561	.140	.314	6.8	-6.0	.248	67

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Slider (SL)	49		6.7%	33.3%	0.20	.357	.400	.857	1.257	.500	.500	4.2	2.5	.518	257
2023	Slider (SL)	238		5.7%	47.1%	0.12	.156	.229	.234	.463	.078	.300	2.4	-6.1	.213	42
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	66.7%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-0.7	.000	-100
2025	Slider (SL)	85		5.0%	35.0%	0.14	.158	.200	.263	.463	.105	.250	0.5	-1.8	.204	38
Total	Slider (SL)	380		5.6%	43.5%	0.13	.180	.241	.320	.561	.140	.314	6.8	-6.0	.248	67

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Slider (SL)	49		33.3%	44.4%	22.2%	0.0%	50.0%	32	17	49		2.6	0.7	4.6
2023	Slider (SL)	238		19.4%	38.7%	41.9%	7.7%	7.7%	163	75	238		1.4	0.7	4.0
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5	3	8		4.6	0.0	4.9
2025	Slider (SL)	85		8.3%	66.7%	25.0%	33.3%	0.0%	52	33	85		0.9	1.9	4.5
Total	Slider (SL)	380		18.9%	45.3%	35.8%	10.5%	10.5%	252	128	380		1.5	1.0	4.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Slider (SL)	49		33.3%	44.4%	22.2%	0.0%	50.0%	32	17	49		2.6	0.7	4.6
2023	Slider (SL)	238		19.4%	38.7%	41.9%	7.7%	7.7%	163	75	238		1.4	0.7	4.0
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5	3	8		4.6	0.0	4.9
2025	Slider (SL)	85		8.3%	66.7%	25.0%	33.3%	0.0%	52	33	85		0.9	1.9	4.5
Total	Slider (SL)	380		18.9%	45.3%	35.8%	10.5%	10.5%	252	128	380		1.5	1.0	4.2

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Slider (SL)	49		29.2%	72.0%	51.0%	14.3%	88.9%	68.0%	51.0%	16.3%		-2.2	-4.5
2023	Slider (SL)	238		48.1%	59.8%	53.4%	36.5%	78.1%	57.5%	45.0%	22.7%		5.2	2.2
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	50.0%	37.5%		66.7%	66.7%	75.0%	12.5%		0.6	7.9
2025	Slider (SL)	85		29.8%	71.1%	48.2%	28.6%	88.9%	68.3%	44.7%	15.3%		1.5	1.7
Total	Slider (SL)	380		41.2%	63.6%	51.6%	33.3%	82.1%	61.2%	46.3%	20.0%		5.0	1.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Slider (SL)	49		29.2%	72.0%	51.0%	14.3%	88.9%	68.0%	51.0%	16.3%		-2.2	-4.5
2023	Slider (SL)	238		48.1%	59.8%	53.4%	36.5%	78.1%	57.5%	45.0%	22.7%		5.2	2.2
2024	Slider (SL)	8		0.0%	50.0%	37.5%		66.7%	66.7%	75.0%	12.5%		0.6	7.9
2025	Slider (SL)	85		29.8%	71.1%	48.2%	28.6%	88.9%	68.3%	44.7%	15.3%		1.5	1.7
Total	Slider (SL)	380		41.2%	63.6%	51.6%	33.3%	82.1%	61.2%	46.3%	20.0%		5.0	1.3