Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen

Kansas City Royals

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Age: 33

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'3" / 217

DOB: 1/4/1992

(33 years, 4 months, 25 days)

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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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		74	80	17	10	6	0	1	4	0	20	2	0	0	0	.230		81.3	94.6	85.9
2016	Slider (SL)	296		75	79	14	9	2	0	3	4	0	22	0	0	0	3	.187		82.3	95.7	90.8
2017	Slider (SL)	206		53	54	11	7	2	0	2	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	.208		85.2	90.7	88.1
2018	Slider (SL)	135		33	34	9	6	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.273		83.4	88.6	86.6
2019	Slider (SL)	127		25	27	7	4	1	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	.280		83.8	92.9	87.1
2020	Slider (SL)	106		19	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	.105		82.6	88.3	85.0
2021	Slider (SL)	65		12	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.250		82.4	87.2	85.2
2022	Slider (SL)	341		59	61	10	5	3	0	2	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	.169		80.4	87.3	83.4
2023	Slider (SL)	702		169	184	43	28	9	0	6	14	0	32	0	1	0	6	.254		80.1	89.3	84.7
2024	Slider (SL)	312		60	65	18	11	3	0	4	5	0	6	0	0	0	2	.300		78.3	89.1	83.9
2025	Slider (SL)	185		50	51	11	8	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	.220		80.3	88.8	84.4
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		629	668	145	92	31	1	21	34	0	149	3	2	0	13	.231		78.3	95.7	85.7

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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		74	80	17	10	6	0	1	4	0	20	2	0	0	0	.230		81.3	94.6	85.9
2016	Slider (SL)	296		75	79	14	9	2	0	3	4	0	22	0	0	0	3	.187		82.3	95.7	90.8
2017	Slider (SL)	206		53	54	11	7	2	0	2	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	.208		85.2	90.7	88.1
2018	Slider (SL)	135		33	34	9	6	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.273		83.4	88.6	86.6
2019	Slider (SL)	127		25	27	7	4	1	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	.280		83.8	92.9	87.1
2020	Slider (SL)	106		19	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	.105		82.6	88.3	85.0
2021	Slider (SL)	65		12	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.250		82.4	87.2	85.2
2022	Slider (SL)	341		59	61	10	5	3	0	2	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	.169		80.4	87.3	83.4
2023	Slider (SL)	702		169	184	43	28	9	0	6	14	0	32	0	1	0	6	.254		80.1	89.3	84.7
2024	Slider (SL)	312		60	65	18	11	3	0	4	5	0	6	0	0	0	2	.300		78.3	89.1	83.9
2025	Slider (SL)	185		50	51	11	8	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	.220		80.3	88.8	84.4
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		629	668	145	92	31	1	21	34	0	149	3	2	0	13	.231		78.3	95.7	85.7

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+
2015	Slider (SL)	341		5.0%	25.0%	0.20	.230	.288	.351	.639	.122	.302	7.0	-2.0	.282	88
2016	Slider (SL)	296		5.1%	27.8%	0.18	.187	.228	.333	.561	.147	.220	4.4	-4.9	.243	58
2017	Slider (SL)	206		1.9%	31.5%	0.06	.208	.222	.358	.581	.151	.265	3.1	-3.4	.245	57
2018	Slider (SL)	135		2.9%	14.7%	0.20	.273	.294	.394	.688	.121	.321	3.4	-0.5	.295	92
2019	Slider (SL)	127		7.4%	18.5%	0.40	.280	.333	.560	.893	.280	.278	4.5	1.1	.369	135
2020	Slider (SL)	106		0.0%	52.6%	0.00	.105	.105	.263	.368	.158	.125	-0.3	-2.7	.151	-3
2021	Slider (SL)	65		7.1%	14.3%	0.50	.250	.357	.250	.607	.000	.300	1.4	-0.3	.289	83
2022	Slider (SL)	341		3.3%	29.5%	0.11	.169	.197	.322	.519	.153	.205	2.9	-4.1	.225	55
2023	Slider (SL)	702		7.6%	17.4%	0.44	.254	.310	.414	.724	.160	.280	21.7	-0.8	.313	110
2024	Slider (SL)	312		7.7%	9.2%	0.83	.300	.354	.550	.904	.250	.280	11.6	4.0	.386	166
2025	Slider (SL)	185		0.0%	23.5%	0.00	.220	.216	.280	.496	.060	.282	1.8	-4.0	.214	47
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		5.1%	22.3%	0.23	.231	.272	.383	.656	.153	.269	61.5	-17.7	.284	89

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+
2015	Slider (SL)	341		5.0%	25.0%	0.20	.230	.288	.351	.639	.122	.302	7.0	-2.0	.282	88
2016	Slider (SL)	296		5.1%	27.8%	0.18	.187	.228	.333	.561	.147	.220	4.4	-4.9	.243	58
2017	Slider (SL)	206		1.9%	31.5%	0.06	.208	.222	.358	.581	.151	.265	3.1	-3.4	.245	57
2018	Slider (SL)	135		2.9%	14.7%	0.20	.273	.294	.394	.688	.121	.321	3.4	-0.5	.295	92
2019	Slider (SL)	127		7.4%	18.5%	0.40	.280	.333	.560	.893	.280	.278	4.5	1.1	.369	135
2020	Slider (SL)	106		0.0%	52.6%	0.00	.105	.105	.263	.368	.158	.125	-0.3	-2.7	.151	-3
2021	Slider (SL)	65		7.1%	14.3%	0.50	.250	.357	.250	.607	.000	.300	1.4	-0.3	.289	83
2022	Slider (SL)	341		3.3%	29.5%	0.11	.169	.197	.322	.519	.153	.205	2.9	-4.1	.225	55
2023	Slider (SL)	702		7.6%	17.4%	0.44	.254	.310	.414	.724	.160	.280	21.7	-0.8	.313	110
2024	Slider (SL)	312		7.7%	9.2%	0.83	.300	.354	.550	.904	.250	.280	11.6	4.0	.386	166
2025	Slider (SL)	185		0.0%	23.5%	0.00	.220	.216	.280	.496	.060	.282	1.8	-4.0	.214	47
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		5.1%	22.3%	0.23	.231	.272	.383	.656	.153	.269	61.5	-17.7	.284	89

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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		33.3%	51.9%	14.8%	12.5%	12.5%	214	127	341		1.9	1.7	3.7
2016	Slider (SL)	296		23.1%	65.4%	11.5%	50.0%	50.0%	198	98	296		1.8	2.1	4.3
2017	Slider (SL)	206		16.7%	52.8%	30.6%	36.4%	18.2%	141	65	206		0.9	2.3	3.2
2018	Slider (SL)	135		22.2%	48.1%	29.6%	37.5%	0.0%	91	44	135		1.4	0.4	2.3
2019	Slider (SL)	127		36.8%	21.1%	42.1%	12.5%	25.0%	73	54	127		2.5	0.9	3.3
2020	Slider (SL)	106		11.1%	22.2%	66.7%	50.0%	16.7%	54	52	106		4.2	-0.4	4.7
2021	Slider (SL)	65		44.4%	33.3%	22.2%	50.0%	0.0%	35	30	65		5.7	-1.0	6.1
2022	Slider (SL)	341		31.7%	36.6%	31.7%	23.1%	15.4%	197	144	341		5.1	0.2	5.5
2023	Slider (SL)	702		26.1%	34.8%	39.1%	13.0%	11.1%	444	258	702		1.8	0.1	2.5
2024	Slider (SL)	312		18.9%	35.8%	45.3%	29.2%	16.7%	178	134	312		3.7	-0.5	4.3
2025	Slider (SL)	185		26.3%	26.3%	47.4%	11.1%	0.0%	124	61	185		3.4	-0.3	4.0
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		25.8%	41.0%	33.2%	22.2%	13.3%	1749	1067	2816		2.7	0.6	3.7

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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		33.3%	51.9%	14.8%	12.5%	12.5%	214	127	341		1.9	1.7	3.7
2016	Slider (SL)	296		23.1%	65.4%	11.5%	50.0%	50.0%	198	98	296		1.8	2.1	4.3
2017	Slider (SL)	206		16.7%	52.8%	30.6%	36.4%	18.2%	141	65	206		0.9	2.3	3.2
2018	Slider (SL)	135		22.2%	48.1%	29.6%	37.5%	0.0%	91	44	135		1.4	0.4	2.3
2019	Slider (SL)	127		36.8%	21.1%	42.1%	12.5%	25.0%	73	54	127		2.5	0.9	3.3
2020	Slider (SL)	106		11.1%	22.2%	66.7%	50.0%	16.7%	54	52	106		4.2	-0.4	4.7
2021	Slider (SL)	65		44.4%	33.3%	22.2%	50.0%	0.0%	35	30	65		5.7	-1.0	6.1
2022	Slider (SL)	341		31.7%	36.6%	31.7%	23.1%	15.4%	197	144	341		5.1	0.2	5.5
2023	Slider (SL)	702		26.1%	34.8%	39.1%	13.0%	11.1%	444	258	702		1.8	0.1	2.5
2024	Slider (SL)	312		18.9%	35.8%	45.3%	29.2%	16.7%	178	134	312		3.7	-0.5	4.3
2025	Slider (SL)	185		26.3%	26.3%	47.4%	11.1%	0.0%	124	61	185		3.4	-0.3	4.0
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		25.8%	41.0%	33.2%	22.2%	13.3%	1749	1067	2816		2.7	0.6	3.7

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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		36.8%	65.5%	49.3%	43.7%	81.4%	65.5%	43.4%	17.0%		0.7	0.2
2016	Slider (SL)	296		28.9%	65.2%	48.6%	43.6%	89.5%	77.1%	54.4%	11.1%		6.3	2.1
2017	Slider (SL)	206		34.0%	71.6%	53.9%	30.3%	78.2%	64.0%	52.9%	19.4%		2.5	1.2
2018	Slider (SL)	135		35.7%	75.4%	54.8%	76.0%	85.7%	82.4%	48.1%	9.6%		-0.4	-0.3
2019	Slider (SL)	127		30.9%	67.4%	44.1%	32.0%	71.0%	53.6%	36.2%	20.5%		-1.6	-1.3
2020	Slider (SL)	106		35.9%	71.4%	45.3%	21.4%	85.0%	47.9%	26.4%	23.6%		1.3	1.2
2021	Slider (SL)	65		30.2%	63.6%	41.5%	23.1%	92.9%	59.3%	33.8%	16.9%		-0.5	-0.7
2022	Slider (SL)	341		27.0%	59.9%	41.6%	37.3%	82.4%	66.2%	44.6%	14.1%		2.4	0.7
2023	Slider (SL)	702		30.6%	60.9%	45.4%	50.0%	88.0%	74.9%	48.9%	11.4%		2.4	0.3
2024	Slider (SL)	312		24.7%	64.6%	41.3%	46.7%	89.3%	74.4%	41.7%	10.6%		-4.7	-1.5
2025	Slider (SL)	185		27.4%	70.3%	50.8%	39.1%	81.7%	71.3%	54.6%	14.6%		4.1	2.2
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		30.6%	65.1%	46.6%	42.8%	84.8%	70.0%	46.3%	14.0%		12.4	0.4

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
2015	Slider (SL)	341		36.8%	65.5%	49.3%	43.7%	81.4%	65.5%	43.4%	17.0%		0.7	0.2
2016	Slider (SL)	296		28.9%	65.2%	48.6%	43.6%	89.5%	77.1%	54.4%	11.1%		6.3	2.1
2017	Slider (SL)	206		34.0%	71.6%	53.9%	30.3%	78.2%	64.0%	52.9%	19.4%		2.5	1.2
2018	Slider (SL)	135		35.7%	75.4%	54.8%	76.0%	85.7%	82.4%	48.1%	9.6%		-0.4	-0.3
2019	Slider (SL)	127		30.9%	67.4%	44.1%	32.0%	71.0%	53.6%	36.2%	20.5%		-1.6	-1.3
2020	Slider (SL)	106		35.9%	71.4%	45.3%	21.4%	85.0%	47.9%	26.4%	23.6%		1.3	1.2
2021	Slider (SL)	65		30.2%	63.6%	41.5%	23.1%	92.9%	59.3%	33.8%	16.9%		-0.5	-0.7
2022	Slider (SL)	341		27.0%	59.9%	41.6%	37.3%	82.4%	66.2%	44.6%	14.1%		2.4	0.7
2023	Slider (SL)	702		30.6%	60.9%	45.4%	50.0%	88.0%	74.9%	48.9%	11.4%		2.4	0.3
2024	Slider (SL)	312		24.7%	64.6%	41.3%	46.7%	89.3%	74.4%	41.7%	10.6%		-4.7	-1.5
2025	Slider (SL)	185		27.4%	70.3%	50.8%	39.1%	81.7%	71.3%	54.6%	14.6%		4.1	2.2
Total	Slider (SL)	2816		30.6%	65.1%	46.6%	42.8%	84.8%	70.0%	46.3%	14.0%		12.4	0.4