Pitching

Michael Messier

Kansas City Royals (R)

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Age: 29

Bats/Throws: R/L

6'6" / 205

DOB: 5/12/1995

(29 years, 11 months, 23 days)

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Stats

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2016	KCR	R	21	0	1	0	3	0	4.0		15.75	6.75	0.00	.538	30.0%	66.7%	0.0%				11.25		2.87	3.31
2017	KCR	R	22	1	6	1	13	5	48.2		8.88	3.70	1.29	.359	65.5%	43.0%	15.9%				5.92		5.09	4.25
2018	KCR	R	23	1	0	0	3	0	5.0		10.80	5.40	1.80	.333	60.6%	23.1%	20.0%				7.20		6.33	5.03

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2016	KCR	R	21	0	1	0	3	0	4.0		15.75	6.75	0.00	.538	30.0%	66.7%	0.0%				11.25		2.87	3.31
2017	KCR	R	22	1	6	1	13	5	48.2		8.88	3.70	1.29	.359	65.5%	43.0%	15.9%				5.92		5.09	4.25
2018	KCR	R	23	1	0	0	3	0	5.0		10.80	5.40	1.80	.333	60.6%	23.1%	20.0%				7.20		6.33	5.03

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2016	KCR	R	0	1	11.25	3	0		0	0	0	0	1	4.0	23	7	7	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
2017	KCR	R	1	6	5.92	13	5		0	0	1	1	0	48.2	221	59	34	32	7	20	0	1	7	0	48
2018	KCR	R	1	0	7.20	3	0		0	0	0	0	1	5.0	22	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	6

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2016	KCR	R	0	1	11.25	3	0		0	0	0	0	1	4.0	23	7	7	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
2017	KCR	R	1	6	5.92	13	5		0	0	1	1	0	48.2	221	59	34	32	7	20	0	1	7	0	48
2018	KCR	R	1	0	7.20	3	0		0	0	0	0	1	5.0	22	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	6

Minor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2016	KCR	R	15.75	6.75	2.33	0.00		30.4%	13.0%	17.4%		.350	2.50	.538	30.0%		272	71		2.87
2017	KCR	R	8.88	3.70	2.40	1.29		21.7%	9.0%	12.7%		.295	1.62	.359	65.5%		136	111		5.09
2018	KCR	R	10.80	5.40	2.00	1.80		27.3%	13.6%	13.6%		.263	1.60	.333	60.6%		140	128		6.33

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2016	KCR	R	15.75	6.75	2.33	0.00		30.4%	13.0%	17.4%		.350	2.50	.538	30.0%		272	71		2.87
2017	KCR	R	8.88	3.70	2.40	1.29		21.7%	9.0%	12.7%		.295	1.62	.359	65.5%		136	111		5.09
2018	KCR	R	10.80	5.40	2.00	1.80		27.3%	13.6%	13.6%		.263	1.60	.333	60.6%		140	128		6.33