Joel Payamps

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (majors)

Born: April 7, 1994 in Santiago, Dominican Republic do

Debut: August 21, 2019 (Age 25-136d, 22,034th in major league history)
vs. COL 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2022 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2022): 1.027 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Joel Elias Payamps

Pronunciation: \yoh-EHL pie-AMPS\

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.8

1.7

ERA

1.31

2.88

20.2

78.0

WHIP

1.113

1.192

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2011	17	COL-min	FRk	1	3	.250	3.29	10	10	0	0	0	0	38.1	35	17	14	1	18	0	38	5	1	6	169			1.383	8.2	0.2	4.2	8.9	2.11	RCK DOSL
2012	18	COL-min	FRk	1	2	.333	3.02	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.2	43	26	20	1	16	0	38	12	3	6	250			0.989	6.5	0.2	2.4	5.7	2.38	RCK DOSL
2013	19	COL-min	Rk	4	7	.364	6.06	15	15	0	0	0	0	68.1	87	59	46	6	31	0	63	9	0	13	325			1.727	11.5	0.8	4.1	8.3	2.03	GRJ PION
2014	20	COL-min	A-	0	2	.000	6.10	7	6	0	0	0	0	20.2	20	15	14	1	22	0	22	3	1	8	99			2.032	8.7	0.4	9.6	9.6	1.00	TRI NORW
2016	22	ARI-min	A+,A	10	8	.556	3.86	28	19	2	0	0	0	133.0	117	63	57	8	36	0	128	10	0	7	546			1.150	7.9	0.5	2.4	8.7	3.56	VIS,KNC CALL,MIDW
2017	23	ARI-min	AA,A+,AAA	11	7	.611	4.30	27	27	0	1	1	0	150.2	158	81	72	15	37	1	96	5	0	4	639			1.294	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.7	2.59	WTN,VIS,REN SOUL,CALL,PCL
2018	24	ARI-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.87	31	15	0	0	0	0	116.1	105	56	50	10	27	1	122	6	1	8	477			1.135	8.1	0.8	2.1	9.4	4.52	WTN,REN SOUL,PCL
2019	25	ARI-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	3.89	15	15	0	1	1	0	78.2	81	39	34	8	18	0	69	1	0	4	327			1.258	9.3	0.9	2.1	7.9	3.83	WTN,REN SOUL,PCL
2019	25	ARI	NL	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	17	107	3.96	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2020	26	ARI	NL	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	13	166	4.86	1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
2021	27	KCR-TOR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.25	12	0	6	0	0	2	12.0	17	8	7	2	4	0	15	1	0	0	57			1.750	12.8	1.5	3.0	11.3	3.75	OMA,BFL AAAE
2021	27	TOT	AL	1	3	.250	3.40	37	1	9	0	0	0	50.1	44	22	19	6	14	2	38	1	0	1	205	134	4.10	1.152	7.9	1.1	2.5	6.8	2.71
2021	27	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	2.70	22	0	8	0	0	0	30.0	21	10	9	3	11	2	22	1	0	0	119	167	4.20	1.067	6.3	0.9	3.3	6.6	2.00
2021	27	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.43	15	1	1	0	0	0	20.1	23	12	10	3	3	0	16	0	0	1	86	104	3.96	1.279	10.2	1.3	1.3	7.1	5.33
2022	28	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	1.31	12	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	18	4	3	0	5	1	17	1	0	0	83	306	2.35	1.113	7.8	0.0	2.2	7.4	3.40
4 Yrs				2	4	.333	2.88	53	1	15	0	0	0	78.0	68	30	25	6	25	3	60	2	0	1	318	154	3.66	1.192	7.8	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.40
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.333	2.88	67	1	19	0	0	0	98	86	38	31	8	31	4	76	3	0	1	400	154	3.66	1.192	7.8	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.40

KCR (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	2.85	27	1	5	0	0	0	41.0	41	16	13	3	8	1	33	1	0	1	169	151	3.15	1.195	9.0	0.7	1.8	7.2	4.13
ARI (2 yrs)				0	0		3.86	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	30	127	4.35	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	6.4	0.83
TOR (1 yr)				0	2	.000	2.70	22	0	8	0	0	0	30.0	21	10	9	3	11	2	22	1	0	0	119	167	4.20	1.067	6.3	0.9	3.3	6.6	2.00

AL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	2.79	49	1	13	0	0	0	71.0	62	26	22	6	19	3	55	2	0	1	288	157	3.59	1.141	7.9	0.8	2.4	7.0	2.89
NL (2 yrs)				0	0		3.86	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	30	127	4.35	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	6.4	0.83

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