Kirby Yates

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 210lb (178cm, 95kg)

Born: March 25, 1987 in Lihue, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kauai HS (Lihue, HI).

High School: Kauai HS (Lihue, HI)

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: June 7, 2014 (Age 27-074d, 18,257th in MLB history)
vs. SEA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2020 Contract Status: Signed thru 2020, 1 yr/$7.06M (20)

Service Time (01/2020): 5.021 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Kirby Kali Yates

Nicknames: Kirbs

Twitter: @KauaiKirby39

Relatives: Brother of Tyler Yates

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2019

Career

WAR

3.0

4.9

W

L

ERA

1.19

3.40

G

285

GS

SV

IP

60.2

278.0

SO

101

392

WHIP

0.890

1.126

2020 Simulated Stats (through Jun 28)

2020 Spring Training

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
2009	22	TBR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	2.39	14	0	12	0	0	4	26.1	22	7	7	0	8	1	49	5	0	4	111			1.139	7.5	0.0	2.7	16.7	6.13	PRI APPY
2010	23	TBR-min	A,A+	3	6	.333	3.40	28	13	14	0	0	5	95.1	80	44	36	9	43	3	100	5	1	5	400			1.290	7.6	0.8	4.1	9.4	2.33	BWG,POE MIDW,FLOR
2011	24	TBR-min	A+,Rk	2	1	.667	1.80	20	4	11	0	0	2	40.0	20	9	8	0	24	0	48	6	2	1	166			1.100	4.5	0.0	5.4	10.8	2.00	POE,DVS FLOR,GULF
2012	25	TBR-min	AA	4	2	.667	2.65	50	0	39	0	0	16	68.0	48	21	20	4	39	2	94	1	0	8	285			1.279	6.4	0.5	5.2	12.4	2.41	MTG SOUL
2013	26	TBR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.90	51	0	38	0	0	20	61.2	38	14	13	2	23	2	93	5	0	6	249			0.989	5.5	0.3	3.4	13.6	4.04	DHM IL
2014	27	TBR-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.36	21	0	21	0	0	16	25.0	10	1	1	0	9	0	35	1	1	0	97			0.760	3.6	0.0	3.2	12.6	3.89	DHM IL
2014	27	TBR	AL	0	2	.000	3.75	37	0	12	0	0	1	36.0	33	16	15	4	15	3	42	3	0	2	156	100	3.74	1.333	8.3	1.0	3.8	10.5	2.80
2015	28	TBR-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	5.60	25	1	10	0	0	6	27.1	29	19	17	5	13	0	36	2	0	3	127			1.537	9.5	1.6	4.3	11.9	2.77	DHM,POE IL,FLOR
2015	28	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	7.97	20	0	10	0	0	0	20.1	23	18	18	10	7	0	21	1	0	0	92	50	8.64	1.475	10.2	4.4	3.1	9.3	3.00
2016	29	NYY-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.62	14	0	10	0	0	4	16.2	12	3	3	0	6	0	19	1	1	2	69			1.080	6.5	0.0	3.2	10.3	3.17	SWB IL
2016	29	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	5.23	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	5	19	1	50	4	0	1	184	83	3.97	1.452	8.9	1.1	4.1	10.9	2.63
2017	30	LAA-min	AAA	0	0		2.57	6	0	1	0	0	1	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	14	1	0	0	33			1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	18.0	4.67	SLK PCL
2017	30	TOT	MLB	4	5	.444	3.97	62	0	12	0	0	1	56.2	44	28	25	12	19	2	88	2	1	0	231	107	3.92	1.112	7.0	1.9	3.0	14.0	4.63
2017	30	LAA	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	32	27.16	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	9.0
2017	30	SDP	NL	4	5	.444	3.72	61	0	12	0	0	1	55.2	42	26	23	10	19	2	87	2	1	0	226	114	3.50	1.096	6.8	1.6	3.1	14.1	4.58
2018	31	SDP	NL	5	3	.625	2.14	65	0	28	0	0	12	63.0	41	15	15	6	17	0	90	4	0	2	250	180	2.54	0.921	5.9	0.9	2.4	12.9	5.29
2019	32	SDP	NL	0	5	.000	1.19	60	0	51	0	0	41	60.2	41	14	8	2	13	1	101	7	0	2	243	358	1.30	0.890	6.1	0.3	1.9	15.0	7.77	AS,CYA-9
6 Yrs				12	16	.429	3.40	285	0	124	0	0	55	278.0	223	115	105	39	90	7	392	21	1	7	1156	120	3.37	1.126	7.2	1.3	2.9	12.7	4.36
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.429	3.40	68	0	30	0	0	13	66	53	27	25	9	21	2	94	5	0	2	276	120	3.37	1.126	7.2	1.3	2.9	12.7	4.36

SDP (3 yrs)				9	13	.409	2.31	186	0	91	0	0	54	179.1	124	55	46	18	49	3	278	13	1	4	719	178	2.42	0.965	6.2	0.9	2.5	14.0	5.67
TBR (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.27	57	0	22	0	0	1	56.1	56	34	33	14	22	3	63	4	0	2	248	73	5.51	1.385	8.9	2.2	3.5	10.1	2.86
LAA (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	32	27.16	2.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	9.0
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.23	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	5	19	1	50	4	0	1	184	83	3.97	1.452	8.9	1.1	4.1	10.9	2.63

AL (4 yrs)				3	3	.500	5.38	99	0	33	0	0	1	98.2	99	60	59	21	41	4	114	8	0	3	437	75	5.08	1.419	9.0	1.9	3.7	10.4	2.78
NL (3 yrs)				9	13	.409	2.31	186	0	91	0	0	54	179.1	124	55	46	18	49	3	278	13	1	4	719	178	2.42	0.965	6.2	0.9	2.5	14.0	5.67

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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