Zack Greinke

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 200 lb

BornOctober 21, 1983 · Orlando, FL, USA

MLB debutMay 22, 2004

Seasons20 (2004–2023)

Kansas City Royals 2004–2010; Milwaukee Brewers 2011; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2012; Milwaukee Brewers 2012; Los Angeles Dodgers 2013–2015; Arizona Diamondbacks 2016–2019; Houston Astros 2019–2021; Kansas City Royals 2022–2023

Percentile snapshot

2021 season — qualified pitchers

10.5

31.6

76.3

55.3

SHO

164

44.7

26.3

92.1

120

2.6

10.5

171.0

26.3

ERA

4.16

26.3

WHIP

1.170

47.4

K/9

6.32

7.9

FIP

4.76

10.5

FIP-

112.0

10.5

ERA+

102.1

23.7

sWAR

1.9

23.7

of 39 qualified 2021 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

120.3

89.9

sWAR

65.8

99.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2004	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.1	-100.0	.000	2.4
2005	33	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	546.9	520.5	.999	-0.9
2006	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
2007	52	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.5	-100.0	.000	2.4
2008	32	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	83.0	86.3	.311	4.2
2009	33	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	15.5	27.0	.210	8.2
2010	33	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-129.2	-100.0	.000	2.2
2011	29	59	49	6	7	0	0	1	1	3	9	1	0	.143	.192	.204	.396	-2.6	8.1	.187	1.9
2012	37	38	33	3	7	3	0	1	2	0	8	0	0	.212	.206	.394	.600	42.3	55.0	.251	3.7
2013	29	72	58	5	19	3	0	0	4	7	10	2	0	.328	.409	.379	.788	136.3	126.5	.366	4.8
2014	32	69	60	5	12	6	0	1	3	5	11	0	0	.200	.262	.350	.612	71.5	73.5	.276	4.6
2015	32	77	67	8	15	2	0	2	3	1	14	1	0	.224	.232	.343	.575	50.4	59.0	.249	8.3
2016	27	60	52	4	11	1	0	0	3	3	9	1	0	.212	.246	.231	.476	15.3	24.8	.217	1.9
2017	33	70	62	4	13	4	0	0	4	2	18	0	0	.210	.246	.274	.520	25.2	32.4	.233	5.5
2018	34	71	64	6	15	4	0	0	5	3	16	3	0	.234	.269	.297	.566	47.0	51.3	.255	4.9
2019	36	56	50	7	14	4	1	3	8	2	12	1	1	.280	.308	.580	.888	122.6	122.4	.366	6.4
2020	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
2021	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-113.2	-100.0	.000	1.9
2022	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
2023	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2004	24	24	8	11	0	0	0	143	64	26	100	26	145.0	3.97	1.166	6.21	4.81	103.9	116.7	2.4
2005	33	33	5	17	0	2	0	233	118	53	114	23	183.0	5.80	1.563	5.61	4.52	103.4	75.4	-0.9
2006	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	3	5	1	6.3	4.26	1.579	7.11	5.08	109.2	109.2	0.1
2007	52	14	7	7	1	0	0	122	50	36	106	12	122.0	3.69	1.295	7.82	3.81	83.3	124.0	2.4
2008	32	32	13	10	0	1	0	202	78	56	183	21	202.3	3.47	1.275	8.14	3.59	82.0	126.2	4.2
2009	33	33	16	8	0	6	3	195	55	51	242	11	229.3	2.16	1.073	9.50	2.38	53.0	207.6	8.2
2010	33	33	10	14	0	3	0	219	102	55	181	18	220.0	4.17	1.245	7.40	3.31	79.1	100.3	2.2
2011	28	28	16	6	0	0	0	161	73	45	201	19	171.7	3.83	1.200	10.54	2.95	75.1	102.5	1.9
2012	34	34	15	5	0	0	0	200	82	54	200	18	212.3	3.48	1.196	8.48	3.11	78.0	115.5	3.7
2013	28	28	15	4	0	1	1	152	52	46	148	13	177.7	2.63	1.114	7.50	3.20	89.6	135.6	4.8
2014	32	32	17	8	0	0	0	190	61	43	207	19	202.3	2.71	1.152	9.21	2.94	83.5	129.9	4.6
2015	32	32	19	3	0	1	0	148	41	40	200	14	222.7	1.66	.844	8.08	2.79	74.7	225.3	8.3
2016	26	26	13	7	0	1	1	161	77	41	134	23	158.7	4.37	1.273	7.60	4.16	93.8	101.5	1.9
2017	32	32	17	7	0	1	0	172	72	45	215	25	202.3	3.20	1.072	9.56	3.32	72.0	144.0	5.5
2018	33	33	15	11	0	0	0	181	74	43	199	28	207.7	3.21	1.079	8.62	3.67	88.5	129.2	4.9
2019	33	33	18	5	0	0	0	175	68	30	187	21	208.7	2.93	.982	8.07	3.20	71.4	153.0	6.4
2020	12	12	3	3	0	0	0	67	30	9	67	6	67.0	4.03	1.134	9.00	2.78	63.1	109.3	1.0
2021	30	29	11	6	0	1	0	164	79	36	120	30	171.0	4.16	1.170	6.32	4.76	112.0	102.1	1.9
2022	26	26	4	9	0	0	0	157	56	27	73	14	137.0	3.68	1.343	4.80	3.97	97.9	110.2	2.0
2023	30	27	2	15	0	0	0	158	80	23	97	25	142.3	5.06	1.272	6.13	4.74	106.9	87.6	0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

597

600

521

117

RBI

114

.2246

OBP

.2622

SLG

.3359

OPS

.5981

Pitching

G (P)

586

264th-most career G (P)

541

35th-most career GS

225

71st-most career W

156

142nd-most career L

SHO

3,389

86th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,979

21st-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

762

296th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.492

438th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1710

106th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.91

102nd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2019-04-02	AZ @ SD Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	4	0	8
2015-08-06	LAD @ PHI Gameday	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	6
2014-09-13	LAD @ SF Gameday	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	6
2017-09-16	AZ @ SF Gameday	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
2005-06-10	KC @ AZ Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-08-25	CLE @ KC Gameday	8.0	5	2	2	1	15	1
2014-07-30	ATL @ LAD Gameday	8.0	5	1	1	1	13	0
2018-07-22	COL @ AZ Gameday	8.0	2	1	1	1	13	1
2012-09-25	SEA @ LAA Gameday	5.0	7	1	1	2	13	1
2010-06-13	KC @ CIN Gameday	9.0	5	3	3	0	12	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

6× Gold Glove2× Silver Slugger1× Cy Young Award4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.