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Birth Date	10-21-1983
Height	6' 2"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	41 years, 5 months, 20 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	KCA	24	24	145.0	8	11	0	143	26	100	26	101	8.9	1.6	1.6	6.2	0%	.267	1.17	4.81	3.97	104	4.96	102.4	1.3
2005	KCA	33	33	183.0	5	17	0	233	53	114	23	104	11.5	2.6	1.1	5.6	0%	.335	1.56	4.51	5.80	109	6.74	145.1	-2.5
2006	KCA	3	0	6.3	1	0	0	7	3	5	1	105	9.9	4.3	1.4	7.1	0%	.316	1.58	5.08	4.26	99	4.37	89.0	0.1
2007	KCA	52	14	122.0	7	7	1	122	36	106	12	102	9.0	2.7	0.9	7.8	0%	.314	1.30	3.80	3.69	94	4.16	86.0	2.0
2008	KCA	32	32	202.3	13	10	0	202	56	183	21	102	9.0	2.5	0.9	8.1	0%	.308	1.28	3.58	3.47	81	3.24	69.1	5.2
2009	KCA	33	33	229.3	16	8	0	195	51	242	11	105	7.7	2.0	0.4	9.5	0%	.303	1.07	2.36	2.16	66	2.71	58.1	7.3
2010	KCA	33	33	220.0	10	14	0	219	55	181	18	110	9.0	2.3	0.7	7.4	0%	.305	1.25	3.31	4.17	86	4.03	91.1	3.1
2011	MIL	28	28	171.7	16	6	0	161	45	201	19	105	8.4	2.4	1.0	10.5	0%	.318	1.20	2.94	3.83	71	2.61	60.6	5.0
2012	ANA	13	13	89.3	6	2	0	80	26	78	11	96	8.1	2.6	1.1	7.9	0%	.279	1.19	3.83	3.53	99	3.92	89.9	1.3
2012	MIL	21	21	123.0	9	3	0	120	28	122	7	106	8.8	2.0	0.5	8.9	0%	.326	1.20	2.57	3.44	85	3.34	76.6	2.6
2012	TOT	34	34	212.3	15	5	0	200	54	200	18	101	8.5	2.3	0.8	8.5	0%	.000	1.20	3.10	3.48	91	3.59	82.2	4.0
2013	LAN	28	28	177.7	15	4	0	152	46	148	13	98	7.7	2.3	0.7	7.5	0%	.276	1.11	3.20	2.63	84	3.21	76.8	3.7
2014	LAN	32	32	202.3	17	8	0	190	43	207	19	100	8.5	1.9	0.8	9.2	0%	.311	1.15	2.94	2.71	76	2.69	65.9	5.3
2015	LAN	32	32	222.7	19	3	0	148	40	200	14	89	6.0	1.6	0.6	8.1	0%	.230	0.84	2.78	1.66	75	2.36	55.2	7.2
2016	ARI	26	26	158.7	13	7	0	161	41	134	23	101	9.1	2.3	1.3	7.6	47%	.294	1.27	4.15	4.37	93	4.23	93.6	2.1
2017	ARI	32	32	202.3	17	7	0	172	45	215	25	100	7.7	2.0	1.1	9.6	48%	.285	1.07	3.32	3.20	75	2.77	58.9	6.3
2018	ARI	33	33	207.7	15	11	0	181	43	199	28	99	7.8	1.9	1.2	8.6	46%	.272	1.08	3.66	3.21	84	3.09	68.9	5.3
2019	ARI	23	23	146.0	10	4	0	117	21	135	15	102	7.2	1.3	0.9	8.3	44%	.263	0.95	3.14	2.90	85	3.06	63.0	4.3
2019	HOU	10	10	62.7	8	1	0	58	9	52	6	100	8.3	1.3	0.9	7.5	52%	.289	1.07	3.31	3.02	79	3.52	71.9	1.5
2019	TOT	33	33	208.7	18	5	0	175	30	187	21	101	7.5	1.3	0.9	8.1	47%	.271	0.98	3.19	2.93	83	3.20	65.7	5.8
Career		488	447	2872.0	205	123	1	2661	667	2622	292	101	8.3	2.1	0.9	8.2	45%	.298	1.16	3.38	3.35	84	3.50	77.2	61.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2002	SPO	A-	NWN	2	2	4.7	0	0	0	9	0	5	0		17.2	0.0	0.0	9.6	0%	.500	1.91	1.17	7.66	0	0.00	0.0
2002	WIL	A+	CRL	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.167	0.50	3.14	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	WIL	A+	CRL	14	14	87.0	11	1	0	56	13	78	5		5.8	1.3	0.5	8.1	0%	.220	0.79	2.59	1.14	0	0.00	0.0
2003	WIC	AA	TXS	9	9	53.0	4	3	0	58	5	34	5		9.8	0.8	0.8	5.8	0%	.317	1.19	3.81	3.23	0	0.00	0.0
2004	KCA	MLB	AL	24	24	145.0	8	11	0	143	26	100	26	101	8.9	1.6	1.6	6.2	0%	.267	1.17	4.81	3.97	104	4.96	102.4
2004	OMA	AAA	PCL	6	6	28.7	1	1	0	25	6	23	2		7.8	1.9	0.6	7.2	0%	.261	1.08	3.64	2.51	0	0.00	0.0
2005	KCA	MLB	AL	33	33	183.0	5	17	0	233	53	114	23	104	11.5	2.6	1.1	5.6	0%	.335	1.56	4.51	5.80	109	6.74	145.1
2006	KCA	MLB	AL	3	0	6.3	1	0	0	7	3	5	1	105	9.9	4.3	1.4	7.1	0%	.316	1.58	5.08	4.26	99	4.37	89.0
2006	WIC	AA	TXS	18	17	105.0	8	3	0	96	27	94	12	87	8.2	2.3	1.0	8.1	0%	.281	1.17	3.90	4.37	88	3.74	78.4
2007	KCA	MLB	AL	52	14	122.0	7	7	1	122	36	106	12	102	9.0	2.7	0.9	7.8	0%	.314	1.30	3.80	3.69	94	4.16	86.0
2008	KCA	MLB	AL	32	32	202.3	13	10	0	202	56	183	21	102	9.0	2.5	0.9	8.1	0%	.308	1.28	3.58	3.47	81	3.24	69.1
2009	KCA	MLB	AL	33	33	229.3	16	8	0	195	51	242	11	105	7.7	2.0	0.4	9.5	0%	.303	1.07	2.36	2.16	66	2.71	58.1
2010	KCA	MLB	AL	33	33	220.0	10	14	0	219	55	181	18	110	9.0	2.3	0.7	7.4	0%	.305	1.25	3.31	4.17	86	4.03	91.1
2011	MIL	MLB	NL	28	28	171.7	16	6	0	161	45	201	19	105	8.4	2.4	1.0	10.5	0%	.318	1.20	2.94	3.83	71	2.61	60.6
2011	BRV	A+	FSL	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	93	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0%	.167	0.33	0.71	0.00	70	2.67	54.5
2011	NAS	AAA	PCL	2	2	7.7	0	1	0	10	2	9	1	92	11.7	2.3	1.2	10.6	0%	.429	1.57	3.91	4.70	70	3.82	78.0
2012	ANA	MLB	AL	13	13	89.3	6	2	0	80	26	78	11	96	8.1	2.6	1.1	7.9	0%	.279	1.19	3.83	3.53	99	3.92	89.9
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	21	21	123.0	9	3	0	120	28	122	7	106	8.8	2.0	0.5	8.9	0%	.326	1.20	2.57	3.44	85	3.34	76.6
2013	LAN	MLB	NL	28	28	177.7	15	4	0	152	46	148	13	98	7.7	2.3	0.7	7.5	0%	.276	1.11	3.20	2.63	84	3.21	76.8
2013	RCU	A+	CAL	1	1	4.3	0	0	0	6	0	4	1	84	12.5	0.0	2.1	8.3	0%	.313	1.38	4.91	6.23	0	0.00	0.0
2014	LAN	MLB	NL	32	32	202.3	17	8	0	190	43	207	19	100	8.5	1.9	0.8	9.2	0%	.311	1.15	2.94	2.71	76	2.69	65.9
2015	LAN	MLB	NL	32	32	222.7	19	3	0	148	40	200	14	89	6.0	1.6	0.6	8.1	0%	.230	0.84	2.78	1.66	75	2.36	55.2
2016	ARI	MLB	NL	26	26	158.7	13	7	0	161	41	134	23	101	9.1	2.3	1.3	7.6	47%	.294	1.27	4.15	4.37	93	4.23	93.6
2016	RNO	AAA	PCL	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	9	2	5	2	105	16.2	3.6	3.6	9.0	44%	.438	2.20	8.12	9.00	115	6.88	151.8
2016	DIA	Rk	AZL	1	1	3.0	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	96	12.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	63%	.500	1.33	0.77	0.00	62	2.23	49.3
2017	ARI	MLB	NL	32	32	202.3	17	7	0	172	45	215	25	100	7.7	2.0	1.1	9.6	48%	.285	1.07	3.32	3.20	75	2.77	58.9
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	33	33	207.7	15	11	0	181	43	199	28	99	7.8	1.9	1.2	8.6	46%	.272	1.08	3.66	3.21	84	3.09	68.9
2019	ARI	MLB	NL	23	23	146.0	10	4	0	117	21	135	15	102	7.2	1.3	0.9	8.3	44%	.263	0.95	3.14	2.90	85	3.06	63.0
2019	HOU	MLB	AL	10	10	62.7	8	1	0	58	9	52	6	100	8.3	1.3	0.9	7.5	52%	.289	1.07	3.31	3.02	79	3.52	71.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	3180	0.5204	0.4535	0.7829	0.6181	0.2748	0.8387	0.6468	0.2171
2009	3452	0.4762	0.4395	0.7614	0.5943	0.2987	0.8618	0.5796	0.2386
2010	3436	0.4898	0.4424	0.8066	0.6072	0.2841	0.8865	0.6426	0.1934
2011	2835	0.4409	0.4402	0.7404	0.6160	0.3016	0.8571	0.5523	0.2596
2012	3378	0.4325	0.4204	0.7732	0.5859	0.2942	0.8832	0.6064	0.2268
2013	2807	0.4617	0.4617	0.7515	0.6358	0.3124	0.8313	0.6123	0.2485
2014	3194	0.4750	0.4706	0.7399	0.6157	0.3393	0.8490	0.5606	0.2601
2015	3235	0.4535	0.4708	0.7255	0.6394	0.3309	0.8305	0.5573	0.2745
2016	2493	0.4276	0.4842	0.7697	0.6248	0.3791	0.9009	0.6081	0.2303
2017	3141	0.4164	0.4575	0.7063	0.5856	0.3661	0.8381	0.5559	0.2937
2018	3209	0.4272	0.4506	0.7400	0.5886	0.3477	0.8414	0.6119	0.2600
2019	3108	0.4595	0.4646	0.7583	0.6029	0.3470	0.8409	0.6364	0.2417
Career	37468	0.4576	0.4538	0.7550	0.6087	0.3216	0.8547	0.5977	0.2450

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-08-18	2014-08-18	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2014-02-28	2014-03-12	Camp	12	0	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
2013-04-12	2013-05-15	15-DL	33	29	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Clavicle Fracture From Brawl	2013-04-13	-
2013-03-02	2013-03-20	Camp	18	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-
2011-03-22	2011-05-04	15-DL	43	28	Left	Trunk	Recovery From Fracture	7th Rib	-
2011-03-06	2011-03-22	Camp	16	0	Left	Trunk	Fracture	7th Rib From Offseason Incident	-
2011-02-23	2011-02-24	Camp	1	0	Left	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs From Offseason Incident	-
2010-07-07	2010-07-16	DTD	9	4	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-
2010-02-17	2010-03-05	Camp	16	0		Face	Surgery	Extracted 2 Teeth	2010-02-17
2009-09-17	2009-09-17	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Contusion	Batted Ball	-
2006-04-01	2006-06-21	60-DL	81	69		General Medical	Mood Disorder	Clinical Depression	-
2005-04-07	2005-04-07	DTD	0	0	Left	Forearm	Contusion	Batted Ball	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	KCA	$330,500
2006	KCA	$365,000
2007	KCA	$407,000
2008	KCA	$1,400,000
2009	KCA	$3,750,000
2010	KCA	$7,250,000
2011	MIL	$13,500,000
2012	MIL	$13,500,000
2013	LAN	$19,000,000
2014	LAN	$26,000,000
2015	LAN	$25,000,000
2016	ARI	$34,000,000
2017	ARI	$34,000,000
2018	ARI	$34,000,000
2019	ARI	$34,500,000
2020	HOU	$22,541,757
2020	ARI	$10,333,333
2021	HOU	$22,541,757
2021	ARI	$10,333,333
2022	KCA	$13,000,000
2023	KCA	$8,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
19 yr	Previous	$334,252,680
19 yr	Total	$334,252,680

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
18 y 57 d	Casey Close	1 year/$8.5M (2023)

Details

1 year/$8.5M (2023). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 2/3/23. Performance bonuses based on innings pitched: $450,000 for each five innings from 90 to 135 IP. $300,000 for each five innings from 140 to 185 IP. Award bonuses: $100,000 each for Cy Young, MVP ($50,000 each for second through fifth place finish in Cy Young or MVP vote). $100,000 for WS MVP. $50,000 each LCS MVP, Gold Glove, All Star. Full no-trade protection.
1 year/$13M (2022). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/16/22. May earn additional $2M in performance bonuses based on innings.
6 years/$206.5M (2016-21). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/9/15. $18M signing bonus (paid in $3M installments each May 31, 2016-21). 16:$31M, 17:$31M, 18:$31M, 19:$31.5M, 20:$32M, 21:$32M. Total of $62.5M in salary is deferred ($10M each in 2016-18, $10.5M in 2019, $11M each in 2020-21), to be paid in five $12.5M installments each Nov. 1, 2022-26. Deferrals reduce present-day value to $193,849,298 (MLB calculation). $2M assignment bonus if traded. Limited no-trade protection: may block deals to 15 clubs (Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Colorado, Detroit, LA Angels, LA Dodgers, Minnesota, NY Yankees, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Toronto as of 11/18). Perks: four premium season tickets, including two paid for by Greinke. Hotel suite on road trips. At signing, highest average annual value in MLB history. Acquired by Houston in trade from Arizona 7/31/19. As part of the deal, Arizona pays Houston $26M ($2M assignment bonus, $3,333,334 on 10/15/19 and $10,333,333 each on 7/1/2020 and 7/1/2021.
6 years/$147M (2013-18). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/10/12. $12M signing bonus. 13:$17M, 14:$24M, 15:$23M, 16:$24M, 17:$23M, 18:$24M. Greinke may opt out of contract after 2015 season. If traded, Greinke receives $3M assignment bonus and may opt out of contract at the end of the season. 2018 salary increases by $2M with 1,000 innings in 2013-17. If Greinke wins Cy Young, salary the following season increases by $1M ($0.5M increase with 2-5 finish in Cy Young vote). Award bonus of $1M if Greinke wins 2018 Cy Young ($0.5M bonus with 2-5 finish in 2018 Cy Young vote). Greinke opted out of contract 11/4/15.
4 years/$38M (2009-12). Signed extension with Kansas City 1/26/09 (avoided arbitration, $4.4M-$3.4M). 09:$3.75M, 10:$7.25M, 11:$13.5M, 12:$13.5M. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Kansas City 12/19/10. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from Milwaukee 7/27/12.
1 year/$1.4M (2008). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/7/08 (avoided arbitration, $1.8M-$1.15M). Performance bonus: $25,000 each for 160, 175, 190 IP. $50,000 for 215 IP.
1 year/$407,000 (2007). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/07.
1 year/$365,000 (2006). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/06. Optioned to Double-A 6/06. Recalled 9/06.
1 year/$330,500 (2005). Renewed by Kansas City 3/05.
1 year (2004). Contract selected by Kansas City 5/04.
Drafted by Kansas City 2002 (1-6) (Apopka HS, Fla.). Signed 7/02, $2.475M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2018-04-05 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Zack Greinke and Shohei Ohtani should share the award for biggest sand-baggers of Spring Training. (Mr. Fister from Arlington)	and the show should be on closed circuit television. (Mike Gianella)
2017-03-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	A couple years ago, my son wrote a book for school about some feat of strength, I can't remember what, and all the Dodgers pitchers tried unsuccessfully to do it, until finally Clayton Kershaw took over and did it. My question: Do you think this book contributed to Zack Greinke leaving the Dodgers? I mean, he was called out by name -- I believe the page said, "Then Zack Greinke tried to lift it, but he wasn't strong enough." (snidog from Utah)	I want to believe that there was just some sort stuck in a rock sitting outside the stadium one day, no explanation, and if Zach Lee had been the one to pull it out he'd be the ace of the Dodgers now. Maybe Greinke left the Dodgers as part of a vision quest, looking to build up his strength and defeat the man who bested him, and fulfill his destiny. It also might have been the money. (Patrick Dubuque)
2016-08-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	David Price and Zack Greinke haven't had typical years. What do you see from them in 2017? (Nick from MO)	Let's start with Greinke. The combination of the new club, rough first start, and missed time is quite a snowball of factors to wade through. I really see a bounce-back year from him in 2017, perhaps after a long offseason of rest and fantasy football. Price, well, Price is a different story. I'll be honest, I really don't have a great handle of what's going on with him. I know the Red Sox, really really need him to be himself right now, and I think he's capable of showing up big in the postseason. I think he's going to tinker with some things in the offseason and probably improve a bit, but I'm not sure I'm comfortable expecting a quick return to his past form. (Will Haines)
2016-04-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Can I get a pat on the back for acquiring Zack Greinke for Trevor Story? (Jarrett from Gainesville)	Sure, you earned it. For what it's worth, Story went for $19 and Greinke went for $34 in my NL-only 5x5 keeper league on Sunday. (Scooter Hotz)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	What are the % chances that Zack Greinke leaves LA this offseason? What does his payday look like? (T.J. from Chicago, IL)	80%. There's a good chance he tests the market unless the Dodgers pay him in the Kershaw/Verlander ballpark. I think Greinke is going to get something in the $30MM/AAV neighborhood if he opts out. (Mike Gianella)

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2009-06-09 14:30:00	2009 Draft Coverage	One of the great things about being at BP is having great help just a few keyboard clicks away. I asked Rany, who did his fantastic series on draft history, if he remembers a draft that was better 11-20 than 1-10. Rany jumped into action for me, and found just one in 15 years: 2002. Top Ten: B.J. Upton, Zack Greinke, Prince Fielder, Jeff Francis. 11-20: Hermida, Joe Saunders, Scott Kazmir, Nick Swisher, Cole Hamels, James Loney, Denard Span. The best example is 1994, where Garciaparra, Konerko and Varitek went 12-14. Needless to say, the top 10 that boasted Paul Wilson, Ben Grieve, Todd Walker and Jaret Wright wasn't as good. (Bryan Smith)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Zack Greinke threw 49,491 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph), Sinker (90mph), Curve (73mph) and Cutter (86mph). He also rarely threw a Slow Curve (58mph).