Lucas Erceg
Kansas City Royals · No. 60 · P

Lucas Erceg

6' 2", 214 lbs·Age 31·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL5 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2023–2026 · 3,585 pitches · 97.7 mph fastball
2026 · 39 G
5.21
ERA
4-3
W-L
38.0
IP
1.63
WHIP
27
SO
21
BB
6.4
K/9
12
SV
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Career Highs
2.64
Best ERA · 2025
8
Most W · 2025
72
Most K · 2024
1.05
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 17121000W
Jul 12111021
Jul 91.33310000
Jul 7100000
Jul 4111100
Jun 30100000
Jun 28100100H
Jun 26122001
Jun 24110010
Jun 211.33310010

Career · Hitting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202561000
202640000
Career101000

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20235055.0444.75681.58
20243836.2233.68411.20
20242325.0032.88310.84
20246161.2263.36721.05
20256161.1842.64481.17
20264038.1435.40271.70
Career273276.62023287
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 3,560 pitches · 2023–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSISLCHFC
FF · 4-Seam Fastball29.4% · 97.9 mph
SI · Sinker25.8% · 97.8 mph
SL · Slider24.7% · 85.3 mph
CH · Changeup18.7% · 90.3 mph
FC · Cutter1.3% · 90.7 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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