Seth Lugo
Kansas City Royals · No. 67 · P

Seth Lugo

6' 4", 225 lbs·Age 36·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL3 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Finesse / CommandBeats hitters with location and sequencing rather than velocity.2016–2026 · 17,487 pitches · 92.5 mph fastball
2026 · 20 G
4.39
ERA
3-6
W-L
110.7
IP
1.40
WHIP
89
SO
36
BB
7.2
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

AI-generated analysis coming soon.

Career Highs
2.66
Best ERA · 2018
16
Most W · 2024
181
Most K · 2024
0.90
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 17641230
Jul 12442261
Jul 74.33396242
Jul 1693072L
Jun 25577233L
Jun 19651300W
Jun 103.33331120
Jun 4565143
May 30661061
May 246.33363231W

Career · Hitting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2016171601
2017202912
2018541100
2019611011.0002.000
202146100
202262000
Career26058141.000

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20161764.0522.67451.09
201719101.1754.71851.37
201854101.1342.661031.08
20196180.0742.701040.90
20201636.2345.15471.36
20214646.1433.50551.29
20226265.0323.60691.17
202326146.1873.571401.20
202433206.21693.001811.09
202526145.1874.151251.29
202620110.2364.39891.41
Career3801101.167531043
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 · 17,414 pitches · 2016–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUSISLCHFCSVSTFS
FF · 4-Seam Fastball25.6% · 93.1 mph
CU · Curveball21.9% · 79.1 mph
SI · Sinker21.0% · 92.5 mph
SL · Slider10.9% · 86.6 mph
CH · Changeup7.9% · 86.5 mph
FC · Cutter5.2% · 89.6 mph
SV · Slurve3.8% · 79.0 mph
ST · Sweeper2.2% · 80.4 mph
FS · Split-Finger0.6% · 85.7 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (0.9%) not mapped.

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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