Stephen Kolek
Kansas City Royals · No. 32 · P

Stephen Kolek

6' 3", 210 lbs·Age 29·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Finesse / CommandBeats hitters with location and sequencing rather than velocity.2024–2026 · 3,195 pitches · 93.5 mph fastball
2026 · 10 G
4.50
ERA
4-3
W-L
54.0
IP
1.24
WHIP
34
SO
12
BB
5.7
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
3.51
Best ERA · 2025
5
Most W · 2025
77
Most K · 2025
1.14
Best WHIP · 2025
Career Arc · ERA
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 2243100L
Jun 211.66799103L
Jun 147.33350140W
Jun 9581130
Jun 3762281
May 29564151L
May 23940120W
May 176.33340130W
May 124.66755362
May 5643031W

Career · Pitching

5 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20244246.2305.21391.52
20251479.2454.18561.31
2025533.0121.91210.76
202519112.2573.51771.14
20261054.0434.50341.24
Career90324.61717227
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 · 3,188 pitches · 2024–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFFFCSLCHST
SI · Sinker28.0% · 94.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball23.2% · 94.4 mph
FC · Cutter15.6% · 91.0 mph
SL · Slider14.3% · 85.9 mph
CH · Changeup10.5% · 87.6 mph
ST · Sweeper8.3% · 82.3 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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