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Kirby Yates
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About Kirby Yates
Kirby Kali Yates (born March 25, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Yates made his MLB debut in 2014, and was an All-Star in 2019, when he led the National League in saves. He made the All-Star team again in 2024.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 2 | L | 5 | ERA | 3.19 | G | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 1 | SV | 3 | IP | 42.1 | H | 34 |
| R | 16 | ER | 15 | BB | 17 | SO | 49 |
| WHIP | 1.205 | H/9 | 7.2 | HR/9 | 0.6 | BB/9 | 3.6 |
| K/9 | 10.4 | FIP | 3.20 | WAR | 0.8 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SDN | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | TBA | 0 | 2 | 3.75 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 33 | 4 | 15 | 42 |
| 2015 | TBA | 1 | 0 | 7.97 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 2016 | NYA | 2 | 1 | 5.23 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 50 |
| 2017 | LAA | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | SDN | 4 | 5 | 3.72 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.2 | 42 | 10 | 19 | 87 |
| 2018 | SDN | 5 | 3 | 2.14 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 63.0 | 41 | 6 | 17 | 90 |
| 2019 | SDN | 0 | 5 | 1.19 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 60.2 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 101 |
| 2020 | SDN | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | ATL | 7 | 2 | 3.28 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.1 | 35 | 9 | 37 | 80 |
| 2024 | TEX | 7 | 2 | 1.17 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 61.2 | 23 | 3 | 28 | 85 |
| 2025 | LAN | 4 | 3 | 5.23 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41.1 | 38 | 9 | 17 | 52 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 10 | 3.19 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84.2 | 68 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 34 | 98 | 1.20 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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