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Kirby Yates

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 205lb (178cm, 92kg)

Born: March 25, 1987 in Lihue, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kauai HS (Lihue, HI).

High School: Kauai HS (Lihue, HI)

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: June 7, 2014 (Age 27-074d, 20,647th in major league history)
vs. SEA 1.1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$4.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.021 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Kirby Kali Yates

Nicknames: Kirbs or Chubbs Senior

Twitter: @KauaiKirby39

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Relatives: Brother of Tyler Yates

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.1

6.8

ERA

0.98

3.40

378

18.1

368.0

508

WHIP

0.818

1.147

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	SDP		SFG	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Mar 29	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	4 (1)	Mar 31	SDP		SFG	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	7 (2)	Apr 3	SDP		ARI	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	8	Apr 5	SDP	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	9	Apr 6	SDP	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	11 (1)	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	13 (1)	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	15 (1)	Apr 12	SDP	@	ARI	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	16	Apr 13	SDP	@	ARI	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	21 (4)	Apr 19	SDP		CIN	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	23 (1)	Apr 21	SDP		CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	24	Apr 23	SDP		SEA	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	25	Apr 24	SDP		SEA	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	26	Apr 26	SDP	@	WSN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	30 (3)	Apr 30	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	33 (2)	May 3	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	34	May 4	SDP		LAD	L,6-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	38 (3)	May 8	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	40 (1)	May 11	SDP	@	COL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	44 (3)	May 16	SDP		PIT	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	48 (3)	May 20	SDP		ARI	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	49	May 21	SDP		ARI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	50	May 22	SDP		ARI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	55 (4)	May 28	SDP	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	57 (1)	May 31	SDP		MIA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	62 (4)	Jun 5	SDP		PHI	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	63	Jun 6	SDP		WSN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	70 (6)	Jun 14	SDP	@	COL	W,16-12	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	72 (1)	Jun 16	SDP	@	COL	W,14-13	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	73	Jun 17	SDP		MIL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	74	Jun 18	SDP		MIL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	78 (3)	Jun 23	SDP	@	PIT	L,10-11		8	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	81 (2)	Jun 28	SDP		STL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	83 (1)	Jun 30	SDP		STL	L,3-5		3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	88 (4)	Jul 5	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	89	Jul 6	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	90	Jul 7	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	92 (1)	Jul 13	SDP		ATL	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	95 (2)	Jul 17	SDP	@	MIA	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	99 (3)	Jul 21	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	103 (3)	Jul 26	SDP		SFG	L,1-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	109 (5)	Aug 2	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	111 (1)	Aug 4	SDP	@	LAD	L,10-11	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	116 (4)	Aug 10	SDP		COL	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	119 (2)	Aug 13	SDP		TBR	L,5-7	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	120	Aug 14	SDP		TBR	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	122 (1)	Aug 17	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	123	Aug 18	SDP	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	124	Aug 19	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	128 (3)	Aug 24	SDP		BOS	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	129	Aug 25	SDP		BOS	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	130	Aug 26	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	132 (1)	Aug 28	SDP		LAD	L,4-6		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
55	135 (2)	Aug 31	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	141 (5)	Sep 7	SDP		COL	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	142	Sep 8	SDP		COL	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	144 (1)	Sep 10	SDP		CHC	W,9-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	152 (7)	Sep 18	SDP	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	156 (3)	Sep 22	SDP		ARI	W,6-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							60gm		60.2	6	5	0	11	1