Tarik Skubal

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 240lb (190cm, 108kg)

Born: November 20, 1996 in Hayward, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seattle University (Seattle, WA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seattle University (Seattle, WA).

High School: Kingman Academy (Kingman, AZ)

School: Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

Debut: August 18, 2020 (Age 23-272d, 22,188th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.65M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.114 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Tarik Daniel Skubal

Pronunciation: \tare-ick sku-bl\

Twitter: @TarikSkubal

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.5

5.6

ERA

2.08

3.79

17.1

396.2

440

WHIP

0.750

1.129

Summary of 59 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

7 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 30 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	59

Platoon
vs RHB	56
vs LHB	3

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	23

Outs
0	25
1	17
2	17

17 Opps
KCR	11
MIN	10
OAK	5
NYY	5
CLE	5
CHW	4
STL	3
BAL	3
LAA	2
PIT	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
TBR	1
TEX	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
TOR	1

48 Batters
César Hernández	3
Salvador Perez	3
Byron Buxton	2
Adalberto Mondesí	2
Jordan Luplow	2
Pedro Severino	2
Brent Rooker	2
Jorge Soler	2
Paul Goldschmidt	2
Calvin Mitchell	1
Mark Canha	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Hunter Dozier	1
Ryan Mountcastle	1
Emmanuel Rivera	1
Leury García	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Clint Frazier	1
Abraham Toro	1
Ryan McBroom	1
Aaron Hicks	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Kyle Higashioka	1
Aaron Judge	1
Jeremy Peña	1
Triston Casas	1
Miguel Sanó	1
Mitch Garver	1
Roberto Pérez	1
Kris Bryant	1
Yadier Molina	1
Rob Refsnyder	1
Jose Altuve	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Kyle Seager	1
Ryan Jeffers	1
Luis Robert Jr.	1
Jorge Polanco	1
David Fletcher	1
Edward Olivares	1
Tim Anderson	1
Justin Upton	1
Matt Chapman	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Kyle Garlick	1
Kevin Newman	1
Adam Engel	1
Jonah Heim	1

14 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	23
KauffmanStad (KAN)	7
Target Field (MIN)	7
Progressive (CLE)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	26
78	17
9	8
8	4
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	14
1	11
2	11
4	10
5	8
7+	3
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	14
-2-	3
12-	2
1-3	2
--3	1

85 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	37
1 on	18
2 on	4
Any on	22

Inning
1	16
2	9
3	12
4	9
5	8
6	2
7	3

1-3	37
4-6	19
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	3
+1	9
Tied	30
-1	5
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	18
Tied	30
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	12
0-0	11
2-2	8
1-2	6
0-1	6
1-0	5
3-2	4
0-2	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	9
DH	9
RF	8
1B	6
2B	6
CF	6
LF	5
SS	5
3B	5

OrderPos
3rd	10
7th	9
1st	8
4th	8
6th	8
5th	7
2nd	6
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2020-08-18	Tim Anderson	CHW		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	6	10%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2020-08-23	César Hernández	CLE		DET	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	6,(2-2) LCBBFX	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2020-08-29 (2)	Nelson Cruz	MIN	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	DH	16%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2020-09-10 (1)	Yadier Molina	STL		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	5,(2-2) BCB>FX	2	6	2	21%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Ravelo Scores
5	5	5	1	2020-09-16	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	5,(2-2) ST1BBX	2	3	2	16%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Mondesí Scores/unER
6	6	6	1	2020-09-22	Byron Buxton	MIN		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	7	2	2020-09-22	Mitch Garver	MIN		DET	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	2	13%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	2020-09-27	Adalberto Mondesí	KCR		DET	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	3	6	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	2	2020-09-27	Ryan McBroom	KCR		DET	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	7	DH	13%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2021-04-10	Roberto Pérez	CLE		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	8	2	18%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Chang Scores
11	11	2	2	2021-04-10	César Hernández	CLE		DET	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	3	2021-04-10	Jordan Luplow	CLE		DET	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	2,(0-1) SX	3	1	9	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Y. Chang Scores; R. Pérez Scores
13	13	4	1	2021-04-15	Stephen Piscotty	OAK		DET	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	7	DH	12%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	2021-04-25	Hunter Dozier	KCR	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	5	13%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	6	1	2021-04-30	Clint Frazier	NYY		DET	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	9%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
16	16	7	2	2021-04-30	Aaron Judge	NYY		DET	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	9	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	8	3	2021-04-30	Aaron Hicks	NYY		DET	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	2021-05-07	Kyle Garlick	MIN	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	10	2	2021-05-07	Jorge Polanco	MIN	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	4	10%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	11	1	2021-05-14	Kris Bryant	CHC	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	8	19%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Contreras Scores
21	21	12	1	2021-05-19	Kyle Seager	SEA		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	4,(0-2) 1F>C.FX	2	4	5	18%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Lewis Scores
22	22	13	1	2021-05-25	César Hernández	CLE	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	DH	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	14	1	2021-06-11	Adam Engel	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
24	24	15	1	2021-06-16	Adalberto Mondesí	KCR		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	5	6	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	16	2	2021-06-16	Salvador Perez	KCR		DET	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	21%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Santana Scores
26	26	17	1	2021-07-03	Leury García	CHW	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 5	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	9	26%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Abreu Scores
27	27	18	1	2021-07-08	Ryan Jeffers	MIN		DET	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBBSFX	1	5	2	12%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	19	2	2021-07-08	Miguel Sanó	MIN		DET	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	22%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	20	1	2021-07-25	Salvador Perez	KCR		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	2,(1-0) *BX	3	3	DH	13%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Merrifield Scores; C. Santana Scores
30	30	21	2	2021-07-25	Jorge Soler	KCR		DET	ahead 3-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	22	3	2021-07-25	Jorge Soler	KCR		DET	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	4%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	23	1	2021-07-30	Pedro Severino	BAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	24	2	2021-07-30	Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	7,(3-2) FBSBFBX	1	4	3	11%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	25	3	2021-07-30	Pedro Severino	BAL	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	2	9%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	26	1	2021-08-18	Justin Upton	LAA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	5,(2-2) CCB1BX	2	4	7	18%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Gosselin Scores
36	36	27	1	2021-08-25	Paul Goldschmidt	STL		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	11%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	28	2	2021-08-25	Paul Goldschmidt	STL		DET	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	3	11%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
38	38	29	1	2021-08-31	Matt Chapman	OAK	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	20%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Olson Scores
39	39	30	2	2021-08-31	Mark Canha	OAK	@	DET	ahead 4-1	t 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	6	7	11%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Olson Scores
40	40	31	1	2021-09-06	Kevin Newman	PIT		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(0-1) LX	2	2	6	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Hayes Scores
41	41	32	1	2021-09-18	Jordan Luplow	TBR		DET	behind 0-4	b 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	5	DH	13%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Margot Scores
42	42	33	1	2021-09-30	Byron Buxton	MIN		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
43	43	34	2	2021-09-30	Josh Donaldson	MIN		DET	tied 1-1	b 3	2	12-	5,(2-2) FBBCX	3	4	5	27%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Buxton Scores; J. Polanco Scores
44	44	35	3	2021-09-30	Brent Rooker	MIN		DET	behind 4-5	b 4	1	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	7	7	14%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2022-05-05	Jose Altuve	HOU		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	2	2	2022-05-05	Jeremy Peña	HOU		DET	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	7	6	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	3	1	2022-06-07	Calvin Mitchell	PIT		DET	behind 1-4	b 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) C*BX	2	6	9	19%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Suwinski Scores
48	48	4	1	2022-06-12	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	3	20%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Bichette Scores
49	49	5	1	2022-06-17	Jonah Heim	TEX	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	6,(3-2) BBSBFX	1	4	2	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
50	50	6	1	2022-06-22	Rob Refsnyder	BOS		DET	tied 2-2	b 3	1	-2-	4,(0-2) CSFX	2	2	9	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Duran Scores
51	51	7	1	2022-07-03	Edward Olivares	KCR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
52	52	8	2	2022-07-03	Emmanuel Rivera	KCR	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	4,(1-2) C11SBX	2	7	5	17%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Taylor Scores
53	53	9	1	2022-07-08	Luis Robert Jr.	CHW		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Anderson Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2023-08-11	Triston Casas	BOS		DET	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	3	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Verdugo Scores; P. Reyes Scores
55	55	2	1	2023-08-29	Gleyber Torres	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	8,(3-2) BBCSFFBX	1	3	4	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
56	56	3	2	2023-08-29	Kyle Higashioka	NYY	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	8	2	12%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	4	1	2023-09-15	David Fletcher	LAA		DET	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2024-04-05	Brent Rooker	OAK	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 6	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	16%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Z. Gelof Scores
59	59	2	2	2024-04-05	Abraham Toro	OAK	@	DET	behind 2-4	t 7	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	DH	11%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)