Gio Urshela

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Team: Detroit Tigers (majors)

Born: October 11, 1991 in Cartagena, Colombia co

Debut: June 9, 2015 (Age 23-241d, 20,902nd in major league history)
vs. SEA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 6.127 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Rep 1 Baseball • Previously: Gatemore Sports & Entertainment, The Legacy Agency

Full Name: Giovanny Urshela

Pronunciation: \ur-SHELL-uh\

Twitter: @Urshela10

Instagram: @urshela10

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.2

9.2

2244

623

.300

.278

271

RBI

286

OBP

.314

.322

SLG

.340

.421

OPS

.654

.743

OPS+

102

Summary of 64 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 12 tying, 23 go ahead

5 Tms
NYY	41
MIN	13
CLE	7
LAA	2
TOR	1

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	32

Outs
1	23
0	22
2	19

20 Opps
TBR	7
BOS	7
BAL	6
CLE	6
TOR	6
LAA	4
SEA	4
KCR	4
MIN	3
DET	3
NYM	3
OAK	2
CHW	2
TEX	1
SDP	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
MIA	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

61 Pitchers
Triston McKenzie	2
Anthony Castro	2
Thomas Pannone	2
Miguel Castro	1
Mike Mayers	1
Martín Pérez	1
Steven Okert	1
Wade Miley	1
T.J. Zeuch	1
Zack Godley	1
Tayler Scott	1
Ryan Weber	1
Dylan Bundy	1
Corey Oswalt	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Adrian Sampson	1
Johnny Cueto	1
J.A. Happ	1
Anthony Swarzak	1
Jacob Waguespack	1
Shane Bieber	1
John Means	1
Edwin Jackson	1
Emilio Pagán	1
Trevor May	1
Wilmer Font	1
Eli Morgan	1
Erasmo Ramírez	1
Jeremy Guthrie	1
Robbie Ray	1
Michael Wacha	1
Chris Paddack	1
Shane McClanahan	1
Nathan Eovaldi	1
Edinson Vólquez	1
Alex Lange	1
David Price	1
Vidal Nuño III	1
Deolis Guerra	1
Diego Castillo	1
Beau Brieske	1
Gregory Soto	1
Travis Lakins Sr.	1
Charlie Morton	1
Anthony Misiewicz	1
Darwinzon Hernández	1
Trevor Cahill	1
Trevor Gott	1
Edgar García	1
Zack Greinke	1
Dean Kremer	1
Zack Wheeler	1
Sean Manaea	1
Nick Pivetta	1
Matt Foster	1
Steve Geltz	1
Yonny Chirinos	1
Jesús Luzardo	1
Cal Quantrill	1
Cam Bedrosian	1
Gabriel Ynoa	1

15 Parks
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	20
Target Field (MIN)	10
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	6
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Progressive (CLE)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Sahlen Field (BUF)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	22
78	19
8	11
9	10
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	14
3	12
2	12
4	10
5	10
6	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	17
12-	4
--3	4
-2-	3
1-3	3
123	2
-23	1

110 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	30
1 on	24
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	34

Inning
1	5
2	7
3	10
4	10
5	8
6	10
7	6
8	3
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	22
4-6	28
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	4
+2	8
+1	8
Tied	20
-1	8
-2	9
-4..	2

Ahead	25
Tied	20
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
1-2	8
0-2	7
1-0	7
1-1	5
0-1	5
3-2	4
2-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	4
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	56
SS	5
PH	2
1B	1

OrderPos
7th	15
8th	14
6th	12
4th	7
9th	6
5th	5
3rd	4
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-06-11	CLE		SEA	Vidal Nuño III	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	7	5	0.020	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2015-06-30	CLE	@	TBR	Steve Geltz	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	5	0.243	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Santana Scores; B. Moss Scores
3	3	3	1	2015-07-29	CLE		KCR	Jeremy Guthrie	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.072	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2015-08-04	CLE	@	LAA	Cam Bedrosian	tied 0-0	t 12	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	9	5	0.490	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); L. Chisenhall Scores
5	5	5	1	2015-08-14	CLE	@	MIN	Trevor May	tied 0-0	t 2	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	0.138	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Almonte Scores
6	6	6	1	2015-09-14	CLE		KCR	Edinson Vólquez	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	5	0.106	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2017-09-22	CLE	@	SEA	Erasmo Ramírez	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	9	5	0.114	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2018-05-19	TOR		OAK	Sean Manaea	tied 0-0	b 5	0	1--	3,(2-0) 1B1BX	2	9	6	0.203	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Smith Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2019-04-25	NYY	@	LAA	Trevor Cahill	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	5	0.112	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	2	1	2019-05-07	NYY		SEA	Anthony Swarzak	behind 2-4	b 9	1	1--	4,(0-2) SFFX	2	7	5	0.471	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Torres Scores
11	11	3	1	2019-05-29	NYY		SDP	Chris Paddack	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	5,(1-2) SCBFX	1	7	5	0.077	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
12	12	4	1	2019-06-06	NYY	@	TOR	Edwin Jackson	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	7	5	0.045	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
13	13	5	1	2019-06-11 (1)	NYY		NYM	Zack Wheeler	behind 2-4	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	5	0.212	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Morales Scores
14	14	6	1	2019-06-22	NYY		HOU	Wade Miley	tied 0-0	b 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	8	5	0.248	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Hicks Scores
15	15	7	1	2019-07-03	NYY	@	NYM	Wilmer Font	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) .BBBCFX	1	7	5	0.089	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
16	16	8	1	2019-07-15	NYY		TBR	Emilio Pagán	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	3,(0-2) .SCX	1	8	5	0.234	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	2019-07-18 (1)	NYY		TBR	Yonny Chirinos	behind 0-2	b 2	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	5	0.137	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Gregorius Scores/unER
18	18	10	1	2019-07-22	NYY	@	MIN	Martín Pérez	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.096	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	11	1	2019-07-27	NYY	@	BOS	Eduardo Rodríguez	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	7	5	0.097	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	12	1	2019-08-04	NYY		BOS	David Price	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) FB+1X	2	4	5	0.172	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Judge Scores
21	21	13	1	2019-08-07	NYY	@	BAL	Miguel Castro	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	3	5	0.084	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Judge Scores/unER
22	22	14	2	2019-08-07	NYY	@	BAL	Tayler Scott	ahead 8-1	t 6	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	3	5	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Judge Scores
23	23	15	1	2019-08-08	NYY	@	TOR	Thomas Pannone	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	4,(0-2) SFFX	2	3	5	0.122	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. LeMahieu Scores
24	24	16	2	2019-08-08	NYY	@	TOR	Thomas Pannone	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	--3	3,(2-0) BB.X	2	3	5	0.075	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. LeMahieu Scores
25	25	17	1	2019-08-10	NYY	@	TOR	Jacob Waguespack	behind 1-3	t 6	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	5	0.251	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Judge Scores
26	26	18	1	2019-08-12 (1)	NYY		BAL	Gabriel Ynoa	ahead 5-2	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BBFSX	1	2	5	0.052	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	19	1	2019-09-09	NYY	@	BOS	Darwinzon Hernández	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	7	5	0.121	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	20	1	2019-09-12 (2)	NYY	@	DET	Gregory Soto	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	1--	6,(1-2) .SCBFFX	2	8	PH	0.053	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Voit Scores
29	29	21	1	2019-09-27	NYY	@	TEX	Adrian Sampson	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.059	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2020-07-31	NYY		BOS	Ryan Weber	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.100	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	2020-08-01	NYY		BOS	Zack Godley	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	8	5	0.126	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); L. Voit Scores; M. Tauchman Scores; G. Sánchez Scores
32	32	3	1	2020-08-03	NYY		PHI	Deolis Guerra	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	5	0.087	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Hicks Scores; G. Stanton Scores
33	33	4	1	2020-08-15	NYY		BOS	Nathan Eovaldi	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	5	0.183	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); L. Voit Scores
34	34	5	1	2020-08-20	NYY		TBR	Diego Castillo	behind 2-3	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	4	5	0.267	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); L. Voit Scores
35	35	6	1	2020-08-31	NYY		TBR	Edgar García	behind 0-5	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) .BFCBBX	1	5	5	0.033	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2021-04-11	NYY	@	TBR	Michael Wacha	behind 0-2	t 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	5	0.177	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Sánchez Scores
37	37	2	1	2021-04-20	NYY		ATL	Charlie Morton	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.154	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	3	1	2021-04-25	NYY	@	CLE	Triston McKenzie	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	6	5	0.185	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); G. Torres Scores
39	39	4	1	2021-04-28	NYY	@	BAL	Dean Kremer	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	12-	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	4	5	0.158	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Stanton Scores; G. Torres Scores
40	40	5	1	2021-05-14	NYY	@	BAL	Travis Lakins Sr.	behind 2-4	t 7	1	12-	9,(2-2) ..CBFBFFFFX	3	9	PH	0.411	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Andújar Scores; K. Higashioka Scores
41	41	6	1	2021-06-02	NYY		TBR	Shane McClanahan	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	0.182	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); A. Judge Scores
42	42	7	1	2021-06-10	NYY	@	MIN	J.A. Happ	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BSBFX	1	5	5	0.085	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	8	1	2021-06-17	NYY	@	TOR	T.J. Zeuch	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.163	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Stanton Scores
44	44	9	1	2021-06-19	NYY		OAK	Jesús Luzardo	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBFBX	1	6	5	0.257	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	10	1	2021-06-28	NYY		LAA	Dylan Bundy	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	7	5	0.110	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	11	1	2021-07-04 (2)	NYY		NYM	Corey Oswalt	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1-3	3,(0-2) CFX	3	7	6	0.152	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Voit Scores; R. Odor Scores
47	47	12	1	2021-09-15	NYY	@	BAL	John Means	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) FBSX	2	9	6	0.170	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Gardner Scores
48	48	13	1	2021-09-19	NYY		CLE	Eli Morgan	behind 0-5	b 3	0	---	5,(0-2) CCFFX	1	8	6	0.054	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	14	1	2021-09-28	NYY	@	TOR	Anthony Castro	ahead 6-2	t 9	0	---	7,(3-2) .CFFBBBX	1	9	6	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2022-04-08	MIN		SEA	Robbie Ray	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	0.120	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
51	51	2	1	2022-05-14	MIN		CLE	Shane Bieber	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	5	0.140	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	3	1	2022-05-15	MIN		CLE	Triston McKenzie	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.144	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	2022-05-29	MIN		KCR	Zack Greinke	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	5	0.284	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Buxton Scores; L. Arráez Scores
54	54	5	1	2022-05-30	MIN	@	DET	Beau Brieske	behind 3-4	t 6	2	---	7,(3-2) CBBSBFX	1	6	5	0.175	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	2022-06-22	MIN		CLE	Anthony Castro	tied 7-7	b 7	2	-23	5,(1-2) CSBFX	3	6	5	0.341	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Sánchez Scores; A. Kirilloff Scores
56	56	7	1	2022-06-29	MIN	@	CLE	Cal Quantrill	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	7	5	0.176	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
57	57	8	1	2022-07-06	MIN	@	CHW	Matt Foster	tied 6-6	t 8	0	-2-	3,(1-1) F*BX	2	8	5	0.236	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Miranda Scores
58	58	9	1	2022-07-26	MIN	@	MIL	Trevor Gott	behind 3-5	t 5	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	6	5	0.358	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); K. Garlick Scores; J. Miranda Scores
59	59	10	1	2022-08-01	MIN		DET	Alex Lange	tied 3-3	b 10	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.395	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Miranda Scores
60	60	11	1	2022-08-12	MIN	@	LAA	Mike Mayers	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	5	0.089	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	12	1	2022-09-13	MIN		KCR	Anthony Misiewicz	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	5	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	13	1	2022-10-03	MIN	@	CHW	Johnny Cueto	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	5	0.180	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Gordon Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	2023-04-15	LAA	@	BOS	Nick Pivetta	tied 0-0	t 1	2	123	4,(2-1) BBCX	4	6	3	0.279	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Trout Scores; A. Rendon Scores; H. Renfroe Scores
64	64	2	1	2023-05-27	LAA		MIA	Steven Okert	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	7	5	0.295	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)