Brad Keller

#56 - Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/27/1995 (27)
Height, Weight	6'5", 255 lb
Hometown	Flowery Branch, GA

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	6-14	139.2	5.09	1.50	16.5%	9.2%	24.1%				94.5	10.5%	30.7%	55.2%	4.31	.325

	94^th 7 W	72^nd 117 IP	159^th 4.18 ERA	172^nd 1.28 WHIP	168^th 21.3% K%	154^th 7.5% BB%	187^th 27.9% CSW%				52^nd 93.3 FB MPH	132^nd 11.7% SwStr%	167^th 27.1% HC%	11^th 44.0% GB%	115^th 4.16 xERA	109^th .320 xwOBA

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	xBABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%
2018	KC	41	20	140.1	9	6	3.08	1.56	3.55	5.14	1.30	8.5	16.5%	8.6%	.294	.231	18.0%	55.6%	12.7%	77.1%	9.8%	26.0%
2019	KC	28	28	165.1	7	14	4.19	2.15	4.36	5.08	1.35	8.4	17.2%	9.9%	.283	.270	20.4%	48.8%	19.7%	72.2%	9.1%	25.2%
2020	KC	9	9	54.2	5	3	2.47	3.77	3.43	4.43	1.02	6.5	16.3%	7.9%	.233	.284	29.0%	53.1%	5.1%	76.1%	9.0%	25.4%
2021	KC	26	26	133.2	8	12	5.39	6.01	4.73	4.57	1.66	10.7	19.6%	10.4%	.347	.335	30.2%	49.1%	16.4%	68.7%	10.1%	26.4%
2022	KC	35	22	139.2	6	14	5.09	4.28	4.51	4.33	1.50	9.9	16.5%	9.2%	.311	.283	30.7%	55.2%	14.3%	67.0%	10.5%	24.1%
SP MLB AVG		22	22	117.0	7	7	4.18	4.16	4.15	4.13	1.28	8.7	21.3%	7.6%	.291	.283	27.0%	44.0%	13.4%	73.2%	11.7%	27.9%
5 Years		139	105	633.2	35	49	4.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.41	9.1	17.4%	9.4%	.301	.288	26.3%	52.2%	14.8%	71.4%	9.8%	25.4%

Repertoire

Slider | 36%
Four-Seamer | 35%
Sinker | 23%
Changeup | 5%
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 All

Show 2022 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	85.3	12.0%	30.5%	30.5%	13.8%	13.8%	27.5%	52.4%	48.3%	59.0%	25.6%	.193	.187	.282	0.0%	.195	.228	21.3%	2,455
2019	84.8	14.7%	25.2%	36.2%	9.5%	15.8%	25.4%	55.5%	50.5%	55.9%	26.5%	.220	.279	.238	27.8%	.221	.277	27.7%	2,507
2020	84.6	38.2%	33.3%	44.2%	14.3%	13.4%	27.7%	65.5%	60.4%	44.9%	27.5%	.187	.201	.243	0.0%	.224	.250	30.6%	2,622
2021	86.1	34.8%	29.8%	38.9%	14.1%	12.6%	26.7%	59.2%	53.8%	48.4%	23.0%	.237	.288	.328	13.8%	.239	.304	28.8%	2,574
2022	86.9	36.0%	33.4%	42.5%	14.3%	14.7%	29.0%	63.7%	57.2%	44.2%	35.3%	.265	.336	.309	12.7%	.232	.319	29.3%	2,545
SP MLB AVG	84.3	23.5%	33.6%	41.2%	15.4%	14.1%	29.5%	62.7%	57.1%	41.9%	36.5%	.230	.289	.283	14.8%	.223	.288	22.9%	2,378

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.195	.228	.253	.322	21.3%	5.1%	35.9%	23.0%	91.3	91.5	6.5	0.5	-0.3	-1.7	6.2	5.3	2,455
2019	.221	.277	.241	.352	27.7%	4.4%	33.8%	24.5%	89.9	87.1	8.9	0.6	-0.4	-1.7	6.2	5.3	2,507
2020	.224	.250	.291	.284	30.6%	0.0%	38.6%	27.3%	90.8	88.3	13.0	3.1	-2.8	-1.5	6.3	5.8	2,622
2021	.239	.304	.324	.396	28.8%	8.7%	45.2%	26.9%	91.5	89.8	7.0	3.0	-1.7	-1.3	6.2	5.8	2,574
2022	.232	.319	.253	.359	29.3%	7.7%	37.8%	26.2%	90.6	89.5	14.0	2.8	-0.9	-1.3	6.2	5.9	2,545
SP MLB AVG	.223	.288	.272	.367	22.9%	7.7%	37.5%	25.2%	86.8	86.1	14.7	3.3	1.4	-0.9	5.7	6.3	2,378

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	269	61	10	1	0	0	20	2	0	3	141	128	.193	.211	.187
2019	398	94	12	2	1	5	23	2	1	2	221	177	.220	.429	.279
2020	328	99	17	0	0	0	22	7	0	1	215	113	.187	.187	.201
2021	818	212	32	7	1	4	65	21	0	3	484	334	.237	.349	.288
2022	818	225	35	10	1	7	46	23	0	9	521	297	.265	.430	.336
SP MLB AVG	359	95	12	4	0	3	27	5	1	1	229	130	.230	.389	.289

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	59.0%	15.4%	25.6%	2.6%	0.0%	51.3%	30.8%	17.9%	10.4%	0.0%	43.6%	20.5%	30.8%	0.0%	25.6%
2019	55.9%	17.6%	26.5%	5.9%	27.8%	54.4%	26.5%	19.1%	13.1%	1.5%	39.7%	25.0%	25.0%	4.4%	25.0%
2020	44.9%	27.5%	27.5%	10.1%	0.0%	45.7%	28.6%	25.7%	16.5%	0.0%	31.9%	29.0%	31.9%	7.2%	36.2%
2021	48.4%	28.6%	23.0%	4.0%	13.8%	48.4%	37.3%	14.3%	17.1%	3.2%	34.9%	16.7%	27.0%	9.5%	40.5%
2022	44.2%	20.5%	35.3%	8.3%	12.7%	51.3%	30.1%	18.6%	15.6%	1.9%	33.3%	26.9%	22.4%	7.7%	34.0%
SP MLB AVG	41.9%	21.6%	36.5%	10.2%	14.8%	47.0%	32.3%	20.8%	15.9%	5.0%	29.1%	28.4%	24.7%	5.2%	35.1%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	21.3%	5.1%	35.9%	23.0%	.193	.187	.282	.282	.195	.228	.253	.322	91.3	91.5	6.5
2019	27.7%	4.4%	33.8%	24.5%	.220	.279	.238	.294	.221	.277	.241	.352	89.9	87.1	8.9
2020	30.6%	0.0%	38.6%	27.3%	.187	.201	.243	.243	.224	.250	.291	.284	90.8	88.3	13.0
2021	28.8%	8.7%	45.2%	26.9%	.237	.288	.328	.349	.239	.304	.324	.396	91.5	89.8	7.0
2022	29.3%	7.7%	37.8%	26.2%	.265	.336	.309	.340	.232	.319	.253	.359	90.6	89.5	14.0
SP MLB AVG	22.9%	7.7%	37.5%	25.2%	.230	.289	.283	.321	.223	.288	.272	.367	86.8	86.1	14.7

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	30.5%	30.5%	13.8%	13.8%	27.5%	52.4%	48.3%	35.6%	38.7%	64.4%	38.6%	95.7%	20.9%	29.0%	53.4%	50.0%
2019	25.2%	36.2%	9.5%	15.8%	25.4%	55.5%	50.5%	24.1%	39.7%	75.9%	53.1%	91.5%	22.8%	26.6%	58.7%	47.1%
2020	33.3%	44.2%	14.3%	13.4%	27.7%	65.5%	60.4%	27.5%	52.1%	72.5%	47.5%	86.4%	21.3%	20.9%	63.3%	46.7%
2021	29.8%	38.9%	14.1%	12.6%	26.7%	59.2%	53.8%	30.2%	46.6%	69.8%	43.6%	86.6%	17.6%	24.3%	62.6%	52.3%
2022	33.4%	42.5%	14.3%	14.7%	29.0%	63.7%	57.2%	29.2%	49.0%	70.8%	42.0%	89.3%	18.8%	30.8%	59.8%	45.0%
SP MLB AVG	33.6%	41.2%	15.4%	14.1%	29.5%	62.7%	57.1%	31.6%	48.6%	68.4%	48.5%	82.6%	19.9%	28.2%	60.7%	50.7%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	16.4%	27.1%	56.5%	7.4%	14.5%	78.1%	4.5%	23.8%	49.1%	58.7%	15.2%	37.2%	30.5%	11.4%	20.0%
2019	33.7%	27.4%	38.9%	9.0%	12.8%	78.1%	2.8%	22.4%	50.3%	56.3%	21.1%	34.9%	36.2%	13.8%	16.5%
2020	35.1%	32.3%	32.6%	12.8%	19.8%	67.4%	5.8%	21.0%	46.6%	48.8%	30.2%	39.3%	44.2%	18.1%	17.1%
2021	19.3%	24.8%	55.9%	11.4%	16.3%	72.4%	4.6%	25.9%	49.3%	52.8%	24.7%	38.8%	38.9%	14.1%	20.5%
2022	26.0%	27.9%	46.1%	11.7%	22.0%	66.3%	7.8%	26.9%	45.2%	56.5%	32.9%	30.2%	42.5%	18.0%	18.6%
SP MLB AVG	17.3%	22.3%	60.4%	15.6%	21.0%	63.3%	6.1%	24.6%	53.1%	56.8%	20.8%	35.2%	41.2%	14.2%	19.9%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	94.3	22.1%	23.2%	51.2%	8.5%	20.2%	28.7%	65.6%	59.9%	51.0%	25.5%	.241	.293	.260	7.7%	.222	.283	23.3%	2,291
2019	93.8	20.5%	28.7%	49.8%	10.4%	16.4%	26.8%	65.6%	60.1%	39.8%	35.5%	.250	.343	.309	6.1%	.270	.368	24.5%	2,302
2020	92.8	39.0%	23.1%	52.2%	5.1%	18.8%	23.9%	64.8%	61.2%	54.4%	26.3%	.179	.242	.182	13.3%	.238	.300	21.1%	2,330
2021	94.2	29.6%	27.9%	42.4%	10.1%	15.1%	25.1%	60.1%	53.4%	38.5%	37.6%	.309	.388	.366	11.4%	.314	.417	23.9%	2,323
2022	94.5	35.4%	28.6%	48.8%	9.2%	12.4%	21.6%	63.5%	57.1%	53.0%	25.6%	.248	.300	.296	11.9%	.259	.310	25.6%	2,406
SP MLB AVG	93.3	38.8%	26.4%	50.1%	9.3%	17.6%	26.9%	65.2%	59.4%	34.9%	41.7%	.268	.354	.297	13.7%	.262	.356	30.9%	2,250

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.222	.283	.237	.270	23.3%	5.9%	23.5%	18.6%	87.8	87.9	9.6	0.2	1.1	-1.6	6.1	6.0	2,291
2019	.270	.368	.323	.387	24.5%	8.6%	40.6%	26.0%	91.6	87.9	17.2	0.1	1.2	-1.6	6.2	6.0	2,302
2020	.238	.300	.249	.301	21.1%	5.3%	33.3%	25.0%	85.2	87.4	2.8	1.3	7.5	-1.4	6.2	5.9	2,330
2021	.314	.417	.347	.475	23.9%	12.8%	44.4%	28.9%	86.9	89.2	13.8	1.0	8.2	-1.3	6.2	5.9	2,323
2022	.259	.310	.308	.355	25.6%	5.5%	35.2%	25.4%	87.3	85.2	5.8	1.3	7.7	-1.4	6.1	6.0	2,406
SP MLB AVG	.262	.356	.286	.397	30.9%	10.0%	41.5%	29.0%	90.5	88.6	18.9	4.9	9.3	-0.7	5.8	6.4	2,250

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	494	129	21	5	0	2	14	13	0	0	324	170	.241	.336	.293
2019	556	150	20	5	4	2	28	24	2	2	365	191	.250	.403	.343
2020	335	76	10	0	0	2	11	7	1	0	217	118	.179	.269	.242
2021	696	180	30	10	1	5	35	23	5	1	418	278	.309	.490	.388
2022	806	228	38	6	3	5	46	16	1	1	512	294	.248	.376	.300
SP MLB AVG	637	157	22	7	1	6	32	15	1	0	423	214	.268	.467	.354

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	51.0%	23.5%	25.5%	8.8%	7.7%	37.3%	40.2%	22.5%	16.2%	2.9%	46.1%	27.5%	15.7%	2.0%	29.4%
2019	39.8%	26.9%	35.5%	9.7%	6.1%	30.9%	30.9%	38.3%	21.6%	2.2%	26.9%	31.2%	24.7%	8.6%	45.2%
2020	54.4%