Lucas Giolito

#27 - Starting Pitcher

Chicago White Sox

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/14/1994 (28)
Height, Weight	6'6", 245 lb
Hometown	Santa Monica, CA

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	10-9	149.2	5.05	1.48	25.7%	8.6%	30.5%				92.7	13.5%	25.9%	41.7%	4.82	.343

	43^rd 7 W	49^th 112 IP	155^th 4.19 ERA	169^th 1.28 WHIP	35^th 21.2% K%	141^st 7.5% BB%	30^th 27.9% CSW%				126^th 93.3 FB MPH	36^th 11.6% SwStr%	73^rd 27.1% HC%	121^st 44.0% GB%	147^th 4.19 xERA	141^st .320 xwOBA

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2022 Projection

W	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
11	179	3.55	1.10	28.4%	8.1%

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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	CWS	32	32	173.1	10	13	6.13	2.00	5.56	5.28	1.48	8.6	16.1%	11.6%	.269	.271	16.7%	47.8%	50.9%	63.5%	9.3%	26.3%
2019	CWS	29	29	176.2	14	9	3.41	0.42	3.44	2.07	1.06	6.7	32.3%	8.1%	.274	.300	6.7%	48.2%	141.2%	77.7%	16.1%	32.7%
2020	CWS	12	12	72.1	4	3	3.48	3.04	3.19	3.43	1.04	5.9	33.7%	9.7%	.255	.250	19.5%	43.1%	13.6%	69.9%	18.5%	32.9%
2021	CWS	31	31	178.2	11	9	3.53	3.62	3.80	3.77	1.10	7.3	28.0%	7.1%	.270	.278	22.1%	34.7%	15.1%	77.5%	16.2%	30.8%
2022	CWS	28	28	149.2	10	9	5.05	4.79	4.14	3.57	1.48	10.0	25.7%	8.6%	.352	.314	25.9%	41.7%	17.4%	71.3%	13.5%	30.5%
SP MLB AVG		21	21	112.0	7	7	4.19	4.19	4.16	4.14	1.28	8.7	21.3%	7.5%	.291	.284	27.1%	43.9%	13.3%	73.1%	11.6%	27.9%
5 Years		132	132	750.2	49	43	4.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.25	7.8	26.1%	9.0%	.286	.286	19.7%	40.5%	24.7%	71.4%	14.2%	30.3%

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 48%
Changeup | 25%
Slider | 24%
Curveball | 3%
Sinker | 0%
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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	92.4	11.9%	26.3%	49.9%	5.3%	20.4%	25.8%	61.9%	53.2%	42.5%	35.6%	.383	.517	.354	30.8%	.319	.435	33.7%	2,084
2019	93.9	7.8%	24.5%	50.0%	8.2%	20.5%	28.6%	65.0%	59.5%	47.2%	30.6%	.273	.367	.294	18.2%	.262	.343	31.5%	2,295
2020	94.0	50.6%	24.7%	52.4%	14.0%	19.1%	33.1%	67.4%	63.0%	42.7%	40.4%	.201	.260	.271	11.1%	.199	.269	26.3%	2,330
2021	93.8	43.9%	24.3%	51.0%	11.8%	16.9%	28.7%	63.1%	58.5%	32.0%	40.4%	.251	.330	.290	15.3%	.263	.348	28.4%	2,366
2022	92.7	47.6%	28.5%	49.2%	9.7%	21.4%	31.2%	66.5%	60.3%	41.8%	31.6%	.295	.363	.353	16.1%	.280	.365	30.1%	2,173
SP MLB AVG	93.3	38.8%	26.4%	50.3%	9.2%	17.7%	26.9%	65.4%	59.5%	34.9%	41.7%	.268	.354	.296	13.9%	.263	.357	31.1%	2,248

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.319	.435	.306	.421	33.7%	13.7%	46.6%	33.7%	91.0	92.1	13.0	0.7	1.3	-2.5	6.5	6.4	2,084
2019	.262	.343	.296	.342	31.5%	5.6%	41.7%	27.8%	92.0	90.0	16.3	0.6	1.5	-1.3	6.7	6.6	2,295
2020	.199	.269	.265	.341	26.3%	5.6%	42.7%	25.0%	90.3	88.4	16.9	4.4	11.1	-1.1	6.3	6.7	2,330
2021	.263	.348	.307	.407	28.4%	9.6%	41.7%	27.8%	91.1	89.1	20.3	4.3	11.3	-1.4	6.2	6.8	2,366
2022	.280	.365	.320	.436	30.1%	10.2%	43.7%	29.7%	90.3	88.1	11.7	3.5	10.6	-1.3	6.2	6.9	2,173
SP MLB AVG	.263	.357	.286	.397	31.1%	10.0%	41.6%	29.2%	90.5	88.8	18.9	4.8	9.4	-0.7	5.8	6.4	2,248

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	357	101	17	5	1	8	9	15	4	2	221	136	.383	.765	.517
2019	220	54	7	3	0	2	9	9	0	0	143	77	.273	.477	.367
2020	614	152	21	2	0	4	48	13	2	1	414	200	.201	.306	.260
2021	1,303	270	40	9	0	11	60	29	1	2	822	481	.251	.427	.330
2022	1,223	290	50	15	1	10	64	29	0	0	813	410	.295	.477	.363
SP MLB AVG	605	149	21	7	1	6	30	15	1	0	402	203	.268	.468	.354

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	42.5%	21.9%	35.6%	6.8%	30.8%	32.9%	42.5%	24.7%	15.7%	2.7%	28.8%	21.9%	28.8%	4.1%	38.4%
2019	47.2%	22.2%	30.6%	13.9%	18.2%	30.6%	41.7%	27.8%	20.0%	2.8%	25.0%	30.6%	33.3%	2.8%	33.3%
2020	42.7%	16.9%	40.4%	12.4%	11.1%	32.6%	34.8%	32.6%	19.9%	3.4%	23.6%	30.3%	30.3%	6.7%	32.6%
2021	32.0%	27.5%	40.4%	15.7%	15.3%	32.8%	33.3%	33.9%	20.6%	1.1%	24.7%	32.0%	25.3%	7.3%	39.3%
2022	41.8%	26.5%	31.6%	7.7%	16.1%	23.9%	43.7%	32.5%	19.2%	3.1%	29.1%	24.0%	27.6%	6.1%	38.3%
SP MLB AVG	34.9%	23.4%	41.7%	12.4%	13.9%	31.9%	35.7%	32.5%	21.0%	3.5%	22.9%	31.9%	24.1%	7.7%	38.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	33.7%	13.7%	46.6%	33.7%	.383	.517	.354	.425	.319	.435	.306	.421	91.0	92.1	13.0
2019	31.5%	5.6%	41.7%	27.8%	.273	.367	.294	.333	.262	.343	.296	.342	92.0	90.0	16.3
2020	26.3%	5.6%	42.7%	25.0%	.201	.260	.271	.303	.199	.269	.265	.341	90.3	88.4	16.9
2021	28.4%	9.6%	41.7%	27.8%	.251	.330	.290	.333	.263	.348	.307	.407	91.1	89.1	20.3
2022	30.1%	10.2%	43.7%	29.7%	.295	.363	.353	.386	.280	.365	.320	.436	90.3	88.1	11.7
SP MLB AVG	31.1%	10.0%	41.6%	29.2%	.268	.354	.296	.336	.263	.357	.286	.397	90.5	88.8	18.9

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	26.3%	49.9%	5.3%	20.4%	25.8%	61.9%	53.2%	12.8%	41.5%	87.2%	74.5%	93.1%	29.6%	24.8%	57.4%	45.7%
2019	24.5%	50.0%	8.2%	20.5%	28.6%	65.0%	59.5%	18.4%	44.5%	81.6%	59.3%	90.1%	27.6%	25.8%	65.5%	55.2%
2020	24.7%	52.4%	14.0%	19.1%	33.1%	67.4%	63.0%	29.0%	48.4%	71.0%	56.9%	75.6%	25.4%	19.7%	61.3%	51.0%
2021	24.3%	51.0%	11.8%	16.9%	28.7%	63.1%	58.5%	25.6%	46.2%	74.4%	57.4%	80.3%	21.1%	21.8%	59.8%	51.6%
2022	28.5%	49.2%	9.7%	21.4%	31.2%	66.5%	60.3%	21.6%	45.1%	78.4%	59.3%	87.4%	26.8%	24.9%	65.4%	55.6%
SP MLB AVG	26.4%	50.3%	9.2%	17.7%	26.9%	65.4%	59.5%	19.2%	47.7%	80.8%	71.2%	84.6%	22.9%	22.2%	62.7%	51.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	32.5%	32.2%	35.3%	40.6%	20.7%	38.7%	7.8%	31.9%	35.9%	54.9%	37.8%	28.3%	49.9%	15.8%	8.9%
2019	27.7%	32.3%	40.0%	42.7%	24.1%	33.2%	10.0%	36.8%	30.9%	57.7%	28.6%	28.2%	50.0%	13.4%	14.5%
2020	16.4%	37.6%	45.9%	53.4%	23.6%	23.0%	9.6%	35.7%	26.7%	55.2%	25.2%	34.7%	52.4%	11.2%	22.5%
2021	31.8%	35.9%	32.2%	50.2%	22.7%	27.1%	9.4%	30.0%	34.1%	60.7%	28.7%	26.8%	51.0%	9.7%	17.2%
2022	25.8%	34.6%	39.7%	53.5%	21.6%	24.9%	7.5%	31.6%	33.9%	60.9%	25.5%	27.6%	49.2%	13.3%	19.0%
SP MLB AVG	34.8%	28.0%	37.2%	50.9%	26.6%	22.5%	7.4%	30.1%	41.9%	57.9%	29.0%	28.2%	50.3%	14.1%	16.0%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	81.8	5.4%	30.9%	41.6%	18.0%	13.7%	31.7%	60.9%	58.4%	50.0%	22.7%	.133	.181	.182	0.0%	.232	.273	27.3%	1,648
2019	82.0	2.9%	25.0%	60.5%	21.0%	17.3%	38.3%	69.1%	65.4%	66.7%	16.7%	.158	.253	.250	0.0%	.159	.257	12.5%	1,628
2020	80.9	33.7%	40.4%	44.3%	24.2%	9.3%	33.5%	67.7%	64.3%	50.0%	31.5%	.157	.254	.226	11.8%	.147	.247	10.7%	1,443
2021	81.5	31.7%	37.1%	50.8%	20.1%	14.2%	34.3%	71.1%	65.1%	33.3%	40.2%	.218	.281	.293	12.9%	.210	.270	15.2%	1,493
2022	81.2	25.1%	36.2%	40.9%	20.0%	12.9%	32.9%	65.3%	59.2%	36.1%	38.1%	.248	.337	.370	13.5%	.222	.322	10.6%	1,435
SP MLB AVG	85.3	16.3%	33.5%	35.5%	13.4%	10.0%	23.3%	58.7%	52.4%	51.3%	26.5%	.253	.310	.285	15.0%	.253	.315	24.9%	1,734

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.232	.273	.316	.316	27.3%	0.0%	45.5%	30.3%	87.8	82.3	12.1	1.0	0.7	-2.3	6.5	6.5	1,648
2019	.159	.257	.252	.226	12.5%	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	83.7	82.5	3.5	1.0	1.0	-1.3	6.6	6.7	1,628
2020	.147	.247	.211	.276	10.7%	1.9%	25.5%	13.5%	80.4	83.7	11.2	5.3	7.9	-1.2	6.3	6.6	1,443
2021	.210	.270	.283	.363	15.2%	2.9%	36.2%	22.3%	82.2	84.1	18.8	6.2	7.6	-1.4	6.2	6.7	1,493
2022	.222	.322	.314	.435	10.6%	4.1%	37.1%	20.0%	81.3	84.5	14.5	6.8	6.6	-1.3	6.2	6.8	1,435
SP MLB AVG	.253	.315	.280	.356	24.9%	5.7%	35.3%	26.7%	86.3	87.5	7.5	8.4	4.3	-0.6	5.7	6.4	1,734

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	161	33	3	1	0	0	8	3	0	1	98	63	.133	.167	.181
2019	81	24	3	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	56	25	.158	.158	.253
2020	409	104	8	4	0	2	34	15	0	2	277	132	.157	.270	.254
2021	942	283	33	14	1	9	90	19	0	3	670	272	.218	.383	.281
2022	645	180	23	10	1	5	60	22	1	1	421	224	.248	.420	.337
SP MLB AVG	237	66	10	3	0	2	14	4	0	1	145	92	.253	.413	.310

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	50.0%	27.3%	22.7%	9.1%	0.0%	68.2%	13.6%	18.2%	15.5%	4.5%	31.8%	18.2%	36.4%	9.1%	40.9%
2019	66.7%	16.7%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	16.7%	16.0%	8.3%	50.0%	16.7%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%
2020