Sonny Gray

#54 - Starting Pitcher

Minnesota Twins

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	11/7/1989 (32)
Height, Weight	5'10", 195 lb
Hometown	Nashville, TN

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	8-5	119.2	3.08	1.13	24.0%	7.4%	29.9%				92.1	9.7%	26.4%	46.8%	3.48	.292

	66^th 7 W	98^th 116 IP	38^th 4.18 ERA	44^th 1.28 WHIP	52^nd 21.2% K%	109^th 7.5% BB%	43^rd 27.9% CSW%				145^th 93.3 FB MPH	160^th 11.6% SwStr%	87^th 27.1% HC%	64^th 44.1% GB%	50^th 4.17 xERA	48^th .320 xwOBA

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2022 Projection

W	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
10	160	3.96	1.22	27.5%	9.3%

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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	NYY	30	23	130.1	11	9	4.90	1.97	4.17	4.83	1.50	9.5	21.1%	9.8%	.327	.270	17.5%	58.2%	29.8%	70.9%	10.8%	29.2%
2019	CIN	31	31	175.1	11	8	2.87	1.85	3.43	3.72	1.08	6.3	29.0%	9.6%	.259	.241	14.7%	51.3%	25.8%	79.7%	12.0%	30.8%
2020	CIN	11	11	56.0	5	3	3.70	3.22	3.05	3.36	1.21	6.8	30.6%	11.1%	.290	.292	18.8%	49.3%	11.8%	68.3%	11.9%	33.0%
2021	CIN	26	26	135.1	7	9	4.19	3.28	4.00	3.64	1.22	7.7	27.0%	8.7%	.282	.273	19.8%	50.3%	18.4%	72.4%	11.3%	30.8%
2022	MIN	24	24	119.2	8	5	3.08	3.48	3.41	3.67	1.13	7.5	24.0%	7.4%	.278	.277	26.4%	46.8%	10.4%	77.2%	9.7%	29.9%
SP MLB AVG		21	21	116.0	7	7	4.18	4.17	4.15	4.13	1.28	8.7	21.3%	7.5%	.291	.283	27.1%	43.9%	13.3%	73.2%	11.7%	27.9%
5 Years		122	115	616.2	42	34	3.71	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.22	7.5	26.0%	9.2%	.287	.270	19.6%	50.6%	18.3%	74.3%	11.1%	30.5%

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 28%
Sinker | 26%
Curveball | 25%
Slider | 11%
Cutter | 9%
Changeup | 1%
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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	93.4	13.1%	16.3%	54.1%	7.8%	22.8%	30.6%	63.6%	57.8%	59.6%	21.2%	.309	.407	.306	18.2%	.303	.398	37.1%	2,471
2019	93.3	17.1%	28.4%	46.0%	8.1%	23.0%	31.0%	63.9%	59.3%	36.2%	46.4%	.264	.343	.297	12.5%	.209	.296	23.6%	2,521
2020	93.0	25.7%	18.3%	51.8%	5.6%	26.5%	32.1%	64.7%	60.6%	48.6%	31.4%	.222	.302	.242	18.2%	.222	.283	20.8%	2,510
2021	92.3	24.1%	21.7%	50.3%	7.6%	24.4%	32.0%	65.9%	60.1%	42.4%	37.4%	.274	.355	.271	13.5%	.278	.340	24.2%	2,418
2022	92.1	28.2%	25.1%	49.3%	6.5%	26.4%	32.8%	67.4%	61.9%	50.0%	29.6%	.248	.286	.255	6.3%	.261	.306	26.0%	2,540
SP MLB AVG	93.3	38.9%	26.3%	50.2%	9.3%	17.6%	26.9%	65.2%	59.4%	35.1%	41.5%	.267	.353	.295	13.8%	.263	.357	31.1%	2,250

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.303	.398	.302	.356	37.1%	9.6%	42.3%	31.4%	89.8	89.0	5.5	0.2	1.2	-1.1	5.6	6.4	2,471
2019	.209	.296	.224	.300	23.6%	8.7%	39.1%	25.5%	88.8	86.4	19.6	0.2	1.2	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,521
2020	.222	.283	.252	.329	20.8%	8.6%	31.4%	22.9%	86.5	85.1	9.0	1.8	9.1	-0.6	5.5	6.5	2,510
2021	.278	.340	.294	.328	24.2%	2.0%	30.7%	23.8%	86.6	85.9	12.0	1.6	8.8	-0.5	5.4	6.5	2,418
2022	.261	.306	.269	.294	26.0%	2.8%	32.4%	26.7%	88.0	83.5	10.1	1.4	8.8	-0.8	5.4	6.5	2,540
SP MLB AVG	.263	.357	.286	.397	31.1%	10.0%	41.6%	29.1%	90.5	88.7	18.8	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	294	70	10	5	0	2	5	13	0	0	187	107	.309	.509	.407
2019	496	106	16	2	1	4	22	15	0	0	317	179	.264	.448	.343
2020	249	48	5	2	1	2	10	3	0	1	161	88	.222	.444	.302
2021	537	130	20	6	0	5	13	15	1	0	354	183	.274	.460	.355
2022	527	131	24	3	0	2	11	11	1	0	355	172	.248	.325	.286
SP MLB AVG	627	155	22	7	1	6	31	15	1	0	417	210	.267	.466	.353

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	59.6%	19.2%	21.2%	5.8%	18.2%	48.1%	32.7%	19.2%	15.3%	3.8%	36.5%	17.3%	26.9%	5.8%	34.6%
2019	36.2%	17.4%	46.4%	15.9%	12.5%	34.8%	39.1%	26.1%	19.0%	2.9%	21.7%	36.2%	26.1%	4.3%	34.8%
2020	48.6%	20.0%	31.4%	8.6%	18.2%	37.1%	48.6%	14.3%	18.5%	5.7%	37.1%	25.7%	22.9%	0.0%	40.0%
2021	42.4%	20.2%	37.4%	11.1%	13.5%	45.5%	32.7%	21.8%	15.1%	4.0%	35.4%	29.3%	24.2%	5.1%	33.3%
2022	50.0%	20.4%	29.6%	8.3%	6.3%	44.4%	35.2%	20.4%	14.0%	2.8%	38.9%	25.9%	25.0%	4.6%	31.5%
SP MLB AVG	35.1%	23.5%	41.5%	12.4%	13.8%	32.0%	35.4%	32.5%	21.0%	3.5%	23.0%	31.8%	24.1%	7.7%	38.2%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	37.1%	9.6%	42.3%	31.4%	.309	.407	.306	.333	.303	.398	.302	.356	89.8	89.0	5.5
2019	23.6%	8.7%	39.1%	25.5%	.264	.343	.297	.338	.209	.296	.224	.300	88.8	86.4	19.6
2020	20.8%	8.6%	31.4%	22.9%	.222	.302	.242	.286	.222	.283	.252	.329	86.5	85.1	9.0
2021	24.2%	2.0%	30.7%	23.8%	.274	.355	.271	.307	.278	.340	.294	.328	86.6	85.9	12.0
2022	26.0%	2.8%	32.4%	26.7%	.248	.286	.255	.269	.261	.306	.269	.294	88.0	83.5	10.1
SP MLB AVG	31.1%	10.0%	41.6%	29.1%	.267	.353	.295	.335	.263	.357	.286	.397	90.5	88.7	18.8

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	16.3%	54.1%	7.8%	22.8%	30.6%	63.6%	57.8%	19.2%	40.8%	80.8%	68.2%	83.7%	27.1%	14.3%	60.6%	43.6%
2019	28.4%	46.0%	8.1%	23.0%	31.0%	63.9%	59.3%	19.7%	40.9%	80.3%	68.4%	87.4%	29.7%	25.2%	57.5%	51.2%
2020	18.3%	51.8%	5.6%	26.5%	32.1%	64.7%	60.6%	14.7%	38.2%	85.3%	77.3%	87.7%	32.7%	16.3%	59.5%	54.4%
2021	21.7%	50.3%	7.6%	24.4%	32.0%	65.9%	60.1%	18.4%	41.5%	81.6%	63.8%	87.9%	26.8%	14.9%	64.0%	51.1%
2022	25.1%	49.3%	6.5%	26.4%	32.8%	67.4%	61.9%	15.7%	41.0%	84.3%	70.1%	90.6%	29.1%	31.3%	63.2%	51.0%
SP MLB AVG	26.3%	50.2%	9.3%	17.6%	26.9%	65.2%	59.4%	19.3%	47.6%	80.7%	71.2%	84.4%	22.7%	22.1%	62.6%	51.5%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	42.9%	26.2%	31.0%	33.7%	28.9%	37.4%	6.8%	17.3%	56.5%	65.3%	41.8%	14.3%	54.1%	15.1%	11.9%
2019	18.5%	24.6%	56.9%	47.6%	24.4%	28.0%	5.8%	36.5%	38.9%	59.1%	38.3%	23.2%	46.0%	9.9%	19.1%
2020	12.9%	24.5%	62.7%	37.8%	28.5%	33.7%	8.8%	48.2%	27.3%	65.1%	32.1%	19.7%	51.8%	12.3%	20.4%
2021	23.3%	26.8%	49.9%	38.0%	27.2%	34.8%	6.5%	39.1%	34.1%	68.0%	36.5%	13.8%	50.3%	18.1%	17.6%
2022	19.4%	25.2%	55.4%	43.5%	27.7%	28.8%	6.5%	28.5%	46.3%	67.9%	34.2%	12.1%	49.3%	16.8%	17.2%
SP MLB AVG	34.6%	28.1%	37.3%	51.1%	26.4%	22.5%	7.4%	30.2%	41.7%	57.9%	28.9%	28.3%	50.2%	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	92.8	11.8%	28.6%	47.2%	5.3%	18.5%	23.8%	64.9%	58.9%	66.2%	22.1%	.225	.262	.224	6.7%	.228	.257	28.6%	2,310
2019	93.3	11.1%	24.5%	49.5%	10.2%	21.1%	31.3%	64.4%	58.5%	64.2%	11.3%	.257	.317	.333	50.0%	.248	.303	24.1%	2,425
2020	93.0	26.3%	23.3%	49.4%	11.8%	22.4%	34.1%	65.5%	61.2%	61.5%	25.6%	.153	.262	.237	20.0%	.141	.251	18.6%	2,388
2021	92.4	29.2%	28.4%	54.0%	9.5%	22.8%	32.3%	69.5%	62.9%	54.2%	23.3%	.213	.299	.306	32.1%	.197	.283	20.5%	2,320
2022	92.0	26.1%	29.7%	49.1%	8.8%	19.0%	27.8%	68.5%	61.3%	42.9%	33.3%	.215	.313	.286	20.0%	.209	.304	27.6%	2,424
SP MLB AVG	92.7	24.4%	26.4%	49.1%	6.6%	19.6%	26.2%	64.8%	57.9%	52.8%	26.3%	.289	.362	.313	12.8%	.281	.360	31.5%	2,145

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.228	.257	.227	.240	28.6%	2.9%	26.5%	23.4%	86.3	84.8	3.3	1.0	0.8	-1.1	5.6	6.4	2,310
2019	.248	.303	.326	.372	24.1%	5.7%	32.1%	20.5%	88.4	88.6	-1.1	1.0	0.8	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,425
2020	.141	.251	.224	.283	18.6%	5.1%	30.0%	13.8%	88.8	84.6	2.0	7.3	6.5	-0.6	5.5	6.5	2,388
2021	.197	.283	.283	.391	20.5%	8.3%	38.8%	20.4%	87.6	84.5	6.1	7.8	5.6	-0.4	5.5	6.6	2,320
2022	.209	.304	.277	.397	27.6%	7.6%	37.1%	21.1%	89.2	83.6	13.6	7.9	5.7	-0.7	5.4	6.5	2,424
SP MLB AVG	.281	.360	.297	.370	31.5%	7.0%	37.3%	27.5%	89.3	86.7	7.0	8.7	6.2	-0.6	5.6	6.4	2,145

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	265	77	11	4	0	1	4	4	1	0	172	93	.225	.324	.262
2019	323	83	13	3	0	3	23	6	1	0	208	115	.257	.419	.317
2020	255	87	8	1	0	2	32	14	1	1	167	88	.153	.250	.262
2021	650	230	28	4	2	9	83	22	3	0	452	197	.213	.386	.299
2022	489	185	19	7	2	7	59	18	3	1	335	154	.215	.411	.313
SP MLB AVG	312	87	15	4	0	2	12	8	1	0	208	104	.289	.446	.362

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	66.2%	11.8%	22.1%	7.4%	6.7%	29.4%	36.8%	33.8%	15.5%	4.4%	48.5%	20.6%	20.6%	2.9%	17.6%
2019	64.2%	24.5%	11.3%	1.9%	50.0%	49.1%	24.5%	26.4%	16.7%	7.5%	47.2%	13.2%	20.8%