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Richard Lovelady

#55 - Relief Pitcher

Washington Nationals

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 7/7/1995 (31)
Height, Weight 6'0", 185 lb
Hometown Hinesville, GA

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
4 35.0 4.11 1.86 17.5% 14.0%
54th 3
Sv
247th 51.0
IP
144th 4.19
ERA
337th 1.34
WHIP
272nd 22.6%
K%
304th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.1 10.2% 28.0% 49.8% 3.0% 5.01 3.59
302nd 94.7
FB MPH
261st 12.1%
SwStr%
169th 28.5%
CSW%
207th 51.2%
Str-ICR
55th 4.7%
MTK%
84th 4.94
PLV
135th 3.61
PLA

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Richard Lovelady Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2019 KC 25 0 20.0 0-3 0 2 7.65 1.90 - 4.16 - 0.00 17.7% 8.3% 13.5 0.90 .418 - 60.8% - - 8.3% 25.1% 0.40 -
2020 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 9.00 2.00 20.49 19.19 9.03 3.66 0.0% 25.0% 9.0 9.00 .000 100.0% 100.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 15.4% -0.23 4.67
2021 KC 20 0 20.2 2-0 1 4 3.48 1.06 3.30 3.86 2.87 2.69 27.4% 7.1% 7.0 1.31 .255 42.9% 74.5% 31.5% 55.6% 13.7% 32.4% 0.63 5.23
2023 OAK 27 0 23.1 0-3 0 4 4.63 1.07 4.14 4.55 4.52 3.69 25.0% 10.4% 5.8 1.16 .214 20.0% 63.0% 28.8% 47.5% 11.1% 30.7% 0.60 4.92
2024 CHC/TB 35 0 34.1 3-6 2 4 4.46 1.31 3.87 3.93 4.32 0.41 17.7% 7.5% 8.9 0.79 .298 13.6% 67.8% 36.1% 50.5% 11.6% 27.5% 0.44 5.05
2025 NYM/TOR 10 0 11.2 0-1 0 2 8.49 1.54 6.35 7.15 5.20 2.80 21.1% 10.5% 9.3 2.31 .281 42.9% 56.2% 37.1% 57.1% 14.0% 30.3% 0.59 5.06
2026 WSH/NYM 38 6 35.0 3-4 4 10 4.11 1.86 5.38 5.59 5.30 3.59 17.5% 14.0% 10.5 1.29 .346 21.7% 79.0% 38.1% 44.5% 10.2% 28.0% 0.47 5.01
RP MLB Percentile 46 88 29 51-18 81 69 59 4 13 18 13 60 23 13 10 47 10 44 78 38 50 24 49 47 75
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.19 1.34 4.17 4.19 4.24 3.61 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.09 .291 17.7% 72.7% 36.7% 44.1% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 156 6 146.0 8-17 7 26 5.05 1.47 4.61 4.79 4.50 2.18 20.2% 10.1% 9.2 1.23 .310 26.7% 69.3% 29.4% 49.5% 11.1% 28.5% 0.50 5.04

Richard Lovelady Repertoire

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Richard Lovelady Game Log

Richard Lovelady Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2019 KC 25 0 20.0 0-3 0 0 2 375 239 136 96 30 19 8 1 2 17 8 1 1
2020 KC 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 0 13 6 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2021 KC 20 0 20.2 2-0 0 1 4 315 209 106 84 16 12 1 0 3 23 6 1 1
2023 OAK 27 0 23.1 0-3 0 0 4 378 246 132 96 15 6 6 0 3 24 10 3 0
2024 CHC/TB 35 0 34.1 3-6 0 2 4 528 342 186 147 34 25 6 0 3 26 11 2 1
2025 NYM/TOR 10 0 11.2 0-1 0 0 2 221 144 77 57 12 5 4 0 3 12 6 4 0
2026 WSH/NYM 38 6 35.0 3-4 0 4 10 640 405 235 171 41 27 9 0 5 30 24 4 0
RP MLB Percentile 46 88 29 51-18 0 81 69 32 32 68 34 53 50 34 48 60 23 38 28 77
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 880 563 317 226 48 32 9 1 6 51 21 3 2
Career 156 6 146.0 8-17 0 7 26 2,470 1,591 879 655 149 94 34 1 20 132 66 15 3

Richard Lovelady Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2019 KC 17.7% 8.3% .353 .541 .952 .393 .418 .435 - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 0.0% 25.0% .333 1.333 1.833 .670 .000 .333 .345 .678 .018 .671 94.3 106.4 23.7 20.49
2021 KC 27.4% 7.1% .211 .342 .616 .265 .255 .296 .214 .273 .260 .342 88.2 96.2 7.8 3.30
2023 OAK 25.0% 10.4% .188 .375 .667 .291 .214 .254 .211 .310 .247 .350 90.5 90.4 13.5 4.14
2024 CHC/TB 17.7% 7.5% .258 .371 .693 .304 .298 .318 .250 .304 .288 .331 88.8 85.4 7.0 3.87
2025 NYM/TOR 21.1% 10.5% .267 .556 .942 .396 .281 .343 .271 .394 .290 .440 89.9 94.0 3.8 6.35
2026 WSH/NYM 17.5% 14.0% .295 .468 .881 .384 .346 .376 .267 .362 .309 .374 83.7 84.0 8.5 5.38
RP MLB Percentile 23 13 9 20 10 9 10 11 16 13 12 41 95 98 74 13
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .241 .389 .713 .315 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.0 4.17
Career 20.2% 10.1% .266 .438 .792 .344 .310 .342 .236 .326 .281 .364 87.6 88.0 8.4 4.61

Richard Lovelady Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2019 KC22.7% (93.6)6.9% (94.2)-21.3% (87.5)--0.5% (89.0)-- 29.6% 21.9%
2020 KC23.1% (91.9)15.4% (91.6)-61.5% (86.1)----- 38.5% 61.5%
2021 KC32.7% (93.1)17.5% (93.2)-49.8% (86.6)----- 50.2% 49.8%
2023 OAK31.2% (90.8)21.2% (91.0)-46.6% (85.9)--1.1% (86.1)-- 52.4% 47.6%
2024 CHC/TB19.7% (92.4)34.3% (92.2)-46.0% (85.7)----- 54.0% 46.0%
2025 NYM/TOR12.7% (91.7)34.4% (91.4)-19.0% (85.9)33.9% (83.4)---- 47.1% 52.9%
2026 WSH/NYM22.0% (91.3)29.4% (91.1)-5.0% (86.7)43.4% (81.8)---- 51.4% 48.4%
RP MLB Percentile 15 (5) 63 (14) - 3 (54) 94 (38) - - - - 53.6% 45.6%
RP MLB AVG 38.8% (94.7) 26.8% (94.1) 19.6% (89.4) 25.6% (86.1) 20.7% (82.4) 15.3% (80.3) 17.5% (86.1) 19.1% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.7% 51.2%
Career23.6% (92.1)24.6% (91.8)-29.9% (86.2)14.3% (82.1)-0.2% (87.0)-- 48.2% 44.4%

Richard Lovelady Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2019 KC24.7% (8)11.5% (2)-22.5% (7)--0.0% (0)-- 21.6% 22.0%
2020 KC33.3% (0)0.0% (0)-12.5% (0)----- 20.0% 12.5%
2021 KC31.1% (12)32.7% (3)-33.1% (28)----- 31.6% 33.1%
2023 OAK26.3% (15)32.5% (7)-32.4% (18)--50.0% (2)-- 28.8% 32.8%
2024 CHC/TB30.8% (13)24.9% (10)-28.0% (38)----- 27.0% 28.0%
2025 NYM/TOR17.9% (3)25.0% (4)-26.2% (7)42.7% (17)---- 23.1% 36.8%
2026 WSH/NYM22.0% (12)31.9% (17)-40.6% (4)26.6% (31)---- 27.7% 28.1%
RP MLB Percentile 11 (78) 81 (25) - 96 (84) 37 (20) - - - - 58.1% 44.4%
RP MLB AVG 27.2% (32) 27.6% (13) 26.8% (15) 29.5% (28) 28.4% (20) 27.3% (15) 22.3% (21) 22.7% (21) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career26.3% (63)28.1% (43)-29.8% (102)30.0% (48)-33.3% (2)-- 27.2% 29.9%

Richard Lovelady Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2019 KC - - - - - - - - 20.0% - - - - -
2020 KC 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 7.7% 66.6% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3%
2021 KC 55.6% 20.4% 13.0% 11.1% 25.9% 38.9% 48.1% 13.0% 16.8% 68.5% 18.5% 9.3% 3.7% 31.5%
2023 OAK 47.5% 15.3% 25.4% 11.9% 33.9% 32.2% 45.8% 22.0% 18.8% 71.2% 13.6% 6.8% 8.5% 28.8%
2024 CHC/TB 50.5% 21.5% 20.6% 7.5% 31.8% 36.1% 38.9% 25.0% 16.9% 63.6% 25.2% 2.8% 8.4% 36.1%
2025 NYM/TOR 57.1% 22.9% 20.0% 0.0% 37.1% 34.3% 37.1% 28.6% 19.0% 62.8% 20.0% 2.9% 14.3% 37.1%
2026 WSH/NYM 44.5% 27.3% 20.9% 7.3% 39.1% 31.9% 44.2% 23.9% 17.7% 60.9% 30.0% 2.7% 6.4% 38.1%
RP MLB Percentile 50 7 25 26 17 4 100 27 41 32 5 89 66 38
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 21.6% 24.1% 10.2% 34.6% 41.0% 33.7% 25.4% 18.2% 63.0% 24.5% 5.8% 6.8% 36.7%
Career 49.5% 22.0% 20.4% 8.2% 34.0% 34.4% 42.7% 22.8% 18.0% 64.7% 23.1% 4.3% 7.9% 29.4%

Richard Lovelady Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2019 KC .353 .393 .418 .435 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC .333 .670 .000 .333 .345 .678 .018 .671 94.3 106.4 23.7 100.0% 33.3% 25.0%
2021 KC .211 .265 .255 .296 .214 .273 .260 .342 88.2 96.2 7.8 42.9% 31.5% 20.2%
2023 OAK .188 .291 .214 .254 .211 .310 .247 .350 90.5 90.4 13.5 20.0% 28.8% 17.7%
2024 CHC/TB .258 .304 .298 .318 .250 .304 .288 .331 88.8 85.4 7.0 13.6% 36.1% 26.5%
2025 NYM/TOR .267 .396 .281 .343 .271 .394 .290 .440 89.9 94.0 3.8 42.9% 37.1% 22.8%
2026 WSH/NYM .295 .384 .346 .376 .267 .362 .309 .374 83.7 84.0 8.5 21.7% 38.1% 25.1%
RP MLB Percentile 9 9 10 11 16 13 12 41 95 98 74 44 38 37
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.0 17.7% 36.7% 24.4%
Career .266 .344 .310 .342 .236 .326 .281 .364 87.6 88.0 8.4 26.7% 29.4% 19.8%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2019 KC - 63.7% 46.9% - 17.6% 20.0% 82.4% - - 16.8% 8.3% 25.1% 18.7% 55.7% 0.40 -
2020 KC 23.1% 46.2% 30.8% 20.0% 0.0% 7.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 15.4% 0.0% 15.4% 23.1% 38.5% -0.23 30.8%
2021 KC 54.0% 66.3% 47.6% 29.0% 28.7% 16.8% 71.3% 85.2% 35.7% 18.7% 13.7% 32.4% 17.1% 61.3% 0.63 55.6%
2023 OAK 50.3% 65.1% 45.5% 28.2% 24.4% 18.8% 75.6% 86.6% 50.9% 19.6% 11.1% 30.7% 15.6% 61.1% 0.60 56.1%
2024 CHC/TB 46.4% 64.8% 48.9% 31.1% 23.6% 16.9% 76.4% 84.1% 61.4% 15.9% 11.6% 27.5% 20.5% 58.3% 0.44 50.0%
2025 NYM/TOR 48.9% 65.2% 48.9% 32.7% 28.7% 19.0% 71.3% 78.9% 56.8% 16.3% 14.0% 30.3% 15.8% 59.7% 0.59 53.4%
2026 WSH/NYM 44.8% 63.3% 45.5% 30.3% 22.3% 17.7% 77.7% 87.4% 61.7% 17.8% 10.2% 28.0% 17.7% 56.9% 0.47 49.8%
RP MLB Percentile 71 54 31 42 26 41 26 20 35 80 24 49 66 39 47 40
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.5% 18.2% 74.5% 84.0% 58.5% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.2%
Career 40.6% 64.4% 46.9% 30.1% 23.6% 18.0% 76.4% 85.1% 56.2% 17.5% 11.1% 28.5% 17.9% 58.4% 0.50 53.9%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 23.1% 38.5% 23.1% 38.5% 46.2% 30.8% 23.1% 38.5% 38.5% 0.0%
2021 KC 54.0% 30.5% 23.8% 45.7% 35.2% 24.1% 40.6% 34.3% 41.9% 7.0%
2023 OAK 50.3% 42.1% 23.8% 34.1% 38.6% 22.2% 39.2% 33.3% 42.9% 5.3%
2024 CHC/TB 46.4% 43.2% 20.6% 36.2% 24.2% 26.7% 49.1% 45.3% 34.1% 6.4%
2025 NYM/TOR 48.9% 35.7% 25.3% 38.9% 30.3% 25.8% 43.9% 38.5% 36.2% 6.8%
2026 WSH/NYM 44.8% 45.7% 22.4% 31.9% 31.8% 25.8% 42.4% 30.0% 47.6% 7.0%
RP MLB Percentile 71 95 93 16 24 12 61 51 84 77
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 40.6% 41.0% 22.7% 36.2% 31.6% 25.2% 43.3% 36.1% 41.2% 6.5%

Richard Lovelady Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2019 KC 58.7% 13.9% 28.0% 15.9% 58.9% 45.3% 20.0% - 16.2%
2020 KC 61.5% 30.8% 7.7% 25.0% 50.0% 25.0% 12.5% - 0.0%
2021 KC 61.6% 9.8% 29.8% 16.0% 67.1% 52.9% 22.7% 18.1% 24.5%
2023 OAK 60.6% 11.4% 28.3% 13.5% 61.9% 54.6% 24.5% 18.7% 22.4%
2024 CHC/TB 62.3% 11.0% 27.5% 16.4% 54.8% 41.8% 19.8% 22.1% 17.9%
2025 NYM/TOR 62.0% 8.6% 29.4% 10.2% 66.7% 63.2% 23.4% 27.7% 18.5%
2026 WSH/NYM 61.1% 13.9% 26.7% 15.9% 60.0% 52.4% 22.8% 21.6% 17.5%
RP MLB Percentile 86 24 14 69 50 76 73 14 32
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 29.9% 14.6% 61.1% 50.2% 21.1% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 61.1% 12.0% 27.9% 15.2% 60.4% 50.2% 21.9% 18.0% 19.2%

Richard Lovelady PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2019 KC 375 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 KC 13 4.67 30.8% 30.8% 38.5% -7.7% 0.0% 1.3 +1 3.66
2021 KC 315 5.23 51.7% 17.1% 31.1% 20.6% 7.3% -0.3 -1 2.69
2023 OAK 378 4.92 46.0% 19.6% 34.4% 11.6% 6.6% -0.3 -5 3.69
2024 CHC/TB 528 5.05 43.2% 17.6% 39.2% 4.1% 5.4% -0.9 +1 0.41
2025 NYM/TOR 221 5.06 46.3% 21.7% 32.0% 14.3% 5.7% 4.7 +2 2.80
2026 WSH/NYM 640 5.01 48.3% 16.1% 35.6% 12.7% 3.0% 12.7 +9 3.59
RP MLB Percentile 32 75 80 30 70 70 84 8 9 60
RP MLB AVG 880 4.94 45.9% 17.4% 36.7% 9.2% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.61
Career 2,470 5.04 47.8% 17.9% 34.2% 13.6% 5.1% 17.2 +6 2.18
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