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Kirby Yates

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PITCHER · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2014–PRESENT Birthdate: March 25, 1987 BORN: LIHUE, USA
Pittsburgh Pirates
Featured Kirby Yates Reaches 100 Career Saves
All-Star ×2 All-MLB ×2
Career
32 W · 3.37 ERA · 669 K
491.1 IP · 1.14 WHIP · 515 G
2026 Season
2-5 · 3.49 ERA
38.2 IP · 46 K · 1.24 WHIP
Last 30 Days
2-0 · 3.21 ERA
14 IP · 16 K · 1.50 WHIP
Salary / Contract
2026: $5M
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Kirby Yates is a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 515 MLB appearances, he has a 3.37 ERA and 669 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2014 TB 0 2 3.75 37 0 1 36.0 33 15 15 42 1.33
2015 TB 1 0 7.97 20 0 0 20.1 23 18 7 21 1.48
2016 NYY 2 1 5.23 41 0 0 41.1 41 24 19 50 1.45
2017 LAA 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 2.00
2017 SD 4 5 3.72 61 0 1 55.2 42 23 19 87 1.10
2018 SD 5 3 2.14 65 0 12 63.0 41 15 17 90 0.92
2019 SD 0 5 1.19 60 0 41 60.2 41 8 13 101 0.89
2020 SD 0 1 12.46 6 0 2 4.1 7 6 4 8 2.54
2022 ATL 0 0 5.14 9 0 0 7.0 6 4 5 6 1.57
2023 ATL 7 2 3.28 61 0 5 60.1 35 22 37 80 1.19
2024 TEX 7 2 1.17 61 0 33 61.2 23 8 28 85 0.83
2025 LAD 4 3 5.23 50 0 3 41.1 38 24 17 52 1.33
2026 LAA 0 5 3.95 31 0 3 27.1 20 12 12 36 1.17
2026 PIT 2 0 2.38 12 0 0 11.1 11 3 5 10 1.41
Career Totals — 32 29 3.37 515 0 101 491.1 363 184 198 669 1.14
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 TB 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 TB 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016 NYY 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 LAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 SD 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 SD 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2019 SD 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 SD 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 ATL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 ATL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 TEX 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 LAD 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals — 472 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Awards & Achievements
  • All-MLB Team - First Team (1): 2019
  • All-MLB Team - Second Team (1): 2024
  • Reliever of the Month (1): 2019
  • TSN All-Star (1): 2019
  • TSN Reliever of the Year (1): 2019
All-Star Selections

2019, 2024

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2015$512,800
2016$511,900
2018$1,062,500
2019$3,062,500
2020$7,062,500
2021$5,500,000
2022$1,000,000
2023$6,000,000
2024$4,500,000
2025$13,000,000
2026$5,000,000

Career Total: $47,212,200 (11 seasons)

Average: $4,292,018

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

Salary Note

Kirby Yates's 2026 Opening Day salary with LAA is $5,000,000 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Game Log — Recent
Date Opp Result IPHERBBKHR
Aug 26 @ SD 0-3 L 0.2 3 1 2 1 0
Aug 24 @ SD 3-2 W 1.0 0 0 2 1 0
Aug 22 @ LAD 3-4 L 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Aug 21 @ LAD 4-5 L 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Aug 17 vs DET 5-8 L 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Aug 16 vs BOS 8-3 W 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Aug 14 vs BOS 8-4 W 0.2 3 1 0 1 0
Aug 12 @ MIA 2-8 L 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Aug 9 vs NYM 1-11 L 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Aug 8 vs NYM 9-0 W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.