What years did Danny Duffy play?

Danny Duffy played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021.

Was Danny Duffy a pitcher?

Yes. Danny Duffy pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 1048 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Danny Duffy hit?

Danny Duffy hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What teams did Danny Duffy play for?

Danny Duffy played for one team, the Kansas City Royals (2011–2021).

What were Danny Duffy's career stats?

In 234 games, Danny Duffy went 68-68 with a 3.95 ERA, 1,048 strikeouts, 1,172.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.

What was Danny Duffy's salary?

Danny Duffy's last recorded salary was $4,225,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,225,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $487,750, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.

What position did Danny Duffy play?

Danny Duffy played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Danny Duffy and how much did he weigh?

Danny Duffy was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 205 pounds.

What was Danny Duffy's career ERA?

Danny Duffy finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 68-68 with 1,048 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Danny Duffy have?

Danny Duffy recorded 1,048 career strikeouts.

Is Danny Duffy in the Hall of Fame?

No. Danny Duffy has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Danny Duffy

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2021)

Danny Duffy was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021 for the Kansas City Royals, a span of 11 seasons. Across 234 career appearances, he went 68-68 with a 3.95 ERA and 1,048 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 68–68

ERA 3.95

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,048

Pitcher PIV -775.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 205 lb
Born: 12/21/1988 in Goleta, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2011-05-18
Last Game: 2021-07-16

Full name: Daniel Richard Duffy

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Career Pitching Statistics

Danny Duffy — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
68	68	234	204	1	0	1	1172.1	1,111	514	144	432	1,048	3.95	-775.9

Career ERA 3.95 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Danny Duffy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2011	KCA	AL	4	8	20	20	0	0	105.1	119	66	51	87	5.64	3.94 (-43%)	-2310.2
2012	KCA	AL	2	2	6	6	0	0	27.2	26	12	18	28	3.90	4.01 (+3%)	36.5
2013	KCA	AL	2	0	5	5	0	0	24.1	19	5	14	22	1.85	3.87 (+52%)	474.8
2014	KCA	AL	9	12	31	25	0	0	149.1	113	42	53	113	2.53	3.74 (+32%)	-328.7
2015	KCA	AL	7	8	30	24	0	1	136.2	137	62	53	102	4.08	3.96 (-3%)	-1596.4
2016	KCA	AL	12	3	42	26	1	0	179.2	163	70	42	188	3.51	4.19 (+16%)	1696.8
2017	KCA	AL	9	10	24	24	0	0	146.1	143	62	41	130	3.81	4.36 (+13%)	3390.4
2018	KCA	AL	8	12	28	28	0	0	155.0	161	84	70	141	4.88	4.15 (-18%)	-2145.6
2019	KCA	AL	7	6	23	23	0	0	130.2	125	63	46	115	4.34	4.51 (+4%)	-907.9
2020	KCA	AL	4	4	12	11	0	0	56.1	53	31	22	57	4.95	4.45 (-11%)	-422.9
2021	KCA	AL	4	3	13	12	0	0	61.0	52	17	22	65	2.51	4.27 (+41%)	1337.2
Career · 11 seasons			68	68	234	204	1	1	1,172.1	1,111	514	432	1,048	3.95	—	-776

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Danny Duffy — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
234	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	.136	.136	.136	.273	0

Career AVG .136 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 45.9% below league average.

Career OBP .136 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 57.3% below league average.

Career SLG .136 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 66.7% below league average.

Career OPS .273 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 62.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Danny Duffy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2011	KCA	AL	20	3	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	KCA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	KCA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	KCA	AL	31	6	1	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	42	5	1	1	1	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	24	2	0	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	KCA	AL	28	2	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	KCA	AL	23	4	0	1	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	KCA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	KCA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			234	22	2	3	1	11	.136	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Danny Duffy — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Danny Duffy — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2015	ALCS	KCA	2	.000
2015	ALDS1	KCA	1	.000
2015	WS	KCA	3	.000
2014	ALDS1	KCA	1	.000
2014	WS	KCA	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Danny Duffy — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	9	0	0	10.2	10	6	4	14	5.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Danny Duffy — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	ALCS	KCA	1	2	3.0	4	2	0	6	6.00
2015	ALDS1	KCA	0	1	0.2	1	1	0	0	13.50
2015	WS	KCA	0	3	2.1	2	1	0	3	3.86
2014	ALDS1	KCA	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2014	WS	KCA	0	2	3.2	2	2	4	4	4.91

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Danny Duffy — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	110	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	124	22	2	3	0	1	.136

Pitching — Home / Away

Danny Duffy — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	110	562.2	551	261	215	454	4.17
Away	124	609.2	560	253	217	594	3.73

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Danny Duffy — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-07-16	KCR	BAL	—	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	0
2021-07-08	KCR	CLE	—	5.0	4	1	1	3	5	1
2021-07-03	KCR	MIN	—	4.0	6	2	2	2	2	0
2021-06-28	KCR	BOS	—	3.1	5	4	4	1	2	3
2021-06-25	KCR	TEX	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-06-23	KCR	NYY	—	2.0	0	0	0	3	4	0
2021-05-12	KCR	DET	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	8	0
2021-05-06	KCR	CLE	L	5.2	8	3	3	1	6	0
2021-05-01	KCR	MIN	W	7.0	2	1	1	3	7	1
2021-04-25	KCR	DET	W	5.0	4	0	0	0	8	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Danny Duffy — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	234	204	21	119	12	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Danny Duffy — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2011	KCA	P	20	20	2	15	0	0
2012	KCA	P	6	6	0	2	0	0
2013	KCA	P	5	5	1	2	0	1
2014	KCA	P	31	25	4	12	5	0
2015	KCA	P	30	24	2	18	3	2
2016	KCA	P	42	26	1	18	3	0
2017	KCA	P	24	24	5	12	0	1
2018	KCA	P	28	28	4	17	0	0
2019	KCA	P	23	23	1	13	1	1
2020	KCA	P	12	11	0	5	0	1
2021	KCA	P	13	12	1	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Danny Duffy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	234

Salary History

Danny Duffy's recorded salaries total $7,642,875 over 4 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Duffy's career ran from 2011 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2011 and 2014.

Danny Duffy — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	KCA	AL	$4,225,000
2015	KCA	AL	$2,425,000
2013	KCA	AL	$505,125
2012	KCA	AL	$487,750
Total recorded salary (partial)			$7,642,875

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Danny Duffy: the record in brief

The profile opens with Danny Duffy's first major league game on May 18, 2011; the last one listed came on July 16, 2021. All of the seasons listed were played for the Kansas City Royals. Duffy is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds. Duffy threw and hit left-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is December 21, 1988, in Goleta, CA, USA. Duffy's full given name, per the bio, is Daniel Richard Duffy.

Duffy went 68-68 with a 3.95 ERA in 234 games, 204 of them starts. The totals include 1,048 strikeouts. Duffy's 3.95 ERA was close to the 4.11 league figure for those seasons. Duffy won 12 games in 2016, the most of any season listed. In 2014, one of the busiest seasons, Duffy posted a 2.53 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.74.

Pitching in the playoffs, Duffy went 2-0 with a 5.06 ERA in 9 games. Those appearances came in 2014 and 2015.

Frequently Asked Questions about Danny Duffy

What years did Danny Duffy play?: Danny Duffy played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021.
Was Danny Duffy a pitcher?: Yes. Danny Duffy pitched in the major leagues, recording 68 wins and 1048 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Danny Duffy hit?: Danny Duffy hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What teams did Danny Duffy play for?: Danny Duffy played for one team, the Kansas City Royals (2011–2021).
What were Danny Duffy's career stats?: In 234 games, Danny Duffy went 68-68 with a 3.95 ERA, 1,048 strikeouts, 1,172.1 innings pitched, and 1 saves.
How much did Danny Duffy earn in his career?: Danny Duffy's recorded salaries total $7,642,875 over 4 seasons, 2012 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Duffy's career ran from 2011 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2011 and 2014.
What was Danny Duffy's salary?: Danny Duffy's last recorded salary was $4,225,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,225,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $487,750, in 2012. The Salary History table lists each season from 2012 to 2016.
What position did Danny Duffy play?: Danny Duffy played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Danny Duffy and how much did he weigh?: Danny Duffy was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 205 pounds.
What was Danny Duffy's career ERA?: Danny Duffy finished with a 3.95 career ERA, going 68-68 with 1,048 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Danny Duffy have?: Danny Duffy recorded 1,048 career strikeouts.
Is Danny Duffy in the Hall of Fame?: No. Danny Duffy has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.