What years did Mychal Givens play?

Mychal Givens played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023.

Was Mychal Givens a pitcher?

Yes. Mychal Givens pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 539 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mychal Givens hit?

Mychal Givens hit 0 career home runs.

What was Mychal Givens's career batting average?

Mychal Givens batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.

What was Mychal Givens's career ERA?

Mychal Givens finished with a 3.47 career ERA, going 32-24 with 539 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Mychal Givens have?

Mychal Givens recorded 539 career strikeouts.

Mychal Givens

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2023)

Mychal Givens was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023 for 5 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 9 seasons. Across 425 career appearances, he went 32-24 with a 3.47 ERA, 539 strikeouts, and 31 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6992.4.

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 12, 2026

W–L 32–24

ERA 3.47

WHIP 1.20

SO 539

Pitcher PIV 6992.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 239 lb
Born: 5/13/1990 in Tampa, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-06-24

Full name: Mychal Antonio Givens

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mychal Givens — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
32	24	425	1	0	0	31	461.2	365	178	54	191	539	3.47	6992.4

Career ERA 3.47 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 17.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Mychal Givens Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	BAL	AL	2	0	22	0	0	30.0	20	6	6	38	1.80	3.96 (+55%)	1681.2
2016	BAL	AL	8	2	66	0	0	74.2	59	26	36	96	3.13	4.19 (+25%)	1672.9
2017	BAL	AL	8	1	69	0	0	78.2	57	24	25	88	2.75	4.36 (+37%)	1281.1
2018	BAL	AL	0	7	69	0	9	76.2	61	34	30	79	3.99	4.15 (+4%)	2101.7
2019	BAL	AL	2	6	58	0	11	63.0	49	32	26	86	4.57	4.51 (-1%)	8.4
2020	BAL	AL	0	1	12	0	0	13.0	7	2	6	19	1.38	4.45 (+69%)	586.7
2020	COL	NL	1	0	10	0	1	9.1	9	7	4	6	6.75	4.45 (-52%)	0.0
2021	COL	NL	3	2	31	0	0	29.2	25	9	14	34	2.73	4.27 (+36%)	-312.5
2021	CIN	NL	1	1	23	0	8	21.1	18	10	13	20	4.22	4.27 (+1%)	-40.7
2022	CHN	NL	6	2	40	0	2	40.2	32	12	19	51	2.66	3.97 (+33%)	146.4
2022	NYN	NL	1	1	19	1	0	20.2	24	11	6	20	4.79	3.97 (-21%)	-132.8
2023	BAL	AL	0	1	6	0	0	4.0	4	5	6	2	11.25	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			32	24	425	1	31	461.2	365	178	191	539	3.47	—	6,992

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

Mychal Givens — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
425	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mychal Givens Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	BAL	AL	22	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BAL	AL	66	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BAL	AL	69	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	BAL	AL	69	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	BAL	AL	58	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	BAL	AL	12	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	COL	NL	10	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	COL	NL	31	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CIN	NL	23	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	CHN	NL	40	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	NYN	NL	19	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	BAL	AL	6	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			425	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	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

Mychal Givens — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mychal Givens — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2022	NLWC1	NYN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2016	ALWC	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mychal Givens — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	3.2	2	2	1	6	4.91

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mychal Givens — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	NLWC1	NYN	0	0	2	0	0	1.1	2	2	1	3	13.50
2016	ALWC	BAL	0	0	1	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mychal Givens — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	233	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	192	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Mychal Givens — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	233	255.0	206	105	99	286	3.71
Away	192	206.2	159	73	92	253	3.18

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mychal Givens — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2023-05-31	BAL	CLE	L	0.0	2	3	3	1	0
2023-05-29	BAL	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2023-05-27	BAL	TEX	—	0.2	1	1	0	0	0
2023-05-24	BAL	NYY	—	0.1	0	1	1	2	0
2023-05-23	BAL	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2023-05-21	BAL	TOR	—	1.0	1	1	1	2	1
2022-10-05	NYN	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2022-09-14	NYN	CHC	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-12	NYN	CHC	—	2.0	2	0	0	1	5
2022-09-09	NYN	MIA	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mychal Givens — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	425	1	20	65	5	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mychal Givens — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2015	BAL	P	22	0	3	6	0	1
2016	BAL	P	66	0	1	13	0	1
2017	BAL	P	69	0	3	21	0	1
2018	BAL	P	69	0	4	4	1	0
2019	BAL	P	58	0	2	4	2	0
2020	BAL	P	12	0	0	0	0	0
2020	COL	P	10	0	0	0	1	0
2021	COL	P	31	0	2	3	0	0
2021	CIN	P	23	0	4	2	0	0
2022	CHN	P	40	0	0	3	1	1
2022	NYN	P	19	1	1	7	0	1
2023	BAL	P	6	0	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Mychal Givens Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	425
Designated Hitter	1

Salary History

Mychal Givens — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BAL	AL	$511,500
Total Career Earnings			$511,500

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Mychal Givens: the record in brief

Mychal Givens's entire major league record comes from the period beginning June 24, 2015. Club by club, the record runs the Baltimore Orioles (2015 through 2023), the Colorado Rockies (2020 through 2021), the Cincinnati Reds (2021), the Chicago Cubs (2022), and the New York Mets (2022). Givens played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on May 13, 1990, in Tampa, FL, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-0 and 239 pounds. Mychal Givens was the playing name; the full given name is Mychal Antonio.

Givens went 32-24 with a 3.47 ERA in 425 games, 1 of them starts. The same table counts 539 strikeouts and 31 saves. Against a 4.23 league ERA for the same years, Givens was 17.9% better. Givens won 8 games in 2016, the most of any season listed. Givens saved 11 games in 2019, the season high. 2017 was Givens's sharpest full season, a 2.75 ERA against the league's 4.36.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mychal Givens

What years did Mychal Givens play?: Mychal Givens played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023.
Was Mychal Givens a pitcher?: Yes. Mychal Givens pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 539 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mychal Givens hit?: Mychal Givens hit 0 career home runs.
What was Mychal Givens's career batting average?: Mychal Givens batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.
What was Mychal Givens's career ERA?: Mychal Givens finished with a 3.47 career ERA, going 32-24 with 539 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Mychal Givens have?: Mychal Givens recorded 539 career strikeouts.