What years did Sonny Gray play?

Sonny Gray played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.

Was Sonny Gray a pitcher?

Yes. Sonny Gray pitched in the major leagues, recording 143 wins and 2074 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Sonny Gray hit?

Sonny Gray hit 0 career home runs with 14 hits.

What was Sonny Gray's career batting average?

Sonny Gray batted .141 over his career, with 14 hits in 99 at bats.

How many RBI did Sonny Gray have?

Sonny Gray drove in 3 runs in his career.

What was Sonny Gray's career ERA?

Sonny Gray finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 143-107 with 2,074 strikeouts.

Sonny Gray

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2026)

Sonny Gray is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2013 for 6 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 14 seasons. Across 368 career appearances, he has gone 143-107 with a 3.51 ERA and 2,074 strikeouts. Sonny Gray is a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 31194.8.

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

Active Player

W–L 143–107

ERA 3.51

WHIP 1.19

SO 2,074

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 31194.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 195 lb
Born: 11/7/1989 in Nashville, TN, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-07-10
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Sonny Douglas Gray

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sonny Gray — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
143	107	368	359	7	5	0	2087.0	1,823	814	208	667	2,074	3.51	31194.8

Career ERA 3.51 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 15.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sonny Gray Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	OAK	AL	5	3	12	10	0	0	64.0	51	19	20	67	2.67	3.87 (+31%)	1882.7
2014	OAK	AL	14	10	33	33	2	2	219.0	187	75	74	183	3.08	3.74 (+18%)	1599.9
2015	OAK	AL	14	7	31	31	3	2	208.0	166	63	59	169	2.73	3.96 (+31%)	2768.7
2016	OAK	AL	5	11	22	22	0	0	117.0	133	74	42	94	5.69	4.19 (-36%)	-1398.2
2017	OAK	AL	6	5	16	16	0	0	97.0	84	37	30	94	3.43	4.36 (+21%)	2739.5
2017	NYA	AL	4	7	11	11	1	0	65.1	55	27	27	59	3.72	4.36 (+15%)	-839.4
2018	NYA	AL	11	9	30	23	0	0	130.1	138	71	57	123	4.90	4.15 (-18%)	-55.0
2019	CIN	NL	11	8	31	31	0	0	175.1	122	56	68	205	2.87	4.51 (+36%)	4930.4
2020	CIN	NL	5	3	11	11	0	0	56.0	42	23	26	72	3.70	4.45 (+17%)	1989.2
2021	CIN	NL	7	9	26	26	0	0	135.1	115	63	50	155	4.19	4.27 (+2%)	957.4
2022	MIN	AL	8	5	24	24	0	0	119.2	99	41	36	117	3.08	3.97 (+22%)	1727.1
2023	MIN	AL	8	8	32	32	0	0	184.0	156	57	55	183	2.79	4.33 (+36%)	7190.0
2024	SLN	NL	13	9	28	28	0	0	166.1	142	71	39	203	3.84	4.08 (+6%)	4101.5
2025	SLN	NL	14	8	32	32	1	1	180.2	185	86	38	201	4.28	4.16 (-3%)	3601.2
2026	BOS	AL	18	5	29	29	0	0	169.0	148	51	46	149	2.72	4.18 (+35%)	-
Career · 15 seasons			143	107	368	359	7	5	2,087.0	1,823	814	667	2,074	3.51	—	31,195

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

Sonny Gray — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
342	99	8	14	0	1	0	3	0	3	35	.141	.167	.162	.328	0

Career AVG .141 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 43.3% below league average.

Career OBP .167 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 47.5% below league average.

Career SLG .162 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 60.4% below league average.

Career OPS .328 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 54.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sonny Gray Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	OAK	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	OAK	AL	31	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	OAK	AL	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	OAK	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	NYA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	NYA	AL	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CIN	NL	34	46	3	7	1	3	2	19	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CIN	NL	26	41	4	6	0	0	1	10	.146	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	MIN	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	MIN	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SLN	NL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	SLN	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			342	99	8	14	1	3	3	35	.141	—	—	—	—	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

Sonny Gray — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Sonny Gray — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2023	ALWC2	MIN	1	.000
2017	ALCS	NYA	1	.000
2017	ALDS1	NYA	1	.000
2013	ALDS2	OAK	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sonny Gray — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	5	5	0	26.1	19	7	14	24	2.39

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sonny Gray — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2023	ALWC2	MIN	1	0	1	1	5.0	5	0	2	6	0.00
2017	ALCS	NYA	0	0	1	1	5.0	1	1	2	4	1.80
2017	ALDS1	NYA	0	1	1	1	3.1	3	3	4	2	8.10
2013	ALDS2	OAK	0	1	2	2	13.0	10	3	6	12	2.08

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Sonny Gray — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	183	45	4	7	0	2	.156
Away	159	54	4	7	0	1	.130

Pitching — Home / Away

Sonny Gray — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	182	1032.2	918	418	321	1034	3.64
Away	157	885.1	757	345	300	891	3.51

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sonny Gray — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-24	STL	SFG	—	6.0	7	3	2	2	7	1
2025-09-19	STL	MIL	W	6.0	9	1	1	0	7	1
2025-09-13	STL	MIL	—	5.0	4	2	2	1	8	0
2025-09-07	STL	SFG	W	5.1	2	3	3	4	6	0
2025-09-01	STL	OAK	L	6.0	11	7	7	3	5	3
2025-08-27	STL	PIT	L	7.0	3	2	1	3	7	0
2025-08-21	STL	TBR	W	5.0	6	3	3	1	6	1
2025-08-16	STL	NYY	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	7	2
2025-08-10	STL	CHC	W	7.0	5	2	1	1	7	1
2025-08-04	STL	LAD	—	7.0	1	1	1	1	8	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sonny Gray — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	339	330	186	237	14	18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sonny Gray — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	OAK	P	12	10	9	10	1	0
2014	OAK	P	33	33	18	41	3	3
2015	OAK	P	31	31	37	23	0	1
2016	OAK	P	22	22	10	11	1	3
2017	OAK	P	16	16	11	9	2	1
2017	NYA	P	11	11	5	12	1	0
2018	NYA	P	30	23	15	18	1	0
2019	CIN	P	31	31	22	19	2	4
2020	CIN	P	11	11	5	6	1	0
2021	CIN	P	26	26	13	19	0	2
2022	MIN	P	24	24	5	12	1	1
2023	MIN	P	32	32	10	20	0	1
2024	SLN	P	28	28	14	17	0	1
2025	SLN	P	32	32	12	20	1	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Sonny Gray Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	339

Awards & Honors

Sonny Gray — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP
2014	Pitcher of the Month	April
2014	Pitcher of the Month	July
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-09-28

Salary History

Sonny Gray — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	OAK	AL	$527,500
2015	OAK	AL	$512,500
2014	OAK	AL	$502,500
Total Career Earnings			$1,542,500

College History

Sonny Gray — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN	2009, 2010, 2011

Award Voting History

Sonny Gray — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2023	Cy Young Award	AL	2nd	104.0	210
2023	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	2.0	420
2019	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	4.0	210
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	82.0	210

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Sonny Gray: the record in brief

Sonny Gray made a major league debut on July 10, 2013 and is still active, so the totals on this page keep changing. Club by club, the record runs the Oakland Athletics (2013 through 2017), the New York Yankees (2017 through 2018), the Cincinnati Reds (2019 to 2021), the Minnesota Twins (2022 through 2023), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2024 to 2025). Gray played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on November 7, 1989, in Nashville, TN, USA and a listed size of 5'10" and 195 pounds. Sonny Gray was the playing name; the full given name is Sonny Douglas.

Gray has gone 143-107 with a 3.51 ERA in 368 games, 359 of them starts. The same table counts 2,074 strikeouts and 5 shutouts. Against a 4.14 league ERA for the same years, Gray was 15.3% better. The best win total was 18, in 2026. Gray struck out 205 batters in 2019, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Sonny Gray

What years did Sonny Gray play?: Sonny Gray played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.
Was Sonny Gray a pitcher?: Yes. Sonny Gray pitched in the major leagues, recording 143 wins and 2074 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sonny Gray hit?: Sonny Gray hit 0 career home runs with 14 hits.
What was Sonny Gray's career batting average?: Sonny Gray batted .141 over his career, with 14 hits in 99 at bats.
How many RBI did Sonny Gray have?: Sonny Gray drove in 3 runs in his career.
What was Sonny Gray's career ERA?: Sonny Gray finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 143-107 with 2,074 strikeouts.