What years did Luke Hochevar play?

Luke Hochevar played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2016.

Was Luke Hochevar a pitcher?

Yes. Luke Hochevar pitched in the major leagues, recording 46 wins and 702 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Luke Hochevar hit?

Luke Hochevar hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Luke Hochevar's career batting average?

Luke Hochevar batted .062 over his career, with 1 hits in 16 at bats.

What was Luke Hochevar's career ERA?

Luke Hochevar finished with a 4.98 career ERA, going 46-65 with 702 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Luke Hochevar have?

Luke Hochevar recorded 702 career strikeouts.

Luke Hochevar

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2016)

Luke Hochevar was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2016 for the Kansas City Royals, a span of 10 seasons. Across 279 career appearances, he went 46-65 with a 4.98 ERA and 702 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 12, 2026

W–L 46–65

ERA 4.98

WHIP 1.34

SO 702

Pitcher PIV -4917.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 225 lb
Born: 9/15/1983 in Denver, CO, USA
MLB Debut: 2007-09-08
Last Game: 2016-07-24

Full name: Luke Anthony Hochevar

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Career Pitching Statistics

Luke Hochevar — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
46	65	279	128	5	2	3	929.1	946	514	116	299	702	4.98	-4917.2

Career ERA 4.98 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 20.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Luke Hochevar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	KCA	AL	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	12.2	11	3	4	5	2.13	4.47 (+52%)	-209.4
2008	KCA	AL	6	12	22	22	0	0	0	129.0	143	79	47	72	5.51	4.32 (-27%)	-356.5
2009	KCA	AL	7	13	25	25	2	1	0	143.0	167	104	46	106	6.55	4.32 (-51%)	-1846.8
2010	KCA	AL	6	6	18	17	1	0	0	103.0	110	55	37	76	4.81	4.08 (-18%)	384.9
2011	KCA	AL	11	11	31	31	0	0	0	198.0	192	103	62	128	4.68	3.94 (-19%)	-1710.7
2012	KCA	AL	8	16	32	32	2	1	0	185.1	202	118	61	144	5.73	4.01 (-43%)	-2862.8
2013	KCA	AL	5	2	58	0	0	0	2	70.1	41	15	17	82	1.92	3.87 (+50%)	1610.6
2015	KCA	AL	1	1	49	0	0	0	1	50.2	49	21	16	49	3.73	3.96 (+6%)	-51.3
2016	KCA	AL	2	3	40	0	0	0	0	37.1	31	16	9	40	3.86	4.19 (+8%)	124.7
Career · 9 seasons			46	65	279	128	5	2	3	929.1	946	514	299	702	4.98	—	-4,917

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

Luke Hochevar — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
280	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.062	.062	.062	.125	0

Career AVG .062 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 75.8% below league average.

Career OBP .062 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 80.8% below league average.

Career SLG .062 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 84.7% below league average.

Career OPS .125 vs. league average .734 across their career seasons — 83.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Luke Hochevar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	KCA	AL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	KCA	AL	22	3	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	KCA	AL	25	5	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	KCA	AL	18	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	KCA	AL	31	2	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	KCA	AL	32	5	1	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	KCA	AL	58	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	50	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	KCA	AL	40	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			280	16	1	10	.062	—	—	—	—	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

Luke Hochevar — 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

Luke Hochevar — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2015	ALCS	KCA	3	.000
2015	ALDS1	KCA	2	.000
2015	WS	KCA	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Luke Hochevar — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	9	0	0	10.2	6	0	1	4	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Luke Hochevar — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	BB	SO
2015	ALCS	KCA	1	3	3.0	1	0	0
2015	ALDS1	KCA	0	2	2.2	3	0	2
2015	WS	KCA	1	4	5.0	2	1	2

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Luke Hochevar — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	142	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	138	16	0	1	0	0	.062

Pitching — Home / Away

Luke Hochevar — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	142	491.2	483	236	141	370	4.32
Away	137	437.2	463	278	158	332	5.72

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Luke Hochevar — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2016-07-24	KCR	TEX	L	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1
2016-07-22	KCR	TEX	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-07-18	KCR	CLE	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016-07-15	KCR	DET	L	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1
2016-07-09	KCR	SEA	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2016-07-06	KCR	TOR	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2016-07-04	KCR	TOR	—	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0
2016-06-30	KCR	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2016-06-29	KCR	STL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016-06-21	KCR	NYN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Luke Hochevar — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	279	128	53	110	6	10

Season-by-Season Fielding

Luke Hochevar — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2007	KCA	P	4	1	1	4	0	1
2008	KCA	P	22	22	6	11	1	2
2009	KCA	P	25	25	10	20	0	1
2010	KCA	P	18	17	5	12	1	1
2011	KCA	P	31	31	17	22	3	1
2012	KCA	P	32	32	6	28	0	1
2013	KCA	P	58	0	4	3	1	0
2015	KCA	P	49	0	4	7	0	2
2016	KCA	P	40	0	0	3	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Luke Hochevar Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	280

Salary History

Luke Hochevar — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	KCA	AL	$5,500,000
2015	KCA	AL	$4,000,000
2013	KCA	AL	$4,560,000
2012	KCA	AL	$3,510,000
2011	KCA	AL	$1,760,000
2010	KCA	AL	$1,760,000
Total Career Earnings			$21,090,000

College History

Luke Hochevar — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Tennessee	Knoxville	TN	2003, 2004, 2005

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Luke Hochevar: the record in brief

September 8, 2007 and July 24, 2016 bracket Luke Hochevar's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column never changes: it is the Kansas City Royals from 2007 to 2016. Listed as a pitcher, Hochevar batted and threw right-handed. Hochevar is listed at 225 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame. The birth record reads September 15, 1983, in Denver, CO, USA. The bio lists the given name Luke Anthony.

Hochevar pitched in 279 games, starting 128, and finished with a 46-65 record and 4.98 ERA. The totals include 702 strikeouts. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.98 mark was 20.5% worse. No season topped the 11 wins of 2011. The strikeout high was 144 in 2012. 2011 was Hochevar's sharpest full season, a 4.68 ERA against the league's 3.94.

Hochevar appears at one position only: pitcher, in 280 games. Fielding on the mound produced 53 putouts and 110 assists against 6 errors.

The playoff pitching line reads 2-0, 0.00 ERA, across 9 appearances. Those appearances came in 2015.

Frequently Asked Questions about Luke Hochevar

What years did Luke Hochevar play?: Luke Hochevar played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2016.
Was Luke Hochevar a pitcher?: Yes. Luke Hochevar pitched in the major leagues, recording 46 wins and 702 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Luke Hochevar hit?: Luke Hochevar hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Luke Hochevar's career batting average?: Luke Hochevar batted .062 over his career, with 1 hits in 16 at bats.
What was Luke Hochevar's career ERA?: Luke Hochevar finished with a 4.98 career ERA, going 46-65 with 702 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Luke Hochevar have?: Luke Hochevar recorded 702 career strikeouts.