Kyle Lohse

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2016)

W–L 147–143
ERA 4.40
WHIP 1.34
SO 1,615
Pitcher PIV -8683.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 215 lb
Born
10/4/1978 in Chico, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2001-06-22
Last Game
2016-07-19

Full name: Kyle Matthew Lohse

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
147 143 457 418 12 9 2 2531.7 2,711 1,239 316 694 1,615 4.40 -8683.6

Career ERA 4.40 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2001 MIN AL 4 7 19 16 0 0 0 90.3 102 57 29 64 5.68 4.42 (-29%) -1684.7
2002 MIN AL 13 8 32 31 1 1 0 180.7 181 85 70 124 4.23 4.28 (+1%) -2231.1
2003 MIN AL 14 11 33 33 2 1 0 201.0 211 103 45 130 4.61 4.40 (-5%) 546.9
2004 MIN AL 9 13 35 34 1 1 0 194.0 240 115 76 111 5.34 4.46 (-19%) -2910.3
2005 MIN AL 9 13 31 30 0 0 0 178.7 211 83 44 86 4.18 4.29 (+3%) -1148.2
2006 MIN AL 2 5 22 8 0 0 0 63.7 80 50 25 46 7.07 4.53 (-56%) -428.4
2006 CIN NL 3 5 12 11 0 0 0 63.0 70 32 19 51 4.57 4.53 (-1%) 1036.9
2007 CIN NL 6 12 21 21 2 1 0 131.7 143 67 33 80 4.58 4.47 (-2%) -64.8
2007 PHI NL 3 0 13 11 0 0 0 61.0 64 32 24 42 4.72 4.47 (-6%) -218.9
2008 SLN NL 15 6 33 33 0 0 0 200.0 211 84 49 119 3.78 4.32 (+13%) 2247.8
2009 SLN NL 6 10 23 22 1 1 0 117.7 125 62 36 77 4.74 4.32 (-10%) -672.4
2010 SLN NL 4 8 18 18 0 0 0 92.0 129 67 35 54 6.55 4.08 (-61%) -773.3
2011 SLN NL 14 8 30 30 1 1 0 188.3 178 71 42 111 3.39 3.94 (+14%) 1342.8
2012 SLN NL 16 3 33 33 0 0 0 211.0 192 67 38 143 2.86 4.01 (+29%) 2793.8
2013 MIL NL 11 10 32 32 2 1 0 198.7 196 74 36 125 3.35 3.87 (+13%) -1064.1
2014 MIL NL 13 9 31 31 2 2 0 198.3 183 78 45 141 3.54 3.74 (+5%) -1058.4
2015 MIL NL 5 13 37 22 0 0 2 152.3 180 99 43 108 5.85 3.96 (-48%) -4397.1
2016 TEX AL 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 15 13 5 3 12.54 4.19 (-199%) 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 147 143 457 418 12 9 2 2,531.2 2,711 1,239 694 1,615 4.40 — -8,684

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
472 509 23 78 9 0 0 31 0 9 163 .153 .173 .171 .344 -2,938

Career AVG .153 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career OBP .173 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 47.0% below league average.

Career SLG .171 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 58.6% below league average.

Career OPS .344 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2001 MIN AL 19 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .400 — — — — 0.0
2002 MIN AL 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 — — — — 0.0
2003 MIN AL 33 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2004 MIN AL 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 MIN AL 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 MIN AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 CIN NL 12 23 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 .174 — — — — 0.0
2007 CIN NL 22 33 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .152 — — — — 0.0
2007 PHI NL 13 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .188 — — — — 0.0
2008 SLN NL 33 63 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 20 .111 .263 (-58%) .333 (-67%) .416 (-69%) .749 (-68%) -704.4
2009 SLN NL 23 37 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 .216 — — — — 0.0
2010 SLN NL 21 35 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 .171 — — — — 0.0
2011 SLN NL 35 63 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 17 .175 .255 (-32%) .320 (-42%) .399 (-48%) .719 (-45%) -452.7
2012 SLN NL 34 64 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 19 .094 .254 (-63%) .318 (-63%) .405 (-73%) .724 (-68%) -708.3
2013 MIL NL 33 55 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 29 .145 .253 (-43%) .317 (-49%) .396 (-63%) .714 (-57%) -488.4
2014 MIL NL 31 61 2 7 0 0 0 5 0 2 23 .115 .251 (-54%) .313 (-51%) .386 (-70%) .700 (-62%) -583.9
2015 MIL NL 41 39 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 .231 — — — — 0.0
2016 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 472 509 23 78 9 0 0 31 0 9 163 .153 — — — — -2,938

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2012 NLCS SLN 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLDS1 SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2012 NLWC SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 NLCS SLN 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
2011 NLDS1 SLN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2011 WS SLN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 NLDS2 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ALDS2 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 ALDS1 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 ALCS MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 ALDS2 MIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 5 13 8 0 46.3 49 25 13 39 4.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2012 NLCS SLN 1 1 2 2 0 7.7 13 6 6 3 7.04
2012 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 2 1 1 5 1.29
2012 NLWC SLN 1 0 1 1 0 5.7 6 2 1 6 3.18
2011 NLCS SLN 0 1 1 1 0 4.3 6 3 0 3 6.23
2011 NLDS1 SLN 0 1 1 1 0 5.3 7 5 1 4 8.44
2011 WS SLN 0 0 1 1 0 3.0 5 3 2 3 9.00
2007 NLDS2 PHI 0 0 1 0 0 1.3 1 1 0 1 6.75
2004 ALDS2 MIN 0 1 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 3 4.50
2003 ALDS1 MIN 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 6 3 2 5 5.40
2002 ALCS MIN 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2002 ALDS2 MIN 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 5 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2242371238015.160
Away2482721140016.147

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2161240.012845572987884.04
Away2411291.214276823968274.75

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2016-07-19 TEXLAAL 000000000
2016-07-09 TEXMINL 000000000
2015-10-01 MILSDPL 000000000
2015-09-27 MILSTLW 100000001
2015-09-22 MILCHCL 000000000
2015-09-20 MILCINW 000000000
2015-09-16 MILSTLL 000000000
2015-09-12 MILPITL 101100000
2015-09-10 MILPITW 000000000
2015-09-08 MILMIAL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2016-07-19 TEXLAA L 4.1677302
2016-07-09 TEXMIN L 5.0966232
2015-10-01 MILSDP — 2.0200210
2015-09-27 MILSTL — 2.0411000
2015-09-22 MILCHC — 3.0211130
2015-09-20 MILCIN — 1.0322002
2015-09-16 MILSTL — 2.0100310
2015-09-12 MILPIT — 2.1300020
2015-09-10 MILPIT SV 1.0100000
2015-09-08 MILMIA — 1.0000010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
P 457 418 205 320 7 14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2001 MIN P 19 16 9 12 1 2
2002 MIN P 32 31 10 18 0 0
2003 MIN P 33 33 16 21 1 1
2004 MIN P 35 34 12 22 0 1
2005 MIN P 31 30 13 27 0 0
2006 MIN P 22 8 5 7 0 0
2006 CIN P 12 11 7 17 0 1
2007 CIN P 21 21 7 11 1 0
2007 PHI P 13 11 5 10 0 0
2008 SLN P 33 33 23 26 0 0
2009 SLN P 23 22 20 13 1 0
2010 SLN OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
2010 SLN P 18 18 9 17 1 4
2011 SLN P 30 30 24 27 0 1
2012 SLN P 33 33 17 26 0 2
2013 MIL P 32 32 7 16 0 0
2014 MIL P 31 31 10 24 1 2
2015 MIL P 37 22 8 26 1 0
2016 TEX P 2 2 3 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 457
Left Field 1

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2015 MIL NL $11,000,000
2014 MIL NL $11,000,000
2013 MIL NL $10,063,922
2012 SLN NL $12,187,500
2011 SLN NL $12,187,500
2010 SLN NL $9,187,500
2009 SLN NL $7,437,500
2008 SLN NL $4,250,000
2007 CIN NL $4,200,000
2006 MIN AL $3,950,000
2005 MIN AL $2,400,000
2004 MIN AL $395,000
2003 MIN AL $330,000
2002 MIN AL $215,000
Total Career Earnings $88,803,922

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Butte College Oroville CA 1997

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2012 Cy Young Award NL 7th 6.0 224 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Kyle Lohse (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    John Burkett
    166-136, 4.31 ERA
  2. 89
    Bronson Arroyo
    148-137, 4.28 ERA
  3. 62
    Kevin Tapani
    143-125, 4.35 ERA
  4. 56
    Aaron Harang
    128-143, 4.26 ERA
  5. 53
    Tim Belcher
    146-140, 4.16 ERA
  6. 52
    Woody Williams
    132-116, 4.19 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Kyle Lohse

What years did Kyle Lohse play?
Kyle Lohse played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2016.
Was Kyle Lohse a pitcher?
Yes. Kyle Lohse pitched in the major leagues, recording 147 wins and 1615 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kyle Lohse hit?
Kyle Lohse hit 0 career home runs with 78 hits.