What years did Michael Lorenzen play?

Michael Lorenzen played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2026.

Was Michael Lorenzen a pitcher?

Yes. Michael Lorenzen pitched in the major leagues, recording 57 wins and 914 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Michael Lorenzen hit?

Michael Lorenzen hit 7 career home runs with 31 hits.

What was Michael Lorenzen's career batting average?

Michael Lorenzen batted .233 over his career, with 31 hits in 133 at bats.

How many RBI did Michael Lorenzen have?

Michael Lorenzen drove in 24 runs in his career.

What was Michael Lorenzen's career ERA?

Michael Lorenzen finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 57-67 with 914 strikeouts.

Michael Lorenzen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2026)

Michael Lorenzen is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2015 for 7 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 12 seasons. Across 425 career appearances, he has gone 57-67 with a 4.41 ERA and 914 strikeouts. Michael Lorenzen is an All-Star.

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 September 10, 2026

Active Player

W–L 57–67

ERA 4.41

WHIP 1.37

SO 914

Pitcher PIV -5853.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 217 lb
Born: 1/4/1992 in Anaheim, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-04-29
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Michael Clifton Lorenzen

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Career Pitching Statistics

Michael Lorenzen — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
57	67	425	144	1	1	16	1120.3	1,101	549	147	438	914	4.41	-5853.8

Career ERA 4.41 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Michael Lorenzen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	CIN	NL	4	9	27	21	0	0	0	113.3	131	68	57	83	5.40	3.96 (-36%)	-4079.3
2016	CIN	NL	2	1	35	0	0	0	0	50.0	41	16	13	48	2.88	4.19 (+31%)	660.9
2017	CIN	NL	8	4	70	0	0	0	2	83.0	78	41	34	80	4.45	4.36 (-2%)	728.0
2018	CIN	NL	4	2	45	3	0	0	1	81.0	78	28	34	54	3.11	4.15 (+25%)	-23.8
2019	CIN	NL	1	4	73	0	0	0	7	83.3	68	27	28	85	2.92	4.51 (+35%)	1794.8
2020	CIN	NL	3	1	18	2	0	0	0	33.7	30	16	17	35	4.28	4.45 (+4%)	490.4
2021	CIN	NL	1	2	27	0	0	0	4	29.0	26	18	14	21	5.59	4.27 (-31%)	69.7
2022	LAA	AL	8	6	18	18	0	0	0	97.7	81	46	44	85	4.24	3.97 (-7%)	-835.2
2023	DET	AL	5	7	18	18	0	0	0	105.7	89	42	27	83	3.58	4.33 (+17%)	1271.3
2023	PHI	NL	4	2	11	7	1	1	1	47.3	49	29	20	28	5.51	4.33 (-27%)	-1750.9
2024	TEX	AL	5	6	19	18	0	0	0	101.7	82	43	48	75	3.81	4.08 (+7%)	-2783.0
2024	KCA	AL	2	0	7	6	0	0	0	28.7	19	5	12	22	1.57	4.08 (+62%)	129.1
2025	KCA	AL	7	11	27	26	0	0	0	141.7	149	73	39	127	4.64	4.16 (-12%)	-1525.6
2026	TOR	AL	3	12	30	25	0	0	1	124.3	180	97	51	88	7.02	4.18 (-68%)	-
Career · 14 seasons			57	67	425	144	1	1	16	1,120.1	1,101	549	438	914	4.41	—	-5,854

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

Michael Lorenzen — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
452	133	20	31	3	1	7	24	5	7	47	.233	.282	.429	.710	-164

Career AVG .233 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 6.3% below league average.

Career OBP .282 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 11.5% below league average.

Career SLG .429 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .710 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Michael Lorenzen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	CIN	NL	33	36	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	13	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CIN	NL	36	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CIN	NL	73	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CIN	NL	55	31	5	9	1	0	4	10	0	2	9	.290	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CIN	NL	105	48	6	10	2	0	1	6	5	5	17	.208	—	—	—	—	-163.9
2020	CIN	NL	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CIN	NL	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	LAA	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	DET	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	PHI	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	KCA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	KCA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			452	133	20	31	3	1	7	24	5	7	47	.233	—	—	—	—	-164

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

Michael Lorenzen — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Michael Lorenzen — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2024	ALDS2	KCA	2	.000
2023	NLCS	PHI	1	.000
2023	NLDS1	PHI	1	.000
2020	NLWC4	CIN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Michael Lorenzen — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	6	0	0	7.7	7	1	3	10	1.17

Playoff Pitching by Year

Michael Lorenzen — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	ALDS2	KCA	1	2	2.3	3	1	1	3	3.86
2023	NLCS	PHI	0	1	1.7	1	0	1	1	0.00
2023	NLDS1	PHI	0	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0.00
2020	NLWC4	CIN	0	2	2.7	2	0	0	6	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Michael Lorenzen — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	226	75	17	24	7	19	.320
Away	226	58	3	7	0	5	.121

Pitching — Home / Away

Michael Lorenzen — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	193	504.1	446	204	180	418	3.64
Away	202	491.2	475	248	207	408	4.54

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Michael Lorenzen — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-25	KCR	LAA	W	5.2	5	2	2	0	9	2
2025-09-19	KCR	TOR	W	7.2	3	1	1	3	4	1
2025-09-17	KCR	SEA	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-12	KCR	PHI	L	3.0	10	6	6	2	3	1
2025-09-07	KCR	MIN	L	5.1	7	4	4	0	5	2
2025-09-02	KCR	LAA	L	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	1
2025-08-26	KCR	CHW	—	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	1
2025-08-21	KCR	TEX	—	4.1	9	4	3	1	6	0
2025-08-16	KCR	CHW	—	4.0	3	0	0	2	3	0
2025-07-06	KCR	AZ	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	7	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Michael Lorenzen — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	34	6	29	1	0	0
P	395	119	107	101	8	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Michael Lorenzen — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2015	CIN	P	27	21	13	11	0	3
2016	CIN	P	35	0	10	5	1	0
2017	CIN	P	70	0	13	8	0	2
2018	CIN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	CIN	P	45	3	8	12	1	1
2019	CIN	OF	29	6	27	1	0	0
2019	CIN	P	73	0	11	12	1	0
2020	CIN	OF	3	0	1	0	0	0
2020	CIN	P	18	2	3	4	0	0
2021	CIN	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
2021	CIN	P	27	0	4	5	0	1
2022	LAA	P	18	18	8	9	1	1
2023	DET	P	18	18	11	5	0	1
2023	PHI	P	11	7	3	3	2	0
2024	TEX	P	19	18	7	11	0	3
2024	KCA	P	7	6	1	1	2	1
2025	KCA	P	27	26	15	15	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Michael Lorenzen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	395
Left Field	8
Center Field	22
Right Field	6
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Michael Lorenzen — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-08-12

Salary History

Michael Lorenzen — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CIN	NL	$516,500
Total Career Earnings			$516,500

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Frequently Asked Questions about Michael Lorenzen

What years did Michael Lorenzen play?: Michael Lorenzen played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2026.
Was Michael Lorenzen a pitcher?: Yes. Michael Lorenzen pitched in the major leagues, recording 57 wins and 914 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Michael Lorenzen hit?: Michael Lorenzen hit 7 career home runs with 31 hits.
What was Michael Lorenzen's career batting average?: Michael Lorenzen batted .233 over his career, with 31 hits in 133 at bats.
How many RBI did Michael Lorenzen have?: Michael Lorenzen drove in 24 runs in his career.
What was Michael Lorenzen's career ERA?: Michael Lorenzen finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 57-67 with 914 strikeouts.