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 916 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Michael Lorenzen hit?

Michael Lorenzen hit 7 career home runs with 31 hits.

Has Michael Lorenzen won a Cy Young Award?

No. Michael Lorenzen has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Michael Lorenzen won?

Michael Lorenzen has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What are Michael Lorenzen's career stats?

In 427 games, Michael Lorenzen has gone 57-68 with a 4.44 ERA, 916 strikeouts, 1,123.1 innings pitched, and 16 saves.

What was Michael Lorenzen's salary?

Michael Lorenzen's recorded salary was $516,500 in 2016.

What position does Michael Lorenzen play?

Michael Lorenzen plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Michael Lorenzen and how much does he weigh?

Michael Lorenzen is listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 217 pounds.

What number does Michael Lorenzen wear?

Michael Lorenzen wears number 55, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Michael Lorenzen's career ERA?

Michael Lorenzen finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 57-68 with 916 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Michael Lorenzen have?

Michael Lorenzen recorded 916 career 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 427 career appearances, he has gone 57-68 with a 4.44 ERA and 916 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 October 25, 2026

Active Player

W–L 57–68

ERA 4.44

WHIP 1.38

SO 916

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 -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
Jersey: #55

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	68	427	144	1	1	16	1123.1	1,107	554	148	441	916	4.44	-5853.8

Career ERA 4.44 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 5.6% worse than 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	113.1	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	83.1	68	27	28	85	2.92	4.51 (+35%)	1794.8
2020	CIN	NL	3	1	18	2	0	0	0	33.2	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	97.2	81	46	44	85	4.24	3.97 (-7%)	-835.2
2023	DET	AL	5	7	18	18	0	0	0	105.2	89	42	27	83	3.58	4.33 (+17%)	1271.3
2023	PHI	NL	4	2	11	7	1	1	1	47.1	49	29	20	28	5.51	4.33 (-27%)	-1750.9
2024	TEX	AL	5	6	19	18	0	0	0	101.2	82	43	48	75	3.81	4.08 (+7%)	-2783.0
2024	KCA	AL	2	0	7	6	0	0	0	28.2	19	5	12	22	1.57	4.08 (+62%)	129.1
2025	KCA	AL	7	11	27	26	0	0	0	141.2	149	73	39	127	4.64	4.16 (-12%)	-1525.6
2026	TOR	AL	3	13	32	25	0	0	1	127.1	186	102	54	90	7.21	4.18 (-73%)	-
Career · 14 seasons			57	68	427	144	1	1	16	1,123.1	1,107	554	441	916	4.44	—	-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	7.2	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	2.1	3	1	1	3	3.86
2023	NLCS	PHI	0	1	1.2	1	0	1	1	0.00
2023	NLDS1	PHI	0	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0.00
2020	NLWC4	CIN	0	2	2.2	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's recorded salaries total $516,500 over 1 season, in 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lorenzen's career ran from 2015 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2015.

Michael Lorenzen — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CIN	NL	$516,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$516,500

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Michael Lorenzen: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is April 29, 2015; Michael Lorenzen is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. Lorenzen played for the Cincinnati Reds (2015 through 2021), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2022), the Detroit Tigers (2023), the Philadelphia Phillies (2023), the Texas Rangers (2024), and the Kansas City Royals (2024 to 2025). Lorenzen is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-3 and 217 pounds. The bio says Lorenzen threw and hit right-handed. Lorenzen was born on January 4, 1992, in Anaheim, CA, USA. Michael Lorenzen was the playing name; the full given name is Michael Clifton.

Across 427 games (144 starts), Lorenzen has recorded 57 wins against 68 losses with a 4.44 ERA. The totals include 916 strikeouts and 16 saves. The league ERA over Lorenzen's seasons was 4.20, so the 4.44 figure ran 5.6% worse than average. The best win total was 8, in 2017. The strikeout high was 127 in 2025. 2023 was Lorenzen's sharpest full season, a 3.58 ERA against the league's 4.33.

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 916 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Michael Lorenzen hit?: Michael Lorenzen hit 7 career home runs with 31 hits.
What teams has Michael Lorenzen played for?: Michael Lorenzen has played for 7 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2015–2021), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2022), the Detroit Tigers (2023), the Philadelphia Phillies (2023), the Texas Rangers (2024), the Kansas City Royals (2024–2025), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2026).
Has Michael Lorenzen won a Cy Young Award?: No. Michael Lorenzen has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Michael Lorenzen won?: Michael Lorenzen has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What are Michael Lorenzen's career stats?: In 427 games, Michael Lorenzen has gone 57-68 with a 4.44 ERA, 916 strikeouts, 1,123.1 innings pitched, and 16 saves.
How much has Michael Lorenzen earned in his career?: Michael Lorenzen's recorded salaries total $516,500 over 1 season, in 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lorenzen's career ran from 2015 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2015.
What was Michael Lorenzen's salary?: Michael Lorenzen's recorded salary was $516,500 in 2016.
What position does Michael Lorenzen play?: Michael Lorenzen plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Michael Lorenzen and how much does he weigh?: Michael Lorenzen is listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 217 pounds.
What number does Michael Lorenzen wear?: Michael Lorenzen wears number 55, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Michael Lorenzen's career ERA?: Michael Lorenzen finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 57-68 with 916 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Michael Lorenzen have?: Michael Lorenzen recorded 916 career strikeouts.