Jorge Alcalá

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Team: Minnesota Twins (majors)

Born: July 28, 1995 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic do

Debut: September 21, 2019 (Age 24-055d, 22,072nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$845k (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 4.014 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Optimum Baseball Associates

Full Name: Jorge Luis Alcalá

Pronunciation: \AL-cah-lah\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.0

1.6

ERA

3.46

3.72

141

54.2

159.2

159

WHIP

1.079

1.102

Summary of 26 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	26

Platoon
vs LHB	13
vs RHB	13

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	13

Outs
2	12
1	7
0	7

16 Opps
CHW	4
TEX	3
CLE	3
BOS	2
HOU	2
PIT	2
CIN	1
MIL	1
LAA	1
STL	1
COL	1
OAK	1
DET	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
BAL	1

25 Batters
Adolis García	2
Carlos Correa	1
Akil Baddoo	1
Jackson Chourio	1
Yuli Gurriel	1
DJ Stewart	1
Elly De La Cruz	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Christopher Morel	1
Gregory Polanco	1
Josh Jung	1
Brayan Rocchio	1
Rafael Devers	1
José Abreu	1
James McCann	1
Sean Bouchard	1
Jordyn Adams	1
Josh Bell	1
Steven Kwan	1
Zack Collins	1
Andrew Benintendi	1
Manny Machado	1
Yu Chang	1
Matt Olson	1
Brendan Donovan	1

9 Parks
Target Field (MIN)	13
GlbLifeField (ARL)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Progressive (CLE)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1

Where Hit
9	9
7	6
78	5
89	4
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	8
5	5
2	4
1	4
3	2
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
1--	6
-2-	3
123	2
12-	1

43 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	14
1 on	9
2 on	1
3 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
4	1
5	1
6	6
7	9
8	5
9	4

4-6	8
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	4
-1	6
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	9
Tied	4
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	7
0-0	4
1-0	3
3-2	3
2-2	2
3-1	2
2-1	2
1-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	5
1B	4
LF	4
RF	3
C	2
CF	2
2B	2
3B	2
DH	1
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	4
3rd	4
4th	4
1st	3
8th	3
9th	3
5th	3
7th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2020-08-05	Josh Bell	PIT		MIN	behind 0-5	b 9	2	-2-	5,(1-2) CB>S.FX	2	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Frazier Scores
2	2	2	1	2020-08-25	Francisco Lindor	CLE		MIN	behind 1-2	b 6	0	1--	4,(1-2) 1BFFX	2	3	6	27%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Ramírez Scores
3	3	3	1	2020-09-15	James McCann	CHW		MIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBTX	1	6	2	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2021-04-13	Rafael Devers	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	5	5	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	2021-04-20 (1)	Matt Olson	OAK		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	123	7,(3-2) BBCBS>F>X	4	4	3	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Andrus Scores; M. Canha Scores; J. Lowrie Scores
6	6	3	1	2021-04-25	Gregory Polanco	PIT	@	MIN	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	4	1	2021-05-11	José Abreu	CHW		MIN	tied 3-3	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	25%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Moncada Scores
8	8	5	1	2021-05-24	DJ Stewart	BAL	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	7	51%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Mancini Scores
9	9	6	1	2021-06-11	Yuli Gurriel	HOU	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	5	3	16%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	7	1	2021-06-18	Adolis García	TEX		MIN	behind 3-4	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	3	8	24%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	8	1	2021-07-01	Zack Collins	CHW		MIN	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) .BCFX	1	9	2	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	9	1	2021-07-11	Akil Baddoo	DET	@	MIN	behind 4-6	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	1	8	12%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	10	1	2021-08-08	Carlos Correa	HOU		MIN	behind 4-7	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .CBFX	1	5	6	8%	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2023-04-20	Yu Chang	BOS		MIN	ahead 8-1	b 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) BFFBX	2	9	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); T. Casas Scores
15	15	2	1	2023-05-06	Steven Kwan	CLE		MIN	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	7	24%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	3	1	2023-05-09	Manny Machado	SDP	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 9	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	5	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Nola Scores; J. Cronenworth Scores
17	17	4	1	2023-05-12	Christopher Morel	CHC	@	MIN	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	4	13%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Y. Gomes Scores
18	18	5	1	2023-10-01	Sean Bouchard	COL		MIN	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---	6,(3-2) .BBCBCX	1	8	PH	31%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2024-07-21	Jackson Chourio	MIL	@	MIN	behind 4-5	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	8	7	19%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	2024-08-04	Andrew Benintendi	CHW	@	MIN	behind 3-8	t 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	6	7	5%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Vaughn Scores
21	21	3	1	2024-08-09 (1)	Brayan Rocchio	CLE	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 7	1	-2-	5,(3-1) B>B.BCX	2	8	6	14%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Giménez Scores
22	22	4	1	2024-08-18	Adolis García	TEX		MIN	behind 2-4	b 7	1	-2-	3,(2-0) B*BX	2	4	9	31%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Seager Scores
23	23	5	2	2024-08-18	Josh Jung	TEX		MIN	tied 4-4	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	6	DH	24%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	6	1	2024-08-23	Brendan Donovan	STL	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBBFX	1	4	4	8%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	7	1	2024-09-11	Jordyn Adams	LAA	@	MIN	behind 2-4	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	9	11%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	8	1	2024-09-13	Elly De La Cruz	CIN	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	6	15%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. France Scores; S. Espinal Scores; J. India Scores