Tyler Duffey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: December 27, 1990 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rice University (Houston, TX).

High School: Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX)

School: Rice University (Houston, TX)

Debut: August 5, 2015 (Age 24-221d, 20,972nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2024): 6.026 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Ballengee Group • Previously: Dishman Sports Group

Full Name: Tyler Blinn Duffey

Nicknames: The Doof

Pronunciation: \DUFF-ee\

Twitter: @TheDoof13

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

4.57

296

477.0

469

WHIP

1.291

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 17 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	66
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHB	41
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	32

Outs
0	23
2	23
1	21

20 Opps
CLE	8
KCR	7
NYY	6
DET	6
TOR	6
TBR	5
TEX	5
SEA	3
PHI	3
CHW	3
OAK	2
CIN	2
LAA	2
BOS	2
MIL	2
COL	1
SDP	1
ATL	1
WSN	1
HOU	1

62 Batters
Miguel Cabrera	2
Mike Napoli	2
Logan Morrison	2
Justin Upton	2
Josh Donaldson	2
Brandon Moss	1
Tim Anderson	1
Santiago Espinal	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	1
Justin Smoak	1
Matt den Dekker	1
José Bautista	1
Jurickson Profar	1
Taylor Ward	1
Joey Votto	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Tyler Naquin	1
Logan Forsythe	1
Adam Engel	1
Alex Gordon	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Eric Haase	1
Joey Gallo	1
Evan Longoria	1
Peter Bourjos	1
Willie Calhoun	1
Aaron Judge	1
Carlos Santana	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Martín Maldonado	1
Jorge Soler	1
Adam Duvall	1
Mookie Betts	1
Ryan Rua	1
Matt Davidson	1
Cameron Rupp	1
Kyle Seager	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Hunter Dozier	1
Roberto Pérez	1
Daniel Vogelbach	1
Nomar Mazara	1
Charlie Blackmon	1
José Ramírez	1
Jeff Francoeur	1
Robinson Chirinos	1
Daniel Nava	1
Jose Altuve	1
Lonnie Chisenhall	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Didi Gregorius	1
Tyrone Taylor	1
Mikie Mahtook	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Salvador Perez	1
Yonder Alonso	1
Kevin Kiermaier	1
Bobby Bradley	1
Danny Valencia	1
Tommy Joseph	1

17 Parks
Target Field (MIN)	32
Progressive (CLE)	6
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	5
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	20
78	10
89	7
8	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	16
5	13
2	11
4	10
3	7
6	5
7+	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	16
12-	8
-2-	5
123	2
-23	2
1-3	2

118 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	32
1 on	21
2 on	12
3 on	2
Any on	35

Inning
1	6
2	3
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	11
7	12
8	10
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	16
4-6	25
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	6
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	12
-1	10
-2	6
-3	6
-4..	13

Ahead	20
Tied	12
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	16
3-1	9
3-2	7
1-2	6
1-0	6
1-1	6
2-2	6
2-1	5
0-1	5
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
LF	11
RF	9
DH	9
3B	9
C	6
CF	4
SS	4
2B	2

OrderPos
5th	12
4th	11
6th	10
2nd	9
3rd	8
1st	6
7th	5
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-08-05	Josh Donaldson	TOR		MIN	behind 0-3	b 1	0	1--	5,(2-2) CSBBX	2	2	5	15%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Tulowitzki Scores
2	2	2	2	2015-08-05	José Bautista	TOR		MIN	behind 2-3	b 2	2	123	5,(3-1) SBBBX	4	3	9	34%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Goins Scores; K. Pillar Scores; J. Donaldson Scores
3	3	3	1	2015-08-26	Daniel Nava	TBR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	13%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
4	4	4	1	2015-10-01	Roberto Pérez	CLE		MIN	behind 0-1	b 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) 11FBBBX	2	7	2	40%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Almonte Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2016-04-24	Matt den Dekker	WSN		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	2	1	2016-04-30	Justin Upton	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	5	7	23%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Martinez Scores/unER; V. Martínez Scores/unER; J. Upton Scores/unER
7	7	3	1	2016-05-20	Josh Donaldson	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	7,(3-2) FBCF*B1B>X	2	2	5	20%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bautista Scores
8	8	4	1	2016-05-31	Danny Valencia	OAK		MIN	behind 1-2	b 3	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	4	5	20%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Vogt Scores
9	9	5	1	2016-06-05	Logan Morrison	TBR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	10%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	6	2	2016-06-05	Logan Morrison	TBR	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	3	15%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Longoria Scores
11	11	7	3	2016-06-05	Evan Longoria	TBR	@	MIN	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	5	16%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12	12	8	1	2016-06-10	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	6	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Betts Scores; D. Pedroia Scores
13	13	9	1	2016-06-21	Peter Bourjos	PHI	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 2	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	9	16%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Galvis Scores
14	14	10	2	2016-06-21	Tommy Joseph	PHI	@	MIN	behind 3-4	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	22%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Franco Scores
15	15	11	3	2016-06-21	Cameron Rupp	PHI	@	MIN	ahead 5-4	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	6	2	11%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
16	16	12	1	2016-06-26	Mark Teixeira	NYY		MIN	behind 0-6	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	5	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
17	17	13	1	2016-07-02	Ryan Rua	TEX	@	MIN	behind 1-11	t 4	1	---	7,(3-2) BFBFFBX	1	6	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	14	2	2016-07-02	Robinson Chirinos	TEX	@	MIN	behind 2-11	t 4	2	-2-	6,(2-2) FFF*BBX	2	9	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Andrus Scores
19	19	15	1	2016-07-21	Mookie Betts	BOS		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	16	1	2016-07-27	Jeff Francoeur	ATL	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	-2-	3,(1-1) C*BX	2	6	DH	14%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. García Scores
21	21	17	1	2016-08-03	Tyler Naquin	CLE		MIN	behind 2-8	b 5	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	6%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); L. Chisenhall Scores
22	22	18	2	2016-08-03	Mike Napoli	CLE		MIN	behind 4-9	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	19	1	2016-08-13	Cheslor Cuthbert	KCR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	5	11%	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	20	1	2016-08-18	Alex Gordon	KCR		MIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	123	5,(3-1) *BBFBX	4	7	7	31%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Hosmer Scores; K. Morales Scores; S. Pérez Scores
25	25	21	1	2016-08-24	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	22	2	2016-08-24	Justin Upton	DET	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	12-	6,(2-2) CBCFBX	3	6	7	19%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); V. Martínez Scores; J. Martinez Scores
27	27	23	1	2016-09-09	Mike Napoli	CLE	@	MIN	tied 4-4	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	24	1	2016-09-24	Nelson Cruz	SEA	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	8,(3-2) BBFCF*BFX	2	4	DH	20%	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Canó Scores
29	29	25	1	2016-09-30	Tim Anderson	CHW		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	1--	8,(3-2) BS*BB111CF>F1X	2	2	6	11%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Eaton Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2017-05-11	Matt Davidson	CHW		MIN	behind 5-7	b 6	0	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	6	5	14%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	2	1	2017-05-16	Charlie Blackmon	COL	@	MIN	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	-2-	2,(1-0) *BX	2	1	8	14%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Wolters Scores
32	32	3	1	2017-06-07	Kyle Seager	SEA		MIN	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	5	13%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	2017-06-17 (2)	Lonnie Chisenhall	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	12-	4,(2-1) BBFX	3	8	9	21%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Santana Scores; A. Jackson Scores
34	34	5	1	2017-07-03	Martín Maldonado	LAA	@	MIN	behind 3-7	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	5%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Simmons Scores
35	35	6	1	2017-07-30	Yonder Alonso	OAK		MIN	tied 5-5	b 12	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36	36	7	1	2017-08-21 (2)	Adam Engel	CHW		MIN	behind 1-10	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	9	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	8	1	2017-09-01	Brandon Moss	KCR	@	MIN	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	1--	5,(2-2) CBF*BX	2	8	DH	11%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Bonifacio Scores
38	38	9	1	2017-09-20	Didi Gregorius	NYY		MIN	ahead 6-3	b 4	2	12-	5,(2-2) BFS*BX	3	4	6	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Gardner Scores; G. Sánchez Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2018-04-24	Aaron Judge	NYY		MIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) ...CFBX	1	2	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
40	40	2	2	2018-04-24	Gary Sánchez	NYY		MIN	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Stanton Scores
41	41	3	1	2018-04-27	Joey Votto	CIN	@	MIN	behind 4-8	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	6%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	2018-04-29	Adam Duvall	CIN	@	MIN	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	---	4,(1-2) .CCBX	1	7	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
43	43	5	1	2018-08-18	Mikie Mahtook	DET	@	MIN	tied 3-3	t 5	0	12-	5,(2-2) CBBSX	3	6	7	22%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); N. Goodrum Scores; V. Martínez Scores
44	44	6	1	2018-09-02	Nomar Mazara	TEX		MIN	ahead 8-0	b 6	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Odor Scores/unER
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2019-04-18	Teoscar Hernández	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	5	7	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
46	46	2	1	2019-04-23	Jose Altuve	HOU		MIN	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	-23	3,(1-1) BCX	3	2	4	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Reddick Scores/unER; J. Marisnick Scores/unER; J. Altuve Scores/unER
47	47	3	1	2019-05-16	Daniel Vogelbach	SEA		MIN	behind 3-10	b 8	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Haniger Scores; E. Encarnación Scores
48	48	4	1	2019-06-05	Francisco Lindor	CLE		MIN	ahead 8-7	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	5	1	2019-07-05	Logan Forsythe	TEX	@	MIN	behind 5-12	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	6	1	2019-07-06	Willie Calhoun	TEX	@	MIN	behind 2-5	t 7	2	1--	6,(1-2) SF*BFFX	2	2	7	15%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Mathis Scores
51	51	7	1	2019-07-13	Bobby Bradley	CLE		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	8,(3-2) FBCBFFBX	1	6	DH	14%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	8	1	2019-09-28	Jorge Soler	KCR		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	2	DH	33%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Phillips Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2020-08-20	Justin Smoak	MIL	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	3	11%	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
54	54	2	1	2020-08-29 (2)	Miguel Cabrera	DET		MIN	tied 2-2	b 5	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	DH	28%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Schoop Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2021-04-26	José Ramírez	CLE		MIN	behind 2-3	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	3	5	32%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
56	56	2	1	2021-05-20 (1)	Taylor Ward	LAA		MIN	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Rendon Scores
57	57	3	1	2021-07-26	Eric Haase	DET	@	MIN	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	5	2	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	2021-09-13	Joey Gallo	NYY		MIN	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	5	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2022-04-19	Salvador Perez	KCR		MIN	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	4	DH	19%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60	60	2	2	2022-04-19	Hunter Dozier	KCR		MIN	tied 3-3	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61	61	3	1	2022-05-20	Carlos Santana	KCR		MIN	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	3	9%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
62	62	4	1	2022-06-05	Santiago Espinal	TOR		MIN	behind 3-8	b 9	1	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	7	4	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Kirk Scores; M. Chapman Scores
63	63	5	1	2022-06-07	Anthony Rizzo	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBCB+2X	3	3	3	24%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. LeMahieu Scores; A. Judge Scores
64	64	6	1	2022-06-12	Kevin Kiermaier	TBR	@	MIN	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ..CFBX	1	5	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	7	1	2022-07-30	Jurickson Profar	SDP		MIN	behind 1-7	b 9	1	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	1	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); H. Kim Scores; C. Abrams Scores
66	66	8	1	2022-08-04	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	@	MIN	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBBFX	3	2	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Biggio Scores; G. Springer Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	2023-10-01	Tyrone Taylor	MIL		CHC	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)