Triston McKenzie

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 165lb (196cm, 74kg)

Born: August 2, 1997 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (42nd) of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Royal Palm Beach Community HS (Royal Palm Beach, FL).

High School: Royal Palm Beach Community HS (Royal Palm Beach, FL)

Debut: August 22, 2020 (Age 23-020d, 22,207th in major league history)
vs. DET 6.0 IP, 2 H, 10 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.6M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.074 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Octagon

Full Name: Triston Andrew McKenzie

Nicknames: Dr. Sticks

Twitter: @T_eazy24

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.4

5.2

ERA

5.00

3.80

18.0

378.2

395

WHIP

1.611

1.077

Summary of 56 Home Runs Allowed

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

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 25 go ahead

1 Tm
CLE	56

Platoon
vs RHB	32
vs LHB	24

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	20

Outs
1	21
0	21
2	14

17 Opps
MIN	12
CHW	6
KCR	5
OAK	4
SEA	4
BAL	4
HOU	4
NYY	3
DET	3
TOR	3
TEX	2
ARI	1
TBR	1
STL	1
LAA	1
CIN	1
BOS	1

49 Batters
Carlos Correa	2
Seby Zavala	2
Jose Altuve	2
Mitch Haniger	2
Seth Brown	2
Nelson Cruz	2
Gio Urshela	2
Marwin González	1
Hunter Dozier	1
Rob Refsnyder	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Jake Cave	1
Tim Anderson	1
Sean Murphy	1
Rougned Odor	1
Juan Soto	1
Alex Bregman	1
Trey Mancini	1
Jonah Heim	1
Gunnar Henderson	1
Harold Castro	1
Willi Castro	1
Andrew Benintendi	1
Nick Gordon	1
Dominic Canzone	1
Willie Calhoun	1
Ryan Jeffers	1
Tucker Barnhart	1
Max Kepler	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Byron Buxton	1
Adam Eaton	1
José Abreu	1
Drew Waters	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Mike Ford	1
Matt Chapman	1
Dexter Fowler	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Christian Walker	1
Mike Trout	1
Austin Hays	1
Abraham Toro	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Whit Merrifield	1
Salvador Perez	1
Dylan Moore	1
Bo Bichette	1
Jeimer Candelario	1

14 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	20
Target Field (MIN)	8
Guaranteed (CHI)	6
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	15
78	14
8	6
89	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	15
1	11
2	9
5	9
6	6
4	5
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	10
12-	9
123	2
--3	2
-2-	1
-23	1
1-3	1

97 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	30
1 on	13
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	26

Inning
1	10
2	8
3	10
4	16
5	6
6	4
7	2

1-3	28
4-6	26
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	3
+1	15
Tied	21
-1	6
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	3

Ahead	21
Tied	21
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
2-2	11
1-1	7
1-2	5
1-0	5
0-1	4
2-0	4
0-2	3
3-2	2
3-1	2
2-1	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	12
3B	8
C	7
LF	7
SS	6
2B	5
1B	4
DH	4
CF	3

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

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	17

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	2020-08-22	Willi Castro	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	12%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2020-08-28	Dexter Fowler	STL		CLE	behind 0-6	b 2	1	1--	3,(0-2) FCX	2	8	9	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. O'Neill Scores
3	3	3	1	2020-09-08	Whit Merrifield	KCR	@	CLE	behind 0-3	t 3	1	12-	3,(1-1) *BFX	3	1	9	22%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Lopez Scores; C. Gallagher Scores
4	4	4	1	2020-09-13	Marwin González	MIN		CLE	behind 0-3	b 3	0	1--	3,(2-0) B*BX	2	8	4	16%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); L. Wade Scores
5	5	5	2	2020-09-13	Nelson Cruz	MIN		CLE	behind 2-3	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	13%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	6	3	2020-09-13	Ryan Jeffers	MIN		CLE	tied 3-3	b 5	1	1--	6,(2-2) 11FBSFBX	2	9	2	23%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Wade Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2021-04-12	Adam Eaton	CHW		CLE	behind 0-2	b 3	1	12-	2,(0-1) SX	3	1	9	27%	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); N. Williams Scores; D. Mendick Scores
8	8	2	1	2021-04-17	Tucker Barnhart	CIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	3	1	2021-04-25	Gio Urshela	NYY	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	6	5	19%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); G. Torres Scores
10	10	4	2	2021-04-25	Mike Ford	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	7	3	8%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	5	1	2021-05-01	Tim Anderson	CHW		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	123	4,(1-2) BCFX	4	1	6	23%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Grandal Scores; J. Lamb Scores; L. García Scores
12	12	6	1	2021-05-15	Mitch Haniger	SEA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	9	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	7	2	2021-05-15	Dylan Moore	SEA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	12-	5,(2-2) BSBSX	3	6	4	19%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Seager Scores; K. Lewis Scores
14	14	8	1	2021-05-21	Rob Refsnyder	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBCX	1	8	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	9	1	2021-07-20	Jose Altuve	HOU		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	6,(2-2) FFBBFX	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	10	2	2021-07-20	Jose Altuve	HOU		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	7,(3-2) BBCFBFX	1	1	4	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
17	17	11	1	2021-07-25	Nelson Cruz	TBR	@	CLE	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	3	DH	16%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
18	18	12	1	2021-07-31	Brian Goodwin	CHW		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	7	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	13	2	2021-07-31	Seby Zavala	CHW		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBSX	1	9	2	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	14	3	2021-07-31	Seby Zavala	CHW		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	9	2	23%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Sheets Scores; B. Goodwin Scores; A. Engel Scores
21	21	15	1	2021-08-05	Bo Bichette	TOR		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	4	6	22%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Guerrero Scores
22	22	16	1	2021-08-10	Seth Brown	OAK	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	10%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	17	1	2021-09-20 (1)	Hunter Dozier	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	2	--3	4,(2-1) B>B.SX	2	9	9	21%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Mondesí Scores
24	24	18	2	2021-09-20 (1)	Andrew Benintendi	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	14%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); N. Lopez Scores
25	25	19	3	2021-09-20 (1)	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	1--	4,(1-2) FSBX	2	3	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Lopez Scores
26	26	20	1	2021-10-02	Willie Calhoun	TEX		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
27	27	21	2	2021-10-02	Jonah Heim	TEX		CLE	tied 1-1	b 4	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	2	19%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Lowe Scores; A. Ibáñez Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-04-26	Mike Trout	LAA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	3	8	18%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Ward Scores
29	29	2	1	2022-05-15	Gio Urshela	MIN		CLE	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	14%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	3	2	2022-05-15	Byron Buxton	MIN		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	---	6,(2-2) BBFCFX	1	1	8	12%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	2022-05-23	Alex Bregman	HOU		CLE	behind 0-6	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) ..BFBBCX	1	3	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	2022-05-29	Harold Castro	DET		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	5	14%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	6	2	2022-05-29	Jeimer Candelario	DET		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	DH	11%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	7	1	2022-06-04	Trey Mancini	BAL		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	8	2	2022-06-04	Austin Hays	BAL		CLE	behind 1-2	b 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	7	33%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Mullins Scores; T. Mancini Scores
36	36	9	3	2022-06-04	Rougned Odor	BAL		CLE	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	7%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	10	1	2022-06-10	Seth Brown	OAK	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	3	7	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	11	2	2022-06-10	Sean Murphy	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	12	1	2022-06-22	Carlos Correa	MIN		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	5,(1-2) SFFBX	1	2	6	11%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	13	2	2022-06-22	Carlos Correa	MIN		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	2	6	10%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	14	3	2022-06-22	Max Kepler	MIN		CLE	ahead 5-4	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	15	1	2022-06-27	Gary Sánchez	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	DH	19%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Kirilloff Scores; G. Urshela Scores
43	43	16	2	2022-06-27	Nick Gordon	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Sánchez Scores
44	44	17	1	2022-07-28	Xander Bogaerts	BOS		CLE	behind 0-1	b 6	1	12-	3,(0-2) FSX	3	3	6	37%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Duran Scores; A. Verdugo Scores
45	45	18	1	2022-08-02	Christian Walker	ARI	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	5,(2-2) BFF*BX	3	4	3	23%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Thomas Scores; K. Marte Scores
46	46	19	1	2022-08-13	Matt Chapman	TOR		CLE	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	6	5	16%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	20	2	2022-08-13	Teoscar Hernández	TOR		CLE	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	4	9	21%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
48	48	21	1	2022-08-25	Mitch Haniger	SEA		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	0	12-	3,(1-1) C*BX	3	3	9	21%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Rodríguez Scores; J. Winker Scores
49	49	22	1	2022-08-31	Gunnar Henderson	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	6,(2-2) FBSFBX	1	6	5	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	23	1	2022-09-05	Drew Waters	KCR		CLE	behind 0-2	b 5	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	8	9	20%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Massey Scores
51	51	24	1	2022-09-16	Jake Cave	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	7	18%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Urshela Scores
52	52	25	1	2022-09-21	Yoán Moncada	CHW		CLE	behind 0-6	b 4	0	---	6,(2-2) CSBBFX	1	2	5	3%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2023-06-10	José Abreu	HOU	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BBSS.X	2	5	3	16%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. Bregman Scores
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2024-04-01	Dominic Canzone	SEA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1-3	3,(1-1) *BCX	3	8	7	16%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Raleigh Scores; T. France Scores
55	55	2	1	2024-04-13 (2)	Juan Soto	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	12-	3,(3-0) BVBX	3	2	9	13%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Verdugo Scores; A. Volpe Scores
56	56	3	1	2024-04-19	Abraham Toro	OAK	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	5	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)