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Michael Kopech

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: April 30, 1996 in Longview, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (33rd) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, TX).

High School: Mount Pleasant HS (Mount Pleasant, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.041 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Headline Sports Group • Previously: CAA Sports

Full Name: Michael Talbert Kopech

Nicknames: Kopey

Pronunciation: \CO-peck\

Twitter: @MichaelKopech5

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.4

4.9

ERA

4.18

4.32

125

23.2

356.0

390

WHIP

1.352

1.348

2021 Player Pitching Game Log

2021 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2021-04-02	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Los Angeles Angels	6-8	W	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	33	21	6	6	1	2	0	2
2	2021-04-05	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Seattle Mariners	6-7		2.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	34	20	7	7	2	0	0	0
3	2021-04-11	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Kansas City Royals	5-7		2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	18	1	7	1	3	2	1
4	2021-04-15	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Cleveland Indians	7-8		1.1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	33	21	6	3	2	2	0	0
5	2021-04-18 (2)	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Boston Red Sox	1-4		3.0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	56	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	41	25	7	3	4	2	1	1
6	2021-04-25	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Texas Rangers	1-5	W	5.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	0	65	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	18	87	60	20	13	5	3	2	0
7	2021-05-01	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Cleveland Indians	6-8		3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	44	31	4	8	3	4	0	2
8	2021-05-05	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cincinnati Reds	8-9		1.2	1	0	0	4	4	0	0		6	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	43	21	6	8	0	2	1	1
9	2021-05-08	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Kansas City Royals	6-7		2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0		9	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	28	18	5	2	2	6	2	2
10	2021-05-14 (2)	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Kansas City Royals	1-4		4.0	2	1	1	2	5	1	0	57	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	65	40	11	6	2	7	1	2
11	2021-05-18	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Minnesota Twins	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	8	3	0	1	3	1	0
12	2021-05-21	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	New York Yankees	7-8		1.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	28	21	6	2	1	3	2	0
13	2021-05-24	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		St. Louis Cardinals	8-9		2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	28	21	8	4	2	3	1	0
14	2021-05-26	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		St. Louis Cardinals	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	9	3	1	0	3	1	1
15	2021-07-01	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Minnesota Twins	6-6	W	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	5	2	0	1	1	1	0
16	2021-07-06	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Minnesota Twins	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	11	4	2	3	1	1	0
17	2021-07-09	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	12	1	6	0	0	0	0
18	2021-07-11	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	6-6		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	11	4	2	0	0	0	0
19	2021-07-18	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Houston Astros	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	7	5	0	0	2	0	0
20	2021-07-20	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Minnesota Twins	6-7		2.0	1	1	1	2	4	1	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	40	20	8	4	1	2	1	0
21	2021-07-25	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Milwaukee Brewers	7-8		1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	31	15	5	1	1	3	2	0
22	2021-07-27	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Kansas City Royals	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	11	1	5	0	0	0	0
23	2021-07-28	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Kansas City Royals	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	9	3	0	1	2	1	1
24	2021-07-31	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Cleveland Indians	6-7	L	1.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0		8	2	1	0	0	0	1	9	34	24	8	3	2	5	4	0
25	2021-08-03	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Kansas City Royals	7-7		1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	14	10	3	2	0	3	0	0
26	2021-08-06	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Chicago Cubs	7-7		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	6	3	0	0	2	1	0
27	2021-08-07	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Chicago Cubs	6-6		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	10	2	2	2	1	0	1
28	2021-08-12	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		New York Yankees	6-7		1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	26	15	3	4	3	0	0	0
29	2021-08-16	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Oakland Athletics	6-7		2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	30	22	11	4	2	1	0	0
30	2021-08-19	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Oakland Athletics	7-7	L	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	13	11	2	4	3	1	0	0
31	2021-08-24	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	8-8		0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	7	3	0	1	1	1	0
32	2021-08-26	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	6-6		1.0	4	5	5	0	1	1	1		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	27	20	6	4	4	2	1	0
33	2021-08-29	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Chicago Cubs	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	10	1	3	0	2	1	0
34	2021-08-31	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Pittsburgh Pirates	6-6	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	11	3	3	0	1	0	0
35	2021-09-04	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Kansas City Royals	5-6		1.1	4	4	4	0	3	2	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25	18	3	4	2	3	1	0
36	2021-09-10	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Boston Red Sox	6-6		0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	12	3	4	1	0	0	0
37	2021-09-11	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Boston Red Sox	5-7		2.1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	31	21	5	7	0	2	0	1
38	2021-09-15	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Los Angeles Angels	7-8	L	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	38	26	6	7	2	2	1	0
39	2021-09-18	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Texas Rangers	7-7		1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	10	2	3	1	2	1	0
40	2021-09-19	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Texas Rangers	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	1	1	0	2	0	1
41	2021-09-23 (2)	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cleveland Indians	1-2		2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	60	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	27	16	2	7	0	2	1	0
42	2021-09-26	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cleveland Indians	7-7		0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	14	9	2	1	1	3	2	0
43	2021-09-29	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Cincinnati Reds	6-8		3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0		9	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	35	22	9	4	4	2	0	0
44	2021-10-03	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Detroit Tigers	5-7		3.0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0		10	0	1	0	0	1	1	11	51	34	14	5	1	4	1	1

2021 Player Pitching Splits

2021 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	44	285	257	27	54	7	4	9	10	0	24	103	.210	.277	.374	.651	.304	96	3	1	0	3	1

Home	22	164	148	14	26	3	3	5	7	0	14	62	.176	.244	.338	.582	.253	50	3	0	0	2	0
Away	22	121	109	13	28	4	1	4	3	0	10	41	.257	.322	.422	.744	.369	46	0	1	0	1	1

April	6	58	54	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	4	27	.130	.190	.204	.393	.231	11	1	0	0	0	0
May	8	67	60	3	13	1	1	2	1	0	7	18	.217	.299	.367	.665	.275	22	0	0	0	0	1
July	10	46	40	6	8	3	1	1	1	0	6	15	.200	.304	.400	.704	.292	16	1	0	0	0	0
August	10	47	41	8	12	1	1	2	2	0	3	14	.293	.340	.512	.853	.370	21	0	1	0	2	0
September	9	56	52	6	12	1	0	3	2	0	4	23	.231	.286	.423	.709	.346	22	1	0	0	0	0
October	1	11	10	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	.200	.182	.400	.582	.400	4	0	0	0	1	0

As Starter	4	51	48	3	7	0	0	2	1	0	3	23	.146	.196	.271	.467	.217	13	1	0	0	0	0
As Reliever	40	234	209	24	47	7	4	7	9	0	21	80	.225	.295	.397	.692	.320	83	2	1	0	3	1

vs RHB as RHP	44	168	149		35	5	2	4			17	49	.235	.316	.376	.691	.320	56	0	1	0	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	41	117	108		19	2	2	5			7	54	.176	.222	.370	.593	.275	40	0	0	0	2	1

Bases Empty	42	189	174		34	5	3	6			15	79	.195	.259	.362	.621	.315	63	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	34	96	83		20	2	1	3			9	24	.241	.313	.398	.710	.288	33	0	1	0	3	1

vs. Younger Batters	26	46	42		11	0	1	2			4	12	.262	.326	.452	.779	.321	19	0	0	0	0	0
vs. Older Batters	44	239	215		43	7	3	7			20	91	.200	.268	.358	.626	.300	77	0	1	0	3	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	4	3	.571	3.50	44	4	0	69.1	54	27	27	9	24	1	103	1	0	3	285	1.125	13.4	4.29

Home	3	3	.500	3.00	22	2	0	42.0	26	14	14	5	14	0	62	0	0	3	164	0.952	13.3	4.43
Away	1	0	1.000	4.28	22	2	0	27.1	28	13	13	4	10	1	41	1	0	0	121	1.390	13.5	4.10

April	2	0	1.000	1.72	6	2	0	15.2	7	3	3	1	4	0	27	0	0	1	58	0.702	15.5	6.75
May	0	0		1.72	8	1	0	15.2	13	3	3	2	7	1	18	0	0	1	67	1.277	10.3	2.57
July	1	1	.500	4.91	10	0	0	11.0	8	6	6	1	6	0	15	0	0	1	46	1.273	12.3	2.50
August	1	1	.500	6.97	10	0	0	10.1	12	8	8	2	3	0	14	1	0	0	47	1.452	12.2	4.67
September	0	1	.000	3.95	9	1	0	13.2	12	6	6	3	4	0	23	0	0	0	56	1.171	15.1	5.75
October	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	0.667	18.0

As Starter	1	0	1.000	1.93	4	4	0	14.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	23	0	0	0	51	0.714	14.8	7.67
As Reliever	3	3	.500	3.90	40	0	0	55.1	47	24	24	7	21	1	80	1	0	3	234	1.229	13.0	3.81

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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