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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

2023 Player Pitching Game Log

2023 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2023-04-03	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	4.2	8	7	7	3	5	5	0	22	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	91	55	16	10	6	11	3	0
2	2023-04-09	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6	L	6.0	2	1	1	3	5	0	0	66	19	0	1	0	1	1	0	23	102	68	21	13	5	10	1	3
3	2023-04-15	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Baltimore Orioles	1-6		5.0	6	3	3	4	4	2	0	43	19	1	0	1	0	1	1	23	97	58	15	6	5	10	6	0
4	2023-04-21	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-5		5.0	6	5	5	4	9	1	0	40	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	104	60	18	14	4	8	4	3
5	2023-04-26	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-5	L	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	2	41	19	1	0	2	0	2	0	23	90	58	10	11	7	8	3	1
6	2023-05-02	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Minnesota Twins	1-6		6.0	1	1	1	5	7	0	0	68	17	0	0	0	1	1	1	23	89	51	14	12	5	6	2	0
7	2023-05-07	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6	W	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	4	1	41	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	99	60	19	5	5	19	5	3
8	2023-05-12	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Houston Astros	1-5	L	4.2	1	2	2	6	5	0	1	53	14	1	0	0	1	2	0	22	94	48	16	5	2	8	2	3
9	2023-05-19	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Kansas City Royals	1-8	W	8.0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	90	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	98	65	18	17	5	9	2	1
10	2023-05-24	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cleveland Guardians	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	81	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	92	62	14	15	8	5	2	2
11	2023-05-29	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Los Angeles Angels	1-5	L	4.1	5	4	4	2	10	2	2	45	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	102	61	14	17	2	7	3	1
12	2023-06-04	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Detroit Tigers	1-7		7.0	3	2	2	1	9	1	0	71	24	1	0	0	0	3	0	25	92	60	20	10	6	9	0	1
13	2023-06-10	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Miami Marlins	1-5		5.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	2	62	19	1	0	1	0	2	0	22	100	63	18	16	4	9	3	2
14	2023-06-16	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Seattle Mariners	1-5		4.1	6	1	1	6	4	0	0	45	18	3	0	1	0	1	0	24	102	57	19	6	7	7	3	1
15	2023-06-21	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Texas Rangers	1-4	L	4.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	0	44	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	86	46	13	6	2	9	2	1
16	2023-06-27	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-5	L	4.0	4	2	2	7	3	1	0	42	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	21	102	53	9	13	4	7	2	1
17	2023-07-14	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Atlanta Braves	1-1	L	0.2	1	4	4	4	0	1	1	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	38	14	4	2	1	2	0	0
18	2023-07-20	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	New York Mets	1-6	W	5.2	2	1	1	4	5	1	0	62	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	89	49	16	6	5	8	1	1
19	2023-07-25	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Chicago Cubs	1-5	L	5.0	9	5	4	1	5	3	0	35	23	0	0	1	1	4	0	25	102	66	24	9	7	12	2	1
20	2023-07-30	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Cleveland Guardians	1-5	L	5.0	4	3	3	5	2	2	0	44	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	93	45	10	5	4	12	3	0
21	2023-08-05	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Cleveland Guardians	1-6	W	5.1	3	2	2	4	3	0	0	53	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	22	97	60	17	9	7	8	6	1
22	2023-08-11	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Milwaukee Brewers	1-5		4.1	5	4	4	5	4	1	0	36	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	96	49	14	9	5	9	3	3
23	2023-08-18	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Colorado Rockies	1-4	L	4.0	6	9	9	4	1	3	0	11	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	22	76	44	11	7	5	12	4	1
24	2023-08-23	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Seattle Mariners	1-4		4.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	1	61	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	17	65	33	13	7	2	5	1	1
25	2023-08-28	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-4	L	4.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	0	33	19	1	0	0	0	3	0	23	95	56	7	7	7	7	3	0
26	2023-09-03	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Detroit Tigers	1-2		1.2	1	2	2	5	2	0	0	42	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	10	44	16	4	4	1	2	1	0
27	2023-09-09	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Detroit Tigers	7-7		1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	28	17	7	2	1	2	0	1
28	2023-09-12 (2)	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Kansas City Royals	9-9		0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	20	10	3	2	0	2	1	0
29	2023-09-15	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox		Minnesota Twins	9-9		1.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	0		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	33	21	5	4	3	3	3	0
30	2023-09-20	Maj-AL	Chicago White Sox	@	Washington Nationals	1-1		1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	50	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	14	9	1	2	1	2	1	0

2023 Player Pitching Splits

2023 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	30	591	483	80	115	21	2	29	32	7	91	134	.238	.368	.470	.838	.265	227	11	11	0	5	0

Home	16	317	260	41	60	8	0	17	21	3	46	82	.231	.354	.458	.812	.261	119	6	6	0	4	0
Away	14	274	223	39	55	13	2	12	11	4	45	52	.247	.383	.484	.868	.269	108	5	5	0	1	0

April	5	119	100	20	28	4	1	8	6	1	16	27	.280	.387	.580	.967	.303	58	3	2	0	1	0
May	6	143	122	11	18	3	0	6	3	1	15	43	.148	.259	.320	.578	.160	39	2	4	0	2	0
June	5	111	91	8	22	6	1	3	6	2	18	27	.242	.378	.429	.807	.312	39	2	2	0	0	0
July	4	78	62	13	16	0	0	7	5	0	14	12	.258	.397	.597	.994	.205	37	3	1	0	1	0
August	5	107	85	19	22	5	0	4	8	1	21	18	.259	.411	.459	.870	.286	39	1	1	0	0	0
September	5	33	23	9	9	3	0	1	4	2	7	7	.391	.531	.652	1.184	.500	15	0	1	0	1	0

As Starter	27	573	469	74	108	20	2	28	29	7	89	130	.230	.363	.461	.824	.254	216	11	11	0	4	0
As Reliever	3	18	14	6	7	1	0	1	3	0	2	4	.500	.529	.786	1.315	.600	11	0	0	0	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	30	300	249		61	11	0	17			41	61	.245	.365	.494	.859	.254	123	0	7	0	2	0
vs LHB as RHP	30	291	234		54	10	2	12			50	73	.231	.371	.444	.816	.276	104	0	4	0	3	0

Bases Empty	30	332	273		71	9	2	20			54	78	.260	.392	.528	.919	.291	144	0	5	0	0	0
Runners On	30	259	210		44	12	0	9			37	56	.210	.337	.395	.732	.233	83	0	6	0	5	0

vs. Younger Batters	30	249	199		45	9	2	10			42	63	.226	.366	.442	.808	.269	88	0	4	0	4	0
vs. Older Batters	29	342	284		70	12	0	19			49	71	.247	.370	.489	.859	.262	139	0	7	0	1	0

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	5	12	.294	5.43	30	27	0	129.1	115	80	78	29	91	0	134	11	0	9	591	1.593	9.3	1.47

Home	1	6	.143	5.12	16	14	0	70.1	60	41	40	17	46	0	82	6	0	6	317	1.507	10.5	1.78
Away	4	6	.400	5.80	14	13	0	59.0	55	39	38	12	45	0	52	5	0	3	274	1.695	7.9	1.16

April	0	3	.000	7.01	5	5	0	25.2	28	20	20	8	16	0	27	2	0	0	119	1.714	9.5	1.69
May	3	2	.600	2.75	6	6	0	36.0	18	11	11	6	15	0	43	4	0	3	143	0.917	10.8	2.87
June	0	2	.000	2.96	5	5	0	24.1	22	8	8	3	18	0	27	2	0	1	111	1.644	10.0	1.50
July	1	3	.250	6.61	4	4	0	16.1	16	13	12	7	14	0	12	1	0	2	78	1.837	6.6	0.86
August	1	2	.333	7.89	5	5	0	21.2	22	19	19	4	21	0	18	1	0	3	107	1.985	7.5	0.86
September	0	0		13.50	5	2	0	5.1	9	9	8	1	7	0	7	1	0	0	33	3.000	11.8	1.00

As Starter	5	12	.294	5.12	27	27	0	126.2	108	74	72	28	89	0	130	11	0	9	573	1.555	9.2	1.46
As Reliever	0	0		20.25	3	0	0	2.2	7	6	6	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	18	3.375	13.5	2.00

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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