2024 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
3.00
WHIP
1.67
K
17
SV
0
2025 Projections
Heads to minor-league camp
The Rangers optioned Pennington to Triple-A Round Rock on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
Pennington was one of three candidates for the Opening Day bullpen sent back to the minors Sunday, with lefty Jacob Latz and righty Cole Winn also getting optioned to Round Rock. The 26-year-old Pennington reached the majors for the first time in 2024 and made 16 appearances between the Royals and Rangers while turning in a 3.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP and 17:11 K:BB over 18 innings.
Pennington was one of three candidates for the Opening Day bullpen sent back to the minors Sunday, with lefty Jacob Latz and righty Cole Winn also getting optioned to Round Rock. The 26-year-old Pennington reached the majors for the first time in 2024 and made 16 appearances between the Royals and Rangers while turning in a 3.00 ERA, 1.67 WHIP and 17:11 K:BB over 18 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
21
Last 10 Games
22
Last 5 Games
24
How many pitches does Walter Pennington generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Walter Pennington generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-17%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-17%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .294 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .243 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .294 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .243 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-80%
ERA on Road
2024
-80%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 5.00 | 2.11 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 1.00 | 1.22 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.00 | 2.11 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.00 | 1.22 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Walter Pennington compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.55K/9
8.5BB/9
5.5HR/9
0.5Fastball
91.4 mphERA
3.00WHIP
1.67BABIP
.348GB/FB
2.08Left On Base
80.4%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
5.7%Spin Rate
2268 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
30.5%Swinging Strike
10.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Recalled by Texas
Texas recalled Pennington from the rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Saturday.
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Sent to minors
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Will open Sunday
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Called up from Triple-A
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Sent back to minors
The Rangers optioned Pennington to Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday.
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