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Stephen Kolek

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: April 18, 1997 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

High School: Shepherd HS (Shepherd, TX)

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: March 21, 2024 (Age 26-338d, 23,118th in major league history)

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2024

2024 Contract Status: Not Updated

Full Name: Stephen James Kolek

Pronunciation: \COLE-ick\

Twitter: @skolek32

Instagram: @stephenkolek

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

6.66

25.2

WHIP

1.636

Summary of 3 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead

1 Tm
SDP	3

Platoon
vs RHB	3

Home/Road
Home	2
Away	1

Outs
0	3

3 Opps
KCR	1
COL	1
CHC	1

3 Batters
Nelson Velázquez	1
Ezequiel Tovar	1
Christopher Morel	1

2 Parks
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
8	1
7	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	1
3	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	2
123	1

6 Runs
RISP	1
0 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
5	1
7	1
9	1

4-6	1
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	1
+1	1
-4..	1

Ahead	2
Behind	1

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	1
SS	1
3B	1

OrderPos
5th	1
4th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2024-04-09	Christopher Morel	CHC	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 5	123	3,(2-0) .BBX	4	4	5	14%	94%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); I. Happ Scores; S. Suzuki Scores; C. Bellinger Scores
2	2	2	1	2024-05-14	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	@	SDP	ahead 5-0	t 7	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	1%	98%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2024-05-31	Nelson Velázquez	KCR		SDP	behind 3-11	b 9	---	2,(0-1) .TX	1	5	DH	0%	0%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)