Sonny Gray

Bats R Throws R5'10" 195 lbBorn 1989 Nashville, USADebut 2013Team STL3x All-StarDraft 2008 R27 #821 Chicago Cubs, Smyrna HSContract 3 y/$75M (24-26)+27 cl opt* 2026: $31,000,000

Awards: All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	599	25.3	6.2	3.13	21.5	6.62	101.4
2027							101.5
2028							102.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Andy Pettitte	2007	106.2	99.1	881
2	Yu Darvish	2022	109.1	98.9	574
3	Anibal Sanchez	2019	102.7	76.9	245
4	Tim Hudson	2011	107.1	108.0	749
5	Jose Quintana	2024	102.5	101.0	556
6	Chris Sale	2024	113.5	112.1	510
7	Cole Hamels	2019	106.9	108.5	14
8	Alex Cobb	2023	101.7	115.4	62
9	Jon Lieber	2005	105.7	99.3	714
10	Chris Carpenter	2010	114.7	105.0	996

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	STL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	STL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIN	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MIN	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CIN	26	43	4	6	0	0	1	10	0.146	0.167	0.146	0.313	-34.9
2020	CIN	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CIN	34	60	3	7	1	3	2	19	0.152	0.188	0.196	0.383	-6.7
2018	NYY	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.5
2017	NYY	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	OAK	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.0
2015	OAK	31	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-17.9
2014	OAK	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-127.2
2013	OAK	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		342	118	8	14	1	3	3	35	0.141	0.167	0.162	0.328	-26.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									599				101.5
2026*									536				107.3	99.1	106.4
2025	STL	14	8	4.28	32	32	0	180.7	753	25	38	201	99.7	99.7	99.4
2024	STL	13	9	3.84	28	28	0	166.3	671	21	39	203	105.8	101.1	106.9
2023	MIN	8	8	2.79	32	32	0	184.0	754	8	55	183	115.8	100.5	116.3
2022	MIN	8	5	3.08	24	24	0	119.7	488	11	36	117	108.2	101.3	109.5
2021	CIN	7	9	4.19	26	26	0	135.3	575	19	50	155	107.6	102.0	109.6
2020	CIN	5	3	3.70	11	11	0	56.0	235	4	26	72	117.6	99.4	117.1
2019	CIN	11	8	2.87	31	31	0	175.3	708	17	68	205	118.4	101.2	119.6
2018	NYY	11	9	4.90	30	23	0	130.3	582	14	57	123	95.7	99.8	95.5
2017	NYY	10	12	3.55	27	27	0	162.3	678	19	57	153	110.4	101.1	111.5
2016	OAK	5	11	5.69	22	22	0	117.0	517	18	42	94	88.8	98.8	87.6
2015	OAK	14	7	2.73	31	31	0	208.0	831	17	59	169	115.5	101.9	117.4
2014	OAK	14	10	3.08	33	33	0	219.0	899	15	74	183	109.2
2013	OAK	5	3	2.67	12	10	0	64.0	261	4	20	67	117.4
Career		125	102	3.58	339	330	0	1918.0	7952	192	621	1925	108.2		108.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	43	77.7	-9.0	3.1	26.9	40.6	0.141	0.156	0.153	24.8
2019	60	84.8	-12.3	13.2	26.9	26.7	0.108	0.125	0.127	24.7
2018	2	85.6	7.5	0.0	20.0		0.400	0.459	0.389
2016	3	88.2	-24.1	0.0	33.3	50.0	0.048	0.049	0.043
2015	6	87.6	-7.6	0.0	50.0	12.5	0.072	0.082	0.068

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	P	32	181	12	20	1	1	0.970	-0.2
2024	STL	P	28	166	14	17	0	1	1.000	+0.9
2023	MIN	P	32	184	10	20	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2022	MIN	P	24	120	5	12	1	1	0.944	+0.8
2021	CIN	P	26	135	13	19	0	2	1.000	+1.4
2020	CIN	P	11	56	5	6	1	0	0.917	-0.2
2019	CIN	P	31	175	22	19	2	4	0.953	+1.0
2018	NYY	P	30	130	15	18	1	0	0.971	-0.1
2017	NYY	P	27	162	16	21	3	1	0.925	+0.9
2016	OAK	P	22	117	10	11	1	3	0.955	-0.7
2015	OAK	P	31	208	37	23	0	1	1.000	+1.9
2014	OAK	P	33	219	18	41	3	3	0.952
2013	OAK	P	12	64	9	10	1	0	0.950

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2017	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	21	6.0 IP, 33% K	0.00
2013	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	494	118.1 IP, 24% K	3.43
2012	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	24	4.0 IP, 8% K	9.00
2012	AA	Midland RockHounds	Pit	629	148.0 IP, 15% K	4.14
2011	AA	Midland RockHounds	Pit	78	20.0 IP, 23% K	0.45

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.179	0.100	0.082	0.179
2019	0.000	0.183	0.209	0.113
2018		0.000		0.000
2016		0.000		0.000
2015	0.000	0.225		0.150

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	1	1	4.00	2	2	9.0	13	2	3	12	1.78
2017	0	1	4.32	2	2	8.3	4	1	6	6	1.20
2013	0	1	2.08	2	2	13.0	10	1	6	12	1.23
Career	1	3	3.26	6	6	30.3	27	4	15	30	1.38

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	OAK	$527,500
2015	OAK	$512,500
2014	OAK	$502,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.