Richard
Kerry
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: October 20, 1987 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Pitcher 2021   
All-Star Selections 2018    2019    2021    2022   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 18 SAC GL     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 1 2 6 6 6 5 5 5
2007 19 SAC GL     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
2008 20 SAC GL     0 2 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
2009 21 SAC GL     0 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
2010 22 SAC GL     3 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 3 3 8 7 7 7 7 7
2011 23 SAC GL     3 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
2012 24 SAC GL $ 100,000   4 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
2013 25 SAC GL $ 100,000   5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2014 26 SAC GL $ 100,000   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
2015 27 SAC GL $ 100,000   6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2016 28 SAC GL $ 100,000   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 9
2017 29 SAC GL $ 5,740,000   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 9
2018 30 SAC GL $ 5,740,000   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2019 31 SAC GL $ 5,740,000   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 10 8 8 8 9 9 9
2020 32 SAC GL $ 5,850,001   5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 10 8 8 8 8 8 8
2021 33 SAC GL $ 5,850,001   5 4 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2022 34 SAC GL $ 5,850,001   5 4 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2023 35 SAC GL $ 3,440,001   3 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2024 36 SAC GL $ 3,440,001   2 4 3 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
2025 37 SAC GL $ 1,120,000   2 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 1 2 6 6 6 5 5 5
Max Ratings $ 5,850,001   6 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 10 8 8 8 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 18 A   14 13 .519 29 29 18 2 0 239.3 211 80 27 51 170 3.01 .233 .274 .363 .637  
2007 19 AA   1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 19.3 27 19 6 10 21 8.85 .338 .411 .625 1.036  
    A   10 13 .435 25 25 14 2 0 201.3 184 66 20 39 188 2.95 .238 .275 .370 .645  
2008 20 AA   9 13 .409 29 29 8 0 0 226.7 229 97 38 49 245 3.85 .260 .299 .422 .720  
2009 21 AA   19 9 .679 29 29 9 3 0 233.7 196 70 27 38 244 2.70 .225 .258 .360 .617  
2010 22 AAA   7 11 .389 21 21 2 0 0 133.0 152 79 26 35 163 5.35 .284 .327 .489 .816  
    AA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 8 6 3 2 8 6.24 .250 .294 .625 .919  
2011 23 AAA   10 6 .625 23 23 3 1 0 171.0 185 64 24 40 174 3.37 .271 .311 .419 .730  
2012 24 SAC GL 13 7 .650 26 26 5 0 0 184.3 160 79 31 36 119 3.86 .231 .273 .410 .683 9.5
2013 25 SAC GL 17 10 .630 35 35 11 3 0 251.0 220 78 28 35 189 2.80 .232 .266 .354 .619 19.5
2014 26 SAC GL 17 17 .500 37 37 13 1 0 279.3 263 81 24 48 214 2.61 .245 .283 .346 .629 21.5
2015 27 SAC GL 18 10 .643 37 37 10 4 0 279.0 272 65 15 43 200 2.10 .253 .283 .336 .619 26.1
2016 28 SAC GL 13 10 .565 37 37 8 3 0 266.3 307 98 14 55 197 3.31 .289 .323 .377 .700 20.5
2017 29 SAC GL 19 12 .613 37 37 9 2 0 261.7 271 92 17 50 192 3.16 .262 .299 .346 .644 20.3
2018 30 SAC GL 17 10 .630 37 37 8 3 0 280.0 294 108 17 42 194 3.47 .270 .297 .361 .658 19.0
2019 31 SAC GL 26 5 .839 38 38 10 3 0 292.7 313 97 6 57 219 2.98 .271 .305 .320 .625 25.6
2020 32 SAC GL 21 7 .750 37 37 11 2 0 271.3 277 81 5 49 206 2.69 .259 .290 .295 .586 25.4
2021 33 SAC GL 20 5 .800 37 37 9 3 0 281.3 273 86 3 76 152 2.75 .253 .303 .304 .607 26.1
2022 34 SAC GL 21 10 .677 37 37 12 4 0 263.7 242 72 10 64 198 2.46 .239 .285 .314 .599 26.8
2023 35 SAC GL 16 12 .571 37 37 7 3 0 264.0 272 99 12 97 200 3.38 .267 .329 .339 .668 21.0
2024 36 SAC GL 13 15 .464 36 36 2 0 0 234.0 273 124 19 129 165 4.77 .293 .378 .399 .777 9.8
2025 37 SAC GL 13 14 .481 35 35 7 1 0 254.0 248 114 22 127 145 4.04 .255 .343 .367 .710 17.9
14 Years Sim 244 144 .629 503 503 122 32 0 3662.6 3685 1274 223 908 2590 3.13 .259 .305 .345 .650 289.2
2 Years AAA 17 17 .500 44 44 5 1 0 304.0 337 143 50 75 337 4.23 .276 .318 .450 .768  
4 Years AA 29 25 .537 63 63 18 3 0 488.3 460 192 74 99 518 3.54 .247 .285 .405 .690  
2 Years A 24 26 .480 54 54 32 4 0 440.7 395 146 47 90 358 2.98 .236 .274 .366 .641  
8 Years Minors 70 68 .507 161 161 55 8 0 1233.0 1192 481 171 264 1213 3.51 .250 .290 .403 .693  
Season Average 17 10 .630 35 35 8 2 0 261.6 263 91 15 64 185 3.13 .259 .305 .345 .650  
Career Highs 26 17 .839 38 38 13 4 0 292.7 313 124 31 129 219 4.77 .293 .378 .410 .777  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2051 760 144 513 1481   .254 .299 .346 .645
vs LH   1634 514 79 395 1109   .266 .310 .345 .655
Home 117 78 .600 255 255 55 16 0 1880.3 1868 617 110 461 1336 2.95 .257 .301 .339 .640
Away 127 66 .658 248 248 67 16 0 1782.3 1817 657 113 447 1254 3.32 .262 .306 .352 .658
Mar/Apr 32 27 .542 79 79 18 2 0 574.6 631 224 40 135 407 3.51 .274 .314 .372 .686
May 41 26 .612 83 83 13 5 0 573.6 565 212 44 155 423 3.33 .254 .303 .345 .648
June 41 18 .695 82 82 24 9 0 600.6 555 176 31 135 414 2.64 .244 .286 .322 .609
July 24 23 .511 58 58 19 7 0 416.0 420 166 14 103 285 3.59 .262 .306 .327 .633
August 43 20 .683 82 82 13 2 0 613.3 624 212 29 170 432 3.11 .261 .310 .333 .644
Sep/Oct 63 30 .677 119 119 35 7 0 884.3 890 284 65 210 629 2.89 .260 .303 .360 .663
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 24 SAC GL P 26 26 184.3 9 32 0 2 1.000 2.00    
2013 25 SAC GL P 35 35 251.0 17 47 0 2 1.000 2.29    
2014 26 SAC GL P 37 37 279.3 22 41 1 3 .984 2.03    
2015 27 SAC GL P 37 37 279.0 15 49 2 10 .970 2.06    
2016 28 SAC GL P 37 37 266.3 11 39 0 3 1.000 1.69    
2017 29 SAC GL P 37 37 261.7 19 41 0 3 1.000 2.06    
2018 30 SAC GL P 37 37 280.0 14 48 2 4 .969 1.99    
2019 31 SAC GL P 38 38 292.7 15 35 1 2 .980 1.54    
2020 32 SAC GL P 37 37 271.3 14 39 0 3 1.000 1.76    
2021 33 SAC GL P 37 37 281.3 24 52 1 6 .987 2.43    
2022 34 SAC GL P 37 37 263.7 17 41 1 3 .983 1.98    
2023 35 SAC GL P 37 37 264.0 12 33 2 4 .957 1.53    
2024 36 SAC GL P 36 36 234.0 15 47 0 7 1.000 2.38    
2025 37 SAC GL P 35 35 254.0 12 40 1 2 .981 1.84    
Career Totals   503 503 3662.6 216 584 11 54 .986 1.97    
Career Highs   38 38 292.7 24 52 2 10 1.000 2.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 24 SAC GL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 6 5 3 1 3 8.44 .273 .304 .682 .986
2016 28 SAC GL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 10 3 1 4 8 4.05 .345 .424 .448 .873
2019 31 SAC GL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 14 4 0 2 5 2.84 .269 .296 .288 .585
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 24.7 30 12 4 7 16 4.38 .291 .336 .417 .754
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2013-9-2.80
2015-4-2.10
2019-10-2.98
2020-5-2.69
2021-3-2.75
2022-2-2.46
2023-10-3.38
CAR-33-3.13
Wins
2015-8-18
2017-7-19
2019-1-26
2020-1-21
2021-1-20
2022-2-21
2023-8-16
CAR-6-244
Losses
2014-9-17
Winning Pct
2019-2-.839
2020-5-.750
2021-5-.800
Games Started
2014-3-37
2015-2-37
2016-3-37
2017-1-37
2018-1-37
2019-1-38
2020-3-37
2021-2-37
2022-3-37
2023-2-37
CAR-20-503
Complete Games
2013-3-11
2014-4-13
2015-8-10
2016-6-8
2017-7-9
2018-9-8
2019-3-10
2020-4-11
2021-4-9
2022-2-12
2023-7-7
2025-3-7
CAR-3-122
Shutouts
2013-6-3
2015-4-4
2016-3-3
2017-8-2
2018-6-3
2019-3-3
2020-6-2
2021-3-3
2022-1-4
2023-3-3
CAR-7-32
Innings Pitched
2013-8-251.0
2014-3-279.3
2015-5-279.0
2016-6-266.3
2017-7-261.7
2018-3-280.0
2019-1-292.7
2020-1-271.3
2021-2-281.3
2022-3-263.7
2023-3-264.0
2025-4-254.0
CAR-6-3662.6
Hits Allowed
2014-1-263
2015-1-272
2016-1-307
2017-3-271
2018-1-294
2019-1-313
2020-1-277
2021-1-273
2022-8-242
2023-2-272
2024-2-273
2025-10-248
CAR-2-3685
Strikeouts
2013-6-189
2014-4-214
2015-7-200
2017-5-192
2018-9-194
2019-2-219
2020-2-206
2022-7-198
2023-4-200
CAR-9-2590
Walks Allowed
2024-6-129
2025-7-127
Walks per 9IP
2018-8-1.4
2020-10-1.6
WHiP
2013-10-1.02
2022-10-1.16
OOBP
2022-8-.285
OSLG
2019-7-.320
2020-3-.295
2021-2-.304
2022-3-.314
2023-6-.339
CAR-46-.345
OOPS
2019-10-.625
2020-4-.586
2021-2-.607
2022-3-.599
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 185    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Santa Cruz in 2006
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Santa Cruz in 2006
Injured on 5/6/2006 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/22/2007 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/16/2008 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/10/2010 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/8/2012