How Kirby Yates's Losses Compares to Similar Players

Kirby Yates has totaled 24 career Losses, well above the relief pitcher average of 15.5 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Losses season came in 2015, posting 0, well below the relief pitcher average of 2.1 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 5, well above the relief pitcher average of 2.0 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Losses total has gone from 2 in 2023 to 2 in 2024 and 3 in 2025, rising over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Losses profile — ranging from 0 to 5 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Kirby Yates Lifetime Losses

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Kirby Yates Losses Per Season

Kirby Yates's Losses for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Kirby Yates Losses per season line chart

Kirby Yates Losses by Team

Kirby Yates's career Losses totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kirby Yates career Losses by team bar chart

Kirby Yates Cumulative Losses — Career Progression

A running total of Kirby Yates's career Losses, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Kirby Yates Losses year-over-year waterfall chart

Kirby Yates Losses Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kirby Yates's seasonal Losses alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Kirby Yates Losses distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kirby Yates Losses — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kirby Yates's MLB career with Losses alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Kirby Yates Losses season-by-season breakdown table