Kris Bubic
Kris Bubic | |
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![]() Bubic at Werner Park in 2022 | |
Kansas City Royals – No. 50 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Cupertino, California, U.S. | August 19, 1997|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 31, 2020, for the Kansas City Royals | |
MLB statistics (through August 16, 2024) | |
Win–loss record | 10–28 |
Earned run average | 4.73 |
Strikeouts | 306 |
Teams | |
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Kristofer Bubic (born August 19, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
[edit]Bubic attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, where he played football[1] and baseball, and he graduated in 2015. As a junior, he was 8–2 with a 0.89 ERA,[2] and as a senior, he compiled a 1.20 ERA and struck out 82 batters in 70 innings pitched.[3] He was not drafted out of high school in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and he enrolled at Stanford University where he played college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal.
As a freshman at Stanford in 2016, Bubic was 0–3 with a 3.26 ERA in 21 games (six starts).[4] In 2017, as a sophomore, he started 15 games and posted a 7–6 record and 2.79 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 90 innings.[5] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox, earning Pitcher of the Year honors after going 4–1 with a 1.65 ERA in 32+2⁄3 innings.[6][7] As a junior in 2018, he went 8–1 with a 2.62 ERA[8] and was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team.[9]
Professional career
[edit]Bubic was drafted 40th overall by the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with the Royals on June 18 for $1,597,500.[10][11][12] He made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars where he was named a Pioneer League All-Star.[13][14] In ten starts for Idaho Falls, Bubic posted a 2–3 record with a 4.03 ERA.[15] Bubic began 2019 with the Lexington Legends.[16] After pitching to a 4–1 record with a 2.08 ERA in nine starts, he was promoted to the Wilmington Blue Rocks.[17] Over 17 starts with Wilmington, he went 7–4 with a 2.30 ERA. Bubic was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game.[18]
Bubic made his major league debut on July 31, 2020, against the Chicago White Sox, pitching four innings while allowing three earned runs and striking out three.[19] With the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Bubic made ten starts, compiling a 1–6 record with 4.32 ERA and 49 strikeouts over fifty innings pitched.[20] In 2021 he was 6–7 with an ERA of 4.43.[21]
In 2022 he was 3–13 with an ERA of 5.58 in 129 innings, as he had the worst OBP-against among major league pitchers, at .381, the highest WHIP (1.70), gave up the highest percentage of line drives (25.8%), and gave up the most walks per nine innings among major league pitchers (4.4).[22]
Bubic began the 2023 pitching out of the Royals' rotation. In 3 starts for the team, Bubic logged an 0-2 record and 3.94 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 16.0 innings pitched. On April 21, 2023, it was announced that Bubic would undergo Tommy John surgery, prematurely ending his season.[23]
Bubic was activated from the injured list and reinstated to the active roster on July 6, 2024.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Mercury News football: Second team, honorable mention". Times-Herald. November 19, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "CCS Junior of the Year: KRIS BUBIC, P, ARCHBISHOP MITTY". Prep2Prep High School Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Meet the 2016 Stanford Cardinal". Stanford Daily. February 19, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "2018 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 10. KRIS BUBIC (STANFORD)". College Baseball Daily. February 5, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Esquer's return to Stanford baseball signals a new era". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Movin' On Up: Keeping track of our former prep athletes". The Mercury News. August 30, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Kris Bubic". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "Royals select 5 pitchers, including RHP Brady Singer from Florida, in MLB Draft | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports". Fox4kc.com. June 4, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ Pac-12 ConferenceMay 31, 2018 (May 31, 2018). "announces baseball All-Conference honors". Pac-12. Archived from the original on June 4, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Royals' Kris Bubic: Drafted by Royals with 40th pick". CBSSports.com. June 5, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. June 18, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "MLB Draft Tracker". MLB.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "Kansas City Royals: Prospect to Watch, Kris Bubic". August 17, 2018.
- ^ Michael Collett (August 5, 2018). "Chukars Garcia moved up, Bubic named as replacement on All Star team – KIFI". Localnews8.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "Kris Bubic Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ "Legends eager to begin 2019 season on Thursday | WDKY". Foxlexington.com. April 3, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ "Royals' Kris Bubic: Moves up to High-A". CBSSports.com. May 21, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ Keegan Matheson (July 2, 2019). "Singer, Bubic will rep Royals in Futures Game". MLB.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ The Kansss City Star
- ^ "Kris Bubic Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
- ^ "Kris Bubic Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Splits Leaderboards". FanGraphs.
- ^ "Royals' Kris Bubic: Requires Tommy John surgery". cbssports.com. April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Royals Activate Kris Bubic From 60-Day IL, DFA Colin Selby". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Stanford Cardinal bio
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American people of Croatian descent
- Archbishop Mitty High School alumni
- Arizona Complex League Royals players
- Baseball players from San Jose, California
- Idaho Falls Chukars players
- Kansas City Royals players
- Lexington Legends players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Newport Gulls players
- Northwest Arkansas Naturals players
- Omaha Storm Chasers players
- Stanford Cardinal baseball players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks players
- Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox players