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José Urquidy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: May 1, 1995 in Mazatlan, Mexico mx

Debut: July 2, 2019 (Age 24-062d, 21,966th in major league history)
vs. COL 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.75M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.049 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Full Circle Sports Management

Full Name: José Luis Urquidy

Pronunciation: \ur-KEE-dee\

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2022 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

3.98

405.0

326

WHIP

1.143

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

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

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 28 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	67

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	27

Outs
0	26
1	23
2	18

19 Opps
OAK	8
TEX	8
SEA	8
TOR	8
LAA	6
BAL	6
PHI	4
MIN	3
NYY	3
BOS	2
CLE	2
CHW	2
ARI	1
TBR	1
COL	1
SDP	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
ATL	1

55 Batters
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	3
Ty France	3
Sam Huff	2
Seth Brown	2
Austin Hays	2
Kyle Lewis	2
Jack Mayfield	2
Gleyber Torres	2
Marcus Semien	2
Matt Olson	2
George Springer	1
Adley Rutschman	1
Roberto Pérez	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Bryson Stott	1
Adolis García	1
Kyle Schwarber	1
Austin Nola	1
Trent Grisham	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Mike Trout	1
Yonathan Daza	1
J.T. Realmuto	1
Anthony Santander	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
J.D. Martinez	1
Nelson Cruz	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Corey Seager	1
Yandy Díaz	1
Seby Zavala	1
Heston Kjerstad	1
Pete Alonso	1
Miguel Sanó	1
Danny Jansen	1
Chad Pinder	1
Kyle Seager	1
Joe Panik	1
Taylor Ward	1
Kody Clemens	1
Phil Gosselin	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Cal Raleigh	1
Carlos Santana	1
Matt Chapman	1
Ramón Laureano	1
Rafael Devers	1
Elvis Andrus	1
Nick Ahmed	1
Bo Bichette	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Tony Kemp	1
Mitch Garver	1
Cedric Mullins	1

15 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	40
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Target Field (MIN)	3
GlbLifeField (ARL)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Sahlen Field (BUF)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	26
78	13
89	12
9	12
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	13
3	13
2	12
5	11
4	10
6	4
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
12-	7
1--	7
-2-	5
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

100 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	44
1 on	13
2 on	10
Any on	23

Inning
1	9
2	12
3	11
4	12
5	9
6	6
7	4
8	3
9	1

1-3	32
4-6	27
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	6
+1	9
Tied	23
-1	7
-2	8
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	19
Tied	23
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	13
2-2	13
0-1	10
1-1	8
2-1	7
0-2	5
3-1	3
1-2	2
1-0	2
2-0	2
3-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	14
3B	9
C	8
DH	8
SS	7
CF	6
LF	6
RF	5
2B	4

OrderPos
3rd	13
2nd	11
4th	10
1st	8
6th	8
5th	7
9th	5
7th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-07-07	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@	HOU	tied 2-2	t 3	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	13%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Fletcher Scores
2	2	2	1	2019-07-20	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	1	7	10%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2019-07-31	Roberto Pérez	CLE		HOU	behind 0-1	b 2	1	12-	5,(2-2) C*BCBX	3	8	2	23%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Luplow Scores; J. Bauers Scores
4	4	4	2	2019-07-31	Carlos Santana	CLE		HOU	behind 3-4	b 5	0	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	3	20%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Lindor Scores; Ó. Mercado Scores
5	5	5	1	2019-09-05	Austin Nola	SEA	@	HOU	ahead 7-5	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	3	3	9%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	2019-09-11	Marcus Semien	OAK	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	6,(0-2) CCFFFX	1	1	6	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2020-09-10	Matt Olson	OAK		HOU	behind 0-1	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	36%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Laureano Scores
8	8	2	1	2020-09-20	Nick Ahmed	ARI	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	6	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	3	1	2020-09-25	Sam Huff	TEX		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	2	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	4	2	2020-09-25	Sam Huff	TEX		HOU	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	2	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2021-04-10	Ramón Laureano	OAK	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	8	15%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Canha Scores
12	12	2	1	2021-04-21	Yonathan Daza	COL		HOU	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	6,(2-2) FFBBFX	1	6	8	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
13	13	3	1	2021-04-26	Kyle Lewis	SEA	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	10%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	4	2	2021-04-26	Kyle Seager	SEA	@	HOU	behind 1-5	t 6	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	5	6%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	5	1	2021-05-07	Bo Bichette	TOR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	6	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	6	2	2021-05-07	Danny Jansen	TOR	@	HOU	behind 1-3	t 3	1	---	7,(2-2) CBBFFFX	1	9	2	10%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	7	1	2021-06-05	Joe Panik	TOR		HOU	tied 1-1	b 4	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	5	24%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Hernández Scores; L. Gurriel Scores
18	18	8	2	2021-06-05	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		HOU	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	1--	5,(3-1) 11SB+1BBX	2	3	3	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Bichette Scores
19	19	9	1	2021-06-11	Nelson Cruz	MIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	7,(2-2) FSFFBBX	1	3	DH	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	10	2	2021-06-11	Miguel Sanó	MIN		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	5	3	9%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	11	3	2021-06-11	Josh Donaldson	MIN		HOU	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	12	1	2021-06-29	Cedric Mullins	BAL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
23	23	13	1	2021-09-21	Jack Mayfield	LAA		HOU	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	9%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24	24	14	2	2021-09-21	Phil Gosselin	LAA		HOU	behind 1-10	b 6	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Lagares Scores; S. Ohtani Scores
25	25	15	1	2021-09-28	Yandy Díaz	TBR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	3,(1-1) C*B1X	2	2	5	15%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Lowe Scores
26	26	16	1	2021-10-03	Seth Brown	OAK	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CBSFX	1	5	3	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	17	2	2021-10-03	Tony Kemp	OAK	@	HOU	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-04-10	Jack Mayfield	LAA		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	5	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
29	29	2	1	2022-04-17	Ty France	SEA		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	2	3	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Rodríguez Scores; A. Frazier Scores
30	30	3	1	2022-04-23	George Springer	TOR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	1	DH	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	4	1	2022-04-29	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		HOU	behind 1-4	b 3	1	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	3	3	27%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Heineman Scores; G. Springer Scores
32	32	5	1	2022-05-17	Rafael Devers	BOS		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	5	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33	33	6	2	2022-05-17	J.D. Martinez	BOS		HOU	behind 1-9	b 3	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	DH	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Devers Scores
34	34	7	1	2022-05-22	Mitch Garver	TEX	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	6	DH	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	8	1	2022-05-28	Kyle Lewis	SEA		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	10%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	9	1	2022-06-03	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR		HOU	behind 0-10	b 6	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	3	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Merrifield Scores; A. Benintendi Scores
37	37	10	1	2022-06-08	Cal Raleigh	SEA	@	HOU	behind 1-3	t 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) S1BX	2	9	2	21%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Toro Scores
38	38	11	2	2022-06-08	Ty France	SEA	@	HOU	tied 3-3	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	14%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
39	39	12	1	2022-06-14	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX		HOU	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	6	3	17%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. García Scores
40	40	13	1	2022-06-21	Pete Alonso	NYM	@	HOU	behind 0-7	t 6	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	4	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	14	1	2022-06-26	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		HOU	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	8%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
42	42	15	1	2022-07-02	Taylor Ward	LAA	@	HOU	behind 0-5	t 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BCCBFX	1	1	9	4%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
43	43	16	1	2022-07-08	Elvis Andrus	OAK		HOU	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	4,(2-1) B*BCX	2	6	6	20%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Bethancourt Scores
44	44	17	1	2022-07-22	Ty France	SEA		HOU	behind 0-5	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	3	4%	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
45	45	18	1	2022-08-09	Marcus Semien	TEX	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	19	2	2022-08-09	Corey Seager	TEX	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	6	15%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Semien Scores
47	47	20	3	2022-08-09	Adolis García	TEX	@	HOU	tied 4-4	t 5	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	4	9	15%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
48	48	21	1	2022-08-21	Matt Olson	ATL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	4,(2-1) B.FBX	2	4	3	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Swanson Scores
49	49	22	1	2022-08-27	Anthony Santander	BAL	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	7,(2-2) CBFFBFX	2	3	7	18%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rutschman Scores
50	50	23	2	2022-08-27	Austin Hays	BAL	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	9%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
51	51	24	1	2022-09-10	Mike Trout	LAA	@	HOU	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	8	23%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Stassi Scores; L. Rengifo Scores
52	52	25	1	2022-09-17	Chad Pinder	OAK	@	HOU	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	5	7	11%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	26	2	2022-09-17	Seth Brown	OAK	@	HOU	behind 3-4	t 5	2	12-	2,(0-1) .*SX	3	4	9	39%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Allen Scores; S. Murphy Scores
54	54	27	1	2022-09-23	Adley Rutschman	BAL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	2	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	28	1	2022-10-03	Bryson Stott	PHI	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	6	12%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
56	56	29	2	2022-10-03	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	@	HOU	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCCBX	1	1	7	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	2023-04-01	Yoán Moncada	CHW	@	HOU	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	5	5	9%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
58	58	2	2	2023-04-01	Seby Zavala	CHW	@	HOU	behind 1-2	t 4	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	9	2	23%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); O. Colás Scores
59	59	3	1	2023-04-18	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	13%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
60	60	4	2	2023-04-18	Matt Chapman	TOR	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	5,(2-2) FSBBX	1	5	5	12%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	5	1	2023-04-30	J.T. Realmuto	PHI	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	11%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
62	62	6	2	2023-04-30	Kody Clemens	PHI	@	HOU	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	8	DH	11%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	7	1	2023-08-06	Gleyber Torres	NYY		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	7,(2-2) BCC.FBFX	1	3	4	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
64	64	8	1	2023-09-03	Gleyber Torres	NYY	@	HOU	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	4	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
65	65	9	1	2023-09-08	Trent Grisham	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 8-2	t 8	0	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Carpenter Scores; M. Batten Scores
66	66	10	1	2023-09-19	Austin Hays	BAL	@	HOU	ahead 7-5	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	4	7	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
67	67	11	2	2023-09-19	Heston Kjerstad	BAL	@	HOU	ahead 8-5	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	DH	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)