P Sonny 'Pickles' Gray #56
Indianapolis Indians (PIT) AAA E
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
09/22/2025
 OA: 25 POT: 25
BNN Index | AAA E | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
P SONNY 'PICKLES' GRAY #56 - AGE: 35 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
8 5 3-1 0 8.06 25.2 31 4 14 12 1.75 -0.3
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 30 30 30 30
Movement 60 55 60 60
Control 45 45 50 45
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 40 40
Slider 35 35
Curveball 35 35
Changeup 25 25
Sinker 45 45
Cutter 40 40
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 87-89 Mph
Stamina 60
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Extreme Groundball
Hold Runners 60
Defense 65
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
08/22/2025 @ CLM Win, 7-5 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
08/16/2025 TOL Win, 6-1 2.0 1 1 1 2 3
08/04/2025 CLM Win, 9-1 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 Win
06/30/2025 @ LOU Win, 6-3 X 6.1 6 3 3 3 3 Win
06/23/2025 JAC Loss, 9-11 X 2.2 3 5 5 2 0
06/16/2025 @ LOU Loss, 5-8 X 1.2 5 6 6 2 1 Loss
06/09/2025 GWI Win, 7-4 X 6.0 10 4 4 1 2 Win
06/02/2025 @ TOL Loss, 3-7 X 3.2 4 3 2 2 2
05/10/2025 MIA Loss, 1-5 X 3.2 7 5 5 3 0 Loss
05/04/2025 @ PIT Win, 6-4 X 5.1 1 1 1 5 1
PERSONALITY
He is intelligent on and off the field.
High: Intelligence
Birthday:11/07/1989
Born in:Smyrna, TN
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Very Popular
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:11 Years, 150 Days
Service This Yr:89 Days
40-Man Service:11 Years, 150 Days
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 6 6 0 2 0 4.31 31.1 29 16 15 3 16 8 0 0.0 0 2 33.3
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 13.21 8.33 2.30 4.60 5.75 1.44 134 -0.1 .248        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 65 18 4 1 2 8 10 3 2 1 1 .277 .372 .462 .833      
vs. RHB 48 11 1 1 1 8 6 5 1 1 0 .229 .309 .354 .663      
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
April 4 4 0 1 0 3.63 22.1 21 10 9 2 8 7  
May 2 2 0 1 0 6.00 9.0 8 6 6 1 8 1  
Spring Training 5 5 3 0 0 2.41 18.2 17 9 5 4 7 13  
Last Year 34 34 12 14 0 3.97 186.0 181 84 82 16 77 131  
2 Years Ago 27 27 16 5 0 3.03 151.2 116 53 51 10 59 136  
Career 328 319 127 97 0 3.66 1873.2 1628 832 762 194 729 1699  
Home 4 4 0 2 0 5.85 20.0 24 14 13 3 9 4  
Road 2 2 0 0 0 1.59 11.1 5 2 2 0 7 4  
Grass 6 6 0 2 0 4.31 31.1 29 16 15 3 16 8  
Day 3 3 0 0 0 2.65 17.0 9 6 5 2 10 4  
Night 3 3 0 2 0 6.28 14.1 20 10 10 1 6 4  
As Starter 6 6 0 2 0 4.31 31.1 29 16 15 3 16 8  
TRIPLE-A EAST 2025 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 8 5 3 1 0 8.06 25.2 31 24 23 4 14 12 0 0.0 0 1 20.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 0 0 0.0 3 0 16.13 10.87 4.21 4.91 6.43 1.75 147 -0.3 .310        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 48 15 3 0 1 13 9 9 0 1 1 .312 .431 .438 .869      
vs. RHB 55 16 4 0 3 11 5 3 0 1 0 .291 .350 .527 .877      
TRIPLE-A EAST 2025 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
June 5 5 2 1 0 8.85 20.1 28 21 20 4 10 8  
August 3 0 1 0 0 5.06 5.1 3 3 3 0 4 4  
2 Years Ago 2 2 1 1 0 1.32 13.2 5 3 2 0 7 11  
Career 11 8 5 2 0 4.96 45.1 38 27 25 4 21 30  
Home 4 2 2 0 0 6.92 13.0 14 10 10 1 5 6  
Road 4 3 1 1 0 9.24 12.2 17 14 13 3 9 6  
Grass 8 5 3 1 0 8.06 25.2 31 24 23 4 14 12  
Night 8 5 3 1 0 8.06 25.2 31 24 23 4 14 12  
As Starter 5 5 2 1 0 8.85 20.1 28 21 20 4 10 8  
As Reliever / Substitution 3 0 1 0 0 5.06 5.1 3 3 3 0 4 4  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2013 Oakland - MLB 23 12 10 5 3 0 2.67 64.0 51 22 19 4 20 67 0 0 1.11 .272 2.83 1.8 147
2014 Oakland - MLB 24 33 33 14 10 0 3.08 219.0 187 84 75 15 74 183 2 2 1.19 .277 3.57 3.5 122
2015 Oakland - MLB 25 31 31 14 7 0 2.73 208.0 166 71 63 17 59 169 3 2 1.08 .253 3.53 3.9 145
2016 Oakland - MLB 26 22 22 5 11 0 5.69 117.0 133 80 74 18 42 94 0 0 1.50 .319 4.73 0.7 73
2017 Oakland - MLB 27 16 16 6 5 0 3.43 97.0 84 48 37 8 30 94 0 0 1.18 .285 3.34 2.5 125
2017 New York - MLB 27 11 11 4 7 0 3.72 65.1 55 31 27 11 27 59 1 0 1.26 .247 4.92 0.4 117
2017 Total - MLB 27 27 27 10 12 0 3.55 162.1 139 79 64 19 57 153 1 0 1.21 .270 3.98 2.9 122
2018 New York - MLB 28 30 23 11 9 0 4.90 130.1 138 73 71 14 57 123 0 0 1.50 .332 4.34 1.5 87
2019 Cincinnati - MLB 29 31 31 11 8 0 2.87 175.1 122 59 56 17 68 205 0 0 1.08 .259 3.49 4.3 154
2020 Cincinnati - MLB 30 11 11 5 3 0 3.70 56.0 42 26 23 4 26 72 0 0 1.21 .290 3.22 1.6 122
2021 Cincinnati - MLB 31 32 32 10 7 0 4.26 188.0 170 98 89 26 97 185 3 1 1.42 .292 4.98 1.7 108
2022 St. Louis - MLB 32 32 32 14 6 0 3.90 184.2 154 87 80 31 77 173 0 0 1.25 .252 5.01 1.4 115
2023 St. Louis - MLB 33 27 27 16 5 0 3.03 151.2 116 53 51 10 59 136 0 0 1.15 .255 3.83 3.3 150
2024 St. Louis - MLB 34 34 34 12 14 0 3.97 186.0 181 84 82 16 77 131 0 0 1.39 .292 4.66 2.1 113
2025 St. Louis - MLB 35 6 6 0 2 0 4.31 31.1 29 16 15 3 16 8 0 0 1.44 .248 5.75 -0.1 100
Total MLB 328 319 127 97 0 3.66 1873.2 1628 832 762 194 729 1699 9 5 1.26 .278 4.13 28.7 117
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2011 Oakland (AZL) - R 21 1 1 0 1 0 4.50 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.00 .571 1.20 0.1 87
2011 Midland - AA 21 5 5 1 0 0 0.45 20.0 15 1 1 0 6 18 0 0 1.05 .278 2.30 0.7 891
2012 Midland - AA 22 26 26 6 9 0 4.14 148.0 148 73 68 8 57 97 1 1 1.39 .302 3.83 2.4 97
2012 Sacramento - AAA 22 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 4.0 10 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 2.75 .500 3.70 0.1 44
2013 Sacramento - AAA 23 20 20 10 7 0 3.42 118.1 117 51 45 5 39 118 1 0 1.32 .337 2.74 3.6 116
2017 Stockton - A+ 27 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.20 .100 0.80 0.3 999
2017 Nashville - AAA 27 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0.33 .143 0.87 0.4 999
2023 Memphis - AAA 33 2 2 1 1 0 1.32 13.2 5 3 2 0 7 11 0 0 0.88 .152 3.60 0.3 323
2025 Memphis - AAA 35 5 5 2 1 0 8.85 20.1 28 21 20 4 10 8 0 0 1.87 .333 6.98 -0.3 49
2025 Indianapolis - AAA 35 3 0 1 0 0 5.06 5.1 3 3 3 0 4 4 0 0 1.31 .200 4.33 0.0 87
2025 Total - AAA 35 8 5 3 1 0 8.06 25.2 31 24 23 4 14 12 0 0 1.75 .310 6.43 -0.3 54
Total AAA E 11 8 5 2 0 4.96 45.1 38 27 25 4 21 30 0 0 1.30 .254 4.84 87.9
Total AAA W 21 21 10 7 0 3.60 122.1 127 55 49 5 40 120 1 0 1.37 .347 2.77 110.0
Total AA C 31 31 7 9 0 3.70 168.0 163 74 69 8 63 115 1 1 1.35 .300 3.65 108.4
Total A+ W 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.20 .100 0.80 999.0
Total AZL 1 1 0 1 0 4.50 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.00 .571 1.20 86.8
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2013 Oakland - MLB 23 2 2 0 1 0 2.08 13.0 10 3 3 1 6 12 0 0 1.23 .273 3.48 0.3 190
2017 New York - MLB 27 2 2 0 1 0 4.32 8.1 4 5 4 1 6 6 0 0 1.20 1.000 6.25 -0.1 101
2022 St. Louis - MLB 32 1 1 0 1 0 16.88 2.2 8 5 5 1 1 4 0 0 3.38 .636 6.38 -0.0 27
2023 St. Louis - MLB 33 1 1 0 1 0 16.20 3.1 6 6 6 2 2 3 0 0 2.40 .364 11.26 -0.2 28
2024 St. Louis - MLB 34 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 0.00 0.0 999
Total MLB 7 7 0 4 0 7.24 27.1 32 23 22 7 15 25 0 0 1.72 .417 5.56 73.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2013 Oakland - MLB P 12 10 9 10 0 20 1 .950 64.0 2.67 -0.3 .000
2014 Oakland - MLB P 33 33 18 41 3 62 3 .952 219.0 2.42 -1.1 .000
2015 Oakland - MLB P 31 31 37 23 1 60 0 1.000 208.0 2.60 -0.6 .000
2016 Oakland - MLB P 22 22 10 11 3 22 1 .955 117.0 1.62 -0.4 .000
2017 Oakland - MLB P 16 16 11 9 1 22 2 .909 97.0 1.86 -0.3 .000
2017 New York - MLB P 11 11 5 12 0 18 1 .944 65.1 2.34 +0.0 .000
2018 New York - MLB P 30 23 15 18 0 34 1 .971 130.1 2.28 -0.7 .000
2019 Cincinnati - MLB P 31 31 22 19 4 43 2 .953 175.1 2.10 +0.2 .000
2020 Cincinnati - MLB P 11 11 5 6 0 12 1 .917 56.0 1.77 +0.1 .000
2021 Cincinnati - MLB P 32 32 12 11 1 26 3 .885 188.0 1.10 +0.7 1.001
2022 St. Louis - MLB P 32 32 4 12 0 16 0 1.000 184.2 0.78 +0.0 1.019
2023 St. Louis - MLB P 27 27 7 8 0 17 2 .882 151.2 0.89 -1.0 .859
2024 St. Louis - MLB P 34 34 8 19 1 27 0 1.000 186.0 1.31 +0.2 .972
2025 St. Louis - MLB P 6 6 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 31.1 0.86 -0.5 .999
2025 Memphis - AAA P 5 5 1 4 0 6 1 .833 20.1 2.21 -0.6 .767
2025 Indianapolis - AAA P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.1 0.00 -0.0 .000
TOTAL P 336 324 166 204 14 388 18 .954 1899.1 1.75 -4.2 .957
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/2008 Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 27th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Smyrna HS (Smyrna, TN). Did not sign.
06/07/2011 Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (18th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).
07/14/2015 Selected to the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.
07/31/2017 Traded by the Oakland Athletics with international bonus slot money to the New York Yankees for James Kaprielian (minors), Jorge Mateo (minors) and Dustin Fowler.
01/21/2019 Was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds, along with P Reiver Sanmartin, in exchange for 2B Shed Long and a 2019 competitive balance round A pick.
01/21/2019 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $30,500,000 with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
07/06/2019 Was selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
05/21/2021 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
08/18/2021 Injured (elbow inflammation),out for 1-2 weeks.
08/28/2021 Injured (shoulder tendinitis),day-to-day for one week.
09/14/2021 Injured (elbow inflammation),out for 2 weeks.
11/29/2021 Was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for 3B Jordan Walker, RP Daniel Ponce de Leon, SP Genesis Cabrera.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 45 (45).
06/22/2022 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1 day.
09/11/2022 Suspended 6 games after ejection following a brawl.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
06/09/2023 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $63,000,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
06/22/2023 Injured (elbow inflammation),out for 3 weeks.
07/01/2023 Wins the MLB NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
09/01/2023 Wins the MLB NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 50 (50).
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 35 (35); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
05/11/2025 Injured (sprained finger),out for 2 weeks.
06/16/2025 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/21/2025 Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
08/02/2025 Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SH Rank
2019 12 3
Year GS Rank
2014 33 8
2024 34 3
Year W Rank
2015 14 8
2022 14 9
2023 16 5
Year L Rank
2017 12 10
Year Win. % Rank
2015 .667 4
2022 .700 4
Year IP Rank
2014 219.0 7
2015 208.0 8
Year BF Rank
2014 899 7
Year BB Rank
2014 74 3
2019 68 8
2021 97 4
2024 77 9
Year K Rank
2014 183 9
Year WP Rank
2014 15 3
2015 13 4
2016 15 2
2017 11 4
2018 9 10
2023 11 5
Year ERA Rank
2014 3.08 8
2015 2.73 3
2017 3.55 10
2019 2.87 5
2022 3.90 8
2024 3.97 9
Year BABIP Rank
2014 .277 7
2015 .253 4
2017 .270 4
2019 .259 3
2022 .252 2
2024 .292 4
Year WHIP Rank
2015 1.08 6
2017 1.21 9
2019 1.08 8
Year RA/9 Rank
2015 9.82 4
2017 11.03 8
2019 10.11 8
Year HR/9 Rank
2014 0.62 9
2015 0.74 7
2017 1.05 9
2019 0.87 4
2024 0.77 3
Year H/9 Rank
2014 7.68 5
2015 7.18 3
2017 7.71 6
2019 6.26 2
2021 8.14 8
2022 7.51 5
Year K/9 Rank
2019 10.52 10
Year CG Rank
2014 2 6
2015 3 3
2017 1 5
Year CGP Rank
2014 .061 10
2015 .097 4
2017 .037 6
Year SHO Rank
2014 2 2
2015 2 1
2021 1 10
Year GB% Rank
2021 0.56 4
2024 0.53 3
Year WAR Rank
2015 3.8 8
2019 4.3 10
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