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Tanner Rainey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 247lb (188cm, 112kg)

Born: December 25, 1992 in Folsom, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of West Alabama (Livingston, AL).

High School: St. Paul's School (Covington, LA)

Schools: Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA), University of West Alabama (Livingston, AL)

Debut: April 10, 2018 (Age 25-106d, 21,591st in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.5M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.127 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Full Name: Tanner Scott Rainey

Nicknames: Rainman

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2019 World Series

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

-0.5

ERA

9.00

5.69

160

12.0

150.1

200

WHIP

2.667

1.576

Summary of 28 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 6 go ahead

2 Tms
WSN	24
CIN	4

Platoon
vs RHB	16
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	13

Outs
1	12
2	12
0	4

13 Opps
ATL	6
PHI	5
MIA	3
NYM	2
LAD	2
CLE	2
CIN	2
TBR	1
COL	1
TEX	1
BAL	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

28 Batters
Rhys Hoskins	1
Aristides Aquino	1
Otto Lopez	1
Zach McKinstry	1
Huascar Ynoa	1
Bryan De La Cruz	1
Pablo Sandoval	1
Ozzie Albies	1
Matt Vierling	1
Brandon Drury	1
Johan Camargo	1
Nolan Arenado	1
José Ramírez	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Jonathan Villar	1
Chris Davis	1
Jesús Sánchez	1
Jay Bruce	1
Luis Urías	1
Andy Pages	1
J.T. Realmuto	1
Pete Alonso	1
Jason Kipnis	1
Dansby Swanson	1
Scott Kingery	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Randy Arozarena	1
Leody Taveras	1

10 Parks
Nationals Pk (WAS)	15
CitizensBank (PHI)	3
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
8	7
9	7
7	6
89	5
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	7
2	7
6	5
1	4
5	3
3	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
1--	10
---	10
123	3
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

54 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	10
1 on	13
2 on	2
3 on	3
Any on	18

Inning
3	1
4	2
6	5
7	4
8	9
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	1
4-6	7
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	5
-1	2
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	11
Tied	5
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
0-0	4
2-1	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
2-2	3
1-1	2
0-1	2
0-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	4
2B	4
CF	4
RF	3
LF	3
3B	3
PH	2
SS	2
P	1
C	1
DH	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2018-04-10	Scott Kingery	PHI		CIN	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	6	5	12%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Santana Scores; O. Herrera Scores; N. Williams Scores
2	2	2	1	2018-05-27	Nolan Arenado	COL		CIN	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	3	5	7%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Blackmon Scores
3	3	3	1	2018-07-11	José Ramírez	CLE		CIN	ahead 8-0	b 3	2	1-3	6,(3-2) BBFSB>X	3	3	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); F. Lindor Scores/Team unER; M. Brantley Scores/Team unER; J. Ramírez Scores/Team unER
4	4	4	2	2018-07-11	Jason Kipnis	CLE		CIN	ahead 11-0	b 4	0	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Alonso Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2019-05-21	Pete Alonso	NYM		WSN	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) .FTBX	1	4	3	32%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	2	1	2019-06-20	Jay Bruce	PHI	@	WSN	behind 3-7	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	2019-06-23	Johan Camargo	ATL	@	WSN	tied 2-2	t 10	1	1--	4,(2-1) .1B1BS11X	2	9	PH	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Albies Scores
8	8	4	1	2019-08-12	Aristides Aquino	CIN	@	WSN	behind 2-7	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Suárez Scores
9	9	5	1	2019-08-28	Chris Davis	BAL	@	WSN	behind 2-8	t 6	2	-2-	5,(2-2) B.BFSX	2	7	3	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Stewart Scores
10	10	6	1	2019-09-13	Ozzie Albies	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2020-07-30	Teoscar Hernández	TOR	@	WSN	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	5%	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	2	1	2020-09-04 (2)	Freddie Freeman	ATL		WSN	behind 3-7	b 4	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	3	3	33%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Duvall Scores; J. Camargo Scores/unER; D. Swanson Scores
13	13	3	1	2020-09-07	Randy Arozarena	TBR	@	WSN	behind 0-6	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .BFCX	1	2	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
14	14	4	1	2020-09-10	Dansby Swanson	ATL	@	WSN	tied 6-6	t 8	1	---	6,(2-2) CCBFBX	1	5	6	26%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2021-04-07 (2)	Pablo Sandoval	ATL	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 7	2	1--	6,(3-2) .1BF1SBB>X	2	7	PH	49%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Swanson Scores
16	16	2	1	2021-04-11	Zach McKinstry	LAD		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	7	7	17%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Taylor Scores
17	17	3	1	2021-05-04	Huascar Ynoa	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	123	2,(0-1) SX	4	9	1	17%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Swanson Scores; W. Contreras Scores; C. Pache Scores
18	18	4	1	2021-06-06	J.T. Realmuto	PHI		WSN	ahead 9-6	b 6	0	-23	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	2	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Maton Scores; O. Herrera Scores
19	19	5	1	2021-06-22	Rhys Hoskins	PHI		WSN	behind 1-3	b 8	1	---	6,(1-2) SSBFFX	1	2	3	12%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	6	1	2021-08-12 (2)	Jonathan Villar	NYM		WSN	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	1--	4,(0-2) FSF1X	2	7	6	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Conforto Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2022-06-04	Brandon Drury	CIN		WSN	behind 7-10	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	2	DH	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	2	1	2022-06-11	Luis Urías	MIL	@	WSN	behind 4-8	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) B>X	2	5	4	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. McCutchen Scores
23	23	3	1	2022-06-17 (2)	Matt Vierling	PHI	@	WSN	tied 5-5	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	8	39%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	4	1	2022-07-03	Jesús Sánchez	MIA	@	WSN	behind 2-3	t 9	2	1--	5,(2-2) .C1FBBX	2	6	8	74%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Hamilton Scores
25	25	5	1	2022-07-04	Bryan De La Cruz	MIA	@	WSN	tied 1-1	t 10	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	47%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Rojas Scores/unER
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2024-04-24	Andy Pages	LAD	@	WSN	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	9	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
27	27	2	1	2024-04-27	Otto Lopez	MIA		WSN	behind 2-11	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Bethancourt Scores
28	28	3	1	2024-04-30	Leody Taveras	TEX		WSN	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BF1*S>B.BX	2	9	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Carter Scores