Walter
Ayo
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 26, 1988 in Cuba
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 32 MIN AL $ 324,000 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
2021 33 TB AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
2022 34 TB AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 324,000 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2020 32 MIN AL 2 3 .400 34 0 0 0 0 70.3 90 45 9 30 34 5.76 .307 .371 .481 .852 1.7
2021 33 MIN AL 1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 1 57.3 81 31 4 28 30 4.87 .339 .407 .448 .854 2.3
    AAA   0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 8 5 0 6 3 6.14 .308 .438 .385 .822  
2022 34 TB AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 23.0 31 10 3 6 16 3.91 .310 .349 .440 .789 1.3
    AAA   4 3 .571 23 0 0 0 0 26.3 30 11 4 6 20 3.76 .291 .330 .505 .835  
3 Years Sim 3 5 .375 71 0 0 0 1 150.7 202 86 16 64 80 5.14 .320 .381 .462 .843 5.3
2 Years AAA 4 4 .500 27 0 0 0 0 33.7 38 16 4 12 23 4.28 .295 .355 .481 .835  
Season Average 1 1 .500 23 0 0 0 0 50.2 67 28 5 21 26 5.14 .320 .381 .462 .843  
Career Highs 2 3 .400 34 0 0 0 1 70.3 90 45 9 30 34 5.76 .339 .407 .481 .854  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   111 53 10 32 46   .294 .350 .422 .771
vs LH   91 33 6 32 34   .357 .429 .522 .950
Home 1 5 .167 41 0 0 0 0 87.3 116 49 10 36 44 5.05 .316 .377 .463 .840
Away 2 0 1.000 30 0 0 0 1 63.3 86 37 6 28 36 5.26 .325 .389 .460 .849
Mar/Apr 1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 1 28.0 34 13 3 8 17 4.18 .296 .341 .409 .750
May 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 29.3 45 14 4 14 16 4.30 .360 .424 .488 .912
June 1 2 .333 19 0 0 0 0 36.7 50 26 4 16 21 6.38 .325 .388 .500 .888
July 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 9.0 14 7 0 7 1 7.01 .359 .457 .359 .815
August 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 23.7 26 8 1 6 13 3.04 .277 .320 .415 .735
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 24.0 33 18 4 13 12 6.75 .314 .390 .514 .904
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2020 32 MIN AL P 34 0 70.3 9 8 2 1 .895 2.18    
2021 33 MIN AL P 28 0 57.3 4 5 1 0 .900 1.41    
2022 34 TB AL P 9 0 23.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17    
Career Totals   71 0 150.7 14 15 3 1 .906 1.73    
Career Highs   34 0 70.3 9 8 2 1 1.000 2.18    
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History
Moved to the US and entered the free agent pool in 2020
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 5/29/2020 to a 1-year deal worth $324,000 per year
Earned first career win on 6/18/2020
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 7/20/2021 (Going to MIN: 2B Michael Viera. Going to TB: P Walter Ayo, P Micheal Swartz)