Dennis
Couch
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 24, 1996 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2027   
All-Star Selections 2026    2027   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 18 IL GE   10 2 3 3 7 8 7 3 4 3
2016 19 IL GE   10 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 3
2017 20 IL GE   10 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 3
2018 21 IL GE   10 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 4 3
2019 22 IL GE   10 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 3 3
2020 23 IL GE   10 4 4 4 7 8 7 3 4 3
2021 24 IL GE   10 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4
2022 25 IL GE $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 5 4
2023 26 IL GE $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 5 4
2024 27 IL GE $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 6 7 7 3 5 4
2025 28 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 4 4
2026 29 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 5 6 6 3 4 3
2027 30 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 5 6 6 3 4 3
2028 31 IL GE $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 5 6 6 3 4 3
2029 32 IL GE $ 6,280,000 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 2 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,280,000 10 9 9 9 7 8 8 3 5 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 18 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 19 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 20 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 21 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 22 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 23 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 24 IL GE     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 25 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 26 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2024 27 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2025 28 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2026 29 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2027 30 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2028 31 IL GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2029 32 IL GE $ 6,280,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,280,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2015 18 AA   12 7 .632 27 27 3 1 0 190.7 167 54 17 22 91 2.55 .230 .253 .346 .599  
2016 19 AA   7 9 .438 21 21 2 1 0 138.3 152 64 17 20 65 4.16 .278 .304 .427 .731  
2017 20 AA   7 2 .778 10 10 0 0 0 68.7 71 26 6 15 32 3.41 .266 .305 .378 .683  
2018 21 AA   16 7 .696 29 29 0 0 0 184.3 197 73 17 37 81 3.56 .268 .303 .393 .696  
2019 22 AA   11 8 .579 27 27 0 0 0 182.3 190 77 21 30 112 3.80 .269 .299 .422 .721  
2020 23 AAA   6 6 .500 17 17 0 0 0 103.7 124 54 16 31 54 4.69 .295 .343 .475 .818  
    AA   4 6 .400 13 13 2 1 0 85.7 86 40 9 20 48 4.20 .261 .303 .403 .706  
2021 24 AAA   11 9 .550 28 28 1 0 0 186.0 183 85 24 47 77 4.11 .255 .300 .405 .705  
2022 25 IL GE 1 6 .143 29 8 0 0 1 71.0 78 41 11 31 37 5.20 .276 .349 .417 .766 0.3
2023 26 IL GE 6 3 .667 22 9 2 1 0 77.0 77 38 12 16 38 4.44 .263 .297 .427 .724 3.2
    AAA   6 1 .857 8 8 0 0 0 54.0 43 13 8 20 39 2.17 .217 .289 .354 .643  
2024 27 IL GE 8 3 .727 32 18 1 0 2 132.7 109 42 15 32 76 2.85 .222 .270 .353 .624 10.1
2025 28 IL GE 15 12 .556 34 34 2 1 0 211.3 189 85 28 63 179 3.62 .234 .289 .380 .669 12.7
    AAA   0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 3 2 1 6 4.77 .227 .261 .545 .806  
2026 29 IL GE 12 6 .667 27 27 5 3 0 178.7 168 67 23 53 133 3.38 .245 .300 .388 .688 12.4
2027 30 IL GE 22 5 .815 33 33 3 1 0 240.0 171 62 19 66 174 2.33 .201 .257 .296 .553 22.3
2028 31 IL GE 12 1 .923 22 22 2 1 0 135.3 107 48 14 49 99 3.19 .217 .288 .335 .623 11.2
2029 32 IL GE 15 11 .577 36 36 3 1 0 225.3 186 97 26 87 188 3.87 .223 .296 .350 .646 12.7
8 Years Sim 91 47 .659 235 187 18 8 3 1271.3 1085 480 148 397 924 3.40 .229 .288 .358 .647 84.8
4 Years AAA 23 17 .575 57 53 1 0 0 349.3 355 155 50 99 176 3.99 .261 .311 .421 .732  
6 Years AA 57 39 .594 127 127 7 3 0 850.0 863 334 87 144 429 3.54 .261 .292 .394 .686  
10 Years Minors 80 56 .588 184 180 8 3 0 1199.3 1218 489 137 243 605 3.67 .261 .297 .402 .700  
Season Average 11 5 .688 29 23 2 1 0 158.9 135 60 18 49 115 3.40 .229 .288 .358 .647  
Career Highs 22 12 .923 36 36 5 3 2 240.0 189 97 28 87 188 5.20 .276 .349 .427 .766  
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   674 309 96 201 560   .232 .282 .367 .649
vs LH   411 171 52 196 364   .224 .299 .344 .643
Home 35 26 .574 115 91 2 0 1 591.3 557 256 71 195 421 3.90 .247 .307 .386 .693
Away 56 21 .727 120 96 16 8 2 680.0 528 224 77 202 503 2.96 .213 .272 .334 .606
Mar/Apr 10 7 .588 32 25 1 1 1 153.7 131 62 23 53 115 3.63 .228 .293 .373 .666
May 16 6 .727 44 30 6 1 1 219.3 168 76 20 75 172 3.12 .208 .276 .321 .596
June 19 5 .792 39 32 2 0 0 225.0 204 81 29 60 165 3.24 .241 .291 .368 .659
July 13 14 .481 37 36 4 3 0 237.0 200 98 33 81 180 3.72 .224 .289 .373 .662
August 17 11 .607 43 32 2 0 0 222.6 198 81 20 65 157 3.27 .237 .292 .359 .652
Sep/Oct 16 4 .800 40 32 4 3 1 213.7 184 82 23 63 135 3.45 .236 .293 .359 .651
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2022 25 IL GE 29 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.5 0.0
2023 26 IL GE 23 25 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .320 .346 .320 .666 2.8 0.5
2024 27 IL GE 32 36 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .083 .108 .083 .191 -1.9 0.0
2025 28 IL GE 34 61 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .098 .167 .098 .265 -0.6 0.0
2026 29 IL GE 27 58 7 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .276 .323 .328 .650 6.0 0.7
2027 30 IL GE 33 77 6 11 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 16 .143 .154 .182 .336 0.3 0.0
2028 31 IL GE 22 46 8 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .283 .320 .348 .668 5.0 0.4
2029 32 IL GE 36 74 3 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 21 .095 .141 .122 .263 -0.6 0.0
8 Years Sim 236 389 32 66 11 0 0 23 1 0 18 107 .170 .210 .198 .408 11.5 1.6
162 Game Average 267 21 45 7 0 0 15 0 0 12 73 .170 .210 .198 .408 7.9  
Career Highs 36 77 8 16 3 0 0 8 1 0 4 28 .320 .346 .348 .668 6.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   301 26 53 8 0 0 19 1 0 15 83 .176 .218 .203 .420 9.7
vs LH   88 6 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 24 .148 .183 .182 .365 1.0
Home 116 160 15 26 6 0 0 12 1 0 7 43 .163 .196 .200 .396 4.0
Away 120 229 17 40 5 0 0 11 0 0 11 64 .175 .219 .197 .416 6.7
RISP   104 0 18 2 0 0 21 0 0 5 32 .173 .216 .192 .409 2.9
Close/Late   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 32 43 3 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 13 .163 .196 .163 .358 0.9
May 34 68 6 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 17 .191 .247 .206 .452 3.1
June 39 71 9 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 19 .239 .299 .282 .580 5.7
July 37 77 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 26 .143 .165 .182 .346 0.5
August 32 68 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .147 .159 .176 .336 0.2
Sep/Oct 35 62 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 15 .129 .182 .161 .343 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB  
2022 25 IL GE P 29 8 71.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
2023 26 IL GE P 22 9 77.0 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2024 27 IL GE P 32 18 132.7 12 21 0 1 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0  
2025 28 IL GE P 34 34 211.3 9 26 3 1 .921 1.49 0 0 .000 0  
2026 29 IL GE P 27 27 178.7 8 17 1 2 .962 1.26 0 0 .000 0  
2027 30 IL GE P 33 33 240.0 9 42 0 4 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
2028 31 IL GE P 22 22 135.3 10 12 1 1 .957 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
2029 32 IL GE P 36 36 225.3 9 25 0 3 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0  
  P 235 187 1271.3 67 162 5 13 .979 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   236 187 1272.3 68 162 5 13 .979 1.63 0 0 .000 0  
Career Highs   36 36 240.0 12 42 3 4 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2027 30 IL GE 3 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 30 13 6 14 30 3.00 .214 .286 .364 .650
2028 31 IL GE 2 2 .500 5 5 1 0 0 34.0 24 12 2 13 24 3.18 .198 .276 .281 .557
2029 32 IL GE 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 3 1 2 3 4.05 .250 .308 .417 .724
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 14 11 1 0 0 79.7 60 28 9 29 57 3.16 .211 .283 .333 .617
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2027 30 IL GE 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091
2028 31 IL GE 5 11 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .364 .636
2029 32 IL GE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 21 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .190 .372
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2027-4-2.33
Wins
2027-3-22
Winning Pct
2026-9-.667
2027-3-.815
CAR-22-.659
Complete Games
2026-6-5
2029-10-3
Shutouts
2023-6-1
2026-3-3
Innings Pitched
2027-10-240.0
Homeruns Allowed
2025-8-28
2029-5-26
Strikeouts
2025-9-179
2027-6-174
2029-5-188
Hits per 9IP
2027-3-6.4
2029-5-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
2025-3-7.6
2026-9-6.7
2027-7-6.5
2029-4-7.5
WHiP
2027-4-0.99
OAVG
2027-4-.201
2029-4-.223
OOBP
2027-4-.257
OSLG
2027-4-.296
OOPS
2027-4-.553
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  1. Jerald Tarpley (990)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Illinois in 2015
Injured on 4/13/2015 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/2/2016 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 8/4/2018 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/23/2018 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/10/2019 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/3/2019 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/6/2020 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/21/2021 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/9/2022, off Soutarou Seika (KS)
Earned first career win on 7/11/2022
Injured on 9/18/2024 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game
Injured on 8/23/2026 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 10 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2027, going 6-0, 2.05
Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game
Won National Cup Series with Illinois in 2027