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Mike Kekich
Michael Dennis Kekich

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut June 9, 1965
  vs. PHI 3.3 IP, 2 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game October 1, 1977
Born April 2, 1945 in San Diego, CA

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 20 LAD NL   0   1   5   1   0   0   1  0   10.3   10   12   11   2   13    9   0   1    51   0   0  9.58  3.26   34 2.226
 1968 23 LAD NL   2  10  25  20   1   1   1  0  115.0  116   54   50   9   46   84   1   0   493   0   3  3.91  2.75   70 1.409
 1969 24 NYY AL   4   6  28  13   1   0   6  1  105.0   91   58   53  11   49   66   2   8   446   5   0  4.54  3.48   77 1.333
 1970 25 NYY AL   6   3  26  14   1   0   4  0   98.7  103   59   53  12   55   63   1   4   446   3   0  4.83  3.53   73 1.601
 1971 26 NYY AL  10   9  37  24   3   0   5  0  170.3  167   89   77  13   82   93   4   8   748  11   0  4.07  3.26   80 1.462
 1972 27 NYY AL  10  13  29  28   2   0   0  0  175.3  172   77   72  13   76   78   4   9   748   5   0  3.70  2.95   80 1.414
 1973 28 TOT AL   2   5  21  10   0   0   4  0   64.7   93   62   54   7   49   30   2   8   321   0   0  7.52  3.91   52 2.196
         NYY AL   1   1   5   4   0   0   0  0   14.7   20   15   15   1   14    4   2   0    74   0   0  9.20  3.67   40 2.318
         CLE AL   1   4  16   6   0   0   4  0   50.0   73   47   39   6   35   26   0   8   247   0   0  7.02  3.98   57 2.160
 1975 30 TEX AL   0   0  23   0   0   0   8  2   31.3   33   16   13   2   21   19   0   2   142   2   0  3.73  3.75  100 1.723
 1977 32 SEA AL   5   4  41   2   0   0  19  3   90.0   90   58   56  11   51   55   3   4   401   3   0  5.60  4.11   73 1.567
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .433  39  51 235 112   8   1  48  6  860.7  875  485  439  80  442  497  17  44  3796  29   3  4.59  3.34   73 1.530
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  46  21   1   0   9  1  168.7  171   95   86  15   86   97   3   8   743   5   0  4.59  3.34   73 1.530
 Career High     10  13  41  28   3   1  19  3  175.3  172   89   77  13   82   93   4   9   748  11   3  3.70  4.11   80 1.333

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 20 LAD NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 23 LAD NL  25   37    3    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .081  .105  .081  -41    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1969 24 NYY AL  28   27    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .111  .111  .148  -27    4   3   0   0   0   0
 1970 25 NYY AL  26   32    2    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   7  .094  .147  .094  -30    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1971 26 NYY AL  37   52    2    8   0  0   0    4   0  0   2  11  .154  .185  .154   -0    8   8   0   0   0   0
 1972 27 NYY AL  29   59    3    8   0  1   0    4   0  0   0  14  .136  .136  .169   -8   10   6   0   0   0   0
 1973 28 TOT AL  24    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL  19    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      238  209   11   25   1  1   0   12   0  0   5  51  .120  .140  .134  -19   28  22   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        142    7   17   1  1   0    8   0  0   3  35  .120  .140  .134  -19   19  15   0   0   0   0
 Career High     41   59    3    8   1  1   0    4   0  0   2  14                          10   8   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 20 LAD NL    3    3    0   0.0    88| .000  .250| .000  .312| .000  .378| .000  .690|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1968 23 LAD NL   40   36    0   0.0    75| .081  .243| .105  .300| .081  .342| .186  .642| -41  .000  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1969 24 NYY AL   30   27    1   1.0    91| .111  .250| .111  .326| .148  .377| .259  .702| -27  .067  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1970 25 NYY AL   36   31    1   0.9    93| .094  .252| .147  .325| .094  .385| .241  .710| -30  .051  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1971 26 NYY AL   62   52    2   1.0    87| .154  .248| .185  .319| .154  .368| .339  .687|  -0  .076  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1972 27 NYY AL   65   57    2   0.9    81| .136  .243| .136  .311| .169  .351| .305  .662|  -8  .078  -8.1  -0.9   0%
 1973 28 TOT AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       236  206    6   0.8    85| .120  .247| .140  .315| .134  .362| .274  .678| -19  .050 -31.8  -3.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 20 LAD NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 2.10 1 10.3 1968 23 LAD NL P 25 1 17 1 0 .947 .957 0.72 0.85 1.41 2.01 20 115.0 1969 24 NYY AL P 28 5 10 1 0 .938 .949 0.54 0.69 1.29 1.88 13 105.0 1970 25 NYY AL P 26 5 10 2 0 .882 .949 0.58 0.67 1.37 1.86 14 98.7 1971 26 NYY AL P 37 5 37 0 1 1.000 .959 1.14 0.77 2.22 1.98 24 170.0 1972 27 NYY AL P 29 4 26 0 3 1.000 .949 1.03 0.75 1.54 1.86 28 175.3 1973 28 TOT AL P 21 1 4 1 1 .833 .943 0.24 0.86 0.70 1.85 10 64.7 NYY AL P 5 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.86 1.22 1.84 4 14.7 CLE AL P 16 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 0.19 0.86 0.54 1.85 6 50.0 1975 30 TEX AL P 23 0 9 0 0 1.000 .938 0.39 0.85 2.59 1.87 0 31.3 1977 32 SEA AL P 41 1 14 0 0 1.000 .949 0.37 0.84 1.50 1.95 2 90.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 20 LAD NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 2.10 1 10.3 1968 23 LAD NL P 25 1 17 1 0 .947 .957 0.72 0.85 1.41 2.01 20 115.0 1969 24 NYY AL P 28 5 10 1 0 .938 .949 0.54 0.69 1.29 1.88 13 105.0 1970 25 NYY AL P 26 5 10 2 0 .882 .949 0.58 0.67 1.37 1.86 14 98.7 1971 26 NYY AL P 37 5 37 0 1 1.000 .959 1.14 0.77 2.22 1.98 24 170.0 1972 27 NYY AL P 29 4 26 0 3 1.000 .949 1.03 0.75 1.54 1.86 28 175.3 1973 28 TOT AL P 21 1 4 1 1 .833 .943 0.24 0.86 0.70 1.85 10 64.7 NYY AL P 5 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.86 1.22 1.84 4 14.7 CLE AL P 16 1 2 1 0 .750 .938 0.19 0.86 0.54 1.85 6 50.0 1975 30 TEX AL P 23 0 9 0 0 1.000 .938 0.39 0.85 2.59 1.87 0 31.3 1977 32 SEA AL P 41 1 14 0 0 1.000 .949 0.37 0.84 1.50 1.95 2 90.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 235 22 127 5 5 .968 .952 0.63 0.78 1.56 1.92 112 860.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 235 22 127 5 5 .968 .952 0.63 0.78 1.56 1.92 112 860
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1971 AL-8-10
1972 AL-9-5

HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1968: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Andy Kosco.

June 12, 1973: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Lowell Palmer.

March 28, 1974: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

April 25, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

March 12, 1976: Released by the Texas Rangers.

April 1, 1977: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Nuevo Laredo (Mexican).

March 27, 1978: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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