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Charlie Kerfeld
Charles Patrick Kerfeld

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 225 lb.

Debut July 27, 1985
  vs. NYM 3.3 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 7 BB, 6 ER, L
Final Game July 19, 1990
Born September 28, 1963 in Knob Noster, MO

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 21 HOU NL   4   2  11   6   0   0   2  0   44.3   44   22   20   2   25   30   0   1   193   2   0  4.06  3.45   85 1.556
 1986 22 HOU NL  11   2  61   0   0   0  29  7   93.7   71   32   28   5   42   77   2   7   390   3   2  2.69  3.58  133 1.206 RoY-4
 1987 23 HOU NL   0   2  21   0   0   0  11  0   29.7   34   22   22   3   21   17   1   0   137   2   0  6.67  3.92   59 1.854
 1990 26 TOT NL   3   3  30   0   0   0  11  2   34.0   40   28   25   2   29   31   0   1   168   4   0  6.62  3.99   60 2.029
         HOU NL   0   2   5   0   0   0   1  0    3.3    9    6    6   0    6    4   0   1    25   1   0 16.20  3.72   23 4.500
         ATL NL   3   1  25   0   0   0  10  2   30.7   31   22   19   2   23   27   0   0   143   3   0  5.58  4.02   72 1.761
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .667  18   9 123   6   0   0  53  9  201.7  189  104   95  12  117  155   3   9   888  11   2  4.24  3.67   87 1.517
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   4  64   3   0   0  27  4  106.0   99   54   50   6   61   81   1   4   468   5   1  4.24  3.67   87 1.517
 Career High     11   3  61   6   0   0  29  7   93.7   71   32   28   5   42   77   2   7   390   4   2  2.69  3.58  133 1.206

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 21 HOU NL  11   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1986 22 HOU NL  61    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .111  .200  .111  -10    1   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-4
 1987 23 HOU NL  21    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      123   26    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  16  .038  .074  .038  -67    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         34    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  21  .038  .074  .038  -67    1   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     61   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9                           1   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 21 HOU NL   16   16    0   0.0    92| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .382| .000  .706|-100  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1986 22 HOU NL   10    8    0   0.0    95| .111  .258| .200  .328| .111  .389| .311  .716| -10  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1987 23 HOU NL    3    3    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .000  .333| .000  .412| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        29   27    0   0.0    94| .038  .258| .074  .326| .038  .388| .112  .714| -67  .000  -5.9  -0.6   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 ------+
1985 21 HOU NL P 11 5 2 1 1 .875 .959 0.64 0.68 1.42 1.93 6 44.3 1986 22 HOU NL P 61 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.26 0.66 1.54 1.94 0 93.7 1987 23 HOU NL P 21 5 3 1 0 .889 .952 0.38 0.62 2.42 1.91 0 29.7 1990 26 TOT NL P 30 2 2 3 0 .571 .952 0.13 0.58 1.06 1.80 0 34.0 HOU NL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.58 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 ATL NL P 25 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 0.16 0.58 1.17 1.79 0 30.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 21 HOU NL P 11 5 2 1 1 .875 .959 0.64 0.68 1.42 1.93 6 44.3 1986 22 HOU NL P 61 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.26 0.66 1.54 1.94 0 93.7 1987 23 HOU NL P 21 5 3 1 0 .889 .952 0.38 0.62 2.42 1.91 0 29.7 1990 26 TOT NL P 30 2 2 3 0 .571 .952 0.13 0.58 1.06 1.80 0 34.0 HOU NL P 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.58 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 ATL NL P 25 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 0.16 0.58 1.17 1.79 0 30.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 123 19 16 5 2 .875 .954 0.28 0.64 1.56 1.91 6 201.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 123 19 16 5 2 .875 .954 0.28 0.64 1.56 1.91 6 202
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   3   0   2.25  0  1  0  0   4     2   1   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Youngest Player
1985 NL-21-10

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1834) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 24th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 12, 1982: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

April 28, 1990: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and Kevin Dean (minors). The Atlanta Braves sent Lee Ellis Johnson (minors) (October 29, 1990) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

July 23, 1990: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

July 27, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Houston Astros$65,000
1987Houston Astros$110,037
1988Houston Astros$100,000
1990Houston Astros$122,000
Career (may be incomplete)$397,037

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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