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Kevin Kobel
Kevin Richard Kobel

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 8, 1973
  vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER
Final Game June 7, 1980
Born October 2, 1953 in Buffalo, NY

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1973 19 MIL AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    8.3    9    8    8   2    8    4   0   1    41   0   0  8.64  3.75   43 2.040
 1974 20 MIL AL   6  14  34  24   3   2   3  0  169.3  166   84   75  16   54   74   2   3   712   1   0  3.99  3.59   90 1.299
 1976 22 MIL AL   0   1   3   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    6    5    5   3    3    1   1   0    22   1   0 11.25  3.49   31 2.250
 1978 24 NYM NL   5   6  32  11   1   0  12  0  108.3   95   42   35   9   30   51   2   1   442   9   0  2.91  3.47  119 1.154
 1979 25 NYM NL   6   8  30  27   1   1   1  0  161.7  169   74   63  14   46   67   3   2   683   4   2  3.51  3.63  103 1.330
 1980 26 NYM NL   1   4  14   1   0   0   3  0   24.3   36   21   19   5   11    8   0   0   114   3   0  7.03  3.54   50 1.932
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .346  18  34 115  64   5   3  22  0  476.0  481  234  205  49  152  205   8   7  2014  18   2  3.88  3.58   92 1.330
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  12  43  24   1   1   8  0  180.7  182   88   77  18   57   77   3   2   765   6   0  3.88  3.58   92 1.330
 Career High      6  14  34  27   3   2  12  0  169.3  169   84   75  16   54   74   3   3   712   9   2  2.91  3.63  119 1.154

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 24 NYM NL  32   25    3    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .160  .192  .200   12    5   4   0   0   0   0
 1979 25 NYM NL  30   46    1    9   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  18  .196  .196  .217   15   10   9   0   0   0   1
 1980 26 NYM NL  14    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      115   73    4   13   2  0   0    4   0  0   1  26  .178  .189  .205   11   15  13   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        103    6   18   3  0   0    6   0  0   1  37  .178  .189  .205   11   21  18   0   0   0   1
 Career High     34   46    3    9   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  18                          10   9   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 24 NYM NL   30   25    1   1.1    91| .160  .257| .192  .324| .200  .378| .392  .703|  12  .076  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1979 25 NYM NL   55   47    2   1.2    96| .196  .264| .196  .329| .217  .392| .413  .721|  15  .079  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1980 26 NYM NL    2    2    0   0.0    93| .000  .263| .000  .325| .000  .382| .000  .707|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        87   74    3   1.1    94| .178  .262| .189  .327| .205  .387| .394  .714|  11  .074  -8.9  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 19 MIL AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.85 1.08 1.84 1 8.3 1974 20 MIL AL P 34 8 29 0 3 1.000 .946 1.09 0.83 1.97 1.81 24 169.3 1976 22 MIL AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.87 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 1978 24 NYM NL P 32 4 16 2 1 .909 .952 0.62 0.72 1.66 1.91 11 108.3 1979 25 NYM NL P 30 13 26 3 2 .929 .951 1.30 0.66 2.17 1.80 27 161.7 1980 26 NYM NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.69 1.48 1.93 1 24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 19 MIL AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.85 1.08 1.84 1 8.3 1974 20 MIL AL P 34 8 29 0 3 1.000 .946 1.09 0.83 1.97 1.81 24 169.3 1976 22 MIL AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.87 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 1978 24 NYM NL P 32 4 16 2 1 .909 .952 0.62 0.72 1.66 1.91 11 108.3 1979 25 NYM NL P 30 13 26 3 2 .929 .951 1.30 0.66 2.17 1.80 27 161.7 1980 26 NYM NL P 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.69 1.48 1.93 1 24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 115 25 77 5 6 .953 .949 0.89 0.74 1.93 1.83 64 476.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 115 25 77 5 6 .953 .949 0.89 0.74 1.93 1.83 64 476
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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
1973 AL-19-2
1974 AL-20-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

December 6, 1977: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 17, 1980: Traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Randy McGilberry (June 23, 1980) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.


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