Kevin Appier
Robert Kevin Appier
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 6, 1967 in Lancaster, CA
High School: Antelope Valley (Lancaster, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1989
Final Game: April 23, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1989 21 KCR AL 1 4 .200 9.14 6 5 0 0 0 0 21.2 34 22 22 3 12 1 10 0 0 0 106 43 2.123 14.1 1.2 5.0 4.2 0.83
1990 22 KCR AL 12 8 .600 2.76 32 24 1 3 3 0 185.2 179 67 57 13 54 2 127 6 1 6 784 139 1.255 8.7 0.6 2.6 6.2 2.35 RoY-3
1991 23 KCR AL 13 10 .565 3.42 34 31 1 6 3 0 207.2 205 97 79 13 61 3 158 2 1 7 881 121 1.281 8.9 0.6 2.6 6.8 2.59
1992 24 KCR AL 15 8 .652 2.46 30 30 0 3 0 0 208.1 167 59 57 10 68 5 150 2 0 4 852 165 1.128 7.2 0.4 2.9 6.5 2.21
1993 25 KCR AL 18 8 .692 2.56 34 34 0 5 1 0 238.2 183 74 68 8 81 3 186 1 0 5 953 179 1.106 6.9 0.3 3.1 7.0 2.30 CYA-3,MVP-24
1994 26 KCR AL 7 6 .538 3.83 23 23 0 1 0 0 155.0 137 68 66 11 63 7 145 4 1 11 653 130 1.290 8.0 0.6 3.7 8.4 2.30
1995 27 KCR AL 15 10 .600 3.89 31 31 0 4 1 0 201.1 163 90 87 14 80 1 185 8 0 5 832 123 1.207 7.3 0.6 3.6 8.3 2.31 AS
1996 28 KCR AL 14 11 .560 3.62 32 32 0 5 1 0 211.1 192 87 85 17 75 2 207 5 1 10 874 138 1.263 8.2 0.7 3.2 8.8 2.76
1997 29 KCR AL 9 13 .409 3.40 34 34 0 4 1 0 235.2 215 96 89 24 74 2 196 4 1 14 972 137 1.226 8.2 0.9 2.8 7.5 2.65
1998 30 KCR AL 1 2 .333 7.80 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 21 13 13 3 5 1 9 1 0 1 69 61 1.733 12.6 1.8 3.0 5.4 1.80
1999 31 TOT AL 16 14 .533 5.17 34 34 0 1 0 0 209.0 230 131 120 27 84 4 131 7 1 10 926 94 1.502 9.9 1.2 3.6 5.6 1.56
1999 31 KCR AL 9 9 .500 4.87 22 22 0 1 0 0 140.1 153 81 76 18 51 3 78 6 0 5 613 103 1.454 9.8 1.2 3.3 5.0 1.53
1999 31 OAK AL 7 5 .583 5.77 12 12 0 0 0 0 68.2 77 50 44 9 33 1 53 1 1 5 313 79 1.602 10.1 1.2 4.3 6.9 1.61
2000 32 OAK AL 15 11 .577 4.52 31 31 0 1 1 0 195.1 200 109 98 23 102 10 129 9 0 6 884 104 1.546 9.2 1.1 4.7 5.9 1.26
2001 33 NYM NL 11 10 .524 3.57 33 33 0 1 1 0 206.2 181 89 82 22 64 4 172 15 0 12 856 117 1.185 7.9 1.0 2.8 7.5 2.69
2002 34 ANA AL 14 12 .538 3.92 32 32 0 0 0 0 188.1 191 89 82 23 64 2 132 7 0 7 795 113 1.354 9.1 1.1 3.1 6.3 2.06
2003 35 TOT AL 8 9 .471 5.40 23 23 0 0 0 0 111.2 120 69 67 21 43 4 55 8 1 6 499 83 1.460 9.7 1.7 3.5 4.4 1.28
2003 35 ANA AL 7 7 .500 5.63 19 19 0 0 0 0 92.2 105 60 58 17 36 4 50 8 1 4 422 78 1.522 10.2 1.7 3.5 4.9 1.39
2003 35 KCR AL 1 2 .333 4.26 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 15 9 9 4 7 0 5 0 0 2 77 115 1.158 7.1 1.9 3.3 2.4 0.71
2004 36 KCR AL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 8 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 22 35 2.500 15.8 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
16 Seasons 169 137 .552 3.74 414 402 2 34 12 0 2595.1 2425 1168 1078 232 933 51 1994 79 7 106 10958 121 1.294 8.4 0.8 3.2 6.9 2.14
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .552 3.74 35 34 0 3 1 0 216 202 97 90 19 78 4 166 7 1 9 913 121 1.294 8.4 0.8 3.2 6.9 2.14
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
KCR (13 yrs) 115 92 .556 3.49 287 275 2 32 10 0 1843.2 1671 771 714 138 634 30 1458 39 5 72 7688 130 1.250 8.2 0.7 3.1 7.1 2.30
OAK (2 yrs) 22 16 .579 4.84 43 43 0 1 1 0 264.0 277 159 142 32 135 11 182 10 1 11 1197 96 1.561 9.4 1.1 4.6 6.2 1.35
ANA (2 yrs) 21 19 .525 4.48 51 51 0 0 0 0 281.0 296 149 140 40 100 6 182 15 1 11 1217 98 1.409 9.5 1.3 3.2 5.8 1.82
NYM (1 yr) 11 10 .524 3.57 33 33 0 1 1 0 206.2 181 89 82 22 64 4 172 15 0 12 856 117 1.185 7.9 1.0 2.8 7.5 2.69
AL (15 yrs) 158 127 .554 3.75 381 369 2 33 11 0 2388.2 2244 1079 996 210 869 47 1822 64 7 94 10102 121 1.303 8.5 0.8 3.3 6.9 2.10
NL (1 yr) 11 10 .524 3.57 33 33 0 1 1 0 206.2 181 89 82 22 64 4 172 15 0 12 856 117 1.185 7.9 1.0 2.8 7.5 2.69

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 32 OAK AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 3.48 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 1 6 1 13 0 0 0 46 1.548 8.7 0.9 5.2 11.3 2.17
2002 34 ANA AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 24 1.600 9.0 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
2002 34 ANA AL ALCS W MIN 0 1 .000 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 43 1.355 8.7 0.0 3.5 2.6 0.75
2002 34 ANA AL WS W SFG 0 0 11.37 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 8 8 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 32 2.211 12.8 5.7 7.1 5.7 0.80
2 Seasons (4 Series) 0 2 .000 5.34 7 6 0 0 0 0 32.0 34 19 19 6 18 2 23 1 0 2 145 1.625 9.6 1.7 5.1 6.5 1.28
2 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.11 3 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 15 7 7 2 9 1 16 1 0 0 70 1.565 8.8 1.2 5.3 9.4 1.78
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.48 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 43 1.355 8.7 0.0 3.5 2.6 0.75
1 WS 0 0 11.37 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 9 8 8 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 32 2.211 12.8 5.7 7.1 5.7 0.80

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 21 KCR AL 6 106 91 22 34 5 0 3 3 2 12 10 .374 .434 .527 .961 .383 48 3 0 0 3 1
1990 22 KCR AL 32 783 709 67 179 17 1 13 13 1 54 127 .252 .307 .334 .641 .287 237 21 6 5 9 2
1991 23 KCR AL 34 880 803 97 205 41 1 13 10 8 61 158 .255 .307 .357 .665 .301 287 12 2 8 6 3
1992 24 KCR AL 30 852 771 59 167 37 6 10 18 9 68 150 .217 .281 .319 .600 .256 246 12 2 8 3 5
1993 25 KCR AL 34 953 863 74 183 39 3 8 11 8 81 186 .212 .279 .292 .571 .260 252 18 1 3 5 3
1994 26 KCR AL 23 653 570 68 137 22 6 11 14 6 63 145 .240 .317 .358 .675 .299 204 11 4 9 7 7
1995 27 KCR AL 31 832 738 90 163 34 10 14 9 4 80 185 .221 .303 .351 .654 .275 259 20 8 3 3 1
1996 28 KCR AL 32 874 783 87 192 37 5 17 13 9 75 207 .245 .314 .370 .684 .311 290 21 5 7 4 2
1997 29 KCR AL 34 972 886 96 215 46 1 24 14 9 74 196 .243 .303 .378 .681 .285 335 19 4 4 4 2
1998 30 KCR AL 3 69 62 13 21 4 0 3 0 1 5 9 .339 .391 .548 .940 .353 34 2 1 0 1 1
1999 31 TOT AL 34 926 823 131 230 50 4 27 24 9 84 131 .279 .349 .448 .798 .303 369 19 7 7 5 4
1999 31 KCR AL 22 613 548 81 153 29 2 18 16 8 51 78 .279 .345 .438 .783 .297 240 14 6 5 3 3
1999 31 OAK AL 12 313 275 50 77 21 2 9 8 1 33 53 .280 .357 .469 .826 .316 129 5 1 2 2 1
2000 32 OAK AL 31 884 762 109 200 46 3 23 9 7 102 129 .262 .354 .421 .775 .287 321 15 9 5 6 10
2001 33 NYM NL 33 856 764 89 181 37 7 22 22 8 64 172 .237 .306 .390 .696 .276 298 16 15 6 7 4
2002 34 ANA AL 32 795 715 89 191 37 1 23 11 13 64 132 .267 .330 .418 .748 .296 299 14 7 1 8 2
2003 35 TOT AL 23 499 446 69 120 23 4 21 7 3 43 55 .269 .343 .480 .823 .267 214 5 8 1 1 4
2003 35 ANA AL 19 422 377 60 105 21 4 17 6 3 36 50 .279 .353 .491 .844 .283 185 3 8 0 1 4
2003 35 KCR AL 4 77 69 9 15 2 0 4 1 0 7 5 .217 .289 .420 .710 .183 29 2 0 1 0 0
2004 36 KCR AL 2 22 19 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 .368 .455 .474 .928 .412 9 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 414 10956 9805 1168 2425 477 52 232 178 97 933 1994 .247 .316 .378 .693 .287 3702 208 79 67 72 51
162 Game Avg. 35 913 817 97 202 40 4 19 15 8 78 166 .247 .316 .378 .693 .287 309 17 7 6 6 4
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 21 KCR AL 6 5 1 4 0 1 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 33 45 18 4 2 1 3 3.1 3.9 4.0 70 4 1 0 0 98
1990 22 KCR AL 32 24 12 8 4 0 3 13 11 .542 1 0 3 3 17 71% 58 90 30 20 4 3 9 4.3 4.5 7.1 104 2 8 9 5 136
1991 23 KCR AL 34 31 13 9 9 3 3 18 13 .581 3 4 6 3 16 52% 54 87 15 24 11 1 14 4.7 4.8 6.5 105 3 7 14 7 137
1992 24 KCR AL 30 30 15 8 7 2 4 17 13 .567 2 1 3 0 23 77% 61 91 31 11 3 0 12 3.4 4.0 6.9 107 1 8 14 7 137
1993 25 KCR AL 34 34 18 8 8 1 5 23 11 .676 3 1 5 1 29 85% 61 91 19 18 7 0 13 4.5 4.5 7.0 109 3 2 16 13 134
1994 26 KCR AL 23 23 7 6 10 1 2 13 10 .565 3 1 1 0 15 65% 56 81 8 6 1 0 10 5.0 4.8 6.7 114 2 1 10 9 137
1995 27 KCR AL 31 31 15 10 6 1 1 19 12 .613 3 1 4 1 17 55% 56 93 8 22 10 10 3 4.9 5.6 6.5 107 2 8 10 8 141
1996 28 KCR AL 32 32 14 11 7 3 3 17 15 .531 2 1 5 1 18 56% 57 86 27 15 8 1 11 4.7 5.0 6.6 107 3 4 9 12 134
1997 29 KCR AL 34 34 9 13 12 2 5 14 20 .412 2 5 4 1 19 56% 56 84 14 11 4 0 10 3.9 3.5 6.9 111 1 2 23 6 143
1998 30 KCR AL 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 41 29 0 0 0 2 3.5 6.9 5.0 91 1 0 2 0 105
1999 31 TOT AL 34 34 16 14 4 3 3 18 16 .529 2 0 1 0 18 53% 46 81 4 23 11 0 13 5.6 5.6 6.1 99 3 12 16 3 128
1999 31 KCR AL 22 22 9 9 4 1 2 11 11 .500 2 0 1 0 12 55% 47 81 21 18 9 0 8 5.4 5.0 6.4 101 2 7 10 3 128
1999 31 OAK AL 12 12 7 5 0 2 1 7 5 .583 0 0 0 0 6 50% 44 74 4 5 2 0 5 5.9 6.9 5.7 95 1 5 6 0 112
2000 32 OAK AL 31 31 15 11 5 5 4 18 13 .581 2 4 1 1 17 55% 48 78 3 23 9 0 15 6.2 6.6 6.3 107 2 7 15 7 146
2001 33 NYM NL 33 33 11 10 12 0 2 16 17 .485 1 6 1 1 22 67% 55 82 20 15 4 0 18 4.0 3.8 6.3 100 2 10 18 3 124
2002 34 ANA AL 32 32 14 12 6 0 5 17 15 .531 2 4 0 0 20 63% 51 77 15 22 6 0 17 4.6 4.4 5.9 99 3 9 19 1 121
2003 35 TOT AL 23 23 8 9 6 2 0 13 10 .565 1 4 0 0 7 30% 46 67 12 13 4 0 12 4.8 4.2 4.9 87 5 12 6 0 108
2003 35 ANA AL 19 19 7 7 5 2 0 12 7 .632 1 4 0 0 6 32% 45 67 12 13 4 0 10 5.0 4.3 4.9 89 4 9 6 0 108
2003 35 KCR AL 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50 67 33 0 0 0 2 3.9 3.5 4.8 79 1 3 0 0 97
2004 36 KCR AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 47 22 1 1 0 2 4.5 11.3 2.0 43 2 0 0 0 71
16 Seasons 414 402 169 136 97 25 41 218 184 .542 27 32 34 12 239 59% 54 93 3 228 85 16 164 4.6 4.7 6.4 103 39 91 181 81 146
MLB Averages
G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1989 21 KCR AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.999 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 28
1990 22 KCR AL 32 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 2 0.919 2 3 3 1 1 6 6 2 6 2 6 3 5.9 37
1991 23 KCR AL 34 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 5 0.961 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.3 41
3 Seasons 72 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 4 29% 0.945 4 4 4 2 3 7 8 4 10 2 10 3 6.2 37

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 21 KCR AL 106 50% 2.8% 9.4% 11.3% 7.6% 24% 0.50 0.66 76% 30% 5.9% 9% 31 3 10%
1990 22 KCR AL 784 45% 1.7% 16.2% 6.9% 4.0% 17% 0.90 1.14 74% 19% 4.9% 14% 148 21 14%
1991 23 KCR AL 881 51% 1.5% 18.0% 6.9% 6.3% 27% 0.77 0.97 73% 19% 4.5% 20% 145 12 8%
1992 24 KCR AL 852 49% 1.2% 17.6% 8.0% 6.2% 32% 0.66 0.84 72% 19% 3.3% 18% 156 12 8%
1993 25 KCR AL 953 51% 0.8% 19.5% 8.5% 5.3% 27% 0.80 1.00 71% 19% 2.6% 19% 153 18 12%
1994 26 KCR AL 653 52% 1.7% 22.2% 9.7% 6.0% 29% 0.87 1.08 64% 19% 6.3% 23% 123 11 9%
1995 27 KCR AL 832 59% 1.7% 22.2% 9.6% 7.0% 36% 0.85 1.18 65% 21% 6.3% 24% 155 20 13%
1996 28 KCR AL 874 57% 2.0% 23.7% 8.6% 6.8% 31% 0.74 1.00 64% 24% 6.4% 20% 173 21 12%
1997 29 KCR AL 972 54% 2.5% 20.2% 7.6% 7.3% 33% 0.64 0.88 69% 23% 7.1% 18% 170 19 11%
1998 30 KCR AL 69 61% 4.4% 13.0% 7.3% 10.1% 33% 0.66 0.94 74% 22% 10.3% 9% 15 2 13%
1999 31 TOT AL 926 52% 2.9% 14.2% 9.1% 8.8% 35% 0.74 1.00 72% 23% 8.0% 16% 163 19 12%
1999 31 KCR AL 613 52% 2.9% 12.7% 8.3% 8.0% 32% 0.80 1.11 74% 23% 8.2% 16% 105 14 13%
1999 31 OAK AL 313 50% 2.9% 16.9% 10.5% 10.2% 42% 0.63 0.79 69% 22% 7.8% 15% 58 5 9%
2000 32 OAK AL 884 54% 2.6% 14.6% 11.5% 8.1% 36% 0.60 0.76 70% 23% 7.6% 20% 158 15 9%
2001 33 NYM NL 856 47% 2.6% 20.1% 7.5% 7.7% 37% 0.79 1.09 67% 23% 8.5% 18% 128 16 13%
2002 34 ANA AL 795 53% 2.9% 16.6% 8.1% 7.7% 32% 0.53 0.67 71% 23% 7.9% 20% 127 14 11%
2003 35 TOT AL 499 56% 4.2% 11.0% 8.6% 9.6% 40% 0.51 0.58 74% 19% 9.8% 16% 90 5 6%
2003 35 ANA AL 422 55% 4.0% 11.9% 8.5% 10.0% 40% 0.51 0.57 74% 21% 9.3% 15% 76 3 4%
2003 35 KCR AL 77 60% 5.2% 6.5% 9.1% 7.8% 40% 0.49 0.63 78% 12% 12.1% 23% 14 2 14%
2004 36 KCR AL 22 68% 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 9.1% 29% 0.89 2.33 77% 18% 0.0% 11% 6 0 0%
16 Seasons 10958 52% 2.1% 18.2% 8.5% 7.0% 31% 0.71 0.93 70% 21% 6.4% 19% 1941 208 11%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 21 KCR AL 106 378 3.57 238 63% 20% 11% 34% 35% 80% 3% 51% 86% 61% 5% 5 1 16% 17 8 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0
1990 22 KCR AL 784 2789 3.56 1768 63% 22% 17% 27% 34% 77% 0% 49% 77% 57% 5% 43 26 18% 144 55 8 23% 17 15 0 2 12
1991 23 KCR AL 881 3386 3.84 2106 62% 23% 18% 27% 31% 77% 1% 48% 76% 57% 5% 42 28 18% 158 41 4 23% 14 11 0 0 0
1992 24 KCR AL 852 3202 3.76 1972 62% 24% 18% 27% 32% 76% 2% 47% 77% 56% 5% 44 28 18% 152 35 5 21% 8 11 0 0 0
1993 25 KCR AL 953 3722 3.91 2346 63% 24% 18% 29% 29% 76% 1% 48% 76% 59% 5% 48 31 24% 225 77 4 20% 20 14 0 0 0
1994 26 KCR AL 623 2503 4.02 1546 62% 24% 22% 27% 27% 76% 3% 47% 71% 59% 5% 33 19 23% 146 52 2 11% 22 7 30 0 0
1995 27 KCR AL 748 2984 3.99 1853 62% 26% 21% 26% 27% 74% 0% 46% 72% 56% 6% 47 33 23% 170 73 6 23% 27 13 84 1 0
1996 28 KCR AL 752 2990 3.98 1896 63% 27% 21% 26% 26% 73% 0% 47% 72% 57% 5% 36 23 25% 188 89 9 25% 22 12 122 0 0
1997 29 KCR AL 921 3539 3.84 2241 63% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 0% 47% 77% 59% 4% 38 18 22% 201 107 9 33% 33 19 51 0 0
1998 30 KCR AL 69 272 3.94 172 63% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 1% 46% 79% 61% 4% 3 2 23% 16 7 1 44% 2 0 0 0 0
1999 31 TOT AL 926 3368 3.64 2056 61% 26% 15% 25% 34% 74% 1% 45% 80% 57% 6% 53 25 18% 166 63 9 24% 20 24 0 0 0
1999 31 KCR AL 613 2224 3.63 1372 62% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 1% 45% 81% 56% 5% 31 14 18% 112 46 5 27% 14 14 0 0 0
1999 31 OAK AL 313 1144 3.65 684 60% 27% 16% 24% 33% 73% 1% 44% 78% 59% 7% 22 11 17% 54 17 4 19% 6 10 0 0 0
2000 32 OAK AL 884 3332 3.77 1975 59% 29% 14% 25% 33% 71% 2% 42% 80% 54% 7% 60 39 16% 145 67 5 26% 19 12 0 0 0
2001 33 NYM NL 856 3296 3.85 2030 62% 26% 19% 25% 30% 74% 1% 46% 75% 58% 6% 48 28 21% 176 69 7 17% 20 16 0 0 0
2002 34 ANA AL 795 3176 3.99 1935 61% 30% 12% 27% 31% 70% 0% 43% 83% 59% 4% 35 20 20% 161 57 6 28% 17 13 0 0 0
2003 35 TOT AL 499 1997 4.00 1218 61% 31% 11% 26% 32% 69% 2% 42% 85% 55% 5% 27 17 18% 90 37 4 44% 6 6 0 0 0
2003 35 ANA AL 422 1683 3.99 1034 61% 31% 11% 26% 32% 69% 2% 42% 84% 57% 5% 20 12 19% 82 34 4 46% 6 4 0 0 0
2003 35 KCR AL 77 314 4.08 184 59% 28% 9% 28% 35% 72% 0% 42% 87% 47% 9% 7 5 10% 8 3 0 20% 0 2 0 0 0
2004 36 KCR AL 22 86 3.91 47 55% 38% 11% 15% 36% 62% 0% 34% 83% 41% 5% 1 0 18% 4 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
16 Seasons 10671 41020 3.84 25399 62% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 1% 46% 77% 57% 5% 563 338 20% 2159 837 79 24% 250 177 287 3 12
MLB Averages
PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1989 21 KCR AL 106 34 3 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 10 6 1 60% 0 0 0 49 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 22 KCR AL 784 179 25 3 13 0 18 6 7 5 8 30 14 6 47% 11 6 3 288 13 1 93% 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1991 23 KCR AL 881 205 55 9 13 0 13 5 8 4 9 39 18 7 46% 12 7 2 313 10 8 56% 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
1992 24 KCR AL 852 167 65 5 10 0 12 3 7 4 6 26 14 7 54% 12 4 0 324 18 9 67% 17 9 0 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
1993 25 KCR AL 953 183 20 4 8 0 10 3 5 4 4 34 20 6 59% 4 5 0 315 11 8 58% 10 6 1 1 0 1 2 0 13 0
1994 26 KCR AL 653 137 20 4 11 0 9 8 3 7 4 44 23 6 52% 8 11 1 247 14 6 70% 13 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 24 0
1995 27 KCR AL 832 163 25 6 14 0 11 3 11 9 5 30 13 7 43% 5 5 1 289 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1996 28 KCR AL 874 192 22 3 17 0 12 6 11 10 7 53 25 4 47% 2 10 2 329 13 9 59% 12 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 0
1997 29 KCR AL 972 215 21 2 24 0 14 10 14 10 14 47 24 8 51% 6 14 1 332 14 9 61% 11 8 2 0 1 1 1 0 25 0
1998 30 KCR AL 69 21 9 1 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 6 3 1 50% 0 1 0 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 31 TOT AL 926 230 24 5 27 1 17 16 11 15 12 56 30 9 54% 10 10 1 346 24 9 73% 23 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
1999 31 KCR AL 613 153 17 4 18 0 10 11 7 11 7 27 17 2 63% 6 5 0 232 16 8 67% 15 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1999 31 OAK AL 313 77 7 1 9 1 7 5 4 4 5 29 13 7 45% 4 5 1 114 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2000 32 OAK AL 884 200 18 3 23 2 20 10 13 7 16 40 21 4 53% 13 6 1 351 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2001 33 NYM NL 856 181 19 4 22 0 13 8 14 14 8 38 22 7 58% 8 12 3 279 22 8 73% 20 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2002 34 ANA AL 795 191 21 7 23 0 12 12 11 11 12 29 17 4 59% 2 7 2 270 11 13 46% 11 12 0 1 0 0 3 1 19 0
2003 35 TOT AL 499 120 6 1 21 1 11 7 14 4 17 17 6 2 35% 4 6 0 186 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2003 35 ANA AL 422 105 6 1 17 1 11 5 12 4 13 15 5 2 33% 3 4 0 158 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2003 35 KCR AL 77 15 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 50% 1 2 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 36 KCR AL 22 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 Seasons 10958 2425 353 57 232 5 180 99 133 108 124 500 257 79 51% 98 106 17 3950 178 97 65% 164 90 11 3 3 4 13 2 238 0
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1989 21 1 4 .200 9.14 6 5 0 0 0 0 21.2 34 22 22 3 12 1 10 0 0 0 106 43 2.123 14.1 1.2 5.0 4.2 0.83 43
1990 22 13 12 .520 3.43 38 29 1 3 3 0 207.1 213 89 79 16 66 3 137 6 1 6 890 112 1.346 9.2 0.7 2.9 5.9 2.08 112
1991 23 26 22 .542 3.43 72 60 2 9 6 0 415.0 418 186 158 29 127 6 295 8 2 13 1771 117 1.313 9.1 0.6 2.8 6.4 2.32 117
1992 24 41 30 .577 3.10 102 90 2 12 6 0 623.1 585 245 215 39 195 11 445 10 2 17 2623 129 1.251 8.4 0.6 2.8 6.4 2.28 129
1993 25 59 38 .608 2.95 136 124 2 17 7 0 862.0 768 319 283 47 276 14 631 11 2 22 3576 141 1.211 8.0 0.5 2.9 6.6 2.29 141
1994 26 66 44 .600 3.09 159 147 2 18 7 0 1017.0 905 387 349 58 339 21 776 15 3 33 4229 139 1.223 8.0 0.5 3.0 6.9 2.29 139
1995 27 81 54 .600 3.22 190 178 2 22 8 0 1218.1 1068 477 436 72 419 22 961 23 3 38 5061 136 1.221 7.9 0.5 3.1 7.1 2.29 136
1996 28 95 65 .594 3.28 222 210 2 27 9 0 1429.2 1260 564 521 89 494 24 1168 28 4 48 5935 136 1.227 7.9 0.6 3.1 7.4 2.36 136
1997 29 104 78 .571 3.30 256 244 2 31 10 0 1665.1 1475 660 610 113 568 26 1364 32 5 62 6907 136 1.227 8.0 0.6 3.1 7.4 2.40 136
1998 30 105 80 .568 3.34 259 247 2 31 10 0 1680.1 1496 673 623 116 573 27 1373 33 5 63 6976 135 1.231 8.0 0.6 3.1 7.4 2.40 135
1999 31 121 94 .563 3.54 293 281 2 32 10 0 1889.1 1726 804 743 143 657 31 1504 40 6 73 7902 128 1.261 8.2 0.7 3.1 7.2 2.29 128
2000 32 136 105 .564 3.63 324 312 2 33 11 0 2084.2 1926 913 841 166 759 41 1633 49 6 79 8786 125 1.288 8.3 0.7 3.3 7.1 2.15 125
2001 33 147 115 .561 3.63 357 345 2 34 12 0 2291.1 2107 1002 923 188 823 45 1805 64 6 91 9642 125 1.279 8.3 0.7 3.2 7.1 2.19 125
2002 34 161 127 .559 3.65 389 377 2 34 12 0 2479.2 2298 1091 1005 211 887 47 1937 71 6 98 10437 124 1.284 8.3 0.8 3.2 7.0 2.18 124
2003 35 169 136 .554 3.72 412 400 2 34 12 0 2591.1 2418 1160 1072 232 930 51 1992 79 7 104 10936 121 1.292 8.4 0.8 3.2 6.9 2.14 121
2004 36 169 137 .552 3.74 414 402 2 34 12 0 2595.1 2425 1168 1078 232 933 51 1994 79 7 106 10958 121 1.294 8.4 0.8 3.2 6.9 2.14 121

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 21 0 2 .000 10.80 20.0 35 27 24 3 12 9 0 2.350 15.8 5.4 4.1 0.75 1.4 6
1990 22 11 8 .579 3.27 176.0 191 71 64 14 58 120 6 1.415 9.8 3.0 6.1 2.07 0.7 32
1991 23 12 10 .545 3.65 202.0 210 91 82 13 62 154 2 1.347 9.4 2.8 6.9 2.48 0.6 34
1992 24 15 7 .682 2.72 202.0 173 68 61 10 70 145 2 1.203 7.7 3.1 6.5 2.07 0.4 30
1993 25 18 7 .720 2.48 232.0 177 71 64 8 78 181 1 1.099 6.9 3.0 7.0 2.32 0.3 34
1994 26 14 10 .583 3.37 219.0 182 91 82 15 84 205 5 1.215 7.5 3.5 8.4 2.44 0.6 23
1995 27 13 11 .542 3.65 222.0 176 100 90 15 86 204 9 1.180 7.1 3.5 8.3 2.37 0.6 31
1996 28 13 9 .591 3.22 207.0 179 82 74 16 70 203 5 1.203 7.8 3.0 8.8 2.90 0.7 32
1997 29 15 10 .600 3.26 229.0 209 92 83 23 72 190 4 1.227 8.2 2.8 7.5 2.64 0.9 34
1998 30 0 1 .000 7.71 14.0 20 13 12 3 5 8 1 1.786 12.9 3.2 5.1 1.60 1.9 3
1999 31 9 13 .409 4.76 206.0 221 121 109 26 81 129 7 1.466 9.7 3.5 5.6 1.59 1.1 34
2000 32 10 11 .476 4.29 193.0 196 102 92 23 100 127 9 1.534 9.1 4.7 5.9 1.27 1.1 31
2001 33 12 10 .545 3.62 199.0 180 89 80 22 64 166 15 1.226 8.1 2.9 7.5 2.59 1.0 33
2002 34 9 10 .474 4.10 178.0 190 90 81 23 64 125 7 1.427 9.6 3.2 6.3 1.95 1.2 32
2003 35 4 8 .333 5.45 109.0 121 73 66 21 43 54 8 1.505 10.0 3.6 4.5 1.26 1.7 23
2004 36 0 0 11.25 4.0 6 6 5 0 3 2 0 2.250 13.5 6.8 4.5 0.67 0.0 2
16 Seasons 155 127 .550 3.68 2612.0 2466 1187 1069 235 952 2022 81 1.309 8.5 7.0 2.12 0.8 414

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (3, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (146th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1990 AL  2.763 (4th)
1992 AL  2.462 (2nd)
1993 AL  2.564 (1st)
1996 AL  3.620 (5th)
1997 AL  3.399 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1993 AL  18 (4th)
1995 AL  15 (8th)
1999 AL  16 (9th)
2000 AL  15 (9th)
Career  169 (181st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1992 AL  .652 (7th)
1993 AL  .692 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1992 AL  1.128 (4th)
1993 AL  1.106 (2nd)
1995 AL  1.207 (6th)
1996 AL  1.263 (6th)
1997 AL  1.226 (7th)
2001 NL  1.186 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 AL  7.214 (3rd)
1993 AL  6.901 (2nd)
1994 AL  7.955 (8th)
1995 AL  7.286 (2nd)
1996 AL  8.177 (4th)
1997 AL  8.211 (7th)
2001 NL  7.882 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  2.618 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL  6.848 (5th)
1992 AL  6.480 (7th)
1993 AL  7.014 (7th)
1994 AL  8.419 (3rd)
1995 AL  8.270 (4th)
1996 AL  8.816 (2nd)
1997 AL  7.485 (7th)
Career  6.915 (96th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1993 AL  238.7 (8th)
1997 AL  235.7 (5th)
Career  2595.3 (209th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 AL  186 (6th)
1994 AL  145 (5th)
1995 AL  185 (5th)
1996 AL  207 (3rd)
1997 AL  196 (5th)
Career  1994 (65th)

Games Started s c a p y
1993 AL  34 (6th)
1995 AL  31 (4th)
1997 AL  34 (5th)
1999 AL  34 (2nd)
Career  402 (119th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1993 AL  5 (10th)
1995 AL  4 (8th)
1996 AL  5 (8th)
1997 AL  4 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 AL  3 (3rd)
1991 AL  3 (2nd)
1993 AL  1 (10th)
1995 AL  1 (9th)
1996 AL  1 (6th)
1997 AL  1 (9th)
2000 AL  1 (4th)
2001 NL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  232 (129th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  102 (1st)
Career  933 (137th)

Hits s c a p y
1999 AL  230 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1990 AL  2.352 (7th)
1991 AL  2.590 (8th)
1995 AL  2.313 (7th)
1996 AL  2.760 (4th)
1997 AL  2.649 (8th)
Career  2.137 (196th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  .630 (10th)
1991 AL  .563 (8th)
1992 AL  .432 (5th)
1993 AL  .302 (1st)
1994 AL  .639 (4th)
1995 AL  .626 (4th)
1996 AL  .724 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1997 AL  13 (7th)
1999 AL  14 (4th)
2002 AL  12 (8th)
Career  137 (215th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL  120 (5th)
Career  1078 (179th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1994 AL  11 (4th)
1996 AL  10 (9th)
1997 AL  14 (1st)
1999 AL  10 (8th)
2001 NL  12 (2nd)
Career  106 (69th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1995 AL  8 (5th)
2000 AL  9 (8th)
2001 NL  15 (5th)
Career  79 (118th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1997 AL  972 (7th)
1999 AL  926 (6th)
Career  10958 (177th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 AL  139 (5th)
1992 AL  165 (2nd)
1993 AL  179 (1st)
1996 AL  138 (6th)
1997 AL  137 (6th)
Career  121 (101st)

Youngest s c a p y
1989 AL  born 1967-12-06 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 104 (198), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Dave Stewart (936)
  6. Jim Lonborg (934)
  7. Bob Forsch (933)
  8. Doug Drabek (933)
  9. Dave Stieb (931)
  10. Bob Buhl (927)
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  3. Scott Sanderson (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mel Stottlemyre (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Welch (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Welch (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jake Peavy (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jose Rijo (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Darling (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Darling (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ron Darling (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Ron Darling (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Andy Benes (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Chuck Finley (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Chuck Finley (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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