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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 29 KCR AL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 31 TOT AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 31 KCR AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 32 OAK AL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 33 NYM NL 31 67 62 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .113 .141 .113 .254 -32 7 0 1 3 0 0 1
2002 34 ANA AL 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 35 TOT AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 35 ANA AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 41 90 83 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 34 .096 .118 .096 .214 -43 8 0 1 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 356 328 16 32 0 0 0 16 0 0 4 134 .096 .118 .096 .214 -43 32 0 4 20 0 0
KCR (13 yrs) 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANA (2 yrs) 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 31 67 62 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .113 .141 .113 .254 -32 7 0 1 3 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 10 23 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .048 .048 .048 .095 -75 1 0 0 2 0 0
NL (1 yr) 31 67 62 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .113 .141 .113 .254 -32 7 0 1 3 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 KCR AL 21 P 6 5 21.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42 0.17 1.000 1.87 0.67
1990 KCR AL 22 P 32 24 185.2 39 15 21 3 3 .923 1.75 1.13 .954 1.78 0.59 RoY-3
1991 KCR AL 23 P 34 31 207.2 48 20 26 2 0 .958 1.99 1.35 .956 1.80 0.58
1992 KCR AL 24 P 30 30 208.1 41 19 21 1 4 .976 1.73 1.33 .951 1.72 0.56
1993 KCR AL 25 P 34 34 238.2 41 26 14 1 4 .976 1.51 1.18 .951 1.79 0.56 CYA-3,MVP-24
1994 KCR AL 26 P 23 23 155.0 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 1.16 0.87 .955 1.72 0.52
1995 KCR AL 27 P 31 31 201.1 36 16 20 0 3 1.000 1.61 1.16 .958 1.79 0.53 AS
1996 KCR AL 28 P 32 32 211.1 34 19 15 0 2 1.000 1.45 1.06 .959 1.77 0.52
1997 KCR AL 29 P 34 34 235.2 42 24 17 1 3 .976 1.57 1.21 .955 1.71 0.49
1998 KCR AL 30 P 3 3 15.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 0.33 1.000 1.80 0.50
1999 TOT AL 31 P 34 34 209.0 35 13 21 1 2 .971 1.46 1.00 .949 1.69 0.47
1999 KCR AL 31 P 22 22 140.1 24 10 13 1 2 .958 1.48 1.05 .950 1.69 0.47
1999 OAK AL 31 P 12 12 68.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.44 0.92 .945 1.69 0.47
2000 OAK AL 32 P 31 31 195.1 23 8 14 1 1 .957 1.01 0.71 .957 1.62 0.46
2001 NYM NL 33 P 33 33 206.2 34 11 21 2 2 .941 1.39 0.97 .959 1.75 0.46
2002 ANA AL 34 P 32 32 188.1 32 18 14 0 0 1.000 1.53 1.00 .956 1.69 0.48
2003 TOT AL 35 P 23 23 111.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.81 0.43 .960 1.73 0.49
2003 ANA AL 35 P 19 19 92.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.47 .956 1.73 0.49
2003 KCR AL 35 P 4 4 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 0.25 1.000 1.75 0.50
2004 KCR AL 36 P 2 2 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 1.58 0.45
16 Seasons P 414 402 2595.1 439 202 225 12 25 .973 1.48 1.03 .955 1.74 0.52
16 Seasons TOT 414 402 2595.1 439 202 225 12 25 .973 1.48 1.03 .928 1.74 0.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1667th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-AL--3--21%
0.21 Career Shares (145th)

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 (409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

July 31, 1999: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Oakland Athletics for Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein.

October 31, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

December 27, 2001: Traded by the New York Mets to the Anaheim Angels for Mo Vaughn.

July 30, 2003: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

August 6, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 17, 2005: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 9, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

June 2, 2006: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

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1990Kansas City Royals$100,000
1991Kansas City Royals$215,000
1992Kansas City Royals$390,000
1993Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
1994Kansas City Royals$3,800,000
1995Kansas City Royals$4,387,500
1996Kansas City Royals$5,051,250
1997Kansas City Royals$4,800,000
1998Kansas City Royals$4,800,000
1999Kansas City Royals$4,800,000
2000Oakland Athletics$5,600,000
2001New York Mets$8,500,000
2002Anaheim Angels$9,500,000
2003Anaheim Angels$11,500,000
2004Kansas City Royals$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$65,743,750
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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