Keith Atherton

Keith Rowe Atherton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1959 in Newport News, VA
High School: Mathews HS (Mathews, VA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1983
Teams (by GP): Twins/Athletics/Indians 1983-1989

Final Game: August 5, 1989
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Standard Batting

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
1978	19	OAK-min	A-	12																									BND · NORW
1979	20	OAK-min	AA,A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WBY,MOD · EL,CALL
1980	21	OAK-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WHA · EL
1981	22	OAK-min	AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WHA · EL
1982	23	OAK-min	AAA	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1983	24	OAK-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1983	24	OAK	AL	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	25	OAK	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	26	OAK	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	TOT	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	OAK	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	MIN	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	MIN	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	29	MIN	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	30	CLE-DET-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CSP,TOL · PCL,IL
1989	30	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				342	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (4 yrs)				155	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1983	24	OAK	AL	29	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1984	25	OAK	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$52,500	1
1985	26	OAK	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$107,333	1
1986	27	OAK	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$183,700	1
1986	27	MIN	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1987	28	MIN	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$300,000	1
1988	29	MIN	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$345,000	1
1989	30	CLE	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1
7 Seasons				342	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	-0	$1,438,533

OAK (4 yrs)				155	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$343,533
MIN (3 yrs)				155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$645,000
CLE (1 yr)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1983	24	OAK	AL	1	1	92	.000	.257	.000	.318	.000	.388	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				1	1	92	.000	.257	.000	.318	.000	.388	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				0	0	92	.000	.257	.000	.318	.000	.388	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1987	28	MIN	AL	ALCS	DET	W	1	0
1987	28	MIN	AL	WS	STL	W	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	0
1 ALCS							1	0
1 WS							2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1983	24	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
7 Yrs				1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.71	6.1	40.6	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1983	24	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.84	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1984	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1985	26	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	27	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	27	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1987	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1988	29	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	30	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.84	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	24	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1983	24	OAK	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1983	24	29	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1984	25	86	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1985	26	142	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1986	27	202	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1987	28	261	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1988	29	310	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1989	30	342	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1983	24	29	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	29
1 Yr		29	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	29
162 Game Avg.		162	6	6	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	29

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