Keith Atherton
Keith Rowe Atherton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1959 in Newport News, VA
High School: Mathews (Mathews, VA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1983
Final Game: August 5, 1989
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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
1983 24 OAK AL 2 5 .286 2.77 29 0 21 0 0 4 68.1 53 22 21 7 23 4 40 1 1 1 277 139 1.112 7.0 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.74
1984 25 OAK AL 7 6 .538 4.33 57 0 24 0 0 2 104.0 110 51 50 13 39 8 58 2 0 3 453 86 1.433 9.5 1.1 3.4 5.0 1.49
1985 26 OAK AL 4 7 .364 4.30 56 0 21 0 0 3 104.2 89 51 50 17 42 8 77 0 0 2 435 89 1.252 7.7 1.5 3.6 6.6 1.83
1986 27 TOT AL 6 10 .375 4.08 60 0 36 0 0 10 97.0 100 47 44 11 46 4 67 1 0 2 431 103 1.505 9.3 1.0 4.3 6.2 1.46
1986 27 OAK AL 1 2 .333 5.87 13 0 5 0 0 0 15.1 18 10 10 2 11 1 8 0 0 0 75 66 1.891 10.6 1.2 6.5 4.7 0.73
1986 27 MIN AL 5 8 .385 3.75 47 0 31 0 0 10 81.2 82 37 34 9 35 3 59 1 0 2 356 114 1.433 9.0 1.0 3.9 6.5 1.69
1987 28 MIN AL 7 5 .583 4.54 59 0 29 0 0 2 79.1 81 46 40 10 30 4 51 4 0 1 348 102 1.399 9.2 1.1 3.4 5.8 1.70
1988 29 MIN AL 7 5 .583 3.41 49 0 13 0 0 3 74.0 65 29 28 10 22 4 43 2 0 1 309 119 1.176 7.9 1.2 2.7 5.2 1.95
1989 30 CLE AL 0 3 .000 4.15 32 0 14 0 0 2 39.0 48 22 18 7 13 4 13 0 0 0 178 96 1.564 11.1 1.6 3.0 3.0 1.00
7 Seasons 33 41 .446 3.99 342 0 158 0 0 26 566.1 546 268 251 75 215 36 349 10 1 10 2431 101 1.344 8.7 1.2 3.4 5.5 1.62
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .446 3.99 68 0 31 0 0 5 113 109 53 50 15 43 7 69 2 0 2 483 101 1.344 8.7 1.2 3.4 5.5 1.62
OAK (4 yrs) 14 20 .412 4.03 155 0 71 0 0 9 292.1 270 134 131 39 115 21 183 3 1 6 1240 94 1.317 8.3 1.2 3.5 5.6 1.59
MIN (3 yrs) 19 18 .514 3.91 155 0 73 0 0 15 235.0 228 112 102 29 87 11 153 7 0 4 1013 110 1.340 8.7 1.1 3.3 5.9 1.76
CLE (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.15 32 0 14 0 0 2 39.0 48 22 18 7 13 4 13 0 0 0 178 96 1.564 11.1 1.6 3.0 3.0 1.00

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
1987 28 MIN AL ALCS W DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1987 28 MIN AL WS W STL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00

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
1983 24 OAK AL 29 277 246 22 53 14 3 7 6 1 23 40 .215 .280 .382 .662 .225 94 4 1 2 5 4
1984 25 OAK AL 57 453 402 51 110 16 5 13 4 6 39 58 .274 .336 .435 .772 .288 175 5 2 4 6 8
1985 26 OAK AL 56 435 386 51 89 22 1 17 9 6 42 77 .231 .303 .425 .728 .243 164 4 0 3 4 8
1986 27 TOT AL 60 431 372 47 100 19 2 11 9 2 46 67 .269 .346 .419 .765 .297 156 6 1 6 6 4
1986 27 MIN AL 47 356 311 37 82 14 1 9 8 1 35 59 .264 .336 .402 .738 .296 125 6 1 5 4 3
1986 27 OAK AL 13 75 61 10 18 5 1 2 1 1 11 8 .295 .392 .508 .900 .302 31 0 0 1 2 1
1987 28 MIN AL 59 348 309 46 81 14 3 10 8 2 30 51 .262 .332 .424 .756 .283 131 3 4 2 3 4
1988 29 MIN AL 49 309 277 29 65 11 1 10 3 0 22 43 .235 .293 .390 .683 .242 108 3 2 5 3 4
1989 30 CLE AL 32 178 164 22 48 13 2 7 3 3 13 13 .293 .345 .524 .869 .285 86 0 0 1 0 4
7 Seasons 342 2431 2156 268 546 109 17 75 42 20 215 349 .253 .320 .424 .744 .268 914 25 10 23 27 36
162 Game Avg. 68 483 429 53 109 22 3 15 8 4 43 69 .253 .320 .424 .744 .268 182 5 2 5 5 7
MLB Averages

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
1983 24 OAK AL 29 29 21 2 5 8 4 4 50% 8 0 26 11 42% 7 0.974 10 9 10 10 5 14 17 12 19 4 20 6 7.1
1984 25 OAK AL 57 57 24 7 6 6 2 4 33% 13 6 69 13 19% 7 0.957 17 21 17 19 7 31 40 17 37 13 42 9 5.5
1985 26 OAK AL 56 56 21 4 7 5 3 2 60% 13 8 63 17 27% 7 1.034 21 16 19 17 8 31 38 18 41 8 44 11 5.6
1986 27 TOT AL 60 60 36 6 10 14 10 4 71% 14 0 64 25 39% 1.243 24 14 21 22 12 26 39 21 33 18 34 10 4.9
1986 27 OAK AL 13 13 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 8 0.624 1 4 8 4 1 8 8 5 5 5 6 2 3.5
1986 27 MIN AL 47 47 31 5 8 14 10 4 71% 14 0 52 21 40% 9 1.373 23 10 13 18 11 18 31 16 28 13 28 8 5.2
1987 28 MIN AL 59 59 29 7 5 6 2 4 33% 19 11 57 21 37% 7 1.081 28 12 16 28 11 20 35 24 28 12 31 11 4.0
1988 29 MIN AL 49 49 13 7 5 7 3 4 43% 16 9 50 17 34% 7 1.257 23 12 13 21 9 19 27 22 28 10 30 2 4.5 22
1989 30 CLE AL 32 32 14 0 3 2 2 0 100% 7 4 29 14 48% 8 0.748 8 7 16 11 3 18 19 13 13 14 14 3 3.7 19
7 Seasons 342 342 158 33 41 48 26 22 54% 90 38 358 118 33% 1.064 131 91 112 128 55 159 215 127 199 79 215 52 5.0 21

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%
1983 24 OAK AL 277 42% 2.5% 14.4% 8.3% 8.7% 45% 0.60 74% 49 4 8%
1984 25 OAK AL 453 45% 2.9% 12.8% 8.6% 7.5% 31% 0.41 74% 91 5 5%
1985 26 OAK AL 435 43% 3.9% 17.7% 9.7% 9.2% 45% 0.41 68% 93 4 4%
1986 27 TOT AL 431 49% 2.6% 15.6% 10.7% 7.4% 32% 0.59 70% 117 6 5%
1986 27 OAK AL 75 45% 2.7% 10.7% 14.7% 10.7% 44% 0.42 71% 19 0 0%
1986 27 MIN AL 356 50% 2.5% 16.6% 9.8% 6.7% 29% 0.62 69% 98 6 6%
1987 28 MIN AL 348 52% 2.9% 14.7% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.63 72% 71 3 4%
1988 29 MIN AL 309 47% 3.2% 13.9% 7.1% 7.1% 34% 0.50 0.61 73% 17% 9.6% 31% 62 3 5%
1989 30 CLE AL 178 37% 3.9% 7.3% 7.3% 12.4% 46% 0.44 0.53 81% 21% 8.8% 22% 34 0 0%
7 Seasons 2431 46% 3.1% 14.4% 8.8% 8.3% 37% 0.48 0.53 72% 19% 9.2% 27% 517 25 5%
MLB Averages

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
1988 29 MIN AL 309 1082 3.50 716 66% 20% 14% 33% 34% 80% 4% 53% 83% 64% 4% 11 3 25% 77 41 6 30% 8 4 0 4 0
1989 30 CLE AL 175 599 3.42 366 61% 20% 10% 29% 41% 80% 7% 49% 88% 59% 6% 10 3 15% 26 11 4 0% 3 3 3 2 0
2 Seasons 484 1681 3.47 1082 65% 20% 12% 32% 36% 80% 5% 52% 85% 62% 4% 21 6 21% 103 52 10 23% 11 7 3 6 0
MLB Averages

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
1983 24 OAK AL 277 53 7 0 5 1 6 4 3 16 11 1 69% 2 1 0 103 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1984 25 OAK AL 453 110 13 0 22 6 7 6 7 32 16 4 50% 3 3 1 170 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1985 26 OAK AL 435 89 17 1 23 11 6 9 8 31 11 8 35% 3 2 1 173 9 6 60% 9 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 10 0
1986 27 TOT AL 431 100 11 0 16 3 8 5 6 36 20 5 56% 3 2 1 198 9 2 82% 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1986 27 OAK AL 75 18 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 5 3 1 60% 1 0 0 36 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1986 27 MIN AL 356 82 9 0 13 2 7 5 4 31 17 4 55% 2 2 1 162 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 28 MIN AL 348 81 10 0 12 4 6 1 9 24 13 3 54% 4 1 0 156 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1988 29 MIN AL 309 65 5 2 10 1 10 3 7 6 4 17 7 3 41% 2 1 1 113 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1989 30 CLE AL 178 48 6 1 7 0 8 2 5 3 4 8 2 0 25% 3 0 0 69 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2431 546 11 3 75 2 96 30 45 34 41 164 80 24 49% 20 10 4 982 42 20 68% 42 16 0 2 0 2 3 0 52 0
MLB Averages

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+
1983 24 2 5 .286 2.77 29 0 21 0 0 4 68.1 53 22 21 7 23 4 40 1 1 1 277 139 1.112 7.0 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.74 139
1984 25 9 11 .450 3.71 86 0 45 0 0 6 172.1 163 73 71 20 62 12 98 3 1 4 730 101 1.306 8.5 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.58 101
1985 26 13 18 .419 3.93 142 0 66 0 0 9 277.0 252 124 121 37 104 20 175 3 1 6 1165 96 1.285 8.2 1.2 3.4 5.7 1.68 96
1986 27 19 28 .404 3.97 202 0 102 0 0 19 374.0 352 171 165 48 150 24 242 4 1 8 1596 98 1.342 8.5 1.2 3.6 5.8 1.61 98
1987 28 26 33 .441 4.07 261 0 131 0 0 21 453.1 433 217 205 58 180 28 293 8 1 9 1944 99 1.352 8.6 1.2 3.6 5.8 1.63 99
1988 29 33 38 .465 3.98 310 0 144 0 0 24 527.1 498 246 233 68 202 32 336 10 1 10 2253 101 1.327 8.5 1.2 3.4 5.7 1.66 101
1989 30 33 41 .446 3.99 342 0 158 0 0 26 566.1 546 268 251 75 215 36 349 10 1 10 2431 101 1.344 8.7 1.2 3.4 5.5 1.62 101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983 24 4 3 .571 3.18 65.0 56 26 23 7 24 38 1 1.231 7.8 3.3 5.3 1.58 1.0 29
1984 25 4 6 .400 5.29 97.0 119 63 57 14 42 54 2 1.660 11.0 3.9 5.0 1.29 1.3 57
1985 26 4 6 .400 5.14 98.0 96 62 56 18 45 72 0 1.439 8.8 4.1 6.6 1.60 1.7 56
1986 27 5 5 .500 4.31 94.0 102 50 45 11 47 65 1 1.585 9.8 4.5 6.2 1.38 1.1 60
1987 28 4 4 .500 4.22 79.0 79 41 37 10 29 51 4 1.367 9.0 3.3 5.8 1.76 1.1 59
1988 29 4 4 .500 3.75 72.0 68 33 30 10 23 42 2 1.264 8.5 2.9 5.3 1.83 1.3 49
1989 30 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 51 21 19 7 14 13 0 1.711 12.1 3.3 3.1 0.93 1.7 32
7 Seasons 27 30 .474 4.43 543.0 571 296 267 77 224 335 10 1.464 9.5 5.6 1.50 1.3 342

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y
1987 AL--59--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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