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

Born: February 19, 1959 in Newport News, 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

Standard Batting

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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
1983 24 OAK AL 1 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 TOT AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 MIN AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 29 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 8 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 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (3 yrs) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 28 MIN AL ALCS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 28 MIN AL WS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1983 OAK AL 24 P 29 0 68.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.05 0.28 .950 1.80 0.73
1984 OAK AL 25 P 57 0 104.0 11 5 5 1 0 .909 0.87 0.18 .964 1.79 0.70
1985 OAK AL 26 P 56 0 104.2 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.86 0.18 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 27 P 60 0 97.0 18 6 11 1 1 .944 1.58 0.28 .956 1.83 0.68
1986 OAK AL 27 P 13 0 15.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.15 .950 1.82 0.68
1986 MIN AL 27 P 47 0 81.2 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.65 0.32 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 MIN AL 28 P 59 0 79.1 16 3 12 1 0 .938 1.70 0.25 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 MIN AL 29 P 49 0 74.0 13 3 9 1 0 .923 1.46 0.24 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 CLE AL 30 P 32 0 39.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.16 .960 1.87 0.66
7 Seasons P 342 0 566.1 82 26 51 5 1 .939 1.22 0.23 .957 1.82 0.69
7 Seasons TOT 342 0 566.1 82 26 51 5 1 .939 1.22 0.23 .896 1.82 0.69

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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2902), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1615), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1339), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

May 20, 1986: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Minnesota Twins for cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

March 26, 1989: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Carmen Castillo.

August 7, 1989: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 17, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Oakland Athletics$107,333
1986Oakland Athletics$183,700
1987Minnesota Twins$300,000
1988Minnesota Twins$345,000
Career (may be incomplete)$936,033
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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