Kevin Beirne

Kevin Patrick Beirne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 1, 1974 in Houston, TX
High School: McCollough HS (The Woodlands, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 2000
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Dodgers/BlueJays 2000-2002

Final Game: September 28, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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
1995	21	CHW-min	Rk,A	1	0	1.000	1.62	14	0	10	0	0	4	16.2	13	4	3	0	5	0	19	1	0	0	66		1.080	7.0	0.0	2.7	10.3	3.80	BRS,HCK,WHS · APPY,SALL,GULF
1996	22	CHW-min	A	4	11	.267	4.15	26	25	0	1	0	0	145.1	153	85	67	5	60	0	110	9	3	12	627		1.466	9.5	0.3	3.7	6.8	1.83	SBN · MIDW
1997	23	CHW-min	A+,AA	10	8	.556	3.94	26	25	1	1	0	0	157.2	142	89	69	11	69	1	124	11	1	7	674		1.338	8.1	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.80	WSM,BIR · CARL,SOUL
1998	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	13	9	.591	3.49	28	28	0	2	1	0	175.1	154	82	68	13	91	2	159	7	2	4	740		1.397	7.9	0.7	4.7	8.2	1.75	BIR,CGY · SOUL,PCL
1999	25	CHW-min	AAA	5	5	.500	5.42	20	20	0	0	0	0	113.0	134	75	68	14	36	0	63	2	0	12	495		1.504	10.7	1.1	2.9	5.0	1.75	CHR · IL
2000	26	CHW-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.51	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.1	39	13	13	3	7	0	28	2	0	5	143		1.380	10.5	0.8	1.9	7.6	4.00	CHR · IL
2000	26	CHW	AL	1	3	.250	6.70	29	1	8	0	0	0	49.2	50	41	37	9	20	1	41	4	0	1	220	75	1.409	9.1	1.6	3.6	7.4	2.05
2001	27	TOR-min	AAA,A-	1	1	.500	1.97	20	2	6	0	0	0	32.0	30	8	7	2	4	1	19	2	0	0	131		1.062	8.4	0.6	1.1	5.3	4.75	SYR,AUB · IL,NYPL
2001	27	TOR	AL	0	0		12.86	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	13	10	10	1	6	1	5	0	0	0	40	37	2.714	16.7	1.3	7.7	6.4	0.83
2002	28	LAD-min	AAA,A+	10	3	.769	4.09	23	22	0	0	0	0	127.2	130	64	58	12	41	0	90	9	0	4	545		1.339	9.2	0.8	2.9	6.3	2.20	LVG,VRO · PCL,FLOR
2002	28	LAD	NL	2	0	1.000	3.41	12	3	5	0	0	0	29.0	26	11	11	4	17	2	17	2	0	4	127	112	1.483	8.1	1.2	5.3	5.3	1.00
2008	34	PHI-min	AAA	0	3	.000	6.86	10	2	3	0	0	0	21.0	25	17	16	4	9	0	14	0	0	1	93		1.619	10.7	1.7	3.9	6.0	1.56	LHV · IL
3 Yrs				3	3	.500	6.09	46	4	15	0	0	0	85.2	89	62	58	14	43	4	63	6	0	5	387	76	1.541	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.6	1.47
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	6.09	63	5	20	0	0	0	117	121	84	79	19	58	5	86	8	0	7	526	76	1.541	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.6	1.47

LAD (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	3.41	12	3	5	0	0	0	29.0	26	11	11	4	17	2	17	2	0	4	127	112	1.483	8.1	1.2	5.3	5.3	1.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		12.86	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	13	10	10	1	6	1	5	0	0	0	40	37	2.714	16.7	1.3	7.7	6.4	0.83
CHW (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.70	29	1	8	0	0	0	49.2	50	41	37	9	20	1	41	4	0	1	220	75	1.409	9.1	1.6	3.6	7.4	2.05

AL (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	7.46	34	1	10	0	0	0	56.2	63	51	47	10	26	2	46	4	0	1	260	67	1.571	10.0	1.6	4.1	7.3	1.77
NL (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	3.41	12	3	5	0	0	0	29.0	26	11	11	4	17	2	17	2	0	4	127	112	1.483	8.1	1.2	5.3	5.3	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	26	CHW	AL	49.2	29	1	41	7.43	5.49	0.03	-0.34	102.4	5.24	-12	-1.1	.5	0.1	-0.5	-5	.462	.493	$
2001	27	TOR	AL	7.0	5	0	10	12.86	4.78	-0.03	-0.36	97.6	4.34	-7	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-6	.382	.496	$223,000
2002	28	LAD	NL	29.0	12	3	11	3.41	4.53	0.28	-0.07	93.5	3.90	1	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.3	4	.513	.501	$
3 Seasons				85.2	46	4	62	6.51	5.11	0.11	-0.25	99.0	4.71	-18	-1.5	.5	0.2	-0.6	-7	.466	.497	$223,000

LAD (1 yr)				29.0	12	3	11	3.41	4.53	0.28	-0.07	93.5	3.90	1	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.3	4	.513	.501	$
TOR (1 yr)				7.0	5	0	10	12.86	4.78	-0.03	-0.36	97.6	4.34	-7	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-6	.382	.496	$223,000
CHW (1 yr)				49.2	29	1	41	7.43	5.49	0.03	-0.34	102.4	5.24	-12	-1.1	.5	0.1	-0.5	-5	.462	.493	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2000	26	CHW	AL	29	220	190	41	50	8	2	9	3	2	20	41	.263	.338	.468	.806	.283	89	4	4	1	5	1	4
2001	27	TOR	AL	5	40	33	10	13	4	0	1	1	0	6	5	.394	.487	.606	1.093	.444	20	0	0	1	0	1	0
2002	28	LAD	NL	12	127	106	11	26	5	1	4	0	2	17	17	.245	.357	.425	.782	.256	45	1	2	1	1	2	0
3 Yrs				46	387	329	62	89	17	3	14	4	4	43	63	.271	.359	.468	.827	.291	154	5	6	3	6	4	4
162 Game Avg.				63	526	447	84	121	23	4	19	5	5	58	86	.271	.359	.468	.827	.291	209	7	8	4	8	5	5
MLB Averages																.265	.336	.427	.763	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	26	CHW	AL	-9.3	-0.8	226	-1.2	1.1	-2.3	.33	-0.8	-2.9	-9.6	-0.9	0.33	-5.9	3	3	19
2001	27	TOR	AL	-5.6	-0.5	41	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.52	-0.5	0.1	-6.9	-0.6	0.52	-4.4	1	1	2
2002	28	LAD	NL	2.0	0.2	136	-0.0	1.6	-1.7	.68	-0.2	0.2	4.0	0.4	0.68	-1.4	0	3	6
3 Yrs				-13.0	-1.2	403	-1.5	3.0	-4.4	.46	-1.5	-1.6	-12.5	-1.0	0.46	-11.7	4	7	27

Starting Pitching*

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
2000	26	CHW	AL	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	52.0	52	52	17	13	1	0	3.0	0.0	5.0	80	0	1	0	0	80

2002	28	LAD	NL	12	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0%	46.3	53	39	2	0	0	1	7.6	9.6	5.0	86	0	3	0	0	93
2 Yrs				41	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	.250	1	1	0	0	0	0%	48	53	39	19	13	1	1	6.4	7.5	5.0	85	0	4	0	0	93
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	100	-9					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	26	CHW	AL	29	28	8	1	2	1	1	0%	1	21	10	48%	5	.327	3	3	19	4	1	23	10	18	13	5	14	2	4.8	30
2001	27	TOR	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	4	2	50%	5	.521	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	0	3	0	4.2	29
2002	28	LAD	NL	12	9	5	1	0	1	1	0%	1	4	0	0%	8	.676	0	3	6	2	0	7	2	7	4	0	4	1	4.7	28
3 Yrs				46	42	15	2	2	2	2	0%	2	29	12	41%		.462	4	7	27	7	2	33	15	27	19	5	21	3	4.7	29

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2000	26	CHW	AL	220	51%	4.1%	18.6%	9.1%	8.6%	38%	0.45	0.54	66%	24%	10.6%	15%	49	4	8%
2001	27	TOR	AL	40	63%	2.5%	12.5%	15.0%	12.5%	39%	0.37	1.00	68%	38%	6.7%	21%	9	0	0%
2002	28	LAD	NL	127	53%	3.2%	13.4%	13.4%	7.9%	39%	0.54	0.89	68%	29%	8.5%	16%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				387	53%	3.6%	16.3%	11.1%	8.8%	38%	0.47	0.68	67%	27%	9.5%	16%	73	5	7%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2000	26	CHW	AL	220	918	4.17	558	61%	26%	14%	33%	28%	74%	1%	45%	82%	59%	3%	7	4	25%	55	29	6	22%	4	2	0	0	0
2001	27	TOR	AL	40	146	3.65	93	64%	25%	17%	27%	31%	75%	6%	48%	77%	73%	5%	2	1	23%	9	5	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0
2002	28	LAD	NL	128	506	3.95	287	57%	30%	13%	25%	32%	70%	4%	40%	81%	48%	6%	8	3	10%	13	8	1	29%	2	3	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				388	1570	4.05	938	60%	27%	14%	30%	29%	73%	2%	44%	81%	57%	4%	17	8	20%	77	42	7	24%	9	5	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2000	26	CHW	AL	220	50	4	0	9	1	8	4	5	5	4	12	8	1	67%	4	1	0	77	3	2	60%	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	11	0
2001	27	TOR	AL	40	13	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	21	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	28	LAD	NL	127	26	0	0	4	0	3	3	1	3	1	8	1	3	13%	0	4	1	39	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
3 Yrs				387	89	4	0	14	1	13	8	6	8	6	24	11	4	46%	4	5	1	137	4	4	50%	3	4	0	0	1	0	3	3	19	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	26	1	3	.250	6.70	29	1	8	49.2	50	41	37	9	20	1	41	4	1	220	75	1.409	9.1	1.6	3.6	7.4	2.05	75
2001	27	1	3	.250	7.46	34	1	10	56.2	63	51	47	10	26	2	46	4	1	260	67	1.571	10.0	1.6	4.1	7.3	1.77	67
2002	28	3	3	.500	6.09	46	4	15	85.2	89	62	58	14	43	4	63	6	5	387	76	1.541	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.6	1.47	76

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
2000	26	2	3	.400	5.94	50.0	47	37	33	8	19	41	4	1.320	8.5	3.4	7.4	2.16	1.4	29
2001	27	0	0		12.86	7.0	13	11	10	1	6	5	0	2.714	16.7	7.7	6.4	0.83	1.3	5
2002	28	1	1	.500	4.00	27.0	27	13	12	4	18	16	2	1.667	9.0	6.0	5.3	0.89	1.3	12
3 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.89	84.0	87	61	55	13	43	62	6	1.548	9.3		6.6	1.44	1.4	46

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