Kiko Calero
Enrique Nomar Calero
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 9, 1975 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: University Gardens (Rio Piedras, PR)
School: St. Thomas University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 27th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2003
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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
2003 28 STL NL 1 1 .500 2.82 26 1 7 0 0 1 38.1 29 12 12 5 20 2 51 1 1 3 162 146 1.278 6.8 1.2 4.7 12.0 2.55
2004 29 STL NL 3 1 .750 2.78 41 0 4 0 0 2 45.1 27 14 14 5 10 1 47 1 0 1 168 154 0.816 5.4 1.0 2.0 9.3 4.70
2005 30 OAK AL 4 1 .800 3.23 58 0 15 0 0 1 55.2 45 20 20 6 18 2 52 1 0 2 229 135 1.132 7.3 1.0 2.9 8.4 2.89
2006 31 OAK AL 3 2 .600 3.41 70 0 17 0 0 2 58.0 50 22 22 4 24 3 67 0 0 1 241 130 1.276 7.8 0.6 3.7 10.4 2.79
2007 32 OAK AL 1 5 .167 5.75 46 0 6 0 0 1 40.2 46 26 26 3 21 2 31 2 0 1 185 74 1.648 10.2 0.7 4.6 6.9 1.48
2008 33 OAK AL 0 0 3.86 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 3 3 2 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 20 107 1.286 5.8 0.0 5.8 13.5 2.33
2009 34 FLA NL 2 2 .500 1.95 67 0 15 0 0 0 60.0 36 13 13 1 30 4 69 1 0 2 239 217 1.100 5.4 0.2 4.5 10.4 2.30
7 Seasons 14 12 .538 3.24 313 1 67 0 0 7 302.2 236 110 109 24 126 14 324 6 1 10 1244 132 1.196 7.0 0.7 3.7 9.6 2.57
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .538 3.24 68 0 15 0 0 2 66 51 24 24 5 27 3 70 1 0 2 269 132 1.196 7.0 0.7 3.7 9.6 2.57
OAK (4 yrs) 8 8 .500 3.96 179 0 41 0 0 4 159.0 144 71 70 13 66 7 157 3 0 4 675 110 1.321 8.2 0.7 3.7 8.9 2.38
STL (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 2.80 67 1 11 0 0 3 83.2 56 26 26 10 30 3 98 2 1 4 330 150 1.028 6.0 1.1 3.2 10.5 3.27
FLA (1 yr) 2 2 .500 1.95 67 0 15 0 0 0 60.0 36 13 13 1 30 4 69 1 0 2 239 217 1.100 5.4 0.2 4.5 10.4 2.30
AL (4 yrs) 8 8 .500 3.96 179 0 41 0 0 4 159.0 144 71 70 13 66 7 157 3 0 4 675 110 1.321 8.2 0.7 3.7 8.9 2.38
NL (3 yrs) 6 4 .600 2.44 134 1 26 0 0 3 143.2 92 39 39 11 60 7 167 3 1 6 569 173 1.058 5.8 0.7 3.8 10.5 2.78

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
2004 29 STL NL NLDS W LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2004 29 STL NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 29 1.286 10.3 1.3 1.3 9.0 7.00
2004 29 STL NL WS L BOS 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2006 31 OAK AL ALDS W MIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2006 31 OAK AL ALCS L DET 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 Seasons (5 Series) 1 0 1.000 3.65 12 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 13 5 5 1 7 0 11 1 0 0 55 1.622 9.5 0.7 5.1 8.0 1.57
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 29 1.286 10.3 1.3 1.3 9.0 7.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.500 13.5 0.0 27.0 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
2003 28 STL NL 26 162 137 12 29 6 1 5 4 1 20 51 .212 .311 .380 .690 .286 52 1 1 1 3 2
2004 29 STL NL 41 168 153 14 27 7 0 5 0 0 10 47 .176 .232 .320 .552 .218 49 3 1 4 0 1
2005 30 OAK AL 58 229 208 20 45 5 0 6 7 0 18 52 .216 .281 .327 .608 .258 68 1 1 1 1 2
2006 31 OAK AL 70 241 216 22 50 4 3 4 6 3 24 67 .231 .307 .333 .640 .315 72 2 0 0 1 3
2007 32 OAK AL 46 185 157 26 46 7 4 3 8 0 21 31 .293 .373 .446 .819 .336 70 3 2 0 5 2
2008 33 OAK AL 5 20 17 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 .176 .300 .294 .594 .300 5 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 FLA NL 67 239 200 13 36 4 2 1 7 3 30 69 .180 .285 .235 .520 .261 47 0 1 4 4 4
7 Seasons 313 1244 1088 110 236 35 10 24 32 7 126 324 .217 .298 .334 .632 .281 363 10 6 10 14 14
162 Game Avg. 68 269 236 24 51 8 2 5 7 2 27 70 .217 .298 .334 .632 .281 79 2 1 2 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2003 28 STL NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 64 64 64 7 0 0 0 4.0 7.2 5.0 86 0 1 0 0 86
1 Season 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 64 64 64 7 0 0 0 4.0 7.2 5.0 86 0 1 0 0 86
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2003 28 STL NL 26 25 7 1 1 4 1 3 25% 6 1 12 5 42% 8 0.903 8 6 11 9 4 12 9 16 12 7 12 3 4.0 23
2004 29 STL NL 41 41 4 3 1 3 2 1 67% 15 12 15 2 13% 7 0.902 15 9 17 25 3 13 10 31 11 11 12 6 3.3 17
2005 30 OAK AL 58 58 15 4 1 2 1 1 50% 14 12 33 8 24% 8 0.913 14 13 30 28 7 23 18 40 10 23 16 8 2.9 16
2006 31 OAK AL 70 70 17 3 2 5 2 3 40% 32 24 45 12 27% 8 1.348 29 19 20 41 7 22 26 44 11 33 13 16 2.5 14
2007 32 OAK AL 46 46 6 1 5 4 1 3 25% 13 9 28 9 32% 8 1.225 18 11 16 20 8 18 17 29 10 21 11 10 2.7 17
2008 33 OAK AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.063 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 2.8 17
2009 34 FLA NL 67 67 15 2 2 5 0 5 0% 17 12 40 12 30% 7 0.945 20 12 33 27 6 34 25 42 8 24 10 14 2.7 15
7 Seasons 313 312 67 14 12 23 7 16 30% 97 70 174 48 28% 1.033 104 70 131 153 35 124 106 206 63 121 75 57 2.9 16

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%
2003 28 STL NL 162 38% 3.1% 31.5% 12.4% 7.4% 41% 0.40 0.44 52% 22% 9.8% 18% 28 1 4%
2004 29 STL NL 168 37% 3.0% 28.0% 6.0% 7.1% 44% 0.74 1.15 60% 18% 8.9% 8% 18 3 17%
2005 30 OAK AL 229 36% 2.6% 22.7% 7.9% 4.8% 24% 0.55 0.53 66% 15% 7.7% 20% 50 1 2%
2006 31 OAK AL 241 36% 1.7% 27.8% 10.0% 4.6% 22% 0.51 0.49 61% 24% 4.9% 17% 44 2 5%
2007 32 OAK AL 185 33% 1.6% 16.8% 11.4% 7.6% 30% 0.51 0.57 69% 21% 4.1% 16% 46 3 7%
2008 33 OAK AL 20 40% 0.0% 35.0% 15.0% 10.0% 67% 0.25 0.17 50% 20% 0.0% 13% 1 0 0%
2009 34 FLA NL 239 40% 0.4% 28.9% 12.6% 2.9% 19% 0.48 0.51 56% 16% 1.3% 14% 54 0 0%
7 Seasons 1244 37% 1.9% 26.1% 10.1% 5.6% 29% 0.52 0.58 61% 19% 5.7% 16% 241 10 4%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2003 28 STL NL 162 672 4.15 407 61% 31% 23% 24% 22% 69% 3% 42% 67% 51% 9% 14 6 24% 39 21 1 24% 6 6 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 168 691 4.11 442 64% 32% 21% 22% 25% 68% 2% 44% 69% 60% 5% 8 6 29% 49 20 1 19% 8 1 0 0 0
2005 30 OAK AL 229 910 3.97 567 62% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 2% 44% 74% 52% 6% 14 12 23% 52 21 2 23% 9 0 0 0 0
2006 31 OAK AL 241 1013 4.20 617 61% 30% 20% 25% 24% 70% 3% 42% 71% 53% 5% 12 6 22% 52 17 0 22% 10 3 0 0 0
2007 32 OAK AL 185 759 4.10 459 60% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 3% 43% 77% 58% 4% 8 5 20% 37 10 2 23% 3 1 0 0 0
2008 33 OAK AL 20 85 4.25 45 53% 36% 18% 24% 22% 64% 0% 34% 72% 40% 10% 2 0 15% 3 1 0 14% 1 2 0 0 0
2009 34 FLA NL 239 1006 4.21 581 58% 33% 22% 22% 24% 67% 4% 39% 68% 53% 8% 18 9 22% 52 26 1 22% 8 5 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1244 5136 4.13 3118 61% 31% 20% 24% 25% 69% 3% 42% 71% 54% 6% 76 44 23% 284 116 7 22% 45 18 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2003 28 STL NL 162 29 2 1 5 0 4 4 1 1 4 10 6 3 60% 0 3 0 59 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
2004 29 STL NL 168 27 1 0 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2005 30 OAK AL 229 45 7 2 6 0 11 2 4 2 4 16 8 3 50% 1 2 0 80 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 31 OAK AL 241 50 3 0 4 1 6 2 2 1 3 13 5 2 38% 0 1 0 89 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 0
2007 32 OAK AL 185 46 4 0 3 1 8 2 1 2 1 17 9 3 53% 0 1 0 84 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 33 OAK AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 FLA NL 239 36 4 2 1 0 17 1 0 1 0 17 11 3 65% 0 2 0 91 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 6 0
7 Seasons 1244 236 21 5 24 2 48 13 11 11 13 76 40 15 53% 1 10 1 462 32 7 82% 28 7 4 0 0 0 10 7 30 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2003 28 1 1 .500 2.82 26 1 7 0 0 1 38.1 29 12 12 5 20 2 51 1 1 3 162 146 1.278 6.8 1.2 4.7 12.0 2.55 146
2004 29 4 2 .667 2.80 67 1 11 0 0 3 83.2 56 26 26 10 30 3 98 2 1 4 330 150 1.028 6.0 1.1 3.2 10.5 3.27 150
2005 30 8 3 .727 2.97 125 1 26 0 0 4 139.1 101 46 46 16 48 5 150 3 1 6 559 144 1.069 6.5 1.0 3.1 9.7 3.13 144
2006 31 11 5 .688 3.10 195 1 43 0 0 6 197.1 151 68 68 20 72 8 217 3 1 7 800 139 1.130 6.9 0.9 3.3 9.9 3.01 139
2007 32 12 10 .545 3.55 241 1 49 0 0 7 238.0 197 94 94 23 93 10 248 5 1 8 985 121 1.218 7.4 0.9 3.5 9.4 2.67 121
2008 33 12 10 .545 3.56 246 1 52 0 0 7 242.2 200 97 96 23 96 10 255 5 1 8 1005 121 1.220 7.4 0.9 3.6 9.5 2.66 121
2009 34 14 12 .538 3.24 313 1 67 0 0 7 302.2 236 110 109 24 126 14 324 6 1 10 1244 132 1.196 7.0 0.7 3.7 9.6 2.57 132

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
2003 28 3 1 .750 2.92 37.0 29 13 12 5 20 49 1 1.324 7.1 4.9 11.9 2.45 1.2 26
2004 29 3 1 .750 2.66 44.0 26 14 13 5 10 46 1 0.818 5.3 2.0 9.4 4.60 1.0 41
2005 30 4 2 .667 3.27 55.0 46 22 20 6 18 51 1 1.164 7.5 2.9 8.3 2.83 1.0 58
2006 31 3 3 .500 3.54 56.0 50 24 22 4 24 65 0 1.321 8.0 3.9 10.4 2.71 0.6 70
2007 32 1 3 .250 6.00 39.0 46 29 26 3 21 30 2 1.718 10.6 4.8 6.9 1.43 0.7 46
2008 33 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 0 3 7 0 1.200 5.4 5.4 12.6 2.33 0.0 5
2009 34 5 1 .833 1.86 58.0 35 13 12 1 29 67 1 1.103 5.4 4.5 10.4 2.31 0.2 67
7 Seasons 19 11 .633 3.28 294.0 235 117 107 24 125 315 6 1.224 7.2 9.6 2.52 0.7 313

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL--70--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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