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Kevin Cameron

Kevin John Cameron

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 15, 1979 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2007
Teams (by GP): Padres/Athletics 2007-2009
Agents: Lonnie Cooper [*]
Final Game: June 1, 2009
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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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2007 27 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 2.79 48 0 20 0 0 0 58.0 55 24 18 0 36 5 50 0 0 2 263 144 1.569 8.5 0.0 5.6 7.8 1.39
2008 28 SDP NL 0 0 3.60 10 0 4 0 0 0 10.0 10 9 4 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 46 109 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 4.5 0.83
2009 29 OAK AL 0 0 3.44 11 0 4 0 0 1 18.1 15 7 7 1 6 0 15 0 0 0 74 130 1.145 7.4 0.5 2.9 7.4 2.50
3 Yrs 2 0 1.000 3.02 69 0 28 0 0 1 86.1 80 40 29 1 48 7 70 0 0 2 383 136 1.483 8.3 0.1 5.0 7.3 1.46
162 Game Avg. 2 0 1.000 3.02 68 0 28 0 0 1 85 79 39 29 1 47 7 69 0 0 2 377 136 1.483 8.3 0.1 5.0 7.3 1.46
SDP (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 2.91 58 0 24 0 0 0 68.0 65 33 22 0 42 7 55 0 0 2 309 138 1.574 8.6 0.0 5.6 7.3 1.31
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 3.44 11 0 4 0 0 1 18.1 15 7 7 1 6 0 15 0 0 0 74 130 1.145 7.4 0.5 2.9 7.4 2.50
NL (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 2.91 58 0 24 0 0 0 68.0 65 33 22 0 42 7 55 0 0 2 309 138 1.574 8.6 0.0 5.6 7.3 1.31
AL (1 yr) 0 0 3.44 11 0 4 0 0 1 18.1 15 7 7 1 6 0 15 0 0 0 74 130 1.145 7.4 0.5 2.9 7.4 2.50

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 Awards
2007 27 SDP NL 58.0 48 0 24 3.72 4.73 -0.03 -0.34 92.2 4.07 3 0.3 .6 -0.2 0.5 8 .505 .502 $380,000
2008 28 SDP NL 10.0 10 0 9 8.10 4.56 -0.01 -0.33 90.4 3.84 -5 -0.5 .7 0.0 -0.3 -4 .454 .497 $
2009 29 OAK AL 18.1 11 0 7 3.44 4.75 -0.17 -0.35 99.1 4.53 2 0.2 .3 -0.1 0.3 4 .519 .501 $
3 Seasons 86.1 69 0 40 4.17 4.71 -0.06 -0.34 93.5 4.14 -0 0.0 .5 -0.3 0.5 9 .500 .500 $380,000
SDP (2 yrs) 68.0 58 0 33 4.37 4.70 -0.03 -0.34 91.9 4.04 -2 -0.2 .6 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499 $380,000
OAK (1 yr) 18.1 11 0 7 3.44 4.75 -0.17 -0.35 99.1 4.53 2 0.2 .3 -0.1 0.3 4 .519 .501 $

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
2007 27 SDP NL 48 263 221 24 55 5 0 0 9 0 36 50 .249 .351 .271 .623 .318 60 5 0 4 2 5 4
2008 28 SDP NL 10 46 38 9 10 4 0 0 0 1 6 5 .263 .356 .368 .724 .294 14 0 0 1 1 2 1
2009 29 OAK AL 11 74 68 7 15 2 0 1 1 1 6 15 .221 .284 .294 .578 .269 20 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 69 383 327 40 80 11 0 1 10 2 48 70 .245 .339 .287 .626 .305 94 6 0 5 3 7 6
162 Game Avg. 68 377 322 39 79 11 0 1 10 2 47 69 .245 .339 .287 .626 .305 93 6 0 5 3 7 6
MLB Averages .265 .334 .419 .753 .301

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 27 SDP NL 6.4 0.6 275 0.8 2.4 -1.7 .57 0.6 0.7 12.8 1.3 0.57 7.5 4 11 33
2008 28 SDP NL -2.0 -0.2 48 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 .99 -0.1 -0.3 -5.6 -0.6 0.99 -2.1 2 1 6
2009 29 OAK AL 2.5 0.2 76 0.2 0.6 -0.4 .44 0.2 0.3 2.6 0.3 0.44 4.9 1 0 9
3 Yrs 6.9 0.7 399 0.6 3.6 -3.1 .60 0.7 0.3 9.8 1.0 0.60 10.3 7 12 48

Reliever Pitching*

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
2007 27 SDP NL 48 48 20 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 4 15% 8 .569 4 11 33 11 4 33 15 33 21 11 22 9 3.6 22
2008 28 SDP NL 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 .987 2 1 6 2 2 6 3 7 3 4 3 0 3.0 19
2009 29 OAK AL 11 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 2 1 50% 7 .444 1 0 9 4 0 7 2 9 7 1 7 1 5.0 26
3 Yrs 69 69 28 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 32 7 22% .595 7 12 48 17 6 46 20 49 31 16 32 10 3.8 22

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%
2007 27 SDP NL 263 51% 0.0% 19.0% 13.7% 1.9% 9% 0.94 1.19 66% 22% 0.0% 10% 74 5 7%
2008 28 SDP NL 46 61% 0.0% 10.9% 13.0% 8.7% 40% 0.70 1.18 74% 23% 0.0% 15% 7 0 0%
2009 29 OAK AL 74 64% 1.4% 20.3% 8.1% 4.1% 20% 0.77 0.86 70% 21% 3.8% 13% 13 1 8%
3 Yrs 383 55% 0.3% 18.3% 12.5% 3.1% 15% 0.87 1.11 68% 22% 0.8% 12% 94 6 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.5% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.06 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 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
2007 27 SDP NL 263 1036 3.94 642 62% 24% 16% 33% 28% 76% 3% 47% 80% 56% 6% 16 7 25% 66 42 5 16% 9 5 0 0 0
2008 28 SDP NL 46 167 3.63 107 64% 25% 7% 35% 33% 75% 10% 48% 90% 67% 7% 3 1 15% 7 4 0 20% 2 0 0 0 0
2009 29 OAK AL 74 291 3.93 182 63% 25% 19% 27% 29% 75% 0% 47% 75% 55% 4% 3 2 22% 16 9 1 7% 6 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs 383 1494 3.90 931 62% 24% 15% 32% 28% 76% 3% 47% 80% 57% 6% 22 10 23% 89 55 6 14% 17 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 27 SDP NL 263 55 11 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 15 4 6 27% 4 2 1 125 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 28 SDP NL 46 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 29 OAK AL 74 15 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0% 1 0 0 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 383 80 11 0 1 0 23 1 0 0 1 21 5 6 24% 6 2 1 164 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2007 27 2 0 1.000 2.79 48 0 20 0 0 0 58.0 55 24 18 0 36 5 50 0 0 2 263 144 1.569 8.5 0.0 5.6 7.8 1.39 144
2008 28 2 0 1.000 2.91 58 0 24 0 0 0 68.0 65 33 22 0 42 7 55 0 0 2 309 138 1.574 8.6 0.0 5.6 7.3 1.31 138
2009 29 2 0 1.000 3.02 69 0 28 0 0 1 86.1 80 40 29 1 48 7 70 0 0 2 383 136 1.483 8.3 0.1 5.0 7.3 1.46 136

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
2007 27 4 2 .667 3.00 57.0 56 21 19 0 37 49 0 1.632 8.8 5.8 7.7 1.32 0.0 48
2008 28 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 11 6 5 0 7 5 0 2.000 11.0 7.0 5.0 0.71 0.0 10
2009 29 1 0 1.000 3.50 18.0 15 8 7 1 6 14 0 1.167 7.5 3.0 7.0 2.33 0.5 11
3 Yrs 5 3 .625 3.32 84.0 82 35 31 1 50 68 0 1.571 8.8 7.3 1.36 0.1 69

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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