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Kevin Coffman

Kevin Reese Coffman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 19, 1965 in Austin, TX
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1987
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs 1987-1990

Final Game: October 1, 1990
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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
1983	18	ATL-min	Rk	2	4	.333	6.59	6	6	0	1	0	0	28.2	27	29	21	0	39	0	25	0	0	11			2.302	8.5	0.0	12.2	7.8	0.64	BVS · GULF
1984	19	ATL-min	Rk,A	2	8	.200	4.35	18	14	2	0	0	0	80.2	78	49	39	5	59	1	64	1	3	13			1.698	8.7	0.6	6.6	7.1	1.08	PUL,AND · APPY,SALL
1985	20	ATL-min	A	1	4	.200	3.63	27	4	12	1	0	3	67.0	46	30	27	1	37	2	44	3	0	8			1.239	6.2	0.1	5.0	5.9	1.19	SUM,DHM · SALL,CARL
1986	21	ATL-min	AA,A	14	9	.609	3.78	29	29	0	3	2	0	176.1	153	92	74	6	111	0	170	11	0	28			1.497	7.8	0.3	5.7	8.7	1.53	SUM,GRV,DHM · SALL,SOUL,CARL
1987	22	ATL-min	AA	11	11	.500	4.41	30	30	0	1	0	0	181.2	162	102	89	9	130	3	153	6	1	21			1.607	8.0	0.4	6.4	7.6	1.18	GRV · SOUL
1987	22	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	4.62	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	31	14	13	2	22	0	14	3	1	1	126	95	2.092	11.0	0.7	7.8	5.0	0.64
1988	23	ATL-min	AAA,A	2	2	.500	4.30	17	2	12	0	0	3	29.1	27	16	14	0	23	0	28	1	0	2			1.705	8.3	0.0	7.1	8.6	1.22	RMD,DHM · IL,CARL
1988	23	ATL	NL	2	6	.250	5.78	18	11	2	0	0	0	67.0	62	52	43	3	54	2	24	4	1	11	311	64	1.731	8.3	0.4	7.3	3.2	0.44

1989	24	CHC-min	A,AA,AAA	2	8	.200	5.14	28	12	6	1	0	0	75.1	55	58	43	0	86	3	70	8	2	20			1.872	6.6	0.0	10.3	8.4	0.81	WSM,CHR,IWA · CARL,SOUL,AA
1990	25	CHC-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	2.58	23	23	0	5	0	0	153.1	120	54	44	11	94	3	133	1	3	19			1.396	7.0	0.6	5.5	7.8	1.41	CHR,IWA · SOUL,AA
1990	25	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	11.29	8	2	0	0	0	0	18.1	26	24	23	0	19	0	9	0	0	4	100	37	2.455	12.8	0.0	9.3	4.4	0.47
1991	26	HOU-min	AA	8	7	.533	5.03	30	19	4	1	1	1	105.2	79	71	59	3	101	0	105	6	0	30	489		1.703	6.7	0.3	8.6	8.9	1.04	JAC · TL
1992	27	ATL-min	AAA,AA	12	5	.706	2.85	22	21	0	1	0	0	129.1	89	52	41	4	86	1	111	6	2	16	561		1.353	6.2	0.3	6.0	7.7	1.29	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
1993	28	SEA-min	AA,Rk	1	8	.111	4.89	14	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	36	37	31	0	52	0	51	2	0	20	256		1.544	5.7	0.0	8.2	8.1	0.98	JCK,MRE · SOUL,ARIZ
1995	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	25		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.5	1.75	RMD · IL
3 Yrs				4	11	.267	6.42	31	18	2	0	0	0	110.2	119	90	79	5	95	2	47	7	2	16	537	61	1.934	9.7	0.4	7.7	3.8	0.49
162 Game Avg.				6	15	.267	6.42	43	25	3	0	0	0	154	165	125	110	7	132	3	65	10	3	22	745	61	1.934	9.7	0.4	7.7	3.8	0.49

ATL (2 yrs)				4	9	.308	5.46	23	16	2	0	0	0	92.1	93	66	56	5	76	2	38	7	2	12	437	71	1.830	9.1	0.5	7.4	3.7	0.50
CHC (1 yr)				0	2	.000	11.29	8	2	0	0	0	0	18.1	26	24	23	0	19	0	9	0	0	4	100	37	2.455	12.8	0.0	9.3	4.4	0.47

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
1987	22	ATL	NL	25.1	5	5	14	4.97	4.42	-0.28	0.16	103.5	5.03	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.2	3	.499	.500	$
1988	23	ATL	NL	67.0	18	11	52	6.99	3.87	-0.38	0.06	104.4	4.51	-19	-2.0	.3	0.1	-1.3	-12	.391	.488	$65,000

1990	25	CHC	NL	18.1	8	2	24	11.78	4.42	-0.54	-0.11	106.8	5.19	-14	-1.3	.7	0.1	-1.1	-12	.340	.492	$100,000
3 Seasons				110.2	31	18	90	7.32	4.09	-0.39	0.06	104.6	4.74	-33	-3.2	.5	0.1	-2.2	-21	.395	.493	$165,000

ATL (2 yrs)				92.1	23	16	66	6.43	4.02	-0.35	0.09	104.2	4.65	-19	-2.0	.3	0.1	-1.1	-10	.414	.494	$65,000
CHC (1 yr)				18.1	8	2	24	11.78	4.42	-0.54	-0.11	106.8	5.19	-14	-1.3	.7	0.1	-1.1	-12	.340	.492	$100,000

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
1987	22	ATL	NL	5	126	99	14	31	6	1	2	7	2	22	14	.313	.448	.455	.903	.345	45	4	3	1	1	0	1
1988	23	ATL	NL	18	311	247	52	62	8	5	3	17	3	54	24	.251	.390	.360	.750	.265	89	7	4	3	3	2	6

1990	25	CHC	NL	8	100	77	24	26	3	3	0	4	1	19	9	.338	.464	.455	.918	.377	35	2	0	2	1	0	2
3 Yrs				31	537	423	90	119	17	9	5	28	6	95	47	.281	.417	.400	.817	.303	169	13	7	6	5	2	9
162 Game Avg.				43	745	587	125	165	24	12	7	39	8	132	65	.281	.417	.400	.817	.303	235	18	10	8	7	3	12
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.388	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	22	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	137	0.1	2.1	-2.1	.96	-0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.96	-6.2	0	0	0
1988	23	ATL	NL	-16.3	-1.7	343	-2.4	4.3	-6.6	.99	-1.5	-0.9	-17.9	-1.8	0.99	-14.2	0	1	5

1990	25	CHC	NL	-12.7	-1.2	109	-1.0	1.0	-2.0	.73	-1.0	-0.3	-13.9	-1.3	0.73	-12.1	0	3	3
3 Yrs				-29.4	-2.9	589	-3.2	7.4	-10.7	.93	-3.1	-0.4	-31.6	-3.0	0.93	-32.4	0	4	8

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
1987	22	ATL	NL	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	2	3	.400	0	0	0	0	1	20%	42.4	58	23	9	5	0	4	3.1	4.3	5.1
1988	23	ATL	NL	18	11	2	6	3	1	2	3	8	.273	1	2	0	0	4	36%	41.7	58	26	14	8	2	3	3.8	4.3	5.2	84	5	5	1	0	107

1990	25	CHC	NL	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	34	22	10	4	1	0	4.5	3.6	4.2	62	1	0	0	0	62
3 Yrs				31	18	4	11	3	2	2	5	13	.278	1	2	0	0	5	28%	40	58	22	33	17	3	7	3.7	4.2	5.0	82	6	5	1	0	107
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-2					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	23	ATL	NL	18	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	5	.987	0	1	5	0	0	7	2	5	4	1	4	1	4.4	23

1990	25	CHC	NL	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%	6	.733	0	3	3	0	0	6	3	3	4	1	6	0	5.0	36
2 Yrs				26	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	22%		.925	0	4	8	0	0	13	5	8	8	2	10	1	4.7	30

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%
1987	22	ATL	NL	126	44%	1.6%	11.1%	17.5%	7.1%	29%		2.53	67%				25	4	16%
1988	23	ATL	NL	311	43%	1.0%	7.7%	17.4%	5.1%	26%	1.44	2.02	72%	16%	5.9%	44%	59	7	12%

1990	25	CHC	NL	100	41%	0.0%	9.0%	19.0%	6.0%	23%	0.82	1.05	69%	21%	0.0%	32%	23	2	9%
3 Yrs				537	43%	0.9%	8.8%	17.7%	5.8%	26%	1.26	1.89	70%	17%	3.9%	40%	107	13	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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
1988	23	ATL	NL	296	1035	3.50	543	52%	27%	10%	23%	40%	73%	2%	38%	86%	46%	11%	34	14	11%	32	16	2	26%	7	18	15	0	0

1990	25	CHC	NL	69	244	3.54	124	51%	21%	17%	23%	39%	79%	0%	40%	79%	45%	16%	11	4	9%	6	2	1	25%	1	7	31	0	0
2 Yrs				365	1279	3.50	667	52%	26%	11%	23%	40%	74%	1%	39%	85%	45%	12%	45	18	10%	38	18	3	26%	8	25	46	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1987	22	ATL	NL	126	31			2	0	4	0	2	1	1	7	1	0	14%	1	1	1	50	7	2	78%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1988	23	ATL	NL	311	62	9	1	3	0	5	1	2	1	2	26	18	3	69%	6	11	2	120	17	3	85%	15	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	20	0

1990	25	CHC	NL	100	26	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	2	4	1	52	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
3 Yrs				537	119	10	1	5	0	13	1	4	2	3	39	23	3	59%	9	16	4	222	28	6	82%	25	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	34	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1987	22	2	3	.400	4.62	5	5	0	25.1	31	14	13	2	22	0	14	3	1	1	126	95	2.092	11.0	0.7	7.8	5.0	0.64	95
1988	23	4	9	.308	5.46	23	16	2	92.1	93	66	56	5	76	2	38	7	2	12	437	71	1.830	9.1	0.5	7.4	3.7	0.50	71
1989	24	4	9	.308	5.46	23	16	2	92.1	93	66	56	5	76	2	38	7	2	12	437	71	1.830	9.1	0.5	7.4	3.7	0.50	71
1990	25	4	11	.267	6.42	31	18	2	110.2	119	90	79	5	95	2	47	7	2	16	537	61	1.934	9.7	0.4	7.7	3.8	0.49	61

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
1987	22	1	1	.500	4.50	24.0	30	13	12	2	21	13	3	2.125	11.3	7.9	4.9	0.62	0.8	5
1988	23	2	4	.333	6.82	62.0	65	52	47	3	57	22	4	1.968	9.4	8.3	3.2	0.39	0.4	18

1990	25	0	2	.000	10.42	19.0	25	24	22	0	18	9	0	2.263	11.8	8.5	4.3	0.50	0.0	8
3 Yrs		3	7	.300	6.94	105.0	120	89	81	5	96	44	7	2.057	10.3		3.8	0.46	0.4	31

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