Keith Creel
Steven Keith Creel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 4, 1959 in Dallas, TX
High School: Duncanville (Duncanville, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1982
Final Game: August 3, 1987
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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
1982 23 KCR AL 1 4 .200 5.40 9 6 1 0 0 0 41.2 43 28 25 8 25 0 13 0 0 4 190 76 1.632 9.3 1.7 5.4 2.8 0.52
1983 24 KCR AL 2 5 .286 6.35 25 10 9 1 0 0 89.1 116 66 63 17 35 0 31 2 0 1 404 64 1.690 11.7 1.7 3.5 3.1 0.89
1985 26 CLE AL 2 5 .286 4.79 15 8 5 0 0 0 62.0 73 35 33 7 23 2 31 2 0 1 277 87 1.548 10.6 1.0 3.3 4.5 1.35
1987 28 TEX AL 0 0 4.66 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 12 5 5 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 46 97 1.759 11.2 1.9 4.7 4.7 1.00
4 Seasons 5 14 .263 5.60 55 24 17 1 0 0 202.2 244 134 126 34 88 2 80 4 0 6 917 74 1.638 10.8 1.5 3.9 3.6 0.91
162 Game Avg. 4 12 .263 5.60 47 21 15 1 0 0 174 210 115 108 29 76 2 69 3 0 5 789 74 1.638 10.8 1.5 3.9 3.6 0.91
KCR (2 yrs) 3 9 .250 6.05 34 16 10 1 0 0 131.0 159 94 88 25 60 0 44 2 0 5 594 67 1.672 10.9 1.7 4.1 3.0 0.73
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 4.66 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 12 5 5 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 46 97 1.759 11.2 1.9 4.7 4.7 1.00
CLE (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.79 15 8 5 0 0 0 62.0 73 35 33 7 23 2 31 2 0 1 277 87 1.548 10.6 1.0 3.3 4.5 1.35

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
1982 23 KCR AL 9 190 161 28 43 7 1 8 1 3 25 13 .267 .362 .472 .834 .246 76 3 0 2 2 0
1983 24 KCR AL 25 404 363 66 116 10 6 17 9 2 35 31 .320 .380 .521 .900 .311 189 13 2 1 3 0
1985 26 CLE AL 15 277 247 35 73 15 3 7 6 4 23 31 .296 .354 .466 .819 .308 115 2 2 0 5 2
1987 28 TEX AL 6 46 41 5 12 3 0 2 1 0 5 5 .293 .370 .512 .882 .294 21 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 55 917 812 134 244 35 10 34 17 9 88 80 .300 .368 .494 .861 .297 401 18 4 3 10 2
162 Game Avg. 47 789 699 115 210 30 9 29 15 8 76 69 .300 .368 .494 .861 .297 345 15 3 3 9 2
MLB Averages

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
1982 23 KCR AL 9 6 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 39 61 24 3 3 0 2 3.3 4.5 5.4
1983 24 KCR AL 25 10 2 4 4 0 1 5 5 .500 0 2 1 0 4 40% 38 69 15 12 5 0 5 4.0 4.4 4.5
1985 26 CLE AL 15 8 2 4 2 0 0 4 4 .500 0 0 0 0 2 25% 44 71 24 14 5 3 3 5.1 5.1 5.0
3 Seasons 49 24 5 12 7 1 2 11 13 .458 1 2 1 0 8 33% 40 71 15 29 13 3 10 4.2 4.7 4.9
MLB Averages

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
1982 23 KCR AL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.065 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 1 9.0
1983 24 KCR AL 25 15 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 7 0.675 1 2 11 1 1 13 7 8 11 1 11 3 8.9
1985 26 CLE AL 15 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 0.729 0 2 5 0 0 7 3 4 6 0 6 0 9.4
1987 28 TEX AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 9 0.375 0 1 4 3 0 3 2 4 2 0 3 0 4.8
4 Seasons 55 31 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 50% 0.757 1 6 22 4 2 25 12 19 22 1 23 4 8.2

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%
1982 23 KCR AL 190 37% 4.2% 6.8% 13.2% 8.4% 37% 0.91 75% 37 3 8%
1983 24 KCR AL 404 39% 4.2% 7.7% 8.7% 8.2% 28% 0.89 79% 87 13 15%
1985 26 CLE AL 277 52% 2.5% 11.2% 8.3% 9.0% 34% 0.44 77% 58 2 3%
1987 28 TEX AL 46 41% 4.4% 10.9% 10.9% 10.9% 42% 0.77 74% 6 0 0%
4 Seasons 917 43% 3.7% 8.7% 9.6% 8.6% 32% 0.73 77% 188 18 10%
MLB Averages

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
1982 23 KCR AL 190 43 8 0 4 7 1 0 8 6 4 0 67% 5 4 1 81 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
1983 24 KCR AL 404 116 17 1 5 14 3 11 6 25 17 2 68% 4 1 0 168 9 2 82% 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1985 26 CLE AL 277 73 7 0 5 3 4 4 3 12 7 1 58% 3 1 0 110 6 4 60% 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1987 28 TEX AL 46 12 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 50% 2 0 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 917 244 34 1 15 25 9 17 17 45 29 3 64% 14 6 1 376 17 9 65% 16 7 0 1 1 1 2 1 21 0
MLB Averages

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+
1982 23 1 4 .200 5.40 9 6 1 0 0 0 41.2 43 28 25 8 25 0 13 0 0 4 190 76 1.632 9.3 1.7 5.4 2.8 0.52 76
1983 24 3 9 .250 6.05 34 16 10 1 0 0 131.0 159 94 88 25 60 0 44 2 0 5 594 67 1.672 10.9 1.7 4.1 3.0 0.73 67
1984 25 3 9 .250 6.05 34 16 10 1 0 0 131.0 159 94 88 25 60 0 44 2 0 5 594 67 1.672 10.9 1.7 4.1 3.0 0.73 67
1985 26 5 14 .263 5.64 49 24 15 1 0 0 193.0 232 129 121 32 83 2 75 4 0 6 871 73 1.632 10.8 1.5 3.9 3.5 0.90 73
1986 27 5 14 .263 5.64 49 24 15 1 0 0 193.0 232 129 121 32 83 2 75 4 0 6 871 73 1.632 10.8 1.5 3.9 3.5 0.90 73
1987 28 5 14 .263 5.60 55 24 17 1 0 0 202.2 244 134 126 34 88 2 80 4 0 6 917 74 1.638 10.8 1.5 3.9 3.6 0.91 74

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 23 1 3 .250 5.85 40.0 45 29 26 8 26 12 0 1.775 10.1 5.9 2.7 0.46 1.8 9
1983 24 2 7 .222 7.24 82.0 119 73 66 17 36 28 2 1.890 13.1 4.0 3.1 0.78 1.9 25
1985 26 2 4 .333 5.19 59.0 74 38 34 7 23 30 2 1.644 11.3 3.5 4.6 1.30 1.1 15
1987 28 0 1 .000 4.50 10.0 12 6 5 2 5 5 0 1.700 10.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.8 6
4 Seasons 5 15 .250 6.17 191.0 250 146 131 34 90 75 4 1.780 11.8 3.5 0.83 1.6 55

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