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Keith Creel

Steven Keith Creel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 4, 1959 in Dallas, TX
High School: Duncanville HS (Duncanville, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Indians/Rangers 1982-1987
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 3, 1987
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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
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 99 1.759 11.2 1.9 4.7 4.7 1.00
4 Yrs 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 68 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 99 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

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
1982 23 KCR AL 41.2 9 6 28 6.05 4.38 0.23 0.04 100.2 4.20 -8 -0.8 .4 0.0 -0.4 -4 .411 .495 $
1983 24 KCR AL 89.1 25 10 66 6.65 4.60 -0.16 -0.11 99.0 4.61 -20 -2.0 .4 0.2 -1.0 -11 .421 .488 $
1985 26 CLE AL 62.0 15 8 35 5.08 4.57 -0.31 -0.02 97.8 4.75 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.3 4 .485 .499 $
1987 28 TEX AL 9.2 6 0 5 4.66 4.87 -0.20 -0.38 100.2 4.71 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .501 .500 $
4 Seasons 202.2 55 24 134 5.95 4.56 -0.13 -0.06 99.0 4.57 -31 -3.0 .4 0.2 -1.0 -9 .445 .495 $
KCR (2 yrs) 131.0 34 16 94 6.46 4.53 -0.04 -0.06 99.4 4.48 -29 -2.8 .4 0.2 -1.4 -15 .418 .491 $
TEX (1 yr) 9.2 6 0 5 4.66 4.87 -0.20 -0.38 100.2 4.71 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .501 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 62.0 15 8 35 5.08 4.57 -0.31 -0.02 97.8 4.75 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.0 0.3 4 .485 .499 $

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
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 5
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 4
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 3
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 2
4 Yrs 55 917 812 134 244 35 10 34 17 9 88 80 .300 .368 .494 .861 .297 401 18 4 3 10 2 14
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 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .394 .719 .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
1982 23 KCR AL -6.1 -0.6 199 -0.5 3.3 -3.8 1.07 -1.1 0.6 -4.9 -0.5 1.07 -11.5 0 1 2
1983 24 KCR AL -20.6 -2.0 416 -1.8 4.1 -6.0 .67 -2.2 -0.6 -24.6 -2.3 0.67 -25.5 1 2 11
1985 26 CLE AL -3.5 -0.3 287 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 .71 -1.1 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.71 -9.6 0 1 6
1987 28 TEX AL 0.3 0.0 48 -0.0 0.3 -0.4 .37 -0.2 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.37 -3.9 0 1 4
4 Yrs -30.1 -2.9 950 -3.2 11.1 -14.3 .75 -4.6 0.4 -31.0 -3.0 0.75 -50.5 1 5 23

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
1982 23 KCR AL 9 6 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 38.8 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% 38.0 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% 43.9 71 24 14 5 3 3 5.1 5.1 5.0
3 Yrs 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 .500 50% 50 98 -12 4.4 4.4 6.2

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
1982 23 KCR AL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.069 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 .665 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 .712 0 1 6 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 .372 0 1 4 3 0 3 2 4 2 0 3 0 4.8
4 Yrs 55 31 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 50% .748 1 5 23 4 2 25 12 19 22 1 23 4 8.2

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%
1982 23 KCR AL 190 63% 4.2% 6.8% 13.2% 8.4% 37% 0.91 75% 37 3 8%
1983 24 KCR AL 404 61% 4.2% 7.7% 8.7% 8.2% 28% 0.89 79% 87 13 15%
1985 26 CLE AL 277 48% 2.5% 11.2% 8.3% 9.0% 34% 0.44 77% 58 2 3%
1987 28 TEX AL 46 59% 4.4% 10.9% 10.9% 10.9% 42% 0.77 74% 6 0 0%
4 Yrs 917 57% 3.7% 8.7% 9.6% 8.6% 32% 0.73 77% 188 18 10%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 14.3% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.08 74% 11%

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
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 2 2 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 Yrs 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 3 2 21 0
MLB Averages 53% 68%

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+
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 68 1.672 10.9 1.7 4.1 3.0 0.73 68
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 68 1.672 10.9 1.7 4.1 3.0 0.73 68
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

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
1982 23 1 3 .250 6.08 40.0 44 30 27 8 26 12 0 1.750 9.9 5.9 2.7 0.46 1.8 9
1983 24 2 7 .222 7.24 82.0 119 73 66 17 36 29 2 1.890 13.1 4.0 3.2 0.81 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 Yrs 5 15 .250 6.22 191.0 249 147 132 34 90 76 4 1.775 11.7 3.6 0.84 1.6 55

* 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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