Kevin Kobel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: October 2, 1953 in Buffalo, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 11th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Francis HS (Athol Springs, NY).

High School: St. Francis HS (Athol Springs, NY)

Debut: September 8, 1973 (Age 19-341d, 13,435th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: June 7, 1980 (Age 26-249d)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Kevin Richard Kobel

Nicknames: Spaceman, Captain Krypton or Goofy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

ERA

3.88

115

476.0

205

WHIP

1.330

Summary of 49 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 17 go ahead

2 Tms
NYM	28
MIL	21

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	14

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	23

Outs
0	19
1	15
2	15

17 Opps
STL	5
CIN	5
NYY	5
PIT	4
HOU	4
OAK	3
CHC	3
BAL	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
MON	3
SDP	2
KCR	2
SFG	1
CAL	1
DET	1
LAD	1

41 Batters
Dave Concepción	3
Tony Pérez	2
Paul Blair	2
Keith Hernandez	2
Willie Stargell	2
Ted Simmons	2
Frank Robinson	2
Graig Nettles	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Marv Lane	1
Lenny Randle	1
John Mayberry	1
Dan Driessen	1
César Cedeño	1
Don Baylor	1
Joe Rudi	1
Charlie Spikes	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Dwight Evans	1
Bert Campaneris	1
Leron Lee	1
Ed Ott	1
Dusty Baker	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
George Foster	1
Art Howe	1
Mike Tyson	1
Bruce Bochy	1
Otto Vélez	1
George Hendrick	1
José Cruz	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Mike Ivie	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Bill Sudakis	1
Fred Stanley	1
Dave Winfield	1
Jerry Martin	1
Bill Robinson	1
Amos Otis	1

14 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	13
County Stad (MIL)	11
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Busch Stad (STL)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	10
8	3
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	15
12-	3
-2-	3
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

80 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	24
1 on	20
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	25

Inning
1	6
2	4
3	3
4	7
5	5
6	8
7	7
8	8
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	20
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	13
-1	4
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	19
Tied	13
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	11
LF	10
RF	6
CF	5
C	5
SS	5
2B	3
DH	2
3B	2

OrderPos
4th	14
6th	9
7th	6
5th	6
3rd	5
8th	4
1st	3
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-09-08	Fred Stanley	NYY		MIL	ahead 11-1	b 8	0	123	4	1	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hart Scores; M. Hegan Scores; H. Lanier Scores
2	2	2	1	1973-09-28 (2)	Dwight Evans	BOS		MIL	behind 1-3	b 3	2	12-	3	6	9	32%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cater Scores; R. Smith Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1974-04-05	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	MIL	behind 7-8	t 7	1	1--	2	4	7	39%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores
4	4	2	1	1974-04-13	Paul Blair	BAL	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	8	8	12%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1974-05-12 (2)	Rick Dempsey	NYY		MIL	behind 0-5	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	2%	4%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	4	1	1974-05-18	Bill Sudakis	NYY	@	MIL	behind 0-5	t 8	0	-2-	2	5	DH	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
7	7	5	1	1974-05-31	Joe Rudi	OAK		MIL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1-3	3	5	7	29%	79%		Home Run; B. Campaneris Scores; R. Jackson Scores
8	8	6	1	1974-06-08	Bert Campaneris	OAK	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	12%	75%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1974-06-18	Amos Otis	KCR	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	8	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	8	2	1974-06-18	John Mayberry	KCR	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	9	1	1974-06-28	Marv Lane	DET		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	--3	2	7	9	19%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Freehan Scores
12	12	10	1	1974-08-21	Reggie Jackson	OAK		MIL	behind 0-4	b 7	2	1--	2	4	9	9%	13%		Home Run; S. Bando Scores
13	13	11	1	1974-08-30	Frank Robinson	CAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Chalk Scores
14	14	12	1	1974-09-09	Paul Blair	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	2	8	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	13	2	1974-09-09	Don Baylor	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	7	6%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	14	1	1974-09-18	Frank Robinson	CLE	@	MIL	behind 2-3	t 6	2	-2-	2	4	3	33%	64%		Home Run; J. Lowenstein Scores/unER; F. Robinson Scores/unER
17	17	15	1	1974-09-23 (2)	Charlie Spikes	CLE		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	20%	72%		Home Run; F. Duffy Scores
18	18	16	2	1974-09-23 (2)	Leron Lee	CLE		MIL	tied 3-3	b 6	1	1--	2	7	7	27%	85%		Home Run; R. Carty Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1976-09-08	Otto Vélez	NYY		MIL	ahead 6-0	b 8	0	1--	2	7	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
20	20	2	1	1976-09-17	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	MIL	tied 3-3	t 11	0	---	1	6	5	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	3	1	1976-09-21 (1)	Cecil Cooper	BOS		MIL	ahead 4-1	b 8	1	12-	3	6	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lee Scores; C. Fisk Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1978-06-16	Mike Ivie	SFG		NYM	behind 0-4	b 6	2	1--	2	5	7	11%	17%		Home Run; W. McCovey Scores
23	23	2	1	1978-07-16	George Foster	CIN		NYM	ahead 6-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (CF-RF)
24	24	3	2	1978-07-16	Dave Concepción	CIN		NYM	ahead 7-0	b 4	1	1--	2	6	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores
25	25	4	1	1978-07-20 (2)	Art Howe	HOU	@	NYM	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	4	20%	64%		Home Run
26	26	5	2	1978-07-20 (2)	Bruce Bochy	HOU	@	NYM	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	22%	72%		Home Run
27	27	6	1	1978-09-04 (1)	Ed Ott	PIT		NYM	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	1--	2	5	2	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Stargell Scores
28	28	7	1	1978-09-09	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	27%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	8	1	1978-09-14	Tony Pérez	MON	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	62%		Home Run
30	30	9	1	1978-09-20	Keith Hernandez	STL		NYM	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1--	2	3	3	30%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morales Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1979-04-29 (1)	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	NYM	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	1--	2	6	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Martínez Scores
32	32	2	1	1979-05-16	Willie Stargell	PIT		NYM	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	21%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1979-05-22	Jerry Martin	CHC	@	NYM	behind 0-4	t 6	1	1--	2	6	8	10%	17%		Home Run; S. Ontiveros Scores
34	34	4	1	1979-06-05	Dan Driessen	CIN		NYM	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	1	6	3	8%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	5	2	1979-06-05	Dave Concepción	CIN		NYM	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	3	3	6	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep CF); K. Griffey Scores; J. Kennedy Scores
36	36	6	1	1979-06-22	Ted Simmons	STL		NYM	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	2	1979-06-22	Ted Simmons	STL		NYM	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	2	21%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	8	1	1979-06-28	Bill Robinson	PIT		NYM	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	12%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	9	1	1979-07-19	Dave Winfield	SDP		NYM	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	4	9	16%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	1979-08-03	Warren Cromartie	MON		NYM	behind 0-5	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	5%	18%	Lead-Off	Home Run
41	41	11	2	1979-08-03	Tony Pérez	MON		NYM	behind 2-5	b 1	0	--3	2	4	3	11%	44%		Home Run; A. Dawson Scores
42	42	12	1	1979-08-07 (1)	George Hendrick	STL	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	1--	2	4	9	14%	87%		Home Run (CF-RF); K. Hernandez Scores
43	43	13	1	1979-08-17	Dave Concepción	CIN		NYM	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	1	3	6	10%	40%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	14	1	1979-08-22	José Cruz	HOU	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	7	12%	58%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1980-04-11	Lenny Randle	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 5-3	t 4	1	---	1	1	4	9%	83%		Home Run
46	46	2	1	1980-04-17	Mike Tyson	CHC		NYM	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	1	8	4	6%	94%		Home Run
47	47	3	1	1980-05-04 (1)	Aurelio Rodríguez	SDP	@	NYM	behind 0-3	t 2	1	1--	2	8	5	16%	36%		Home Run; J. Mumphrey Scores
48	48	4	1	1980-05-22	César Cedeño	HOU	@	NYM	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	1--	2	7	8	19%	85%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores
49	49	5	1	1980-06-03	Keith Hernandez	STL	@	NYM	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	-2-	2	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Ramsey Scores