Kevin Appier

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: December 6, 1967 in Lancaster, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA).

High School: Antelope Valley HS (Lancaster, CA)

Schools: Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA), California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: June 4, 1989 (Age 21-180d, 15,618th in major league history)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: April 23, 2004 (Age 36-139d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Jeff Borris

Full Name: Robert Kevin Appier

Nicknames: Ape

Pronunciation: \Ape-ee-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

169

137

ERA

3.74

414

402

2595.1

1994

WHIP

1.294

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1999 Pitching Game Log

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1999 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	260	1	Apr 5	KCR		BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	8	4	4	3	1	1	0	6.75	6.88	25	85	47	16	3	10	11	5	2	0	34			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	-0.182	1.20	-0.11%	-1.43	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
2	261	6	Apr 11	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.97	5.87	24	95	60	23	4	10	8	1	2	0	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.207	.99	0.13%	2.17	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a2
3	262	9	Apr 16	KCR		CHW	W,7-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.63	5.27	25	103	60	16	8	9	9	5	2	0	51			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.125	1.16	0.08%	1.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
4	263	14	Apr 21	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.20	5.31	31	107	69	11	11	12	14	8	3	0	59			4	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.47	0.344	1.12	0.16%	2.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
5	264	17	Apr 27	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	5	4.0	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	4.60	6.00	22	76	47	17	8	4	12	3	1	0	24			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.267	.49	-0.12%	-3.76	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	265	22	May 2	KCR		NYY	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.0	9	7	7	2	2	1	0	5.77	6.02	25	77	48	9	10	10	11	7	1	0	21			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.280	.89	-0.14%	-2.87	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a2
7	266	27	May 7	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	6.2	7	1	1	0	3	0	1	5.05	5.48	27	97	65	12	14	13	10	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	0.269	.86	0.13%	2.69	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
8	267	32	May 12	KCR		TOR	W,7-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.32	5.17	31	102	70	16	12	9	16	6	1	0	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.212	.47	0.12%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	268	37	May 18	KCR		OAK	W,13-3	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	6.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.34	5.15	26	101	61	22	8	9	11	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.077	1.07	0.05%	0.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
10	269	42	May 23	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	1	4.00	4.90	24	93	59	18	10	10	8	4	1	0	68			0	2	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.360	1.14	0.23%	3.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
11	270	46	May 28	KCR	@	ANA	W,11-4	GS-6	W(6-2)	4	6.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.04	4.89	28	101	64	18	8	9	15	5	4	0	46			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.037	.87	0.02%	0.51	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	271	51	Jun 2	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS-5	L(6-3)	4	4.2	5	6	2	6	3	0	0	4.03	4.94	27	91	48	16	3	7	11	6	1	0	35			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.45	-0.359	1.09	-0.16%	-3.43	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
13	272	55	Jun 7	KCR		STL	L,5-7	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	6.1	9	6	6	0	6	1	0	4.39	4.81	27	104	70	14	10	11	10	6	0	0	37			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.284	.41	-0.08%	-1.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
14	273	61	Jun 14	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(6-5)	6	6.0	9	6	6	3	2	1	0	4.71	4.90	27	101	59	13	6	13	9	4	0	0	29			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	2	1	0	.63	-0.239	.28	-0.06%	-2.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
15	274	65	Jun 19	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-7	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	6.1	7	6	6	1	4	0	2	4.97	4.79	29	105	62	20	7	7	15	4	3	0	38			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.021	.30	0.00%	-0.54	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d3
16	275	70	Jun 24	KCR		DET	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	1	0	5.03	4.78	26	97	64	17	10	7	12	6	5	0	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.017	.26	0.00%	-0.43	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
17	276	75	Jun 29	KCR		CHW	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	5.00	4.94	27	97	58	19	7	9	13	4	6	0	45			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.097	.10	0.01%	0.55	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	277	81	Jul 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-9	GS-8	W(8-6)	4	7.2	7	5	5	2	5	1	1	5.06	4.92	32	127	81	23	9	10	14	5	5	0	48			1	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.148	.10	0.01%	0.50	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a2
19	278	86	Jul 10	KCR		HOU	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-7)	5	8.0	9	3	3	4	7	1	1	4.95	4.92	35	128	73	17	12	12	11	6	2	0	55			1	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.034	.04	0.00%	1.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
20	279	88	Jul 16(1)	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-8)	5	6.2	8	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.83	4.86	30	105	67	13	3	13	12	6	1	0	49			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.075	.04	0.00%	1.42	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d2
21	280	94	Jul 21	KCR	@	DET	L,5-10	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	6.2	9	7	6	2	3	1	0	5.00	4.87	32	105	64	12	14	15	12	7	2	0	31			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.09	-0.576	.03	-0.01%	-3.03	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d3
22	281	99	Jul 27	KCR		SEA	W,9-7	GS-7	W(9-9)	5	7.0	8	2	2	4	4	1	0	4.87	4.91	33	127	76	19	9	9	16	4	3	0	53			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	.94	0.243	.01	0.00%	2.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Kansas City Royals to Oakland Athletics
23	282	105	Aug 2	OAK		BAL	W,7-1	GS-8	W(10-9)	5	8.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.67	4.89	29	103	65	15	10	11	12	2	5	0	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.201	.73	0.15%	3.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
24	283	110	Aug 7	OAK		CHW	W,11-1	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.52	4.86	27	102	71	15	9	9	13	3	3	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.267	1.15	0.24%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
25	284	115	Aug 13	OAK	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS-6	W(12-9)	5	5.2	4	5	5	2	2	3	0	4.64	5.05	23	84	49	12	5	4	15	2	3	0	41			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.151	1.64	-0.17%	-1.86	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out a2
26	285	120	Aug 18	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-7	L(12-10)	4	6.0	12	7	7	1	2	0	0	4.85	4.98	29	94	61	22	5	10	16	9	2	0	21			1	0	0	27	3	2	0	1	1	0	.94	-0.336	2.71	-0.58%	-2.96	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
27	286	125	Aug 23	OAK		TOR	L,4-9	GS-4	L(12-11)	4	3.2	8	7	3	3	2	2	0	4.90	5.12	23	88	51	15	7	6	12	4	2	0	24			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.373	2.84	-0.62%	-5.17	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d6
28	287	130	Aug 29	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-12)	5	4.0	8	7	6	6	2	0	0	5.10	5.15	25	96	49	15	6	6	11	5	2	0	16			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.349	2.75	-0.45%	-4.54	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	288	135	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,7-4	GS-6	W(13-12)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.13	5.08	27	85	52	12	8	11	10	4	2	0	44			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.120	2.44	-0.15%	-0.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
30	289	140	Sep 8	OAK		BOS	W,6-2	GS-6	W(14-12)	4	6.0	4	2	2	5	7	0	0	5.06	5.02	27	108	61	18	13	5	10	1	4	0	58			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.113	3.07	0.15%	1.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
31	290	144	Sep 13	OAK	@	TBD	W,8-3	GS-8	W(15-12)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	1	4.99	4.90	34	112	70	19	14	10	15	8	3	0	62			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.182	1.39	0.21%	1.72	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a5
32	291	149	Sep 20	OAK		MIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(15-13)	6	6.2	8	3	3	4	8	0	0	4.96	4.82	31	110	67	19	10	8	11	6	2	0	50			3	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.023	.84	0.01%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
33	292	155	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-10	GS-2	L(15-14)	4	1.2	7	9	9	3	2	2	0	5.32	4.96	15	58	31	7	8	2	8	4	0	0	4			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.585	.61	-0.16%	-7.90	1b start a 3	2b --- 2 out d6
34	293	160	Oct 1	OAK		SEA	W,5-1	GS-6	W(16-14)	5	6.0	3	1	0	3	9	0	0	5.17	4.87	23	104	57	13	12	7	4	2	1	0	70			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	0.234	.00	0.00%	2.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
							18-16		W-L:16-14	4.4	209.0	230	131	120	84	131	27	7	5.17	4.87	926	3368	61%	16%	9%	0.77		23%	11%	0	46		---%	24	9	0	823	50	4	4	19	5	10	1.01	-0.891	.95	-1.11%	-6.12

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