Kevin Tapani

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) and the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI).

High School: Escanaba HS (Escanaba, MI)

School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Debut: July 4, 1989 (Age 25-136d, 15,637th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2001 (Age 37-221d)
vs. HOU 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Kevin Ray Tapani

Pronunciation: \TAP-ah-nee\

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1991 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

143

125

ERA

4.35

361

354

2265.0

1482

WHIP

1.307

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	37	4	Apr 12	MIN		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	1	0.00	1.19	34	113	77	13	19	9	15	8	1	0	82			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.260	.77	0.21%	4.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	38	9	Apr 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	1.69	1.86	27	116	77	20	7	7	13	8	0	0	60			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.066	.90	0.03%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	39	13	Apr 22	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.05	2.13	25	109	71	17	15	10	10	1	2	0	51			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.022	.89	-0.01%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out tie
4	40	18	Apr 27	MIN		SEA	W,7-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.10	2.69	30	103	65	24	6	14	10	3	0	0	64			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.327	.91	0.19%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
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
5	41	22	May 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.43	2.53	30	109	74	15	12	12	12	7	0	0	53			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.106	.93	-0.06%	0.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
6	42	28	May 9	MIN		DET	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	6	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.66	3.04	27	94	62	12	15	7	12	4	2	0	59			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.006	.86	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
7	43	33	May 15	MIN		MIL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.00	3.37	31	110	69	10	12	12	14	6	1	0	46			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.105	1.04	-0.09%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
8	44	38	May 21	MIN		TEX	L,5-6	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	6.2	8	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.28	3.51	31	116	71	18	6	11	12	8	1	0	44			1	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.135	1.49	-0.10%	-0.79	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
9	45	43	May 26	MIN		KCR	L,1-5	GS-4	L(2-5)	4	4.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.79	3.70	22	75	49	7	9	6	14	6	2	0	24			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.278	.55	-0.12%	-2.91	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
10	46	48	May 31	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.93	3.72	29	96	64	11	12	15	11	3	1	0	46			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.136	.63	-0.07%	-0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
11	47	53	Jun 5	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-6)	4	7.2	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.66	3.56	30	98	66	17	9	11	14	5	3	0	64			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.300	1.01	0.17%	2.74	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
12	48	58	Jun 11	MIN		NYY	W,5-3	GS-8	W(4-6)	5	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.63	3.75	29	85	59	14	7	9	15	4	5	0	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.038	1.66	-0.04%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	49	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.35	3.61	25	82	53	17	6	15	7	2	1	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.306	2.42	0.39%	2.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
14	50	68	Jun 22	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	W(5-6)	5	8.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.33	3.66	32	92	67	11	8	18	13	6	2	0	57			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.454	2.63	0.75%	2.17	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out a2
15	51	73	Jun 27	MIN		TOR	L,0-1	CG	L(5-7)	4	9.0	4	1	0	0	7	0	0	3.06	3.46	32	109	75	20	15	9	16	5	4	0	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.351	2.22	0.58%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
16	52	78	Jul 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.04	3.55	29	99	66	9	14	11	16	11	1	0	43			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.079	3.94	0.13%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
17	53	83	Jul 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.14	3.67	23	74	44	8	3	8	10	3	1	0	42			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.126	2.13	-0.23%	-0.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	54	84	Jul 11	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	GS-6		3	5.1	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.22	3.60	26	89	63	12	6	10	14	8	0	0	36			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.172	3.05	-0.26%	-0.80	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
19	55	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.16	3.54	33	106	70	17	10	14	13	4	3	0	62			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.092	2.78	0.16%	1.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	56	93	Jul 21	MIN	@	BOS	W,14-1	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	3.51	21	62	43	12	1	7	14	3	2	0	64			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.135	1.02	0.25%	2.14	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a13
21	57	97	Jul 26	MIN		MIL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(7-7)	4	8.0	5	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.05	3.40	28	108	72	12	13	11	11	4	1	0	66			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.067	3.23	0.13%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
22	58	102	Jul 31	MIN	@	NYY	W,12-3	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.97	3.35	26	74	46	7	6	8	16	4	5	0	65			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.083	.68	0.17%	2.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
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
23	59	107	Aug 5	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS-9	W(9-7)	4	8.2	8	4	4	0	6	2	0	3.03	3.41	33	125	75	17	11	13	14	2	2	0	58			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.146	2.34	0.31%	0.13	1b start a 5	9b -2- 2 out a3
24	60	112	Aug 11	MIN	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	W(10-7)	5	9.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.98	3.44	31	91	64	16	4	14	13	2	4	0	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.272	3.40	0.59%	2.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
25	61	117	Aug 16	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	3	5	2	0	3.06	3.55	32	115	75	17	11	9	15	4	4	0	48			2	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.160	5.01	-0.45%	-0.75	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
26	62	122	Aug 21	MIN		SEA	W,9-1	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.97	3.56	31	111	70	18	7	15	12	3	1	0	68			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	.28	0.028	1.03	0.06%	3.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
27	63	127	Aug 26	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	1	2.94	3.53	32	91	63	10	8	13	14	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.308	2.72	0.38%	2.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
28	64	131	Aug 31	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(13-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.89	3.52	26	99	58	16	3	7	15	7	0	0	63			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.339	2.26	0.37%	2.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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	65	135	Sep 6	MIN		NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	5	8.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.82	3.44	30	102	69	17	14	13	11	2	4	0	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.370	1.43	0.28%	3.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
30	66	140	Sep 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-6	L(14-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	2.92	3.45	23	104	66	6	10	10	7	3	1	0	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.200	.31	-0.05%	-2.50	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d3
31	67	145	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,9-0	GS-8	W(15-8)	4	7.1	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.83	3.39	27	102	64	10	14	7	11	6	0	0	77			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.241	.30	0.09%	3.64	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a8
32	68	149	Sep 21	MIN		TEX	W,8-4	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	8	4	4	0	6	2	0	2.87	3.43	33	105	76	21	13	14	13	3	2	0	61			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.111	.74	0.07%	0.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	69	153	Sep 27	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-7	GS-7	L(16-9)	5	7.0	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.90	3.41	28	116	74	16	11	10	10	3	1	0	55			1	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.097	.05	0.00%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
34	70	159	Oct 3(2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,12-13	GS-5		5	5.0	11	4	4	2	5	2	0	2.99	3.49	28	102	65	11	9	10	11	1	2	0	32			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-1.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
							20-14		W-L:16-9	4.3	244.0	225	84	81	40	135	23	2	2.99	3.49	974	3382	66%	14%	10%	0.86		19%	8%	0	58		---%	18	3	0	917	48	4	0	15	6	3	.91	2.668	1.66	3.84%	38.32

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