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Jeff Kaiser

Jeffrey Patrick Kaiser

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 24, 1960 in Wyandotte, MI
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1985
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Tigers/Mets/Reds 1985-1993

Final Game: May 17, 1993
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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
1985 24 OAK AL 0 0 14.58 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 25 32 27 6 20 2 10 1 0 2 97 27 2.700 13.5 3.2 10.8 5.4 0.50
1987 26 CLE AL 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 6 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 18 31 2.100 10.8 2.7 8.1 5.4 0.67
1988 27 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1989 28 CLE AL 0 1 .000 7.36 6 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 3 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 22 60 2.727 12.3 2.5 12.3 9.8 0.80
1990 29 CLE AL 0 0 3.55 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 5 5 2 7 1 9 0 0 0 60 114 1.816 11.4 1.4 5.0 6.4 1.29
1991 30 DET AL 0 1 .000 9.00 10 0 4 0 0 2 5.0 6 5 5 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 26 50 2.200 10.8 1.8 9.0 7.2 0.80
1993 32 TOT NL 0 0 7.88 9 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 10 7 7 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 37 56 1.875 11.3 1.1 5.6 10.1 1.80
1993 32 CIN NL 0 0 2.70 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 16 165 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1993 32 NYM NL 0 0 11.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 6 6 6 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 21 37 1.929 11.6 1.9 5.8 9.6 1.67
7 Yrs 0 2 .000 9.17 50 0 13 0 0 2 52.0 68 60 53 12 46 6 38 2 0 3 271 46 2.192 11.8 2.1 8.0 6.6 0.83
162 Game Avg. 0 3 .000 9.17 68 0 18 0 0 3 71 92 82 72 16 63 8 52 3 0 4 369 46 2.192 11.8 2.1 8.0 6.6 0.83
CLE (4 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.64 16 0 2 0 0 0 22.1 27 16 14 4 16 1 15 1 0 1 111 76 1.925 10.9 1.6 6.4 6.0 0.94
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 11.57 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 6 6 6 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 21 37 1.929 11.6 1.9 5.8 9.6 1.67
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 14.58 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 25 32 27 6 20 2 10 1 0 2 97 27 2.700 13.5 3.2 10.8 5.4 0.50
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 2.70 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 16 165 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
DET (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 10 0 4 0 0 2 5.0 6 5 5 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 26 50 2.200 10.8 1.8 9.0 7.2 0.80
AL (6 yrs) 0 2 .000 9.41 41 0 10 0 0 2 44.0 58 53 46 11 41 5 29 2 0 3 234 44 2.250 11.9 2.3 8.4 5.9 0.71
NL (1 yr) 0 0 7.88 9 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 10 7 7 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 37 56 1.875 11.3 1.1 5.6 10.1 1.80

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
1985 24 OAK AL 16.2 15 0 32 17.28 4.99 -0.04 -0.39 94.8 4.40 -24 -2.1 .5 0.5 -1.5 -22 .358 .487 $
1987 26 CLE AL 3.1 2 0 6 16.20 5.17 -0.32 -0.40 102.0 5.20 -4 -0.3 .4 0.1 -0.2 -4 .332 .498 $
1988 27 CLE AL 2.2 3 0 0 0.00 4.84 -0.31 -0.38 103.5 4.93 1 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.2 2 .553 .501 $
1989 28 CLE AL 3.2 6 0 5 12.27 5.83 -0.01 -0.45 100.7 5.43 -3 -0.3 2.6 -0.2 -0.5 -2 .452 .498 $
1990 29 CLE AL 12.2 5 0 5 3.55 4.63 0.11 -0.36 99.6 4.16 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.2 2 .520 .501 $110,000
1991 30 DET AL 5.0 10 0 5 9.00 5.28 0.32 -0.40 101.7 4.64 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .475 .498 $
1993 32 CIN NL 3.1 3 0 1 2.70 5.09 -0.30 -0.39 96.6 4.82 1 0.1 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .526 .500 $
1993 32 NYM NL 4.2 6 0 6 11.57 4.55 -0.11 -0.35 96.3 4.15 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -3 .436 .498 $
7 Seasons 52.0 50 0 60 10.38 4.96 -0.02 -0.38 98.2 4.52 -34 -3.1 1.0 0.3 -2.3 -28 .439 .498 $110,000
CLE (4 yrs) 22.1 16 0 16 6.45 4.94 -0.03 -0.38 100.6 4.61 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.3 -2 .477 .499 $110,000
NYM (1 yr) 4.2 6 0 6 11.57 4.55 -0.11 -0.35 96.3 4.15 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -3 .436 .498 $
OAK (1 yr) 16.2 15 0 32 17.28 4.99 -0.04 -0.39 94.8 4.40 -24 -2.1 .5 0.5 -1.5 -22 .358 .487 $
CIN (1 yr) 3.1 3 0 1 2.70 5.09 -0.30 -0.39 96.6 4.82 1 0.1 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .526 .500 $
DET (1 yr) 5.0 10 0 5 9.00 5.28 0.32 -0.40 101.7 4.64 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .475 .498 $

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
1985 24 OAK AL 15 97 73 32 25 4 0 6 1 0 20 10 .342 .479 .644 1.123 .322 47 1 1 1 2 2 2
1987 26 CLE AL 2 18 14 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .444 .643 1.087 .273 9 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 27 CLE AL 3 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .333 .286 .619 .250 2 0 0 2 1 0 0
1989 28 CLE AL 6 22 16 5 5 0 2 1 2 0 5 4 .313 .455 .750 1.205 .333 12 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 29 CLE AL 5 60 52 5 16 2 0 2 0 1 7 9 .308 .383 .462 .845 .333 24 0 0 0 1 1 0
1991 30 DET AL 10 26 21 5 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 .286 .423 .476 .899 .313 10 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 32 CIN NL 3 16 14 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .286 .375 .429 .804 .400 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 32 NYM NL 6 21 17 6 6 2 0 1 4 1 3 5 .353 .429 .647 1.076 .417 11 1 0 0 1 0 0
1993 32 TOT NL 9 37 31 7 10 4 0 1 4 1 5 9 .323 .405 .548 .954 .409 17 1 0 0 1 1 0
7 Yrs 50 271 214 60 68 13 2 12 7 2 46 38 .318 .433 .565 .998 .329 121 2 2 3 6 6 3
162 Game Avg. 68 369 291 82 92 18 3 16 10 3 63 52 .318 .433 .565 .998 .329 165 3 3 4 8 8 4
MLB Averages .258 .325 .390 .714 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 24 OAK AL -22.5 -2.1 99 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .27 -1.1 -0.6 -20.1 -1.9 0.27 -14.9 1 2 12
1987 26 CLE AL -3.8 -0.3 18 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .27 -0.2 -0.1 -4.7 -0.4 0.27 -2.3 0 0 2
1988 27 CLE AL 1.3 0.1 11 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.42 0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.42 0.2 1 1 1
1989 28 CLE AL -1.9 -0.2 24 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 2.60 -0.4 0.1 -7.3 -0.7 2.60 -3.9 4 1 1
1990 29 CLE AL 0.9 0.1 60 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .34 -0.4 0.4 -0.7 -0.1 0.34 -2.2 1 1 3
1991 30 DET AL -2.2 -0.2 27 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 1.36 0.0 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 1.36 -0.5 3 4 3
1993 32 TOT NL -2.7 -0.3 42 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 .42 -0.2 0.2 -2.8 -0.3 0.44 -2.7 1 3 5
1993 32 CIN NL 0.7 0.1 16 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .28 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.28 -0.3 0 1 2
1993 32 NYM NL -3.4 -0.3 26 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .54 -0.2 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.54 -2.4 1 2 3
7 Yrs -30.9 -2.8 281 -1.2 2.2 -3.5 .66 -2.2 0.3 -39.3 -3.7 0.66 -26.3 11 12 27

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
1985 24 OAK AL 15 15 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 4 25% 8 .270 1 2 12 1 0 14 9 6 5 7 8 2 3.3
1987 26 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 .267 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 5.0
1988 27 CLE AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 1.419 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2.7 13
1989 28 CLE AL 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 5 50% 6 2.599 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 5 1 1 1.8 18
1990 29 CLE AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 5 .335 1 1 3 0 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 7.6 50
1991 30 DET AL 10 10 4 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 1 10% 9 1.364 3 4 3 3 1 6 7 3 2 7 2 2 1.5 11
1993 32 TOT NL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% .424 1 3 5 0 1 8 3 6 2 3 2 1 2.7 15
1993 32 CIN NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .278 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 3.3 18
1993 32 NYM NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 .535 1 2 3 0 1 5 3 3 1 3 1 0 2.3 12
7 Yrs 50 50 13 0 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 54 19 35% .646 11 12 27 6 6 38 32 18 16 25 19 6 3.1 19

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%
1985 24 OAK AL 97 30% 6.2% 10.3% 20.6% 10.3% 40% 0.74 61% 28 1 4%
1987 26 CLE AL 18 61% 5.6% 11.1% 16.7% 16.7% 75% 1.00 61% 6 0 0%
1988 27 CLE AL 11 55% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 1.67 73% 10% 0.0% 75% 3 0 0%
1989 28 CLE AL 22 27% 4.6% 18.2% 22.7% 13.6% 60% 0.44 0.40 55% 31% 11.1% 0% 6 0 0%
1990 29 CLE AL 60 37% 3.3% 15.0% 11.7% 6.7% 25% 0.52 0.87 70% 36% 8.0% 14% 10 0 0%
1991 30 DET AL 26 35% 3.9% 15.4% 19.2% 7.7% 33% 1.13 1.75 62% 18% 14.3% 13% 3 0 0%
1993 32 TOT NL 37 41% 2.7% 24.3% 13.5% 13.5% 50% 0.77 1.00 59% 22% 8.3% 8% 7 1 14%
1993 32 CIN NL 16 38% 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 12.5% 50% 1.00 1.00 63% 10% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1993 32 NYM NL 21 43% 4.8% 23.8% 14.3% 14.3% 50% 0.63 1.00 57% 31% 14.3% 13% 3 1 33%
7 Yrs 271 36% 4.4% 14.0% 17.0% 10.0% 40% 0.67 0.90 63% 27% 9.3% 14% 63 2 3%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CLE AL 11 40 3.64 21 53% 29% 10% 14% 48% 71% 0% 38% 87% 36% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 CLE AL 22 107 4.86 59 55% 31% 8% 39% 22% 69% 0% 38% 88% 45% 5% 1 1 23% 5 1 0 75% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 29 CLE AL 60 249 4.15 142 57% 26% 16% 25% 31% 72% 4% 41% 75% 55% 12% 7 5 18% 11 3 1 22% 0 1 0 0 3
1991 30 DET AL 26 106 4.08 58 55% 22% 14% 34% 29% 78% 17% 42% 82% 38% 23% 6 2 15% 4 2 0 0% 0 2 0 0 0
1993 32 TOT NL 32 116 3.63 68 59% 22% 13% 34% 31% 78% 8% 46% 83% 56% 13% 4 1 19% 6 3 0 43% 3 2 5 0 0
1993 32 CIN NL 16 55 3.44 32 58% 19% 13% 38% 31% 81% 17% 47% 85% 50% 6% 1 0 31% 5 2 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0
1993 32 NYM NL 16 61 3.81 36 59% 25% 14% 31% 31% 75% 0% 44% 81% 63% 19% 3 1 6% 1 1 0 33% 1 2 5 0 0
5 Yrs 151 618 4.09 348 56% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 6% 41% 81% 50% 12% 18 9 18% 27 9 1 33% 3 5 5 0 3
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1985 24 OAK AL 97 25 6 1 8 5 1 1 5 12 6 0 50% 2 2 0 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 26 CLE AL 18 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 CLE AL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 28 CLE AL 22 5 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 1 1 0 8 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 29 CLE AL 60 16 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 30 DET AL 26 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 32 TOT NL 37 10 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7 2 1 29% 0 0 1 11 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1993 32 CIN NL 16 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 NYM NL 21 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 0 1 6 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Yrs 271 68 4 0 12 2 22 9 3 3 9 30 15 1 50% 3 3 2 108 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages 54% 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+
1985 24 0 0 14.58 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 25 32 27 6 20 2 10 1 0 2 97 27 2.700 13.5 3.2 10.8 5.4 0.50 27
1986 25 0 0 14.58 15 0 4 0 0 0 16.2 25 32 27 6 20 2 10 1 0 2 97 27 2.700 13.5 3.2 10.8 5.4 0.50 27
1987 26 0 0 14.85 17 0 4 0 0 0 20.0 29 38 33 7 23 2 12 2 0 2 115 28 2.600 13.1 3.2 10.4 5.4 0.52 28
1988 27 0 0 13.10 20 0 5 0 0 0 22.2 31 38 33 7 24 2 12 2 0 2 126 32 2.426 12.3 2.8 9.5 4.8 0.50 32
1989 28 0 1 .000 12.30 26 0 6 0 0 0 26.1 36 43 36 8 29 2 16 2 0 3 148 34 2.468 12.3 2.7 9.9 5.5 0.55 34
1990 29 0 1 .000 9.46 31 0 6 0 0 0 39.0 52 48 41 10 36 3 25 2 0 3 208 44 2.256 12.0 2.3 8.3 5.8 0.69 44
1991 30 0 2 .000 9.41 41 0 10 0 0 2 44.0 58 53 46 11 41 5 29 2 0 3 234 44 2.250 11.9 2.3 8.4 5.9 0.71 44
1992 31 0 2 .000 9.41 41 0 10 0 0 2 44.0 58 53 46 11 41 5 29 2 0 3 234 44 2.250 11.9 2.3 8.4 5.9 0.71 44
1993 32 0 2 .000 9.17 50 0 13 0 0 2 52.0 68 60 53 12 46 6 38 2 0 3 271 46 2.192 11.8 2.1 8.0 6.6 0.83 46

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
1985 24 0 1 .000 16.88 16.0 26 33 30 6 21 10 1 2.938 14.6 11.8 5.6 0.48 3.4 15
1987 26 0 0 15.00 3.0 4 6 5 1 3 2 1 2.333 12.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 3.0 2
1988 27 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1989 28 0 0 6.75 4.0 5 3 3 1 5 4 0 2.500 11.3 11.3 9.0 0.80 2.3 6
1990 29 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 17 7 6 2 7 9 0 2.000 12.8 5.3 6.8 1.29 1.5 5
1991 30 0 0 9.00 5.0 6 6 5 1 5 4 0 2.200 10.8 9.0 7.2 0.80 1.8 10
1993 32 0 0 9.00 7.0 10 8 7 1 5 8 0 2.143 12.9 6.4 10.3 1.60 1.3 9
7 Yrs 0 2 .000 10.08 50.0 70 63 56 12 47 37 2 2.340 12.6 6.7 0.79 2.2 50

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