Mike Kekich
Michael Dennis Kekich
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 2, 1945 in San Diego, CA
High School: Lynwood (Lynwood, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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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
1965 20 LAD NL 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 12 11 2 13 0 9 0 0 1 51 34 2.226 8.7 1.7 11.3 7.8 0.69
1968 23 LAD NL 2 10 .167 3.91 25 20 1 1 1 0 115.0 116 54 50 9 46 0 84 1 3 0 493 70 1.409 9.1 0.7 3.6 6.6 1.83
1969 24 NYY AL 4 6 .400 4.54 28 13 6 1 0 1 105.0 91 58 53 11 49 5 66 2 0 8 446 77 1.333 7.8 0.9 4.2 5.7 1.35
1970 25 NYY AL 6 3 .667 4.83 26 14 4 1 0 0 98.2 103 59 53 12 55 3 63 1 0 4 446 73 1.601 9.4 1.1 5.0 5.7 1.15
1971 26 NYY AL 10 9 .526 4.07 37 24 5 3 0 0 170.1 167 89 77 13 82 11 93 4 0 8 748 80 1.462 8.8 0.7 4.3 4.9 1.13
1972 27 NYY AL 10 13 .435 3.70 29 28 0 2 0 0 175.1 172 77 72 13 76 5 78 4 0 9 748 80 1.414 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.0 1.03
1973 28 TOT AL 2 5 .286 7.52 21 10 4 0 0 0 64.2 93 62 54 7 49 0 30 2 0 8 321 52 2.196 12.9 1.0 6.8 4.2 0.61
1973 28 NYY AL 1 1 .500 9.20 5 4 0 0 0 0 14.2 20 15 15 1 14 0 4 2 0 0 74 40 2.318 12.3 0.6 8.6 2.5 0.29
1973 28 CLE AL 1 4 .200 7.02 16 6 4 0 0 0 50.0 73 47 39 6 35 0 26 0 0 8 247 57 2.160 13.1 1.1 6.3 4.7 0.74
1975 30 TEX AL 0 0 3.73 23 0 8 0 0 2 31.1 33 16 13 2 21 2 19 0 0 2 142 100 1.723 9.5 0.6 6.0 5.5 0.90
1977 32 SEA AL 5 4 .556 5.60 41 2 19 0 0 3 90.0 90 58 56 11 51 3 55 3 0 4 401 73 1.567 9.0 1.1 5.1 5.5 1.08
9 Seasons 39 51 .433 4.59 235 112 48 8 1 6 860.2 875 485 439 80 442 29 497 17 3 44 3796 73 1.530 9.1 0.8 4.6 5.2 1.12
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .433 4.59 46 22 9 2 0 1 169 171 95 86 16 87 6 97 3 1 9 744 73 1.530 9.1 0.8 4.6 5.2 1.12
NYY (5 yrs) 31 32 .492 4.31 125 83 15 7 0 1 564.0 553 298 270 50 276 24 304 13 0 29 2462 76 1.470 8.8 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.10
LAD (2 yrs) 2 11 .154 4.38 30 21 2 1 1 0 125.1 126 66 61 11 59 0 93 1 3 1 544 64 1.476 9.0 0.8 4.2 6.7 1.58
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 3.73 23 0 8 0 0 2 31.1 33 16 13 2 21 2 19 0 0 2 142 100 1.723 9.5 0.6 6.0 5.5 0.90
CLE (1 yr) 1 4 .200 7.02 16 6 4 0 0 0 50.0 73 47 39 6 35 0 26 0 0 8 247 57 2.160 13.1 1.1 6.3 4.7 0.74
SEA (1 yr) 5 4 .556 5.60 41 2 19 0 0 3 90.0 90 58 56 11 51 3 55 3 0 4 401 73 1.567 9.0 1.1 5.1 5.5 1.08
AL (7 yrs) 37 40 .481 4.63 205 91 46 7 0 6 735.1 749 419 378 69 383 29 404 16 0 43 3252 74 1.539 9.2 0.8 4.7 4.9 1.05
NL (2 yrs) 2 11 .154 4.38 30 21 2 1 1 0 125.1 126 66 61 11 59 0 93 1 3 1 544 64 1.476 9.0 0.8 4.2 6.7 1.58

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1965 20 LAD NL 5 51 38 12 10 3 0 2 0 2 13 9 .263 .451 .500 .951 .296 19 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 LAD NL 25 493 434 54 116 20 3 9 3 5 46 84 .267 .336 .389 .725 .310 169 8 1 8 4 0
1969 24 NYY AL 28 446 386 58 91 13 4 11 8 3 49 66 .236 .323 .376 .698 .256 145 11 2 6 3 5
1970 25 NYY AL 26 446 386 59 103 17 4 12 3 5 55 63 .267 .358 .425 .783 .291 164 6 1 2 2 3
1971 26 NYY AL 37 748 650 89 167 20 5 13 4 4 82 93 .257 .341 .363 .704 .280 236 20 4 6 6 11
1972 27 NYY AL 29 748 653 77 172 27 2 13 12 8 76 78 .263 .343 .371 .713 .282 242 16 4 13 2 5
1973 28 CLE AL 16 247 209 47 73 8 6 6 7 3 35 26 .349 .437 .531 .968 .372 111 7 0 0 3 0
1973 28 NYY AL 5 74 57 15 20 4 1 1 1 1 14 4 .351 .486 .509 .995 .358 29 5 2 0 1 0
1973 28 TOT AL 21 321 266 62 93 12 7 7 8 4 49 30 .350 .449 .526 .975 .369 140 12 2 0 4 0
1975 30 TEX AL 23 142 117 16 33 1 1 2 2 0 21 19 .282 .388 .359 .747 .320 42 7 0 3 1 2
1977 32 SEA AL 41 401 340 58 90 16 3 11 6 4 51 55 .265 .363 .426 .789 .285 145 6 3 4 3 3
9 Seasons 235 3796 3270 485 875 129 29 80 46 35 442 497 .268 .355 .398 .754 .292 1302 86 17 42 25 29
162 Game Avg. 46 744 641 95 171 25 6 16 9 7 87 97 .268 .355 .398 .754 .292 255 17 3 8 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1965 20 LAD NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 5 3 0 1 3.0 4.5 3.3
1968 23 LAD NL 25 20 2 10 8 0 3 7 13 .350 2 1 1 1 9 45% 51 94 23 25 12 5 11 2.6 2.3 5.2
1969 24 NYY AL 28 13 3 6 4 0 2 4 9 .308 1 1 1 0 6 46% 49 78 18 10 5 2 9 2.8 2.9 6.0
1970 25 NYY AL 26 14 6 3 5 1 0 9 5 .643 1 2 1 0 6 43% 46 77 5 18 6 3 4 4.3 4.5 5.4
1971 26 NYY AL 37 24 8 9 7 1 3 11 13 .458 3 3 3 0 11 46% 49 87 16 37 16 6 9 4.2 4.2 6.1
1972 27 NYY AL 29 28 10 13 5 1 6 11 17 .393 1 3 2 0 15 54% 50 73 26 20 5 10 9 3.7 3.9 6.2
1973 28 TOT AL 21 10 2 5 3 1 0 4 6 .400 0 2 0 0 1 10% 33 59 16 20 9 1 7 4.7 5.4 3.6
1973 28 NYY AL 5 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 37 59 16 10 6 0 3 6.2 7.6 3.2
1973 28 CLE AL 16 6 1 4 1 1 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 44 21 10 3 1 4 3.7 4.1 3.8
1977 32 SEA AL 41 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 38 36 26 7 0 1 1.0 1.0 4.3
8 Seasons 212 112 31 49 32 4 14 46 66 .411 8 12 8 1 48 43% 47 94 5 161 63 27 51 3.6 3.7 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1965 20 LAD NL 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.491 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 4 0 5.3
1968 23 LAD NL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1.008 1 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 6.8
1969 24 NYY AL 28 15 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 3 30% 6 0.957 3 3 9 1 1 13 6 9 9 0 9 1 5.5
1970 25 NYY AL 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 5 0.900 1 3 8 1 0 11 5 7 8 1 8 1 5.7
1971 26 NYY AL 37 13 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% 7 1.071 2 4 7 1 2 10 2 11 6 2 6 2 5.5
1972 27 NYY AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.973 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1973 28 TOT AL 21 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 0.573 0 1 10 0 0 11 6 5 10 1 11 2 7.9
1973 28 NYY AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.773 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
1973 28 CLE AL 16 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 5 0.513 0 1 9 0 0 10 6 4 9 1 10 1 8.1
1975 30 TEX AL 23 23 8 0 0 4 2 2 50% 4 0 34 13 38% 6 0.731 9 4 10 4 4 15 20 3 11 9 14 5 4.1
1977 32 SEA AL 41 39 19 5 2 5 3 2 60% 10 5 45 14 31% 6 1.164 17 9 11 11 4 24 28 11 26 9 29 6 6.3
9 Seasons 235 123 48 8 2 10 6 4 60% 17 7 112 43 38% 0.957 33 25 61 19 11 93 68 55 78 22 86 17 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1965 20 LAD NL 51 78% 3.9% 17.7% 25.5% 9.8% 50% 0.58 53% 14 0 0%
1968 23 LAD NL 493 81% 1.8% 17.0% 9.3% 6.5% 28% 0.94 70% 79 8 10%
1969 24 NYY AL 446 80% 2.5% 14.8% 11.0% 6.3% 31% 0.84 70% 76 11 14%
1970 25 NYY AL 446 74% 2.7% 14.1% 12.3% 7.4% 32% 0.88 70% 78 6 8%
1971 26 NYY AL 748 83% 1.7% 12.4% 11.0% 5.1% 23% 0.91 74% 176 20 11%
1972 27 NYY AL 748 83% 1.7% 10.4% 10.2% 5.6% 24% 0.88 75% 131 16 12%
1973 28 TOT AL 321 78% 2.2% 9.4% 15.3% 8.1% 28% 0.94 73% 75 12 16%
1973 28 NYY AL 74 85% 1.4% 5.4% 18.9% 8.1% 30% 1.05 72% 21 5 24%
1973 28 CLE AL 247 75% 2.4% 10.5% 14.2% 8.1% 27% 0.90 73% 54 7 13%
1975 30 TEX AL 142 58% 1.4% 13.4% 14.8% 2.8% 12% 2.43 68% 39 7 18%
1977 32 SEA AL 401 62% 2.7% 13.7% 12.7% 7.5% 33% 1.15 69% 82 6 7%
9 Seasons 3796 78% 2.1% 13.1% 11.6% 6.3% 27% 0.95 72% 750 86 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1965 20 LAD NL 51 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 100% 1 1 0 22 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1968 23 LAD NL 471 116 9 0 3 5 3 4 4 15 8 1 53% 7 0 0 175 3 5 38% 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 22
1969 24 NYY AL 446 91 11 0 8 7 4 6 5 21 11 2 52% 3 8 2 152 8 3 73% 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
1970 25 NYY AL 446 103 12 0 8 10 2 4 8 30 15 6 50% 5 4 1 167 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1971 26 NYY AL 748 167 13 0 13 12 1 3 10 41 22 4 54% 12 8 0 298 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1972 27 NYY AL 748 172 13 0 18 8 5 7 6 27 9 3 33% 4 9 3 276 12 8 60% 11 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 13 0
1973 28 TOT AL 321 93 7 0 9 5 2 3 4 24 17 2 71% 5 8 0 138 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 13 0
1973 28 NYY AL 74 20 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 4 0 80% 0 0 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 28 CLE AL 247 73 6 0 7 4 2 2 4 19 13 2 68% 5 8 0 105 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 0
1975 30 TEX AL 142 33 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 13 11 0 85% 3 2 2 72 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1977 32 SEA AL 401 90 11 3 17 7 4 7 4 28 13 4 46% 2 4 0 162 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
9 Seasons 3774 875 80 3 84 56 23 36 43 202 109 22 54% 42 44 8 1462 46 35 57% 39 34 6 1 1 0 11 5 93 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1965 20 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 12 11 2 13 0 9 0 0 1 51 34 2.226 8.7 1.7 11.3 7.8 0.69 34
1966 21 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 12 11 2 13 0 9 0 0 1 51 34 2.226 8.7 1.7 11.3 7.8 0.69 34
1967 22 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 1 0 0 0 10.1 10 12 11 2 13 0 9 0 0 1 51 34 2.226 8.7 1.7 11.3 7.8 0.69 34
1968 23 2 11 .154 4.38 30 21 2 1 1 0 125.1 126 66 61 11 59 0 93 1 3 1 544 64 1.476 9.0 0.8 4.2 6.7 1.58 64
1969 24 6 17 .261 4.45 58 34 8 2 1 1 230.1 217 124 114 22 108 5 159 3 3 9 990 70 1.411 8.5 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.47 70
1970 25 12 20 .375 4.57 84 48 12 3 1 1 329.0 320 183 167 34 163 8 222 4 3 13 1436 71 1.468 8.8 0.9 4.5 6.1 1.36 71
1971 26 22 29 .431 4.40 121 72 17 6 1 1 499.1 487 272 244 47 245 19 315 8 3 21 2184 74 1.466 8.8 0.8 4.4 5.7 1.29 74
1972 27 32 42 .432 4.22 150 100 17 8 1 1 674.2 659 349 316 60 321 24 393 12 3 30 2932 75 1.453 8.8 0.8 4.3 5.2 1.22 75
1973 28 34 47 .420 4.50 171 110 21 8 1 1 739.1 752 411 370 67 370 24 423 14 3 38 3253 72 1.518 9.2 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.14 72
1974 29 34 47 .420 4.50 171 110 21 8 1 1 739.1 752 411 370 67 370 24 423 14 3 38 3253 72 1.518 9.2 0.8 4.5 5.1 1.14 72
1975 30 34 47 .420 4.47 194 110 29 8 1 3 770.2 785 427 383 69 391 26 442 14 3 40 3395 73 1.526 9.2 0.8 4.6 5.2 1.13 73
1976 31 34 47 .420 4.47 194 110 29 8 1 3 770.2 785 427 383 69 391 26 442 14 3 40 3395 73 1.526 9.2 0.8 4.6 5.2 1.13 73
1977 32 39 51 .433 4.59 235 112 48 8 1 6 860.2 875 485 439 80 442 29 497 17 3 44 3796 73 1.530 9.1 0.8 4.6 5.2 1.12 73

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1965 20 0 0 14.00 9.0 11 16 14 2 14 8 0 2.778 11.0 14.0 8.0 0.57 2.0 5
1968 23 3 8 .273 6.30 100.0 136 78 70 11 54 73 1 1.900 12.2 4.9 6.6 1.35 1.0 25
1969 24 3 7 .300 5.51 98.0 98 67 60 12 53 62 2 1.541 9.0 4.9 5.7 1.17 1.1 28
1970 25 3 7 .300 5.71 93.0 109 66 59 13 58 59 1 1.796 10.5 5.6 5.7 1.02 1.3 26
1971 26 6 11 .353 5.39 157.0 186 104 94 14 91 86 4 1.764 10.7 5.2 4.9 0.95 0.8 37
1972 27 6 11 .353 5.62 160.0 206 111 100 16 91 71 5 1.856 11.6 5.1 4.0 0.78 0.9 29
1973 28 1 5 .167 9.00 58.0 95 64 58 7 50 27 2 2.500 14.7 7.8 4.2 0.54 1.1 21
1975 30 1 2 .333 4.34 29.0 34 16 14 2 22 18 0 1.931 10.6 6.8 5.6 0.82 0.6 23
1977 32 3 6 .333 6.04 85.0 91 63 57 11 52 52 3 1.682 9.6 5.5 5.5 1.00 1.2 41
9 Seasons 26 57 .313 6.00 789.0 966 585 526 88 485 456 18 1.839 11.0 5.2 0.94 1.0 235

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 AL--8--10th
1972 AL--9--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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