Kurt Kepshire
Kurt David Kepshire
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 3, 1959 in Bridgeport, CT
School: University of New Haven
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 25th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1984
Final Game: April 23, 1986
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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
1984 24 STL NL 6 5 .545 3.30 17 16 0 2 2 0 109.0 100 47 40 7 44 4 71 0 2 5 453 107 1.321 8.3 0.6 3.6 5.9 1.61
1985 25 STL NL 10 9 .526 4.75 32 29 0 0 0 0 153.1 155 89 81 16 71 3 67 0 2 6 671 75 1.474 9.1 0.9 4.2 3.9 0.94
1986 26 STL NL 0 1 .000 4.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 4 2 4 0 6 0 1 0 35 82 1.500 9.0 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.50
3 Seasons 16 15 .516 4.16 51 46 1 2 2 0 270.1 263 140 125 25 119 7 144 0 5 11 1159 85 1.413 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.21
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .516 4.16 36 32 1 1 1 0 189 184 98 88 18 83 5 101 0 4 8 812 85 1.413 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.21

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
1984 24 STL NL 17 453 402 47 100 14 4 7 22 9 44 71 .249 .321 .356 .676 .284 143 8 0 4 3 4
1985 25 STL NL 32 671 588 89 155 21 3 16 17 2 71 67 .264 .339 .391 .730 .271 230 17 0 5 7 3
1986 26 STL NL 2 35 31 4 8 0 0 2 1 0 4 6 .258 .343 .452 .794 .261 14 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 51 1159 1021 140 263 35 7 25 40 11 119 144 .258 .332 .379 .711 .276 387 26 0 9 10 7
162 Game Avg. 36 812 716 98 184 25 5 18 28 8 83 101 .258 .332 .379 .711 .276 271 18 0 6 7 5
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
1984 24 STL NL 17 16 6 5 5 0 1 9 7 .563 1 3 2 2 10 63% 53 80 26 15 4 1 6 4.3 4.2 6.6
1985 25 STL NL 32 29 10 9 10 3 1 18 11 .621 2 4 0 0 13 45% 47 73 18 46 13 7 9 4.9 4.5 5.1
1986 26 STL NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55 55 55 0 0 0 1 2.0 1.5 7.0
3 Seasons 51 46 16 15 15 3 3 27 19 .587 3 7 2 2 24 52% 49 80 18 61 17 8 16 4.7 4.3 5.7
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
1984 24 STL NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.018 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1985 25 STL NL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1.010 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 6.3
1986 26 STL NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.832 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
3 Seasons 51 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1.008 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 3 1 3 0 6.2

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%
1984 24 STL NL 453 51% 1.6% 15.7% 9.7% 5.5% 25% 0.82 72% 71 8 11%
1985 25 STL NL 671 46% 2.4% 10.0% 10.6% 6.0% 26% 0.87 76% 122 17 14%
1986 26 STL NL 35 49% 5.7% 17.1% 11.4% 5.7% 25% 2.00 66% 5 1 20%
3 Seasons 1159 48% 2.2% 12.4% 10.3% 5.8% 26% 0.87 74% 198 26 13%
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
1984 24 STL NL 453 100 7 0 4 2 5 4 3 15 9 2 60% 7 5 1 165 22 9 71% 21 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1985 25 STL NL 670 155 16 0 15 7 9 7 9 40 26 1 65% 9 6 0 225 17 2 89% 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
1986 26 STL NL 35 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 1158 263 25 0 21 9 16 13 12 55 35 3 64% 16 11 1 399 40 11 78% 37 11 3 0 0 0 2 0 33 1
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+
1984 24 6 5 .545 3.30 17 16 0 2 2 0 109.0 100 47 40 7 44 4 71 0 2 5 453 107 1.321 8.3 0.6 3.6 5.9 1.61 107
1985 25 16 14 .533 4.15 49 45 0 2 2 0 262.1 255 136 121 23 115 7 138 0 4 11 1124 85 1.410 8.7 0.8 3.9 4.7 1.20 85
1986 26 16 15 .516 4.16 51 46 1 2 2 0 270.1 263 140 125 25 119 7 144 0 5 11 1159 85 1.413 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.21 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984 24 5 6 .455 4.01 101.0 105 50 45 7 46 66 0 1.495 9.4 4.1 5.9 1.43 0.6 17
1985 25 5 11 .313 5.56 144.0 163 99 89 17 75 63 0 1.653 10.2 4.7 3.9 0.84 1.1 32
1986 26 0 0 4.50 8.0 8 4 4 2 4 6 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 2.3 2
3 Seasons 10 17 .370 4.91 253.0 276 153 138 26 125 135 0 1.585 9.8 4.8 1.08 0.9 51

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL--2--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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