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Kurt Kepshire

Kurt David Kepshire

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 3, 1959 in Bridgeport, CT
School: University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 25th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1984
Team: Cardinals 1984-1986

Final Game: April 23, 1986
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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
1979	19	CIN-min	Rk	4	0	1.000	2.52	24	1					50.0	30	16	14	3	27								1.140	5.4	0.5	4.9			BIL · PION
1980	20	CIN-min	A,A-	8	7	.533	3.84	37	7		2	0	2	96.0	102	56	41	8	34	4	44	4	1	2			1.417	9.6	0.8	3.2	4.1	1.29	TAM,EUG · FLOR,NORW
1981	21	CIN-min	A	7	5	.583	4.32	39	3	18	1	0	3	98.0	98	63	47	14	32	2	94	3	0	5			1.327	9.0	1.3	2.9	8.6	2.94	CDR · MIDW
1982	22	CIN-min	AA,A,AAA	4	5	.444	3.46	56	0	45	0	0	16	88.1	65	38	34	5	37	8	68	5	0	3			1.155	6.6	0.5	3.8	6.9	1.84	WBY,CDR,INA · EL,MIDW,AA
1983	23	STL-min	AAA,AA	9	4	.692	3.63	40	10	19	1	1	4	119.0	123	61	48	15	29	2	75	0	1	8			1.277	9.3	1.1	2.2	5.7	2.59	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1984	24	STL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.60	16	16	0	3	0	0	107.2	87	56	55	13	63	5	85	1	2	3			1.393	7.3	1.1	5.3	7.1	1.35	LOU · AA
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	106	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-min	AAA,AA	3	13	.188	5.55	22	22	0	2	0	0	118.1	140	91	73	14	49	1	74	3	0	3			1.597	10.6	1.1	3.7	5.6	1.51	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
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	85	1.500	9.0	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50
1988	28	WSN-MIN-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.91	52	0	32	0	0	7	77.1	75	29	25	4	36	8	56	0	9	4			1.435	8.7	0.5	4.2	6.5	1.56	INA,POR · AA,PCL
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.59	16	0	5	0	0	0	29.0	34	20	18	1	15	2	22	0	2	1			1.690	10.6	0.3	4.7	6.8	1.47	POR · PCL
3 Yrs				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

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
1984	24	STL	NL	109.0	17	16	47	3.88	4.14	0.08	0.13	95.7	4.02	0	0.0	.2	-0.1	0.9	12	.503	.500	$
1985	25	STL	NL	153.1	32	29	89	5.22	4.03	0.32	0.12	99.5	3.81	-25	-2.6	.7	-0.1	-1.4	-10	.418	.484	$100,000
1986	26	STL	NL	8.0	2	1	4	4.50	3.91	0.52	0.08	99.4	3.45	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.449	.499	$
3 Seasons				270.1	51	46	140	4.66	4.07	0.23	0.12	98.0	3.88	-26	-2.7	.5	-0.1	-0.5	2	.448	.494	$100,000

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
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	7
1985	25	STL	NL	32	670	588	89	155	21	3	16	17	2	71	67	.264	.339	.391	.730	.271	230	17	0	5	7	3	9
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	0
3 Yrs				51	1158	1021	140	263	35	7	25	40	11	119	144	.258	.332	.379	.711	.276	387	26	0	9	10	7	16
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	11
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1984	24	STL	NL	2.2	0.2	490	-0.3	7.8	-8.1	1.01	0.3	-0.5	1.4	0.1	1.01	3.9	0	1
1985	25	STL	NL	-19.2	-2.0	696	-1.9	10.8	-12.7	1.00	-1.6	-0.3	-26.5	-2.7	1.00	-19.3	1	2
1986	26	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	37	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.83	-0.3	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.83	-2.7	0	1
3 Yrs				-17.4	-1.8	1223	-2.2	19.1	-21.3	1.00	-1.6	-0.6	-25.4	-2.5	1.00	-18.0	1	4

Starting Pitching*

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
1984	24	STL	NL	17	16	6	5	5	0	1	9	7	.563	1	3	2	2	10	63%	53.2	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%	47.3	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%	55.0	55	55	0	0	0	1	2.0	1.5	7.0
3 Yrs				51	46	16	15	15	3	3	27	19	.587	3	7	2	2	24	52%	50	80	18	61	17	8	16	4.7	4.3	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1984	24	STL	NL	17	1	0	0	0		2	1.011	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	9.0
1985	25	STL	NL	32	3	0	2	2	100%	2	1.004	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	2	6.3
1986	26	STL	NL	2	1	1	0	0		8	.830	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
3 Yrs				51	5	1	2	2	100%		1.001	1	4	5	1	4	3	1	3	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	24	STL	NL	453	49%	1.6%	15.7%	9.7%	5.5%	25%	0.82	72%	71	8	11%
1985	25	STL	NL	671	54%	2.4%	10.0%	10.6%	6.0%	26%	0.87	76%	122	17	14%
1986	26	STL	NL	35	51%	5.7%	17.1%	11.4%	5.7%	25%	2.00	66%	5	1	20%
3 Yrs				1159	52%	2.2%	12.4%	10.3%	5.8%	26%	0.87	74%	198	26	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.06	73%			11%

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
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	0	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 Yrs				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	1	0	33	1
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	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	109.0	100	47	40	7	44	4	71	2	5	453	106	1.321	8.3	0.6	3.6	5.9	1.61	106
1985	25	16	14	.533	4.15	49	45	0	2	2	262.1	255	136	121	23	115	7	138	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	270.1	263	140	125	25	119	7	144	5	11	1159	85	1.413	8.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.21	85

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1984	24	6	5	.545	3.92	101.0	105	49	44	7	46	66	1.495	9.4	4.1	5.9	1.43	0.6	17
1985	25	5	11	.313	5.52	145.0	162	99	89	17	74	63	1.628	10.1	4.6	3.9	0.85	1.1	32
1986	26	0	0		5.63	8.0	8	6	5	2	4	6	1.500	9.0	4.5	6.8	1.50	2.3	2
3 Yrs		11	16	.407	4.89	254.0	275	154	138	26	124	135	1.571	9.7		4.8	1.09	0.9	51

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