Charlie Kerfeld
Charles Patrick Kerfeld
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 28, 1963 in Knob Noster, MO
High School: Carson (Carson City, NV)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1985
Final Game: July 19, 1990
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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
1985 21 HOU NL 4 2 .667 4.06 11 6 2 0 0 0 44.1 44 22 20 2 25 2 30 0 0 1 193 85 1.556 8.9 0.4 5.1 6.1 1.20
1986 22 HOU NL 11 2 .846 2.69 61 0 29 0 0 7 93.2 71 32 28 5 42 3 77 2 2 7 390 133 1.206 6.8 0.5 4.0 7.4 1.83 RoY-4
1987 23 HOU NL 0 2 .000 6.67 21 0 11 0 0 0 29.2 34 22 22 3 21 2 17 1 0 0 137 59 1.854 10.3 0.9 6.4 5.2 0.81
1990 26 TOT NL 3 3 .500 6.62 30 0 11 0 0 2 34.0 40 28 25 2 29 4 31 0 0 1 168 60 2.029 10.6 0.5 7.7 8.2 1.07
1990 26 HOU NL 0 2 .000 16.20 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 9 6 6 0 6 1 4 0 0 1 25 23 4.500 24.3 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67
1990 26 ATL NL 3 1 .750 5.58 25 0 10 0 0 2 30.2 31 22 19 2 23 3 27 0 0 0 143 72 1.761 9.1 0.6 6.8 7.9 1.17
4 Seasons 18 9 .667 4.24 123 6 53 0 0 9 201.2 189 104 95 12 117 11 155 3 2 9 888 87 1.517 8.4 0.5 5.2 6.9 1.32
162 Game Avg. 9 5 .667 4.24 65 3 28 0 0 5 106 100 55 50 6 62 6 82 2 1 5 468 87 1.517 8.4 0.5 5.2 6.9 1.32
HOU (4 yrs) 15 8 .652 4.00 98 6 43 0 0 7 171.0 158 82 76 10 94 8 128 3 2 9 745 90 1.474 8.3 0.5 4.9 6.7 1.36
ATL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 5.58 25 0 10 0 0 2 30.2 31 22 19 2 23 3 27 0 0 0 143 72 1.761 9.1 0.6 6.8 7.9 1.17

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 22 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 1 .000 2.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 14 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.25 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 14 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 9.0 4.00

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
1985 21 HOU NL 11 193 164 22 44 4 0 2 5 0 25 30 .268 .359 .329 .689 .311 54 9 0 1 3 2
1986 22 HOU NL 61 390 333 32 71 7 2 5 14 1 42 77 .213 .299 .291 .591 .256 97 8 2 6 7 3
1987 23 HOU NL 21 137 110 22 34 8 1 3 6 1 21 17 .309 .421 .482 .903 .341 53 5 1 4 1 2
1990 26 ATL NL 25 143 115 22 31 6 0 2 5 2 23 27 .270 .386 .374 .760 .330 43 3 0 3 2 3
1990 26 HOU NL 5 25 17 6 9 2 1 0 0 0 6 4 .529 .652 .765 1.417 .692 13 0 0 2 0 1
1990 26 TOT NL 30 168 132 28 40 8 1 2 5 2 29 31 .303 .423 .424 .848 .376 56 3 0 5 2 4
4 Seasons 123 888 739 104 189 27 4 12 30 4 117 155 .256 .354 .352 .706 .303 260 25 3 16 13 11
162 Game Avg. 65 468 390 55 100 14 2 6 16 2 62 82 .256 .354 .352 .706 .303 137 13 2 8 7 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
1985 21 HOU NL 11 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 45 79 20 13 4 0 2 4.5 4.7 5.1
1 Season 11 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 45 79 20 13 4 0 2 4.5 4.7 5.1
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
1985 21 HOU NL 11 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 1.009 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 8.4
1986 22 HOU NL 61 61 29 11 2 12 7 5 58% 23 9 37 15 41% 7 1.373 28 14 19 30 12 19 20 41 32 10 34 13 4.6
1987 23 HOU NL 21 21 11 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 13 3 23% 8 1.007 5 8 8 5 3 13 7 14 10 3 12 5 4.2
1990 26 TOT NL 30 30 11 3 3 2 2 0 100% 7 3 9 3 33% 1.261 12 6 11 9 6 15 5 25 11 8 13 5 3.4 20
1990 26 HOU NL 5 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1.819 3 0 2 0 3 2 1 4 0 3 1 1 2.0 20
1990 26 ATL NL 25 25 10 3 1 2 2 0 100% 7 3 8 2 25% 7 1.163 9 6 9 9 3 13 4 21 11 5 12 4 3.7 20
4 Seasons 123 117 53 16 7 14 9 5 64% 34 16 61 23 38% 1.216 46 29 41 46 22 49 33 84 56 21 62 23 4.4 20

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%
1985 21 HOU NL 193 47% 1.0% 15.5% 13.0% 3.1% 14% 1.94 70% 51 9 18%
1986 22 HOU NL 390 46% 1.3% 19.7% 10.8% 3.6% 20% 2.11 66% 77 8 10%
1987 23 HOU NL 137 43% 2.2% 12.4% 15.3% 8.8% 35% 1.59 66% 23 5 22%
1990 26 TOT NL 168 51% 1.2% 18.5% 17.3% 6.6% 28% 0.79 1.16 60% 31% 3.8% 9% 35 3 9%
1990 26 HOU NL 25 32% 0.0% 16.0% 24.0% 12.0% 33% 0.63 2.00 52% 47% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1990 26 ATL NL 143 55% 1.4% 18.9% 16.1% 5.6% 26% 0.82 1.10 62% 28% 4.5% 10% 31 3 10%
4 Seasons 888 47% 1.4% 17.5% 13.2% 4.8% 23% 0.79 1.79 66% 31% 3.8% 9% 186 25 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1990 26 TOT NL 145 524 3.61 290 55% 29% 17% 21% 32% 70% 7% 39% 76% 51% 12% 17 5 14% 21 7 0 25% 5 8 23 0 1
1990 26 HOU NL 21 80 3.81 39 49% 21% 21% 28% 31% 79% 10% 39% 74% 38% 14% 3 0 19% 4 3 0 0% 2 2 4 0 0
1990 26 ATL NL 124 444 3.58 251 57% 31% 16% 20% 33% 69% 6% 39% 76% 53% 11% 14 5 14% 17 4 0 29% 3 6 19 0 1
1 Season 145 524 3.61 290 55% 29% 17% 21% 32% 70% 7% 39% 76% 51% 12% 17 5 14% 21 7 0 25% 5 8 23 0 1
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
1985 21 HOU NL 193 44 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 18 9 5 50% 1 1 0 78 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1986 22 HOU NL 390 71 5 0 13 1 4 0 5 37 19 5 51% 4 7 1 136 14 1 93% 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
1987 23 HOU NL 137 34 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 12 7 1 58% 0 0 0 52 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1990 26 TOT NL 168 40 6 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 14 9 3 64% 2 1 2 67 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1990 26 HOU NL 25 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1990 26 ATL NL 143 31 4 0 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 11 7 2 64% 2 0 1 56 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
4 Seasons 888 189 6 0 12 0 30 4 8 5 7 81 44 14 54% 7 9 3 333 30 4 88% 28 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 38 0
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+
1985 21 4 2 .667 4.06 11 6 2 0 0 0 44.1 44 22 20 2 25 2 30 0 0 1 193 85 1.556 8.9 0.4 5.1 6.1 1.20 85
1986 22 15 4 .789 3.13 72 6 31 0 0 7 138.0 115 54 48 7 67 5 107 2 2 8 583 113 1.319 7.5 0.5 4.4 7.0 1.60 113
1987 23 15 6 .714 3.76 93 6 42 0 0 7 167.2 149 76 70 10 88 7 124 3 2 8 720 96 1.414 8.0 0.5 4.7 6.7 1.41 96
1988 24 15 6 .714 3.76 93 6 42 0 0 7 167.2 149 76 70 10 88 7 124 3 2 8 720 96 1.414 8.0 0.5 4.7 6.7 1.41 96
1989 25 15 6 .714 3.76 93 6 42 0 0 7 167.2 149 76 70 10 88 7 124 3 2 8 720 96 1.414 8.0 0.5 4.7 6.7 1.41 96
1990 26 18 9 .667 4.24 123 6 53 0 0 9 201.2 189 104 95 12 117 11 155 3 2 9 888 87 1.517 8.4 0.5 5.2 6.9 1.32 87

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
1985 21 2 2 .500 4.95 40.0 46 24 22 2 26 27 0 1.800 10.4 5.9 6.1 1.04 0.5 11
1986 22 6 3 .667 3.10 90.0 75 34 31 5 44 74 2 1.322 7.5 4.4 7.4 1.68 0.5 61
1987 23 1 2 .333 7.33 27.0 34 24 22 3 21 15 1 2.037 11.3 7.0 5.0 0.71 1.0 21
1990 26 1 2 .333 6.82 33.0 40 28 25 2 29 30 0 2.091 10.9 7.9 8.2 1.03 0.5 30
4 Seasons 10 9 .526 4.74 190.0 195 110 100 12 120 146 3 1.658 9.2 6.9 1.22 0.6 123

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1985 NL--born 1963-09-28--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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