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Charlie Kerfeld

Charles Patrick Kerfeld

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Braves 1985-1990

Final Game: July 19, 1990
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1983	19	HOU-min	A	16	10	.615	2.91	28	28	0	12	2	0	192.0	171	84	62	18	85	1	189	5	0	14			1.333	8.0	0.8	4.0	8.9	2.22	AVL · SALL
1984	20	HOU-min	AA,AAA	14	10	.583	3.14	25	24	1	5	0	0	166.1	146	84	58	6	80	3	121	9	0	20			1.359	7.9	0.3	4.3	6.5	1.51	CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1985	21	HOU-min	AAA	10	11	.476	4.41	26	25	0	5	2	0	163.1	176	95	80	8	74	2	123	3	2	11			1.531	9.7	0.4	4.1	6.8	1.66	TUC · PCL
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	86	1.556	8.9	0.4	5.1	6.1	1.20
1986	22	HOU	NL	11	2	.846	2.59	61	0	29	0	0	7	93.2	71	32	27	5	42	3	77	2	2	7	390	138	1.206	6.8	0.5	4.0	7.4	1.83	RoY-4
1987	23	HOU-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.74	32	3	12	0	0	4	62.2	61	36	33	3	27	2	59	1	2	8			1.404	8.8	0.4	3.9	8.5	2.19	TUC · PCL
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	60	1.854	10.3	0.9	6.4	5.2	0.81

1990	26	ATL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.38	15	1	6	0	0	0	21.1	22	10	8	0	16	3	24	0	0	2			1.781	9.3	0.0	6.8	10.1	1.50	RMD · IL
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	62	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	26	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	73	1.761	9.1	0.6	6.8	7.9	1.17
1991	27	DET-min	AA	1	1	.500	3.12	11	1	5	0	0	2	17.1	9	7	6	0	11	0	18	0	0	1			1.154	4.7	0.0	5.7	9.3	1.64	LON · EL
4 Seasons				18	9	.667	4.20	123	6	53	0	0	9	201.2	189	104	94	12	117	11	155	3	2	9	888	88	1.517	8.4	0.5	5.2	6.9	1.32
162 Game Avg.				9	5	.667	4.20	65	3	28	0	0	5	106	100	55	50	6	62	6	82	2	1	5	468	88	1.517	8.4	0.5	5.2	6.9	1.32

HOU (4 yrs)				15	8	.652	3.95	98	6	43	0	0	7	171.0	158	82	75	10	94	8	128	3	2	9	745	92	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	73	1.761	9.1	0.6	6.8	7.9	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1985	21	HOU	NL	44.1	6	22	23	-1	1.0	1	0.1	$
1986	22	HOU	NL	93.2	0	32	48	2	1.3	16	1.3	$65,000	RoY-4
1987	23	HOU	NL	29.2	0	22	18	-1	1.0	-4	-0.6	$110,037

1990	26	HOU	NL	3.1	0	6	2	0	1.7	-4	-0.6	$122,000
1990	26	ATL	NL	30.2	0	22	19	-1	1.1	-3	-0.6	$
4 Seasons				201.2	6	104	110	-1	1.2	6	-0.4	$297,037

HOU (4 yrs)				171.0	6	82	91	0	1.2	9	0.2	$297,037
ATL (1 yr)				30.2	0	22	19	-1	1.1	-3	-0.6	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1983	19	HOU-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	AVL · SALL
1984	20	HOU-min	AA,AAA	25	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083		0		0	1	0	0	CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1985	21	HOU-min	AAA	26	39	37	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	.081	.128	.081	.209		3		0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
1985	21	HOU	NL	11	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1986	22	HOU	NL	61	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.111	.200	.111	.311	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-4
1987	23	HOU-min	AAA	32	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
1987	23	HOU	NL	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1990	26	ATL-min	AAA	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	1	0	RMD · IL
1990	26	TOT	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	26	HOU	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	26	ATL	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	27	DET-min	AA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LON · EL
4 Seasons				123	29	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.038	.074	.038	.113	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	38	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	21	.038	.074	.038	.113	-67	1	0	0	3	0	0

HOU (4 yrs)				98	29	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.038	.074	.038	.113	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1985	21	HOU	NL	16	-4	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	$	1
1986	22	HOU	NL	10	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$65,000	1	RoY-4
1987	23	HOU	NL	3	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$110,037	1
3 Seasons				29	-6	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	$175,037

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	22	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1985	HOU	NL	21	P	11	6	44.1	8	5	2	1	1	.875	1.42	0.64	.952	1.93	1.92	5	0	0%	0
1986	HOU	NL	22	P	61	0	93.2	16	7	9	0	1	1.000	1.54	0.26	.955	1.94	1.94	14	1	7%	2	RoY-4
1987	HOU	NL	23	P	21	0	29.2	9	5	3	1	0	.889	2.43	0.38	.956	1.91	1.90	6	1	14%	0
1990	TOT	NL	26	P	30	0	34.0	7	2	2	3	0	.571	1.06	0.13	.957	1.80	1.79	5	2	29%	0
1990	HOU	NL	26	P	5	0	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	0.00	.960	1.89	1.80	0	0		0
1990	ATL	NL	26	P	25	0	30.2	6	2	2	2	0	.667	1.17	0.16	.957	1.79	1.79	5	2	29%	0
	4 Seasons			P	123	6	201.2	40	19	16	5	2	.875	1.56	0.28	.955	1.91	1.90	30	4	12%	2
	4 Seasons			TOT	123	6	201.2	40	19	16	5	2	.875	1.56	0.28	.955	1.91	1.90	30	4	12%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1990 NL 3 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1985 NL born 1963-09-28 (10th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1990 NL 3 (4th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 24th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 12, 1982: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary).
April 28, 1990: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and Kevin Dean (minors). The Atlanta Braves sent Lee Ellis Johnson (minors) (October 29, 1990) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
July 23, 1990: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
July 27, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	22	Houston Astros	$65,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	23	Houston Astros	$110,037	1987 USA Today survey
1988	24	Houston Astros	$100,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

1990	26	Houston Astros	$122,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$397,037

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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