John Kiely

John Francis Kiely

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 4, 1964 in Boston, MA
School: Bridgewater State College (Bridgewater, MA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1991
Team: Tigers 1991-1993

Final Game: May 2, 1993
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
1988	23	MIL-DET-min	Rk	5	4	.556	4.88	17	5	10	1	2	59.0	51	34	32	1	19	0	64	1	0	3			1.186	7.8	0.2	2.9	9.8	3.37	BRR,BRS · ARIZ,APPY
1989	24	DET-min	A	4	3	.571	2.40	36	0	22	0	8	63.2	52	26	17	2	27	4	56	0	2	1			1.241	7.4	0.3	3.8	7.9	2.07	LAK · FLOR
1990	25	DET-min	AA	3	0	1.000	1.76	46	0	25	0	12	76.2	62	17	15	2	42	6	52	2	0	2			1.357	7.3	0.2	4.9	6.1	1.24	LON · EL
1991	26	DET-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.12	42	0	27	0	6	72.0	55	25	17	3	35	3	60	3	0	2	301		1.250	6.9	0.4	4.4	7.5	1.71	TOL · IL
1991	26	DET	AL	0	1	.000	14.85	7	0	3	0	0	6.2	13	11	11	0	9	2	1	1	0	1	42	30	3.300	17.6	0.0	12.2	1.4	0.11
1992	27	DET-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.84	21	0	17	0	9	31.2	25	11	10	1	7	0	31	0	0	1	125		1.011	7.1	0.3	2.0	8.8	4.43	TOL · IL
1992	27	DET	AL	4	2	.667	2.13	39	0	20	0	0	55.0	44	14	13	2	28	3	18	0	0	0	231	187	1.309	7.2	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.64
1993	28	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.88	37	0	16	0	4	58.0	65	34	25	8	25	1	48	1	0	2	261		1.552	10.1	1.2	3.9	7.4	1.92	TOL · IL
1993	28	DET	AL	0	2	.000	7.71	8	0	5	0	0	11.2	13	11	10	2	13	5	5	1	0	2	59	57	2.229	10.0	1.5	10.0	3.9	0.38
1994	29	DET-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.68	7	0	1	0	0	12.2	14	8	8	1	7	0	6	0	0	0	58		1.658	9.9	0.7	5.0	4.3	0.86	TOL · IL
1995	30	DET-min	AAA	0	0		1.46	14	0	5	0	0	12.1	13	4	2	1	6	2	8	0	0	0	56		1.541	9.5	0.7	4.4	5.8	1.33	TOL · IL
3 Yrs				4	5	.444	4.17	54	0	28	0	0	73.1	70	36	34	4	50	10	24	2	0	3	332	98	1.636	8.6	0.5	6.1	2.9	0.48
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.444	4.17	68	0	35	0	0	92	88	45	43	5	63	13	30	3	0	4	418	98	1.636	8.6	0.5	6.1	2.9	0.48

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1991	26	DET	AL	6.2	7	11	14.85	4.52	0.43	-0.34	102.5	3.84	-8	-0.8	.8	0.1	-0.6	-7	.390	.495	$
1992	27	DET	AL	55.0	39	14	2.29	4.24	0.15	-0.33	100.3	3.77	9	1.0	1.2	-0.0	1.5	15	.525	.506	$109,000
1993	28	DET	AL	11.2	8	11	8.49	4.53	-0.20	-0.35	98.6	4.32	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.437	.497	$140,000
3 Seasons				73.1	54	36	4.42	4.31	0.12	-0.33	100.3	3.86	-4	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	0.4	4	.495	.499	$249,000

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
1991	26	DET	AL	7	42	29	11	13	4	0	0	0	0	9	1	.448	.575	.586	1.161	.448	17	0	1	2	1	2	0
1992	27	DET	AL	39	231	196	14	44	10	0	2	2	1	28	18	.224	.317	.306	.623	.235	60	7	0	4	3	3	4
1993	28	DET	AL	8	59	44	11	13	3	0	2	0	0	13	5	.295	.466	.500	.966	.297	22	4	1	1	0	5	1
3 Yrs				54	332	269	36	70	17	0	4	2	1	50	24	.260	.375	.368	.743	.269	99	11	2	7	4	10	5
162 Game Avg.				68	418	339	45	88	21	0	5	3	1	63	30	.260	.375	.368	.743	.269	125	14	3	9	5	13	6
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.389	.715	.288

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	26	DET	AL	-7.1	-0.7	44	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.53	-0.4	-0.4	-6.7	-0.6	0.53	-5.1	1	3	2
1992	27	DET	AL	11.4	1.2	233	0.1	3.5	-3.4	.91	0.5	-0.4	10.5	1.1	0.91	7.7	13	7	19
1993	28	DET	AL	-4.3	-0.4	61	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.26	-0.3	0.0	-4.6	-0.4	1.26	-4.5	3	2	3
3 Yrs				-0.0	0.1	338	-0.7	4.7	-5.5	.93	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	0.0	0.93	-1.9	17	12	24

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	26	DET	AL	7	7	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	6	.531	1	3	2	0	2	5	5	2	2	3	3	3	2.9	22
1992	27	DET	AL	39	39	20	4	2	1	1	0%	8	7	36	14	39%	7	.914	13	7	19	12	8	19	20	19	21	10	22	10	4.2	22
1993	28	DET	AL	8	8	5	0	2	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	8	1.258	3	2	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	1	4.4	30
3 Yrs				54	54	28	4	5	1	1	0%	8	7	50	20	40%		.927	17	12	24	13	13	28	29	25	27	15	29	14	4.1	23

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1991	26	DET	AL	42	64%	0.0%	2.4%	21.4%	9.5%	31%	0.45	0.46	69%	29%	0.0%	10%	14	0	0%
1992	27	DET	AL	231	58%	0.9%	7.8%	12.1%	5.2%	27%	0.95	1.28	77%	17%	2.6%	16%	54	7	13%
1993	28	DET	AL	59	71%	3.4%	8.5%	22.0%	8.5%	39%	1.44	2.75	63%	18%	14.3%	13%	15	4	27%
3 Yrs				332	61%	1.2%	7.2%	15.1%	6.3%	30%	0.93	1.29	74%	18%	3.7%	15%	83	11	13%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	21%	6.1%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1991	26	DET	AL	42	156	3.71	84	54%	25%	11%	27%	37%	75%	11%	40%	86%	48%	7%	3	1	14%	6	1	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0
1992	27	DET	AL	231	867	3.75	501	58%	26%	14%	23%	37%	74%	3%	43%	81%	53%	6%	14	6	16%	37	14	0	11%	2	5	0	0	0
1993	28	DET	AL	59	237	4.02	120	51%	31%	14%	22%	33%	69%	16%	35%	80%	46%	14%	8	3	15%	9	3	0	40%	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				332	1260	3.80	705	56%	26%	14%	24%	36%	74%	7%	41%	81%	51%	8%	25	10	16%	52	18	1	17%	3	6	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1991	26	DET	AL	42	13	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	60%	0	1	1	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	27	DET	AL	231	44	11	1	2	0	10	2	0	1	1	15	8	1	53%	4	0	0	109	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1993	28	DET	AL	59	13	1	0	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	8	4	0	50%	1	2	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				332	70	17	1	4	0	22	3	1	2	2	28	15	1	54%	5	3	1	159	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1991	26	0	1	.000	14.85	7	3	6.2	13	11	11	0	9	2	1	1	1	42	30	3.300	17.6	0.0	12.2	1.4	0.11	30
1992	27	4	3	.571	3.50	46	23	61.2	57	25	24	2	37	5	19	1	1	273	115	1.524	8.3	0.3	5.4	2.8	0.51	115
1993	28	4	5	.444	4.17	54	28	73.1	70	36	34	4	50	10	24	2	3	332	98	1.636	8.6	0.5	6.1	2.9	0.48	98

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
1991	26	0	0		16.50	6.0	13	12	11	0	9	1	1	3.667	19.5	13.5	1.5	0.11	0.0	7
1992	27	4	1	.800	2.42	52.0	46	16	14	2	29	17	0	1.442	8.0	5.0	2.9	0.59	0.3	39
1993	28	0	1	.000	8.18	11.0	13	11	10	2	13	5	1	2.364	10.6	10.6	4.1	0.38	1.6	8
3 Yrs		4	2	.667	4.57	69.0	72	39	35	4	51	23	2	1.783	9.4		3.0	0.45	0.5	54

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