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Paul Kilgus

Paul Nelson Kilgus

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 2, 1962 in Bowling Green, KY
High School: Bowling Green HS (Bowling Green, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 43rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1987
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Orioles/Cubs/Cardinals/BlueJays 1987-1993
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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
1987 25 TEX AL 2 7 .222 4.13 25 12 2 0 0 0 89.1 95 45 41 14 31 2 42 2 0 0 385 109 1.410 9.6 1.4 3.1 4.2 1.35
1988 26 TEX AL 12 15 .444 4.16 32 32 0 5 3 0 203.1 190 105 94 18 71 2 88 10 4 6 871 98 1.284 8.4 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.24
1989 27 CHC NL 6 10 .375 4.39 35 23 5 0 0 2 145.2 164 90 71 9 49 6 61 5 2 3 642 86 1.462 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.8 1.24
1990 28 TOR AL 0 0 6.06 11 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 19 11 11 2 7 1 7 1 0 0 74 69 1.592 10.5 1.1 3.9 3.9 1.00
1991 29 BAL AL 0 2 .000 5.08 38 0 14 0 0 1 62.0 60 38 35 8 24 2 32 3 0 2 267 79 1.355 8.7 1.2 3.5 4.6 1.33
1993 31 STL NL 1 0 1.000 0.63 22 1 7 0 0 1 28.2 18 2 2 1 8 1 21 1 0 0 109 634 0.907 5.7 0.3 2.5 6.6 2.63
6 Yrs 21 34 .382 4.19 163 68 32 5 3 4 545.1 546 291 254 52 190 14 251 22 6 11 2348 97 1.350 9.0 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.32
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .382 4.19 48 20 9 1 1 1 161 161 86 75 15 56 4 74 6 2 3 691 97 1.350 9.0 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.32
TEX (2 yrs) 14 22 .389 4.15 57 44 2 5 3 0 292.2 285 150 135 32 102 4 130 12 4 6 1256 101 1.322 8.8 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.27
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.63 22 1 7 0 0 1 28.2 18 2 2 1 8 1 21 1 0 0 109 634 0.907 5.7 0.3 2.5 6.6 2.63
CHC (1 yr) 6 10 .375 4.39 35 23 5 0 0 2 145.2 164 90 71 9 49 6 61 5 2 3 642 86 1.462 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.8 1.24
BAL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.08 38 0 14 0 0 1 62.0 60 38 35 8 24 2 32 3 0 2 267 79 1.355 8.7 1.2 3.5 4.6 1.33
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 6.06 11 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 19 11 11 2 7 1 7 1 0 0 74 69 1.592 10.5 1.1 3.9 3.9 1.00
AL (4 yrs) 14 24 .368 4.39 106 44 20 5 3 1 371.0 364 199 181 42 133 7 169 16 4 8 1597 95 1.340 8.8 1.0 3.2 4.1 1.27
NL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 3.77 57 24 12 0 0 3 174.1 182 92 73 10 57 7 82 6 2 3 751 101 1.371 9.4 0.5 2.9 4.2 1.44

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 Awards
1987 25 TEX AL 89.1 25 12 45 4.53 4.82 -0.19 0.04 100.6 5.09 5 0.5 .8 -0.1 1.2 16 .521 .503 $62,500
1988 26 TEX AL 203.1 32 32 105 4.65 4.39 0.21 0.14 102.7 4.45 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.1 16 .484 .497 $80,000
1989 27 CHC NL 145.2 35 23 90 5.56 3.98 -0.02 0.07 109.5 4.46 -18 -2.0 .8 -0.1 -0.9 -4 .444 .488 $130,000
1990 28 TOR AL 16.1 11 0 11 6.06 4.39 0.19 -0.34 105.0 4.06 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .467 .498 $242,500
1991 29 BAL AL 62.0 38 0 38 5.52 4.63 0.24 -0.35 95.6 3.86 -11 -1.2 .9 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .469 .493 $200,000
1993 31 STL NL 28.2 22 1 2 0.63 4.41 -0.08 -0.25 98.4 4.17 11 1.2 1.1 0.0 1.4 14 .553 .507 $
6 Seasons 545.1 163 68 291 4.80 4.38 0.07 0.02 103.2 4.46 -21 -2.3 .9 -0.3 2.0 36 .486 .498 $715,000
TEX (2 yrs) 292.2 57 44 150 4.61 4.52 0.09 0.11 102.1 4.64 1 0.0 .8 -0.2 2.3 32 .501 .500 $142,500
STL (1 yr) 28.2 22 1 2 0.63 4.41 -0.08 -0.25 98.4 4.17 11 1.2 1.1 0.0 1.4 14 .553 .507 $
CHC (1 yr) 145.2 35 23 90 5.56 3.98 -0.02 0.07 109.5 4.46 -18 -2.0 .8 -0.1 -0.9 -4 .444 .488 $130,000
BAL (1 yr) 62.0 38 0 38 5.52 4.63 0.24 -0.35 95.6 3.86 -11 -1.2 .9 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .469 .493 $200,000
TOR (1 yr) 16.1 11 0 11 6.06 4.39 0.19 -0.34 105.0 4.06 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .467 .498 $242,500

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
1989 27 CHC NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00

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
1987 25 TEX AL 25 385 350 45 95 20 1 14 2 6 31 42 .271 .334 .454 .788 .276 159 9 2 2 0 2 6
1988 26 TEX AL 32 871 782 105 190 32 3 18 18 5 71 88 .243 .313 .361 .673 .253 282 15 10 4 4 2 16
1989 27 CHC NL 35 642 579 90 164 31 7 9 5 5 49 61 .283 .342 .408 .750 .302 236 16 5 5 4 6 14
1990 28 TOR AL 11 74 62 11 19 2 1 2 1 1 7 7 .306 .370 .468 .838 .304 29 1 1 1 3 1 0
1991 29 BAL AL 38 267 234 38 60 13 0 8 2 2 24 32 .256 .328 .415 .743 .263 97 6 3 2 4 2 2
1993 31 STL NL 22 109 100 2 18 3 0 1 4 2 8 21 .180 .248 .240 .488 .218 24 3 1 0 0 1 1
6 Yrs 163 2348 2107 291 546 101 12 52 32 21 190 251 .259 .325 .393 .717 .272 827 50 22 14 15 14 39
162 Game Avg. 48 691 620 86 161 30 4 15 9 6 56 74 .259 .325 .393 .717 .272 243 15 6 4 4 4 11
MLB Averages .258 .325 .389 .713 .286

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 25 TEX AL 4.1 0.4 395 -0.3 6.3 -6.6 .86 -0.4 0.0 4.5 0.4 0.86 -2.9 2 5 6
1988 26 TEX AL -1.8 -0.2 903 -0.2 13.9 -14.1 .92 0.5 -0.7 -4.4 -0.4 0.92 7.9 0 0 0
1989 27 CHC NL -13.1 -1.4 661 -1.2 10.6 -11.9 .98 -0.9 -0.4 -20.3 -2.0 0.98 -10.6 2 4 5
1990 28 TOR AL -2.7 -0.3 76 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .48 -0.1 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.48 -1.6 2 0 9
1991 29 BAL AL -7.5 -0.7 276 -0.7 1.4 -2.2 .40 -0.5 -1.4 -6.6 -0.7 0.40 -6.3 10 3 23
1993 31 STL NL 11.1 1.1 113 1.4 2.5 -1.0 1.07 1.0 0.3 13.7 1.4 1.07 11.6 8 3 10
6 Yrs -9.8 -1.0 2424 -1.1 35.2 -36.2 .86 -0.3 -0.9 -16.0 -1.5 0.86 -1.8 24 15 53

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 25 TEX AL 25 12 2 5 5 0 1 4 8 .333 1 0 0 0 6 50% 47.2 66 13 17 6 4 4 4.2 5.0 5.7
1988 26 TEX AL 32 32 12 15 5 2 4 14 18 .438 2 1 5 3 17 53% 50.5 85 13 33 11 1 11 4.0 4.3 6.4 93 6 6 14 3 130
1989 27 CHC NL 35 23 6 10 7 3 4 9 14 .391 4 2 0 0 10 43% 45.0 76 16 33 15 3 10 4.1 4.1 5.4 76 13 8 2 0 116
1993 31 STL NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 65.0 65 65 6 1 1 0 1.0 1.8 5.0 76 1 0 0 0 76
4 Yrs 114 68 20 30 18 5 9 27 41 .397 8 3 5 3 33 49% 48 85 13 89 33 9 25 4.0 4.3 5.9 85 20 14 16 3 130
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.4 4.3 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1987 25 TEX AL 25 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 30% 5 .858 2 5 6 2 2 9 7 6 8 5 8 4 4.8
1989 27 CHC NL 35 12 5 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 6 2 33% 7 .979 2 4 5 6 0 6 3 9 5 4 6 0 5.4 29
1990 28 TOR AL 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 6 .479 2 0 9 2 0 9 2 9 5 3 5 2 4.5 25
1991 29 BAL AL 38 38 14 0 2 1 1 0 100% 4 3 36 11 31% 7 .398 10 3 23 8 4 26 25 13 19 13 21 1 4.9 26
1993 31 STL NL 22 21 7 1 0 1 1 0 100% 8 7 14 1 7% 7 1.074 8 3 10 8 2 11 9 12 5 9 7 6 3.4 17
5 Yrs 131 95 32 1 4 4 4 0 100% 17 13 71 19 27% .824 24 15 53 26 8 61 46 49 42 34 47 13 4.6 24

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%
1987 25 TEX AL 385 22% 3.6% 10.9% 8.1% 9.1% 37% 1.37 76% 74 9 12%
1988 26 TEX AL 871 18% 2.1% 10.1% 8.2% 6.1% 28% 0.90 1.19 78% 21% 8.0% 37% 141 15 11%
1989 27 CHC NL 642 19% 1.4% 9.5% 7.6% 7.3% 29% 1.00 1.34 80% 17% 4.1% 15% 125 16 13%
1990 28 TOR AL 74 27% 2.7% 9.5% 9.5% 6.8% 26% 0.78 1.05 76% 20% 7.1% 13% 22 1 5%
1991 29 BAL AL 267 35% 3.0% 12.0% 9.0% 7.9% 35% 1.10 1.92 74% 20% 9.8% 15% 48 6 13%
1993 31 STL NL 109 27% 0.9% 19.3% 7.3% 3.7% 22% 0.86 0.85 72% 13% 3.0% 21% 18 3 17%
6 Yrs 2348 21% 2.2% 10.7% 8.1% 7.0% 30% 0.95 1.30 77% 19% 6.5% 25% 428 50 12%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21% 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
1988 26 TEX AL 840 2934 3.49 1745 60% 23% 14% 24% 39% 77% 1% 46% 82% 52% 5% 45 26 13% 108 53 4 20% 7 17 31 2 0
1989 27 CHC NL 639 2064 3.23 1262 61% 25% 12% 22% 42% 75% 3% 46% 84% 56% 5% 32 15 15% 96 55 9 31% 9 11 3 0 1
1990 28 TOR AL 75 274 3.65 157 58% 16% 18% 29% 38% 84% 3% 48% 79% 45% 7% 5 4 11% 8 2 1 14% 0 0 -1 1 0
1991 29 BAL AL 268 974 3.63 584 60% 25% 13% 26% 36% 75% 2% 45% 82% 54% 6% 16 7 17% 46 28 5 38% 8 7 -1 0 0
1993 31 STL NL 105 393 3.74 247 63% 21% 19% 26% 31% 77% 3% 48% 72% 58% 7% 7 5 25% 26 13 2 21% 6 0 4 1 7
5 Yrs 1927 6639 3.45 3995 60% 24% 14% 24% 39% 76% 2% 46% 82% 54% 5% 105 57 15% 284 151 21 26% 30 35 36 4 8
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1987 25 TEX AL 385 95 14 0 8 8 6 7 7 8 2 2 25% 6 0 0 148 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1988 26 TEX AL 871 190 25 2 18 1 16 17 1 9 9 28 20 1 71% 16 6 1 297 18 5 78% 15 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 24 0
1989 27 CHC NL 642 164 14 2 9 0 8 6 3 7 2 40 22 4 55% 14 3 3 236 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 16 0
1990 28 TOR AL 74 19 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 11 7 0 64% 0 0 0 31 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1991 29 BAL AL 267 60 20 0 8 0 7 7 1 6 2 20 13 1 65% 2 2 2 107 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
1993 31 STL NL 109 18 3 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 25% 1 0 0 38 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2348 546 63 5 52 1 46 39 13 30 22 111 65 8 59% 39 11 6 857 32 21 60% 26 16 6 5 0 0 7 5 52 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1987 25 2 7 .222 4.13 25 12 2 0 0 0 89.1 95 45 41 14 31 2 42 2 0 0 385 109 1.410 9.6 1.4 3.1 4.2 1.35 109
1988 26 14 22 .389 4.15 57 44 2 5 3 0 292.2 285 150 135 32 102 4 130 12 4 6 1256 101 1.322 8.8 1.0 3.1 4.0 1.27 101
1989 27 20 32 .385 4.23 92 67 7 5 3 2 438.1 449 240 206 41 151 10 191 17 6 9 1898 96 1.369 9.2 0.8 3.1 3.9 1.26 96
1990 28 20 32 .385 4.30 103 67 11 5 3 2 454.2 468 251 217 43 158 11 198 18 6 9 1972 95 1.377 9.3 0.9 3.1 3.9 1.25 95
1991 29 20 34 .370 4.39 141 67 25 5 3 3 516.2 528 289 252 51 182 13 230 21 6 11 2239 92 1.374 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.26 92
1992 30 20 34 .370 4.39 141 67 25 5 3 3 516.2 528 289 252 51 182 13 230 21 6 11 2239 92 1.374 9.2 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.26 92
1993 31 21 34 .382 4.19 163 68 32 5 3 4 545.1 546 291 254 52 190 14 251 22 6 11 2348 97 1.350 9.0 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.32 97

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1987 25 4 5 .444 4.03 87.0 93 43 39 14 30 41 2 1.414 9.6 3.1 4.2 1.37 1.4 25
1988 26 9 12 .429 4.57 197.0 196 111 100 19 73 85 10 1.365 9.0 3.3 3.9 1.16 0.9 32
1989 27 6 9 .400 4.76 140.0 167 82 74 9 50 59 5 1.550 10.7 3.2 3.8 1.18 0.6 35
1990 28 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 19 12 11 2 7 7 1 1.625 10.7 3.9 3.9 1.00 1.1 11
1991 29 2 4 .333 5.80 59.0 62 42 38 8 25 30 3 1.475 9.5 3.8 4.6 1.20 1.2 38
1993 31 3 0 1.000 0.67 27.0 18 2 2 1 8 20 1 0.963 6.0 2.7 6.7 2.50 0.3 22
6 Yrs 24 31 .436 4.52 526.0 555 292 264 53 193 242 22 1.422 9.5 4.1 1.25 0.9 163

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1988 AL  3 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1988 AL  15 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL  10 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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