Mike Kilkenny
Michael David Kilkenny
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 11, 1945 in Bradford, ON, CAN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Final Game: May 6, 1973
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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
1969 24 DET AL 8 6 .571 3.37 39 15 11 6 4 2 128.1 99 54 48 13 63 1 97 4 1 1 544 112 1.262 6.9 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.54
1970 25 DET AL 7 6 .538 5.16 36 21 5 3 0 0 129.0 141 77 74 10 70 0 105 2 1 3 588 73 1.636 9.8 0.7 4.9 7.3 1.50
1971 26 DET AL 4 5 .444 5.00 30 11 5 2 0 1 86.1 83 52 48 8 44 3 47 2 0 4 387 73 1.471 8.7 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.07
1972 27 TOT MLB 4 1 .800 3.78 29 7 10 1 0 1 64.1 59 28 27 7 42 4 49 0 0 4 285 86 1.570 8.3 1.0 5.9 6.9 1.17
1972 27 TOT AL 4 1 .800 3.45 24 7 7 1 0 1 60.0 52 24 23 6 39 4 44 0 0 3 262 94 1.517 7.8 0.9 5.9 6.6 1.13
1972 27 DET AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1972 27 OAK AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1972 27 SDP NL 0 0 8.31 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 23 40 2.308 14.5 2.1 6.2 10.4 1.67
1972 27 CLE AL 4 1 .800 3.41 22 7 6 1 0 1 58.0 51 23 22 5 39 4 44 0 0 3 255 95 1.552 7.9 0.8 6.1 6.8 1.13
1973 28 CLE AL 0 0 22.50 5 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 17 18 5.000 22.5 4.5 22.5 13.5 0.60
5 Seasons 23 18 .561 4.43 139 54 32 12 4 4 410.0 387 216 202 39 224 8 301 9 2 12 1821 83 1.490 8.5 0.9 4.9 6.6 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 6 .561 4.43 49 19 11 4 1 1 144 136 76 71 14 79 3 106 3 1 4 642 83 1.490 8.5 0.9 4.9 6.6 1.34
DET (4 yrs) 19 17 .528 4.47 106 47 22 11 4 3 344.2 324 184 171 32 177 4 249 8 2 8 1523 84 1.454 8.5 0.8 4.6 6.5 1.41
CLE (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 4.05 27 7 7 1 0 1 60.0 56 28 27 6 44 4 47 1 0 3 272 81 1.667 8.4 0.9 6.6 7.1 1.07
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 8.31 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 23 40 2.308 14.5 2.1 6.2 10.4 1.67
AL (5 yrs) 23 18 .561 4.39 134 54 29 12 4 4 405.2 380 212 198 38 221 8 296 9 2 11 1798 83 1.482 8.4 0.8 4.9 6.6 1.34
NL (1 yr) 0 0 8.31 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 4 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 1 23 40 2.308 14.5 2.1 6.2 10.4 1.67

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
1969 24 DET AL 39 544 469 54 99 14 0 13 1 2 63 97 .211 .309 .324 .633 .238 152 11 4 6 2 1
1970 25 DET AL 36 588 505 77 141 27 5 10 8 2 70 105 .279 .368 .412 .780 .334 208 14 2 9 2 0
1971 26 DET AL 30 384 333 52 83 11 3 8 5 0 44 47 .249 .339 .372 .712 .269 124 5 2 4 1 3
1972 27 CLE AL 22 255 215 23 51 9 0 5 4 2 39 44 .237 .353 .349 .702 .275 75 7 0 0 1 4
1972 27 DET AL 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 OAK AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 SDP NL 5 23 20 4 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 .350 .435 .550 .985 .429 11 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 TOT AL 24 262 222 24 52 9 0 6 4 2 39 44 .234 .347 .356 .703 .266 79 7 0 0 1 4
1972 27 TOT MLB 29 285 242 28 59 10 0 7 4 2 42 49 .244 .354 .372 .726 .278 90 7 0 0 1 4
1973 28 CLE AL 5 16 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 .500 .688 .800 1.488 .667 8 1 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 139 1817 1559 216 387 62 8 39 19 6 224 301 .248 .345 .373 .718 .284 582 38 9 19 6 8
162 Game Avg. 49 640 549 76 136 22 3 14 7 2 79 106 .248 .345 .373 .718 .284 205 13 3 7 2 3
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
1969 24 DET AL 39 15 7 5 3 0 0 9 6 .600 2 1 6 4 8 53% 56 85 30 20 10 14 0 4.5 4.6 6.6
1970 25 DET AL 36 21 6 6 9 0 0 11 10 .524 3 4 3 0 9 43% 48 83 17 33 13 9 7 3.7 3.8 5.2
1971 26 DET AL 30 11 4 5 2 1 1 4 7 .364 0 2 2 0 5 45% 48 73 25 31 11 5 3 2.9 2.8 5.5
1972 27 TOT MLB 29 7 2 1 4 0 0 3 4 .429 0 3 1 0 2 29% 71 36 16 3 6 0 3.0 3.5 4.9
1972 27 TOT AL 24 7 2 1 4 0 0 3 4 .429 0 3 1 0 2 29% 71 36 14 3 6 0 3.0 3.5 4.9
1972 27 CLE AL 22 7 2 1 4 0 0 3 4 .429 0 3 1 0 2 29% 49 71 36 14 3 6 0 3.0 3.5 4.9
4 Seasons 127 54 19 17 18 1 1 27 27 .500 5 10 12 4 24 44% 50 85 17 98 37 34 10 3.7 3.8 5.6
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
1969 24 DET AL 39 24 11 1 1 2 2 0 100% 5 1 19 6 32% 8 0.955 6 4 14 5 2 17 11 13 9 10 9 5 3.6
1970 25 DET AL 36 15 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 2 20% 8 1.122 3 4 8 2 2 11 6 9 5 6 6 2 4.1
1971 26 DET AL 30 19 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 4 25% 8 0.917 4 2 13 1 2 16 9 10 8 9 9 6 4.0
1972 27 TOT MLB 29 22 10 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 16 6 38% 1.035 6 3 13 3 5 14 9 13 10 5 11 2 4.1
1972 27 TOT AL 24 17 7 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 4 33% 1.116 6 3 8 3 5 9 7 10 10 4 11 0 4.5
1972 27 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.223 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 27 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.123 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 27 SDP NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 9 0.108 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 2.6
1972 27 CLE AL 22 15 6 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 4 33% 7 1.142 6 3 6 3 5 7 7 8 10 4 11 0 4.7
1973 28 CLE AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 0.399 1 2 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 4 1 1 1.2
5 Seasons 139 85 32 4 1 5 4 1 80% 10 3 65 19 29% 1.009 20 15 50 11 12 62 38 47 32 34 36 16 3.8

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%
1969 24 DET AL 544 74% 2.4% 17.8% 11.6% 5.0% 27% 1.03 66% 100 11 11%
1970 25 DET AL 588 79% 1.7% 17.9% 11.9% 7.1% 30% 1.18 67% 128 14 11%
1971 26 DET AL 384 71% 2.1% 12.2% 11.5% 5.7% 27% 1.13 73% 64 5 8%
1972 27 TOT MLB 285 79% 2.5% 17.2% 14.7% 6.0% 29% 1.17 66% 58 7 12%
1972 27 TOT AL 262 80% 2.3% 16.8% 14.9% 5.7% 29% 1.18 66% 48 7 15%
1972 27 DET AL 4 25% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.50 75% 0 0
1972 27 OAK AL 3 67% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 100% 0 0
1972 27 SDP NL 23 70% 4.4% 21.7% 13.0% 8.7% 29% 1.00 61% 10 0 0%
1972 27 CLE AL 255 81% 2.0% 17.3% 15.3% 5.5% 28% 1.19 65% 48 7 15%
1973 28 CLE AL 16 69% 6.3% 18.8% 31.3% 6.3% 20% 38% 7 1 14%
5 Seasons 1817 76% 2.2% 16.6% 12.3% 6.0% 28% 1.13 67% 357 38 11%
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
1969 24 DET AL 544 99 13 0 14 11 2 5 8 22 11 3 50% 10 1 0 193 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0
1970 25 DET AL 588 141 10 1 13 8 2 4 6 33 15 8 45% 8 3 1 240 8 2 80% 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 0
1971 26 DET AL 384 83 8 1 6 7 1 4 4 15 9 2 60% 3 4 0 143 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 27 TOT MLB 285 59 7 0 8 5 2 6 1 13 5 1 38% 3 4 0 124 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1972 27 TOT AL 262 52 6 0 6 5 1 5 1 9 2 1 22% 3 3 0 111 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1972 27 DET AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 SDP NL 23 7 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 27 CLE AL 255 51 5 0 6 5 0 4 1 9 2 1 22% 3 3 0 111 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1973 28 CLE AL 16 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0% 0 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1817 387 39 2 43 32 7 20 19 86 40 15 47% 24 12 1 709 19 6 76% 16 5 3 0 0 1 6 1 26 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+
1969 24 8 6 .571 3.37 39 15 11 6 4 2 128.1 99 54 48 13 63 1 97 4 1 1 544 112 1.262 6.9 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.54 112
1970 25 15 12 .556 4.27 75 36 16 9 4 2 257.1 240 131 122 23 133 1 202 6 2 4 1132 88 1.449 8.4 0.8 4.7 7.1 1.52 88
1971 26 19 17 .528 4.45 105 47 21 11 4 3 343.2 323 183 170 31 177 4 249 8 2 8 1519 84 1.455 8.5 0.8 4.6 6.5 1.41 84
1972 27 23 18 .561 4.35 134 54 31 12 4 4 408.0 382 211 197 38 219 8 298 8 2 12 1804 84 1.473 8.4 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.36 84
1973 28 23 18 .561 4.43 139 54 32 12 4 4 410.0 387 216 202 39 224 8 301 9 2 12 1821 83 1.490 8.5 0.9 4.9 6.6 1.34 83

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
1969 24 7 6 .538 3.56 124.0 102 54 49 13 65 94 4 1.347 7.4 4.7 6.8 1.45 0.9 39
1970 25 4 9 .308 5.59 124.0 144 86 77 10 71 101 2 1.734 10.5 5.2 7.3 1.42 0.7 36
1971 26 3 6 .333 5.68 84.0 88 59 53 8 47 46 2 1.607 9.4 5.0 4.9 0.98 0.9 30
1972 27 2 4 .333 5.02 61.0 68 38 34 8 48 46 0 1.902 10.0 7.1 6.8 0.96 1.2 29
1973 28 0 0 22.50 2.0 5 6 5 1 5 3 1 5.000 22.5 22.5 13.5 0.60 4.5 5
5 Seasons 16 25 .390 4.97 395.0 407 243 218 40 236 290 9 1.628 9.3 6.6 1.23 0.9 139

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 AL--4--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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