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Mike Kilkenny

Michael David Kilkenny

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 11, 1945 in Bradford, Ontario, CAN
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Padres/Athletics 1969-1973

Final Game: May 6, 1973
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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
1964	19	DET-min	A,Rk	3	6	.333	2.89	13	12					81.0	66	39	26	1	42								1.333	7.3	0.1	4.7			LAK,CCA · FLOR,CRKL
1965	20	DET-min	A	14	15	.483	2.63	32	27					185.0	146	75	54	4	112								1.395	7.1	0.2	5.4			DYB · FLOR
1966	21	DET-min	AA	3	3	.500	4.23	21	6					66.0	54	32	31	6	36		56						1.364	7.4	0.8	4.9	7.6	1.56	MTG · SOUL
1967	22	DET-min	AA	3	4	.429	2.88	43	4					78.0	56	32	25	4	51		75						1.372	6.5	0.5	5.9	8.7	1.47	MTG · SOUL
1968	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	1.66	50	0		0	0		76.0	51	16	14	3	34	1	73	0	0	0			1.118	6.0	0.4	4.0	8.6	2.15	MTG,TOL · SOUL,IL
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	111	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	72	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	88	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	95	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	52	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	44	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	21	5.000	22.5	4.5	22.5	13.5	0.60
5 Yrs				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	83	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	44	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	44	2.308	14.5	2.1	6.2	10.4	1.67

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
1969	24	DET	AL	128.1	39	15	54	3.79	4.13	0.19	0.02	102.3	4.05	5	0.5	1.2	-0.1	1.4	15	.513	.503	$
1970	25	DET	AL	129.0	36	21	77	5.37	4.13	-0.35	0.03	99.2	4.48	-12	-1.3	.8	-0.1	-0.2	0	.465	.492	$
1971	26	DET	AL	86.1	30	11	52	5.42	3.95	-0.05	-0.01	101.0	4.03	-13	-1.5	.9	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.451	.491	$
1972	27	DET	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.60	0.04	-0.15	106.0	3.61	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-1	.431	.500	$
1972	27	OAK	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.95	0.33	-0.17	86.0	2.96	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.544	.500	$20,500
1972	27	SDP	NL	4.1	5	0	4	8.31	4.72	-0.44	-0.20	89.7	4.45	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.457	.499	$
1972	27	CLE	AL	58.0	22	7	23	3.57	3.58	0.28	-0.03	104.5	3.42	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.4	4	.497	.500	$
1973	28	CLE	AL	2.0	5	0	5	22.50	5.99	-0.41	-0.49	103.8	6.13	-4	-0.4	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.426	.498	$24,000
5 Seasons				410.0	139	54	216	4.74	4.03	-0.03	0.01	101.2	4.10	-27	-2.9	1.0	-0.1	0.5	9	.479	.498	$44,500

DET (4 yrs)				344.2	106	47	184	4.80	4.08	-0.07	0.02	100.8	4.20	-21	-2.3	1.0	-0.2	0.5	10	.479	.497	$
CLE (2 yrs)				60.0	27	7	28	4.20	3.66	0.26	-0.05	104.5	3.51	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.0	0.1	0	.484	.499	$24,000
OAK (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.95	0.33	-0.17	86.0	2.96	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.544	.500	$20,500
SDP (1 yr)				4.1	5	0	4	8.31	4.72	-0.44	-0.20	89.7	4.45	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.457	.499	$

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
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	10
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	8
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	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	3
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	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	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	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	3
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	3
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	0
5 Yrs				139	1817	1559	216	387	62	8	39	19	6	224	301	.248	.345	.373	.718	.284	582	38	9	19	6	8	24
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	8
MLB Averages																.251	.320	.371	.690	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1969	24	DET	AL	5.8	0.6	551	0.9	8.8	-7.9	.93	0.8	0.1	6.4	0.7	0.93	7.7	6	2	16
1970	25	DET	AL	-17.0	-1.7	602	-0.1	10.9	-11.0	1.11	-1.7	1.6	-13.7	-1.4	1.11	-19.0	3	3	9
1971	26	DET	AL	-11.5	-1.2	394	-0.5	5.6	-6.1	.89	-0.7	0.1	-11.6	-1.2	0.89	-8.3	3	2	13
1972	27	TOT	MLB	-2.0	-0.2	297	-0.1	4.9	-5.0	1.01	-0.7	0.6	-5.8	-0.6	1.01	-8.1	7	0	14
1972	27	TOT	AL	0.1	0.0	273	-0.0	4.9	-4.9	1.09	-0.4	0.4	-2.4	-0.3	1.09	-5.9	7	0	10
1972	27	DET	AL	-0.4	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.16	-2.0	0	0	1
1972	27	OAK	AL	0.5	0.1	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.05	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.05	0.6	0	0	1
1972	27	SDP	NL	-2.1	-0.2	24	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.08	-0.2	-0.4	-3.4	-0.4	0.08	-2.2	0	0	4
1972	27	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	266	-0.0	4.9	-4.9	1.12	-0.4	0.4	-2.2	-0.2	1.12	-4.4	7	0	8
1973	28	CLE	AL	-3.5	-0.4	17	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.38	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.38	-4.9	1	2	2
5 Yrs				-28.3	-2.9	1861	0.1	30.3	-30.2	.99	-2.6	2.7	-28.2	-2.9	0.99	-32.6	20	9	54

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
1969	24	DET	AL	39	15	7	5	3	0	0	9	6	.600	2	1	6	4	8	53%	55.8	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%	48.3	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%	47.6	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%	49.4	71	36	14	3	6	0	3.0	3.5	4.9
4 Yrs				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													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	24	DET	AL	39	24	11	1	1	2	2	0	100%	5	1	19	6	32%	8	.930	6	2	16	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	1.114	3	3	9	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	.893	3	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%		1.011	7	0	14	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%		1.093	7	0	10	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	.160	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	.050	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	.075	0	0	4	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	1.120	7	0	8	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	.384	1	2	2	0	1	4	3	2	0	4	1	1	1.2
5 Yrs				139	85	32	4	1	5	4	1	80%	10	3	65	19	29%		.990	20	9	54	11	12	62	38	47	32	34	36	16	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	24	DET	AL	544	26%	2.4%	17.8%	11.6%	5.0%	27%	1.03	66%	100	11	11%
1970	25	DET	AL	588	21%	1.7%	17.9%	11.9%	7.1%	30%	1.18	67%	128	14	11%
1971	26	DET	AL	384	29%	2.1%	12.2%	11.5%	5.7%	27%	1.13	73%	64	5	8%
1972	27	TOT	MLB	285	21%	2.5%	17.2%	14.7%	6.0%	29%	1.17	66%	58	7	12%
1972	27	TOT	AL	262	20%	2.3%	16.8%	14.9%	5.7%	29%	1.18	66%	48	7	15%
1972	27	DET	AL	4	75%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%	0.50	75%	0	0
1972	27	OAK	AL	3	33%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%		2.00	100%	0	0
1972	27	SDP	NL	23	30%	4.4%	21.7%	13.0%	8.7%	29%	1.00	61%	10	0	0%
1972	27	CLE	AL	255	19%	2.0%	17.3%	15.3%	5.5%	28%	1.19	65%	48	7	15%
1973	28	CLE	AL	16	31%	6.3%	18.8%	31.3%	6.3%	20%		38%	7	1	14%
5 Yrs				1817	24%	2.2%	16.6%	12.3%	6.0%	28%	1.13	67%	357	38	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.1%	14.7%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

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
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	2	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	0	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	0	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	0	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 Yrs				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	3	1	26	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

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+
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	111	1.262	6.9	0.9	4.4	6.8	1.54	111
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	3.60	125.0	101	56	50	13	64	94	4	1.320	7.3	4.6	6.8	1.47	0.9	39
1970	25	4	9	.308	5.71	123.0	145	87	78	10	72	100	2	1.764	10.6	5.3	7.3	1.39	0.7	36
1971	26	3	6	.333	5.61	85.0	87	59	53	8	46	46	2	1.565	9.2	4.9	4.9	1.00	0.8	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 Yrs		16	25	.390	5.00	396.0	406	246	220	40	235	289	9	1.619	9.2		6.6	1.23	0.9	139

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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