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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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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

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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
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	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	89	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	96	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	96	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 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	82	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)			AL	23	18	.561	4.39	134	54	29	12	4	4	405.2	380	212	198	38	221	8	296	9	2	11	1798	84	1.482	8.4	0.8	4.9	6.6	1.34
NL (1 yr)			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

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
1969	24	DET	AL	128.1	15	54	68	3	.9	14	1.4	$
1970	25	DET	AL	129.0	21	77	76	-5	1.1	-1	-0.3	$
1971	26	DET	AL	86.1	11	52	47	0	.9	-5	-0.7	$
1972	27	DET	AL	1.0	0	1	1	0	.1	0	0.0	$
1972	27	OAK	AL	1.0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0.0	$
1972	27	SDP	NL	4.1	0	4	3	0	.1	-1	-0.1	$
1972	27	CLE	AL	58.0	7	23	27	2	1.1	4	0.4	$
1973	28	CLE	AL	2.0	0	5	1	0	.4	-4	-0.3	$
5 Seasons				410.0	54	216	223	0	1.0	7	0.4	$

DET (4 yrs)				344.2	47	184	192	-2	1.0	8	0.4	$
CLE (2 yrs)				60.0	7	28	28	2	1.1	0	0.1	$
OAK (1 yr)				1.0	0	0	0	0	.0	0	0.0	$
SDP (1 yr)				4.1	0	4	3	0	.1	-1	-0.1	$

Standard Batting

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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
1964	19	DET-min	A,Rk	13	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133		2						LAK,CCA · FLOR,CRKL
1965	20	DET-min	A	33	62	62		3	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.097		3						DYB · FLOR
1966	21	DET-min	AA	21	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.143	.143	.143	.286		3						MTG · SOUL
1967	22	DET-min	AA	43	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.071	.133	.071	.205		1						MTG · SOUL
1968	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	50	16	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.188	.188	.188	.375		3		0	0	0		MTG,TOL · SOUL,IL
1969	24	DET	AL	39	42	37	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.054	.103	.054	.157	-56	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1970	25	DET	AL	37	44	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	.077	.075	.077	.152	-58	3	0	0	4	1	0	1
1971	26	DET	AL	30	25	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	27	TOT	MLB	29	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	27	TOT	AL	24	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	27	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	27	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	27	SDP	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	27	CLE	AL	22	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1973	28	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Seasons				140	127	114	1	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	64	.070	.085	.070	.156	-56	8	0	0	10	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	147	132	1	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	74	.070	.085	.070	.156	-56	9	0	0	12	1	0

DET (4 yrs)				107	111	100	1	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	54	.070	.087	.070	.157	-56	7	0	0	8	1	0
CLE (2 yrs)				27	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	1	0	0	2	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				135	127	114	1	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	64	.070	.085	.070	.156	-56	8	0	0	10	1	0
NL (1 yr)				5	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	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1969	24	DET	AL	42	-7	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1970	25	DET	AL	44	-8	0	0	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1971	26	DET	AL	25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1972	27	CLE	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				127	-22	0	0	0	0	10	3	-9	-1.2	-9	-0.9	-0.3	$

DET (3 yrs)				111	-20	0	0	0	0	9	3	-8	-1.1	-8	-0.8	-0.3	$
CLE (1 yr)				16	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1969	DET	AL	24	P	39	15	6	128.1	25	5	19	1	0	.960	1.68	0.62	.951	1.88	1.88	1	2	67%	1
1970	DET	AL	25	P	36	21	3	129.0	27	6	20	1	1	.963	1.81	0.72	.951	1.86	1.85	8	2	20%	1
1971	DET	AL	26	P	30	11	2	86.1	20	4	14	2	0	.900	1.88	0.60	.958	1.98	1.97	5	0	0%	0
1972	TOT	MLB	27	P	29	7	1	64.1	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	2.10	0.52	.950	1.86	1.83	4	2	33%	0
1972	TOT	AL	27	P	24	7	1	60.0	14	4	10	0	2	1.000	2.10	0.58	.950	1.86	1.85	4	2	33%	0
1972	DET	AL	27	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0		0
1972	OAK	AL	27	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0		0
1972	SDP	NL	27	P	5	0	0	4.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.20	.950	1.87	1.78	0	0		0
1972	CLE	AL	27	P	22	7	1	58.0	14	4	10	0	2	1.000	2.17	0.64	.950	1.86	1.85	4	2	33%	0
1973	CLE	AL	28	P	5	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50	0.20	.950	1.80	1.84	1	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			P	139	54	12	410.0	88	19	65	4	3	.955	1.84	0.60	.952	1.89	1.88	19	6	24%	2
	5 Seasons			TOT	139	54	12	410.0	88	19	65	4	3	.955	1.84	0.60	.952	1.89	1.88	19	6	24%	2

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
May 9, 1972: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Reggie Sanders.
May 17, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with a player to be named later and Curt Blefary to the San Diego Padres for Ollie Brown. The Oakland Athletics sent Greg Schubert (minors) (September 11, 1972) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
June 11, 1972: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Fred Stanley.

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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
1972	27	Oakland Athletics	$20,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1973	28	Cleveland Indians	$24,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$44,500

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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