Dennis Kinney

Dennis Paul Kinney

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

Born: February 26, 1952 in Toledo, OH
High School: Bedford HS (Temperance, MI)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1978
Teams (by GP): Padres/Indians/Tigers/Athletics 1978-1982

Final Game: May 20, 1982
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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
1970	18	CLE-min	Rk	3	2	.600	1.74	14	2					31.0	21	11	6	0	18								1.258	6.1	0.0	5.2			INS · GULF
1971	19	CLE-min	Rk,A	5	2	.714	3.75	30	4					72.0	48	37	30	2	48								1.333	6.0	0.2	6.0			INS,REN · GULF,CALL
1972	20	CLE-min	A	3	9	.250	4.30	56	2				8	88.0	84	54	42	5	66		112						1.705	8.6	0.5	6.8	11.5	1.70	REN · CALL
1973	21	CLE-min	A	4	1	.800	3.79	51	0					76.0	77	42	32	4	40								1.539	9.1	0.5	4.7			REN · CALL
1974	22	CLE-min	AA	1	6	.143	4.56	33	0					75.0	81	44	38	3	46								1.693	9.7	0.4	5.5			SAN · TL
1975	23	CLE-min	AA	5	8	.385	5.54	52	6		1	0	8	104.0	133	75	64	8	39	7	68	5	0	6			1.654	11.5	0.7	3.4	5.9	1.74	SAN · TL
1976	24	CLE-min	AA,A,AAA	5	3	.625	3.52	47	1		0	0	4	92.0	99	44	36	6	35	4	63	4	0	5			1.457	9.7	0.6	3.4	6.2	1.80	WPT,SJO,TOL · EL,CALL,IL
1977	25	CLE-min	AAA,AA	6	7	.462	3.70	48	5		1	0	4	129.0	139	66	53	16	45	3	104	3	0	2			1.426	9.7	1.1	3.1	7.3	2.31	TOL,JER · IL,EL
1978	26	SDP-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.86	8	7		2	1	0	42.0	55	38	18	6	12	0	22	0	0	0			1.595	11.8	1.3	2.6	4.7	1.83	HAW · PCL
1978	26	TOT	MLB	0	3	.000	4.73	25	0	16	0	0	5	45.2	43	26	24	6	18	1	21	1	0	1	195	79	1.336	8.5	1.2	3.5	4.1	1.17
1978	26	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	4.42	18	0	12	0	0	5	38.2	37	21	19	3	14	1	19	1	0	1	164	85	1.319	8.6	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.36
1978	26	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	6.43	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	6	5	5	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	31	55	1.429	7.7	3.9	5.1	2.6	0.50
1979	27	SDP-min	AAA	4	11	.267	4.76	20	12		3	0	2	87.0	106	54	46	6	31	2	50	1	1	2			1.575	11.0	0.6	3.2	5.2	1.61	HAW · PCL
1979	27	SDP	NL	0	0		3.50	13	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	17	8	7	2	8	3	11	1	0	0	78	103	1.389	8.5	1.0	4.0	5.5	1.38
1980	28	SDP	NL	4	6	.400	4.25	50	0	18	0	0	1	82.2	79	45	39	3	37	15	40	1	0	2	359	81	1.403	8.6	0.3	4.0	4.4	1.08
1981	29	DET-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.03	46	0	24	0	0	12	71.0	64	27	16	4	33	11	45	2	0	3			1.366	8.1	0.5	4.2	5.7	1.36	EVN · AA
1981	29	DET	AL	0	0		9.82	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	20	43	2.455	12.3	0.0	9.8	7.4	0.75
1982	30	OAK-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.50	47	0	28	0	0	6	60.0	63	35	30	7	20	3	49	2	0	3			1.383	9.4	1.0	3.0	7.4	2.45	TAC · PCL
1982	30	OAK	AL	0	0		8.31	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	24	50	3.000	18.7	2.1	8.3	0.0	0.00
5 Yrs				4	9	.308	4.55	97	0	39	0	0	6	154.1	153	87	78	12	71	20	75	3	0	3	676	79	1.451	8.9	0.7	4.1	4.4	1.06
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.308	4.55	68	0	27	0	0	4	108	107	61	55	8	50	14	53	2	0	2	474	79	1.451	8.9	0.7	4.1	4.4	1.06

SDP (3 yrs)				4	7	.364	4.26	70	0	26	0	0	1	107.2	102	58	51	8	49	18	53	2	0	2	468	82	1.402	8.5	0.7	4.1	4.4	1.08
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		8.31	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	24	50	3.000	18.7	2.1	8.3	0.0	0.00
CLE (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.42	18	0	12	0	0	5	38.2	37	21	19	3	14	1	19	1	0	1	164	85	1.319	8.6	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.36
DET (1 yr)				0	0		9.82	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	20	43	2.455	12.3	0.0	9.8	7.4	0.75

NL (3 yrs)				4	7	.364	4.26	70	0	26	0	0	1	107.2	102	58	51	8	49	18	53	2	0	2	468	82	1.402	8.5	0.7	4.1	4.4	1.08
AL (3 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.21	27	0	13	0	0	5	46.2	51	29	27	4	22	2	22	1	0	1	208	74	1.564	9.8	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00

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
1978	26	CLE	AL	38.2	18	0	21	4.89	4.16	-0.13	-0.34	100.9	3.99	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	0	.478	.498	$
1978	26	SDP	NL	7.0	7	0	5	6.43	3.97	-0.21	-0.32	100.9	3.89	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.468	.499	$
1979	27	SDP	NL	18.0	13	0	8	4.00	4.28	0.09	-0.34	95.2	3.66	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.0	1	.493	.499	$
1980	28	SDP	NL	82.2	50	0	45	4.90	4.21	0.03	-0.33	97.4	3.75	-11	-1.2	1.1	-0.2	-0.7	-3	.476	.493	$
1981	29	DET	AL	3.2	6	0	4	9.82	4.70	0.64	-0.37	102.7	3.79	-2	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.456	.498	$
1982	30	OAK	AL	4.1	3	0	4	8.31	4.62	0.03	-0.36	94.7	4.00	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.433	.499	$
5 Seasons				154.1	97	0	87	5.07	4.22	0.00	-0.34	98.2	3.81	-22	-2.4	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-7	.475	.498	$

SDP (3 yrs)				107.2	70	0	58	4.85	4.20	0.02	-0.33	97.2	3.74	-14	-1.5	1.1	-0.2	-0.9	-3	.478	.497	$
OAK (1 yr)				4.1	3	0	4	8.31	4.62	0.03	-0.36	94.7	4.00	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.433	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				38.2	18	0	21	4.89	4.16	-0.13	-0.34	100.9	3.99	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	0	.478	.498	$
DET (1 yr)				3.2	6	0	4	9.82	4.70	0.64	-0.37	102.7	3.79	-2	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.456	.498	$

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
1978	26	CLE	AL	18	164	143	21	37	7	2	3	5	2	14	19	.259	.325	.399	.724	.276	57	4	1	4	2	1	2
1978	26	SDP	NL	7	31	27	5	6	1	1	3	0	0	4	2	.222	.323	.667	.989	.136	18	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	26	TOT	MLB	25	195	170	26	43	8	3	6	5	2	18	21	.253	.325	.441	.766	.255	75	4	1	4	2	1	3
1979	27	SDP	NL	13	78	68	8	17	3	1	2	0	1	8	11	.250	.338	.412	.749	.273	28	2	1	1	0	3	1
1980	28	SDP	NL	50	359	313	45	79	22	5	3	8	1	37	40	.252	.331	.383	.714	.278	120	7	1	5	3	15	6
1981	29	DET	AL	6	20	16	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	.313	.450	.438	.888	.385	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
1982	30	OAK	AL	3	24	19	4	9	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	.474	.565	.737	1.302	.444	14	1	0	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				97	676	586	87	153	35	10	12	13	4	71	75	.261	.341	.416	.758	.280	244	14	3	11	5	20	10
162 Game Avg.				68	474	411	61	107	25	7	8	9	3	50	53	.261	.341	.416	.758	.280	171	10	2	8	4	14	7
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.385	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	26	TOT	MLB	-4.6	-0.5	203	-0.2	2.6	-2.7	.76	-0.1	-0.2	-7.3	-0.8	0.77	-0.7	6	6	12
1978	26	CLE	AL	-2.4	-0.2	172	0.1	2.4	-2.3	.85	0.1	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.85	1.1	5	4	9
1978	26	SDP	NL	-2.2	-0.2	31	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.29	-0.2	-0.9	-3.3	-0.4	0.29	-1.7	1	2	3
1979	27	SDP	NL	0.2	0.0	79	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	.36	-0.3	-0.7	-4.4	-0.5	0.36	-0.5	3	1	8
1980	28	SDP	NL	-8.4	-0.9	369	0.0	5.9	-5.8	1.00	-0.2	0.2	-3.5	-0.4	1.00	-2.3	14	12	21
1981	29	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	20	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.51	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.51	-1.3	0	3	3
1982	30	OAK	AL	-1.9	-0.2	24	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.11	-0.3	0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.11	-3.5	0	0	3
5 Yrs				-16.8	-1.7	695	-0.7	9.0	-9.6	.81	-1.0	0.2	-21.3	-2.2	0.81	-8.2	23	22	47

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
1978	26	TOT	MLB	25	25	16	0	3	9	5	4	56%	9	0	24	14	58%		.763	6	6	12	9	0	16	16	9	14	5	16	4	5.5
1978	26	CLE	AL	18	18	12	0	2	8	5	3	63%	8	0	17	11	65%	7	.853	5	4	9	8	0	10	12	6	13	2	14	3	6.4
1978	26	SDP	NL	7	7	4	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	3	43%	8	.286	1	2	3	1	0	6	4	3	1	3	2	1	3.0
1979	27	SDP	NL	13	13	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	15	8	53%	8	.363	3	1	8	1	1	11	7	6	6	4	6	3	4.2
1980	28	SDP	NL	50	50	18	4	6	3	1	2	33%	8	5	50	12	24%	7	.997	14	12	21	10	7	33	26	24	27	17	27	16	5.0
1981	29	DET	AL	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	0	0%	1	.509	0	3	3	1	0	5	3	3	1	5	2	1	1.8
1982	30	OAK	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	4	.109	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	4.3
5 Yrs				97	97	39	4	9	12	6	6	50%	19	7	97	36	37%		.810	23	22	47	21	8	68	54	43	49	32	53	25	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	26	TOT	MLB	195	36%	3.1%	10.8%	9.2%	8.7%	40%	0.78	74%	37	4	11%
1978	26	CLE	AL	164	38%	1.8%	11.6%	8.5%	7.3%	32%	0.79	75%	31	4	13%
1978	26	SDP	NL	31	29%	9.7%	6.5%	12.9%	16.1%	83%	0.73	71%	6	0	0%
1979	27	SDP	NL	78	24%	2.6%	14.1%	10.3%	7.7%	35%	1.21	71%	20	2	10%
1980	28	SDP	NL	359	30%	0.8%	11.1%	10.3%	8.4%	38%	1.03	76%	65	7	11%
1981	29	DET	AL	20	65%	0.0%	15.0%	20.0%	10.0%	40%	0.60	65%	3	0	0%
1982	30	OAK	AL	24	21%	4.2%	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	22%	0.63	75%	9	1	11%
5 Yrs				676	32%	1.8%	11.1%	10.5%	8.4%	37%	0.94	75%	134	14	10%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	75%			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
1978	26	TOT	MLB	195	43			6	2	4	5	1	3	3	15	10	0	67%	3	1	0	84	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1978	26	CLE	AL	164	37			3	1	3	3	0	0	3	14	10	0	71%	2	1	0	70	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1978	26	SDP	NL	31	6			3	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	27	SDP	NL	78	17			2	0	6	1	1	1	1	5	3	1	60%	1	0	0	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	28	SDP	NL	359	79			3	0	19	2	1	2	1	27	11	3	41%	6	2	0	133	8	1	89%	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1981	29	DET	AL	20	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	30	OAK	AL	24	9			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	33%	0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				676	153			12	2	32	9	3	6	6	52	25	4	48%	10	3	0	260	13	4	76%	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	26	0	3	.000	4.73	25	16	5	45.2	43	26	24	6	18	1	21	1	1	195	79	1.336	8.5	1.2	3.5	4.1	1.17	79
1979	27	0	3	.000	4.38	38	20	5	63.2	60	34	31	8	26	4	32	2	1	273	84	1.351	8.5	1.1	3.7	4.5	1.23	84
1980	28	4	9	.308	4.31	88	38	6	146.1	139	79	70	11	63	19	72	3	3	632	83	1.380	8.5	0.7	3.9	4.4	1.14	83
1981	29	4	9	.308	4.44	94	38	6	150.0	144	83	74	11	67	20	75	3	3	652	80	1.407	8.6	0.7	4.0	4.5	1.12	80
1982	30	4	9	.308	4.55	97	39	6	154.1	153	87	78	12	71	20	75	3	3	676	79	1.451	8.9	0.7	4.1	4.4	1.06	79

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
1978	26	1	3	.250	5.86	43.0	46	31	28	6	19	20	1	1.512	9.6	4.0	4.2	1.05	1.3	25
1979	27	0	1	.000	4.24	17.0	18	9	8	2	8	10	1	1.529	9.5	4.2	5.3	1.25	1.1	13
1980	28	3	5	.375	5.19	78.0	85	50	45	3	40	38	1	1.603	9.8	4.6	4.4	0.95	0.3	50
1981	29	0	0		10.80	5.0	8	7	6	0	6	4	0	2.800	14.4	10.8	7.2	0.67	0.0	6
1982	30	0	0		15.00	3.0	10	6	5	1	4	0	0	4.667	30.0	12.0	0.0	0.00	3.0	3
5 Yrs		4	9	.308	5.67	146.0	167	103	92	12	77	72	3	1.671	10.3		4.4	0.94	0.7	97

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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