Dennis Kinney
Dennis Paul Kinney
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 26, 1952 in Toledo, OH
High School: Bedford (Temperance, MI)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1978
Final Game: May 20, 1982
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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
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 78 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 51 1.429 7.7 3.9 5.1 2.6 0.50
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 78 100 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 AL 0 0 9.82 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 4 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 20 38 2.455 12.3 0.0 9.8 7.4 0.75
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 47 3.000 18.7 2.1 8.3 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons 4 9 .308 4.55 97 0 39 0 0 6 154.1 153 87 78 12 71 20 75 3 0 3 676 78 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 78 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 81 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 47 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 38 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 81 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 73 1.564 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 97 676 586 87 153 35 10 12 13 4 71 75 .261 .341 .416 .758 .280 244 14 3 11 5 20
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
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
1978 26 TOT MLB 25 25 16 0 3 9 5 4 56% 9 0 24 14 58% 0.808 7 7 10 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 0.898 5 5 8 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 0.331 2 2 2 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 0.421 3 2 7 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 1.065 18 10 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 0.570 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 0.124 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 4.3
5 Seasons 97 97 39 4 9 12 6 6 50% 19 7 97 36 37% 0.868 28 22 44 21 8 68 54 43 49 32 53 25 4.8

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%
1978 26 TOT MLB 195 64% 3.1% 10.8% 9.2% 8.7% 40% 0.78 74% 37 4 11%
1978 26 CLE AL 164 62% 1.8% 11.6% 8.5% 7.3% 32% 0.79 75% 31 4 13%
1978 26 SDP NL 31 71% 9.7% 6.5% 12.9% 16.1% 83% 0.73 71% 6 0 0%
1979 27 SDP NL 78 76% 2.6% 14.1% 10.3% 7.7% 35% 1.21 71% 20 2 10%
1980 28 SDP NL 359 70% 0.8% 11.1% 10.3% 8.4% 38% 1.03 76% 65 7 11%
1981 29 DET AL 20 35% 0.0% 15.0% 20.0% 10.0% 40% 0.60 65% 3 0 0%
1982 30 OAK AL 24 79% 4.2% 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 22% 0.63 75% 9 1 11%
5 Seasons 676 68% 1.8% 11.1% 10.5% 8.4% 37% 0.94 75% 134 14 10%
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
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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 12 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+
1978 26 0 3 .000 4.73 25 0 16 0 0 5 45.2 43 26 24 6 18 1 21 1 0 1 195 78 1.336 8.5 1.2 3.5 4.1 1.17 78
1979 27 0 3 .000 4.38 38 0 20 0 0 5 63.2 60 34 31 8 26 4 32 2 0 1 273 83 1.351 8.5 1.1 3.7 4.5 1.23 83
1980 28 4 9 .308 4.31 88 0 38 0 0 6 146.1 139 79 70 11 63 19 72 3 0 3 632 82 1.380 8.5 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.14 82
1981 29 4 9 .308 4.44 94 0 38 0 0 6 150.0 144 83 74 11 67 20 75 3 0 3 652 80 1.407 8.6 0.7 4.0 4.5 1.12 80
1982 30 4 9 .308 4.55 97 0 39 0 0 6 154.1 153 87 78 12 71 20 75 3 0 3 676 78 1.451 8.9 0.7 4.1 4.4 1.06 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 26 1 3 .250 5.65 43.0 46 30 27 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 12.60 5.0 8 8 7 0 6 4 0 2.800 14.4 10.8 7.2 0.67 0.0 6
1982 30 0 0 9.00 4.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 0 3.250 20.3 9.0 0.0 0.00 2.3 3
5 Seasons 4 9 .308 5.57 147.0 166 101 91 12 77 72 3 1.653 10.2 4.4 0.94 0.7 97

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