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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 (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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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… 

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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 80 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 86 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 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 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 AL 0 0 8.31 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 9 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 51 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 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 51 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 86 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) NL 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) AL 0 2 .000 5.21 27 0 13 0 0 5 46.2 51 29 27 4 22 2 22 1 0 1 208 75 1.564 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00

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 Awards
1978 26 CLE AL 38.2 0 21 22 0 .8 1 -0.2 $
1978 26 SDP NL 7.0 0 5 3 0 .3 -2 -0.2 $
1979 27 SDP NL 18.0 0 8 9 0 .4 1 0.0 $
1980 28 SDP NL 82.2 0 45 44 0 1.0 -1 -0.8 $
1981 29 DET AL 3.2 0 4 2 0 .5 -2 -0.2 $
1982 30 OAK AL 4.1 0 4 2 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $
5 Seasons 154.1 0 87 82 0 .8 -5 -1.5 $
SDP (3 yrs) 107.2 0 58 56 0 .9 -2 -1.0 $
OAK (1 yr) 4.1 0 4 2 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $
CLE (1 yr) 38.2 0 21 22 0 .8 1 -0.2 $
DET (1 yr) 3.2 0 4 2 0 .5 -2 -0.2 $

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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 Awards
1978 26 TOT MLB 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 CLE AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 SDP NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1979 27 SDP NL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 SDP NL 50 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .083 .154 .083 .237 -30 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1981 29 DET AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 30 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 97 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 2 0 0 2 0 0
SDP (3 yrs) 70 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 70 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 27 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 Awards
1978 26 SDP NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1979 27 SDP NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1980 28 SDP NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
3 Seasons 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 Awards
1978 TOT MLB 26 P 25 0 0 45.2 9 4 4 1 1 .889 1.58 0.32 .954 1.91 1.88 5 2 29% 0
1978 CLE AL 26 P 18 0 0 38.2 9 4 4 1 1 .889 1.86 0.44 .954 1.91 1.88 5 2 29% 0
1978 SDP NL 26 P 7 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.89 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 27 P 13 0 0 18.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00 0.15 .950 1.80 1.80 0 1 100% 0
1980 SDP NL 28 P 50 0 0 82.2 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.30 .952 1.92 1.91 8 1 11% 0
1981 DET AL 29 P 6 0 0 3.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.17 .960 1.96 1.98 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 30 P 3 0 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.33 .960 1.87 1.80 0 0 0
5 Seasons P 97 0 0 154.1 29 7 20 2 1 .931 1.57 0.28 .953 1.90 1.89 13 4 24% 0
5 Seasons TOT 97 0 0 154.1 29 7 20 2 1 .931 1.57 0.28 .953 1.90 1.89 13 4 24% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1980 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

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