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Kevin Kobel

Kevin Richard Kobel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 2, 1953 in Buffalo, NY
High School: St. Francis HS (Colden, NY)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1973
Teams (by GP): Mets/Brewers 1973-1980

Final Game: June 7, 1980
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Standard Batting

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
1973 19 MIL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 20 MIL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 22 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1978 24 NYM NL 32 30 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1979 25 NYM NL 30 55 46 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .196 .196 .217 .413 15 10 1 0 9 0 0 1
1980 26 NYM NL 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 115 87 73 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .178 .189 .205 .395 11 15 1 0 13 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 123 103 6 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 37 .178 .189 .205 .395 11 21 1 0 18 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 76 87 73 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .178 .189 .205 .395 11 15 1 0 13 0 0
MIL (3 yrs) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 76 87 73 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .178 .189 .205 .395 11 15 1 0 13 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 19 MIL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1974 20 MIL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 22 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1978 24 NYM NL 32 30 -2 0 0 0 4 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1979 25 NYM NL 30 55 -5 0 -0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1980 26 NYM NL 14 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
6 Seasons 115 87 -8 0 -0 0 10 2 0.3 3 5 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 5 $
NYM (3 yrs) 76 87 -8 0 -0 0 10 2 0.3 3 5 0.3 .503 .500 0.3 0.0 5 $
MIL (3 yrs) 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 24 NYM NL 30 25 1 1.1 91 .235 .160 .257 .192 .324 .200 .378 .392 .703 12 .076 -2.9 -0.3 .286 .080 .040
1979 25 NYM NL 55 47 2 1.2 95 .321 .196 .263 .196 .328 .217 .390 .413 .718 15 .079 -5.3 -0.5 .263 .022 .022
1980 26 NYM NL 2 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .263 .000 .325 .000 .382 .000 .707 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 87 74 3 1.1 94 .277 .178 .261 .189 .326 .205 .386 .395 .713 11 .074 -8.8 -0.9 .262 .041 .027
162 Game Avg. 123 104 4 1.1 94 .277 .178 .261 .189 .326 .205 .386 .395 .713 11 .074 -8.8 -0.9 .262 .041 .027

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 24 NYM NL 30 0.0% 26.7% 3.3% 3.3% 25% 8.00 3.1 12.5 1.50 57%
1979 25 NYM NL 55 0.0% 32.7% 0.0% 1.8% 11% 2.6 23.0 2.38 51%
1980 26 NYM NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
6 Yrs 87 0.0% 29.9% 1.2% 2.3% 15% 26.00 2.8 18.3 2.14 54%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.51 6.9 46.2 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 19 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1974 20 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1976 22 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1978 24 NYM NL -2.9 -0.3 30 0.0 0.5 -0.4 .86 -0.2 0.2 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 -1.7 0
1979 25 NYM NL -5.4 -0.6 55 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .97 -0.5 -0.0 -5.5 -0.6 0.89 -5.1 0
1980 26 NYM NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .79 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.73 -0.5 0
6 Yrs -8.9 -0.9 87 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .93 -0.7 0.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.89 -7.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 24 NYM NL 1 0 60% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1979 25 NYM NL 1 0 11% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1980 26 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2 0 29% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 24 NYM NL 30 37% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 17 2 12% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1979 25 NYM NL 55 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 14 1 7% 11 5 45% 31 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1980 26 NYM NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 87 30% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 93% 20 1 5% 15 6 40% 48 4 8% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 24 71 30 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .160 .192 .200 .392 12 5 0 0 4 0 0
1979 25 101 85 71 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .183 .194 .211 .406 14 15 1 0 13 0 0
1980 26 115 87 73 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .178 .189 .205 .395 11 15 1 0 13 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 24 32 30 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 .160 .192 .200 .392 1 32
1979 25 30 55 46 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 18 .196 .196 .217 .413 2 30
1980 26 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
3 Yrs 76 87 73 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 1 26 .178 .189 .205 .395 3 76
162 Game Avg. 162 185 156 9 28 4 0 0 9 0 2 55 .178 .189 .205 .395 6 76

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1973 AL  born 1953-10-02 (2nd)
1974 AL  born 1953-10-02 (8th)

                                         

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