Kevin Sefcik

Kevin John Sefcik

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 10, 1971 in Tinley Park, IL
High School: Victor J Andrew HS (Tinley Park, IL)
School: Saint Xavier University (Orland Park, IL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 33rd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1995
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Rockies 1995-2001

Final Game: June 1, 2001
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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
1993	22	PHI-min	A-	74	323	281	49	84	24	4	2	28	20	6	27	22	.299	.361	.434	.795		122	5	3	7	5	2		BAT · NYPL
1994	23	PHI-min	A+	130	582	516	83	147	29	8	2	46	30	13	49	43	.285	.351	.384	.735		198	7	7	4	6	2		CLW · FLOR
1995	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	135	594	534	73	147	24	5	4	52	14	11	41	49	.275	.338	.361	.700		193	6	12	3	4	0		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1995	24	PHI	NL	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1996	25	PHI-min	AAA	45	203	180	34	60	7	5	0	19	11	3	15	20	.333	.390	.428	.818		77	4	3	3	2	0		SWB · IL
1996	25	PHI	NL	44	130	116	10	33	5	3	0	9	3	0	9	16	.284	.341	.379	.720	91	44	4	2	1	2	3	65/4
1997	26	PHI-min	AAA	29	134	123	19	41	11	2	1	7	5	1	9	11	.333	.379	.480	.858		59	1	0	2	0	0		SWB · IL
1997	26	PHI	NL	61	131	119	11	32	3	0	2	6	1	2	4	9	.269	.298	.345	.643	68	41	4	1	7	0	0	46/5
1998	27	PHI	NL	104	205	169	27	53	7	2	3	20	4	2	25	32	.314	.421	.432	.853	124	73	3	7	3	1	0	79/854D
1999	28	PHI	NL	111	242	209	28	58	15	3	1	11	9	4	29	24	.278	.368	.392	.761	90	82	4	1	3	0	0	7894
2000	29	PHI	NL	99	171	153	15	36	6	2	0	10	4	2	13	19	.235	.300	.301	.601	53	46	4	2	1	2	0	78/9D
2001	30	CLE-COL-min	AAA	119	489	432	67	108	24	2	7	46	9	9	42	46	.250	.320	.363	.684		157	12	5	5	5	1		BFL,CSP · IL,PCL
2001	30	COL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	31	PIT-min	AA	126	525	467	69	144	32	2	2	51	12	8	44	42	.308	.374	.398	.772		186	9	7	3	4	3		ATO · EL
2003	32	PHI-min	AAA	133	542	492	75	138	32	4	10	66	10	4	40	47	.280	.333	.423	.755		208	13	2	1	7	0		SWB · IL
7 Yrs				425	884	771	92	212	36	10	6	56	21	10	80	102	.275	.351	.371	.722	86	286	19	13	15	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	337	294	35	81	14	4	2	21	8	4	30	39	.275	.351	.371	.722	86	109	7	5	6	2	1

PHI (6 yrs)				424	883	770	92	212	36	10	6	56	21	10	80	102	.275	.351	.371	.723	86	286	19	13	15	5	3
COL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1995	24	PHI	NL	5	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$109,000	/5
1996	25	PHI	NL	44	130	-3	0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.1	0.2	2	$109,000	65/4
1997	26	PHI	NL	61	131	-3	-2	-0	-2	1	-6	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$150,000	46/5
1998	27	PHI	NL	104	205	10	-0	1	8	-2	15	1.5	6	21	2.1	.515	.509	1.3	0.5	13	$195,000	79/854D
1999	28	PHI	NL	111	242	-0	1	0	-6	-2	-7	-0.7	7	-0	0.0	.494	.496	0.6	-0.7	6	$425,000	7894
2000	29	PHI	NL	99	171	-9	-2	0	2	-1	-11	-1.0	5	-6	-0.6	.490	.494	-0.7	-0.0	-8	$475,000	78/9D
2001	30	COL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
7 Seasons				425	884	-8	-4	1	3	-3	-11	-1.2	24	13	1.3	.498	.499	1.1	-0.1	10	$1,463,000

PHI (6 yrs)				424	883	-7	-4	1	3	-3	-11	-1.2	24	13	1.3	.498	.499	1.1	-0.1	10	$1,463,000
COL (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.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
1995	24	PHI	NL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.270	.000	.339	.000	.419	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	25	PHI	NL	130	90	15	4.5	106	.324	.284	.269	.341	.338	.379	.420	.720	.758	91	.464	-1.4	-0.1	.667	.198	.095	.0
1997	26	PHI	NL	131	100	11	3.0	108	.278	.269	.271	.298	.342	.345	.424	.643	.767	68	.286	-6.0	-0.6	.484	.101	.076	1.3
1998	27	PHI	NL	205	125	33	7.1	109	.370	.314	.271	.421	.342	.432	.428	.853	.770	124	.666	7.5	0.7	.884	.278	.118	3.4
1999	28	PHI	NL	242	162	32	5.3	119	.310	.278	.280	.368	.356	.392	.452	.761	.808	90	.498	-2.7	-0.2	.736	.278	.115	1.8
2000	29	PHI	NL	171	126	14	3.0	116	.265	.235	.273	.300	.351	.301	.446	.601	.797	53	.255	-11.2	-1.0	.512	.163	.065	.0
2001	30	COL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	130	.000	.000	.293	.000	.367	.000	.480	.000	.847	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				884	608	105	4.6	113	.308	.275	.274	.351	.347	.371	.436	.722	.784	86	.459	-15.4	-1.4	.663	.214	.096	9.3
162 Game Avg.				337	232	40	4.6	113	.308	.275	.274	.351	.347	.371	.436	.722	.784	86	.459	-15.4	-1.4	.663	.214	.096	4

PHI (6 yrs)				883	607	105	4.6	113	.309	.275	.274	.351	.347	.371	.436	.723	.783	86	.459	-15.1	-1.4	.664	.214	.096	9.3
COL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	130	.000	.000	.293	.000	.367	.000	.480	.000	.847	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1995	24	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	50%	0.0%	50%
1996	25	PHI	NL	130	0.0%	12.3%	6.9%	6.2%	24%	1.78	7.3		12.9	1.20	1.35	78%	23%	0.0%	11%
1997	26	PHI	NL	131	1.5%	6.9%	3.1%	3.8%	16%	2.25	13.2	59.5	19.8	0.67	0.85	82%	26%	4.3%	25%
1998	27	PHI	NL	205	1.5%	15.6%	12.2%	5.9%	23%	1.28	5.3	56.3	8.5	0.97	1.17	66%	26%	4.8%	10%
1999	28	PHI	NL	242	0.4%	9.9%	12.0%	7.9%	33%	0.83	8.7	209.0	19.0	1.00	1.28	76%	21%	1.2%	9%
2000	29	PHI	NL	171	0.0%	11.1%	7.6%	4.7%	22%	1.46	8.1		15.3	1.09	1.37	80%	20%	0.0%	14%
2001	30	COL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
7 Yrs				884	0.7%	11.5%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.28	7.6	128.5	13.8	0.97	1.18	76%	23%	2.0%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	1.85	5.3	31.6	7.4	0.79	1.09	70%	22%	8.4%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	24	PHI	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	-1.2	0.43	2
1996	25	PHI	NL	-1.6	-0.2	134	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	1.07	-0.3	-0.3	-4.5	-0.4	1.01	-3.6	0.46	4
1997	26	PHI	NL	-6.0	-0.6	137	-0.7	1.7	-2.3	1.02	-0.4	-0.2	-7.0	-0.7	0.94	-6.3	1.51	19
1998	27	PHI	NL	7.5	0.7	216	0.6	4.6	-4.0	1.20	1.0	-0.6	9.4	0.9	0.96	11.1	1.52	30
1999	28	PHI	NL	-3.0	-0.3	260	-0.4	3.6	-4.1	.94	0.1	-0.6	-5.2	-0.5	0.96	-0.3	0.94	45
2000	29	PHI	NL	-11.2	-1.0	178	-0.9	2.2	-3.1	.96	-0.8	-0.1	-10.8	-1.0	0.94	-9.9	0.93	44
2001	30	COL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.15	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.40	-0.3	0.15	1
7 Yrs				-15.9	-1.5	930	-2.1	13.8	-16.0	1.03	-0.4	-1.6	-19.4	-1.8	0.96	-10.5	1.11	145

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	24	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	PHI	NL	0	23%	50	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	39%	8	5	3	0	0	0	5	3	2
1997	26	PHI	NL	4	26%	46	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	0	36%	5	4	1	2	1	1	4	2	2
1998	27	PHI	NL	4	29%	147	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	52%	12	8	4	3	0	3	8	2	5
1999	28	PHI	NL	4	31%	118	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	55%	12	6	6	2	1	1	8	3	5
2000	29	PHI	NL	4	29%	82	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	44%	10	8	2	3	1	2	3	0	3
2001	30	COL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				16	29%	443	21	10	68%	20	9	1	1	4	1	11	19	47%	47	31	16	10	3	7	28	10	17

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
1995	24	PHI	NL	4	25%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1996	25	PHI	NL	130	15%	33	6	1	4	2	0	0	0.46	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	28	4	14%	11	3	27%	80	9	11%	9	5	56%	3	1	33%	0
1997	26	PHI	NL	131	41%	32	6	0	19	6	0	0	1.51	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	8	7	88%	34	4	12%	21	9	43%	70	4	6%	6	1	17%	6	3	50%	0
1998	27	PHI	NL	205	33%	53	13	0	30	5	0	0	1.52	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	0	3	3	100%	39	3	8%	17	9	53%	116	18	16%	9	7	78%	10	6	60%	0
1999	28	PHI	NL	242	44%	58	4	1	45	14	0	4	0.94	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	75%	46	4	9%	20	7	35%	151	10	7%	11	4	36%	10	9	90%	0
2000	29	PHI	NL	171	40%	36	8	0	44	7	0	1	0.93	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	33	4	12%	22	9	41%	90	11	12%	9	6	67%	7	4	57%	0
2001	30	COL	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				884	36%	212	37	2	145	34	0	5	1.11	6	0	28	2	4	5	1	0	17	15	88%	182	19	10%	92	37	40%	510	52	10%	44	23	52%	37	23	62%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	24	PHI	NL	4	19	4.75	15	79%	27%	27%	33%	13%	73%	0%	58%	64%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1996	25	PHI	NL	117	447	3.82	290	65%	26%	11%	30%	32%	74%	7%	48%	84%	32%	9%	11	1	15%	18	4	6%	7	5	38%	13	0	1
1997	26	PHI	NL	119	395	3.32	255	65%	23%	9%	26%	41%	76%	0%	49%	87%	34%	3%	4	0	20%	24	12	8%	10	7	44%	12	0	2
1998	27	PHI	NL	206	840	4.08	504	60%	29%	13%	30%	28%	71%	0%	43%	82%	25%	8%	16	0	19%	39	12	14%	28	13	28%	-1	0	0
1999	28	PHI	NL	243	918	3.78	544	59%	28%	7%	31%	35%	72%	0%	43%	91%	23%	9%	23	1	21%	50	15	12%	30	13	25%	-1	0	0
2000	29	PHI	NL	171	634	3.71	388	61%	33%	7%	25%	35%	67%	0%	41%	90%	23%	8%	14	0	19%	32	11	12%	20	11	37%	0	0	0
2001	30	COL	NL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	0%	0%	50%	50%	100%	0%	67%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
7 Yrs				861	3256	3.78	1998	61%	28%	9%	29%	33%	72%	1%	44%	87%	26%	8%	68	2	19%	163	54	11%	95	49	32%	23	0	3
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

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
1995	24	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	25	49	134	120	11	33	5	3	0	9	3	0	9	18	.275	.331	.367	.697	85	44	4	2	1	2	3
1997	26	110	265	239	22	65	8	3	2	15	4	2	13	27	.272	.315	.356	.671	77	85	8	3	8	2	3
1998	27	214	470	408	49	118	15	5	5	35	8	4	38	59	.289	.362	.387	.749	97	158	11	10	11	3	3
1999	28	325	712	617	77	176	30	8	6	46	17	8	67	83	.285	.364	.389	.753	95	240	15	11	14	3	3
2000	29	424	883	770	92	212	36	10	6	56	21	10	80	102	.275	.351	.371	.723	86	286	19	13	15	5	3
2001	30	425	884	771	92	212	36	10	6	56	21	10	80	102	.275	.351	.371	.722	86	286	19	13	15	5	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	24	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1996	25	44	129	115	9	32	5	3	0	9	3	9	16	.278	.336	.374	.710	14	44
1997	26	61	131	119	11	32	3	0	2	6	1	4	9	.269	.298	.345	.643	12	61
1998	27	104	202	167	26	51	7	2	3	19	4	24	32	.305	.412	.425	.837	28	104
1999	28	111	233	203	23	52	13	3	1	9	8	26	24	.256	.343	.365	.708	25	111
2000	29	99	167	150	13	33	6	2	0	9	4	12	19	.220	.283	.287	.570	12	99
2001	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
7 Yrs		426	867	759	83	200	34	10	6	52	20	75	102	.264	.338	.358	.696	91	425
162 Game Avg.		162	330	289	32	76	13	4	2	20	8	29	39	.264	.338	.358	.696	35	425

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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