Keith Shepherd

Keith Wayne Shepherd

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 21, 1968 in Wabash, IN
High School: Wabash (Wabash, IN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1992
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Orioles/Phillies/RedSox 1992-1996

Final Game: August 4, 1996
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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…

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…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1986	18	PIT-min	Rk	0	4	.000	6.06	8	2	4	0	0	0	16.1	16	17	11	0	15	0	12	1	1	3			1.898	8.8	0.0	8.3	6.6	0.80	PRA · GULF
1987	19	PIT-min	A-	5	2	.714	4.20	17	13	0	1	1	0	70.2	66	40	33	0	42	0	57	5	1	4			1.528	8.4	0.0	5.3	7.3	1.36	WTR · NYPL
1988	20	PIT-min	A	9	6	.600	4.49	24	21	0	1	1	0	114.1	97	69	57	5	79	0	64	9	2	13			1.539	7.6	0.4	6.2	5.0	0.81	AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1989	21	KCR-CLE-min	A	2	9	.182	4.16	19	12	3	0	0	0	75.2	70	44	35	5	47	0	43	2	0	5			1.546	8.3	0.6	5.6	5.1	0.91	BBC,KIN · FLOR,CARL
1990	22	CLE-min	A-,A+	4	7	.364	3.40	29	5	19	0	0	3	79.1	63	47	30	2	47	1	71	6	2	15			1.387	7.1	0.2	5.3	8.1	1.51	WTR,REN · NYPL,CALL
1991	23	CHW-min	A+,A	2	3	.400	1.68	49	0	29	0	0	12	75.0	50	20	14	0	39	2	62	3	1	6	306		1.187	6.0	0.0	4.7	7.4	1.59	SAR,SBN · FLOR,MIDW
1992	24	CHW-PHI-min	AA	3	4	.429	2.30	44	3	31	0	0	7	94.0	67	26	24	2	24	3	73	2	1	7	369		0.968	6.4	0.2	2.3	7.0	3.04	BIR,REA · SOUL,EL
1992	24	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.27	12	0	6	0	0	2	22.0	19	10	8	0	6	1	10	0	0	1	91	109	1.136	7.8	0.0	2.5	4.1	1.67
1993	25	COL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	6.78	37	1	20	0	0	8	67.2	90	61	51	2	44	2	57	4	0	15	339		1.980	12.0	0.3	5.9	7.6	1.30	CSP · PCL
1993	25	COL	NL	1	3	.250	6.98	14	1	3	0	0	1	19.1	26	16	15	4	4	0	7	1	0	1	85	70	1.552	12.1	1.9	1.9	3.3	1.75

1995	27	FLA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	21.21	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	11	11	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	29		3.000	21.2	1.9	5.8	3.9	0.67	CHR · IL
1995	27	BOS	AL	0	0		36.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1996	28	BAL-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.01	27	11	15	2	0	9	94.1	91	54	42	12	37	0	98	4	0	5	414		1.357	8.7	1.1	3.5	9.3	2.65	ROC · IL
1996	28	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	8.71	13	0	6	0	0	0	20.2	31	27	20	6	18	1	17	0	0	0	111	58	2.371	13.5	2.6	7.8	7.4	0.94
1997	29	NYM-PIT-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.84	29	19	5	0	0	0	124.2	142	77	67	11	69	4	94	4	1	4	570		1.693	10.3	0.8	5.0	6.8	1.36	NFK,CGY · IL,PCL
4 Seasons				2	5	.286	6.71	41	1	15	0	0	3	63.0	80	57	47	10	30	2	34	1	0	2	296	67	1.746	11.4	1.4	4.3	4.9	1.13
162 Game Avg.				3	8	.286	6.71	66	2	24	0	0	5	102	130	92	76	16	49	3	55	2	0	3	479	67	1.746	11.4	1.4	4.3	4.9	1.13

COL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.98	14	1	3	0	0	1	19.1	26	16	15	4	4	0	7	1	0	1	85	70	1.552	12.1	1.9	1.9	3.3	1.75
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.27	12	0	6	0	0	2	22.0	19	10	8	0	6	1	10	0	0	1	91	109	1.136	7.8	0.0	2.5	4.1	1.67
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		36.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	6.000	36.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.71	13	0	6	0	0	0	20.2	31	27	20	6	18	1	17	0	0	0	111	58	2.371	13.5	2.6	7.8	7.4	0.94

AL (2 yrs)			AL	0	1	.000	9.97	15	0	6	0	0	0	21.2	35	31	24	6	20	1	17	0	0	0	120	51	2.538	14.5	2.5	8.3	7.1	0.85
NL (2 yrs)			NL	2	4	.333	5.01	26	1	9	0	0	3	41.1	45	26	23	4	10	1	17	1	0	2	176	83	1.331	9.8	0.9	2.2	3.7	1.70

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
1992	24	PHI	NL	22.0	0	10	12	0	1.4	2	0.0	$
1993	25	COL	NL	19.1	1	16	14	0	1.2	-2	-0.4	$

1995	27	BOS	AL	1.0	0	4	1	0	1.3	-3	-0.4	$
1996	28	BAL	AL	20.2	0	27	16	0	.6	-11	-0.9	$
4 Seasons				63.0	1	57	43	0	1.1	-14	-1.7	$

COL (1 yr)				19.1	1	16	14	0	1.2	-2	-0.4	$
PHI (1 yr)				22.0	0	10	12	0	1.4	2	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				1.0	0	4	1	0	1.3	-3	-0.4	$
BAL (1 yr)				20.2	0	27	16	0	.6	-11	-0.9	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1986	18	PIT-min	Rk	9	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167		3		1	0	0	0	PRA · GULF
1987	19	PIT-min	A-	17	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.286	.167	.452		2		0	0	0	0	WTR · NYPL
1988	20	PIT-min	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1989	21	KCR-CLE-min	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BBC,KIN · FLOR,CARL
1990	22	CLE-min	A-,A+	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	WTR,REN · NYPL,CALL
1991	23	CHW-min	A,A+	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SBN,SAR · MIDW,FLOR
1992	24	PHI-CHW-min	AA	44	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500		3	0	0	0	0	0	REA,BIR · EL,SOUL
1992	24	PHI	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	25	COL-min	AAA	38	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333		2		0	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
1993	25	COL	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

1995	27	FLA-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
1995	27	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	28	BAL-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
1996	28	BAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	29	NYM-PIT-min	AAA	29	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.111	.158	.111	.269		2	0	1	1	0	0	NFK,CGY · IL,PCL
4 Seasons				41	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

COL (1 yr)				14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				26	2	2	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: 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
1993	25	COL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1 Season				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1992	PHI	NL	24	P	12	0	22.0	5	0	5	0	1.000	2.05	0.42	.954	1.92	1.94	3	3	50%
1993	COL	NL	25	P	14	1	19.1	7	3	2	2	.714	2.33	0.36	.953	1.82	1.83	0	2	100%
1995	BOS	AL	27	P	2	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	1.000	9.00	0.50	.960	1.80	1.75	0	0
1996	BAL	AL	28	P	13	0	20.2	3	1	2	0	1.000	1.31	0.23	.960	1.79	1.76	3	0	0%
	4 Seasons			P	41	1	63.0	16	4	10	2	.875	2.00	0.34	.955	1.84	1.84	6	5	45%
	4 Seasons			TOT	41	1	63.0	16	4	10	2	.875	2.00	0.34	.955	1.84	1.84	6	5	45%

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Transactions

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1986.
December 6, 1988: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1988 minor league draft.
July 24, 1989: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
July 24, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 22, 1990: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
March 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
August 10, 1992: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dale Sveum.
November 17, 1992: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 50th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
June 3, 1994: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Brian Conroy (minors).
June 5, 1995: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
June 15, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
July 26, 1995: Released by the Florida Marlins.
December 27, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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