Kevin Tapani
Kevin Ray Tapani
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Escanaba (Escanaba, MI)
School: Central Michigan University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1989
Final Game: September 27, 2001
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 TOT MLB 25 P 8 5 40.0 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.80 1.00 .962 1.87 0.65
1989 NYM NL 25 P 3 0 7.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.67 .950 1.84 0.63
1989 MIN AL 25 P 5 5 32.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.65 1.20 .967 1.87 0.66
1990 MIN AL 26 P 28 28 159.1 35 14 20 1 1 .971 1.92 1.21 .951 1.78 0.59 RoY-5
1991 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 244.0 53 26 26 1 2 .981 1.92 1.53 .955 1.80 0.58 CYA-7
1992 MIN AL 28 P 34 34 220.0 45 17 26 2 0 .956 1.76 1.26 .953 1.72 0.56
1993 MIN AL 29 P 36 35 225.2 49 17 32 0 2 1.000 1.95 1.36 .951 1.79 0.56
1994 MIN AL 30 P 24 24 156.0 39 11 27 1 2 .974 2.19 1.58 .956 1.72 0.52
1995 TOT MLB 31 P 33 31 190.2 42 20 21 1 1 .976 1.94 1.24 .960 1.81 0.52
1995 MIN AL 31 P 20 20 133.2 27 16 11 0 1 1.000 1.82 1.35 .959 1.79 0.53
1995 LAD NL 31 P 13 11 57.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 2.21 1.08 .960 1.85 0.51
1996 CHW AL 32 P 34 34 225.1 42 15 26 1 4 .976 1.64 1.21 .960 1.77 0.52
1997 CHC NL 33 P 13 13 85.0 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.48 1.08 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 CHC NL 34 P 35 34 219.0 42 11 31 0 1 1.000 1.73 1.20 .960 1.85 0.54
1999 CHC NL 35 P 23 23 136.0 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 1.32 0.87 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 CHC NL 36 P 30 30 195.2 30 11 19 0 1 1.000 1.38 1.00 .960 1.74 0.48
2001 CHC NL 37 P 29 29 168.1 36 5 30 1 1 .972 1.87 1.21 .958 1.75 0.46
13 Seasons P 361 354 2265.0 455 157 290 8 16 .982 1.78 1.24 .956 1.78 0.53
13 Seasons TOT 361 354 2265.0 455 157 290 8 16 .982 1.78 1.24 .938 1.78 0.53
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 MIN AL 25 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYM NL 25 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 26 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 27 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 28 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 29 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 30 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 31 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 31 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CHW AL 32 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CHC NL 33 13 12 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHC NL 34 35 33 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CHC NL 35 23 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHC NL 36 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHC NL 37 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 361 136 142 361 361 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1989 MIN AL 25 142 80% 34% 3 100% 0 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1989 NYM NL 25 33 82% 33% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 26 678 81% 33% 27 93% 0 14 5 9 21 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1991 MIN AL 27 1001 82% 35% 27 100% 0 25 3 19 26 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 100%
1992 MIN AL 28 948 80% 33% 29 97% 1 17 2 12 26 21 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1993 MIN AL 29 1020 79% 33% 39 82% 1 17 1 12 33 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 67%
1994 MIN AL 30 696 81% 32% 31 87% 0 11 0 10 27 20 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1995 MIN AL 31 596 79% 35% 14 93% 0 16 1 12 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1995 LAD NL 31 267 78% 36% 15 80% 1 4 2 2 10 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1996 CHW AL 32 998 77% 33% 33 79% 0 15 2 11 26 19 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 8 75%
1997 CHC NL 33 360 78% 31% 14 79% 0 4 0 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1998 CHC NL 34 966 79% 33% 36 94% 2 11 2 8 31 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 78%
1999 CHC NL 35 607 82% 34% 20 95% 1 2 1 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2000 CHC NL 36 848 76% 30% 19 95% 0 11 1 10 18 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80%
2001 CHC NL 37 746 74% 30% 30 100% 0 5 1 4 30 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
13 Seasons 9906 79% 33% 338 91% 6 156 21 116 290 235 22 8 2 2 4 3 16 9 13 3 64 83%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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