Kevin Wickander
Kevin Dean Wickander
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: January 4, 1965 in Fort Dodge, IA
School: Grand Canyon University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1989
Final Game: June 12, 1996
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Standard Pitching

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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
1989 24 CLE AL 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 6 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 118 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1990 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 3.65 10 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 14 6 5 0 4 0 10 1 0 0 53 107 1.459 10.2 0.0 2.9 7.3 2.50
1992 27 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 3.07 44 0 10 0 0 1 41.0 39 14 14 1 28 3 38 4 1 1 187 129 1.634 8.6 0.2 6.1 8.3 1.36
1993 28 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 6.09 44 0 9 0 0 0 34.0 47 27 23 8 22 1 23 2 1 5 170 68 2.029 12.4 2.1 5.8 6.1 1.05
1993 28 CLE AL 0 0 4.15 11 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 15 7 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 44 105 2.077 15.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 1.00
1993 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 6.75 33 0 8 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 5 19 1 20 2 1 4 126 60 2.013 11.4 1.8 6.8 7.1 1.05
1995 30 TOT AL 0 0 1.93 29 0 9 0 0 1 23.1 19 6 5 1 12 5 11 1 1 1 99 250 1.329 7.3 0.4 4.6 4.2 0.92
1995 30 DET AL 0 0 2.60 21 0 7 0 0 1 17.1 18 6 5 1 9 4 9 1 1 1 77 184 1.558 9.3 0.5 4.7 4.7 1.00
1995 30 MIL AL 0 0 0.00 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 22 0.667 1.5 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
1996 31 MIL AL 2 0 1.000 4.97 21 0 6 0 0 0 25.1 26 16 14 2 17 2 19 0 0 2 118 105 1.697 9.2 0.7 6.0 6.8 1.12
6 Seasons 5 1 .833 4.02 150 0 38 0 0 2 138.2 151 70 62 12 85 12 101 8 3 9 642 108 1.702 9.8 0.8 5.5 6.6 1.19
162 Game Avg. 2 0 .833 4.02 68 0 17 0 0 1 63 68 32 28 5 39 5 46 4 1 4 291 108 1.702 9.8 0.8 5.5 6.6 1.19
CLE (4 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.34 67 0 15 0 0 1 64.2 74 28 24 4 37 4 51 5 1 2 299 120 1.716 10.3 0.6 5.1 7.1 1.38
MIL (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 4.02 29 0 8 0 0 0 31.1 27 16 14 2 20 3 21 0 0 2 140 128 1.500 7.8 0.6 5.7 6.0 1.05
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.75 33 0 8 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 5 19 1 20 2 1 4 126 60 2.013 11.4 1.8 6.8 7.1 1.05
DET (1 yr) 0 0 2.60 21 0 7 0 0 1 17.1 18 6 5 1 9 4 9 1 1 1 77 184 1.558 9.3 0.5 4.7 4.7 1.00
AL (6 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.41 117 0 30 0 0 2 113.1 119 50 43 7 66 11 81 6 2 5 516 130 1.632 9.5 0.6 5.2 6.4 1.23
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.75 33 0 8 0 0 0 25.1 32 20 19 5 19 1 20 2 1 4 126 60 2.013 11.4 1.8 6.8 7.1 1.05

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 24 CLE AL 2 15 13 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .462 .533 .538 1.072 .462 7 1 0 0 0 1
1990 25 CLE AL 10 53 46 6 14 2 1 0 0 1 4 10 .304 .358 .391 .750 .368 18 0 1 0 2 0
1992 27 CLE AL 44 186 150 14 39 5 1 1 3 0 28 38 .260 .386 .327 .713 .336 49 5 4 2 2 3
1993 28 TOT MLB 44 170 145 27 47 6 2 8 3 1 22 23 .324 .420 .559 .979 .342 81 0 2 1 0 1
1993 28 CIN NL 33 126 104 20 32 4 2 5 1 1 19 20 .308 .424 .529 .953 .342 55 0 2 1 0 1
1993 28 CLE AL 11 44 41 7 15 2 0 3 2 0 3 3 .366 .409 .634 1.043 .343 26 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 TOT AL 29 99 83 6 19 2 1 1 0 0 12 11 .229 .327 .313 .640 .247 26 3 1 1 2 5
1995 30 DET AL 21 77 66 6 18 2 1 1 0 0 9 9 .273 .364 .379 .742 .298 25 3 1 0 1 4
1995 30 MIL AL 8 22 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .059 .190 .059 .249 .063 1 0 0 1 1 1
1996 31 MIL AL 21 118 98 16 26 4 0 2 0 1 17 19 .265 .368 .367 .735 .304 36 1 0 1 2 2
6 Seasons 150 641 535 70 151 20 5 12 6 3 85 101 .282 .384 .406 .789 .323 217 10 8 5 8 12
162 Game Avg. 68 291 243 32 68 9 2 5 3 1 39 46 .282 .384 .406 .789 .323 98 5 4 2 4 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1989 24 CLE AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.301 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4.0 23
1990 25 CLE AL 10 10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 4 31% 6 0.623 4 1 5 2 1 7 7 3 3 5 6 1 3.7 20
1992 27 CLE AL 44 44 10 2 0 3 1 2 33% 14 7 38 9 24% 7 1.053 23 8 13 16 9 19 25 19 11 22 15 5 2.8 17
1993 28 TOT MLB 44 44 9 1 0 1 0 1 0% 4 2 46 15 33% 0.522 11 8 24 9 5 30 26 18 9 26 11 9 2.3 14
1993 28 CLE AL 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 8 57% 7 0.591 3 3 5 2 1 8 7 4 2 8 2 3 2.4 15
1993 28 CIN NL 33 33 8 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 32 7 22% 8 0.498 8 5 19 7 4 22 19 14 7 18 9 6 2.3 14
1995 30 TOT AL 29 29 9 0 0 3 1 2 33% 8 5 32 10 31% 0.984 13 4 12 9 3 17 18 11 3 16 4 9 2.4 12
1995 30 DET AL 21 21 7 0 0 3 1 2 33% 6 3 24 9 38% 8 0.957 10 3 8 7 2 12 14 7 3 11 4 7 2.5 13
1995 30 MIL AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 13% 8 1.078 3 1 4 2 1 5 4 4 0 5 0 2 2.3 10
1996 31 MIL AL 21 21 6 2 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 29 16 55% 8 0.496 4 6 11 6 2 13 16 5 8 9 10 3 3.6 20
6 Seasons 150 150 38 5 1 10 2 8 20% 31 16 160 56 35% 0.746 56 27 66 42 20 88 93 57 35 79 47 28 2.8 16

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 24 CLE AL 15 73% 0.0% 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 17% 0.30 0.60 87% 46% 0.0% 40% 6 1 17%
1990 25 CLE AL 53 64% 0.0% 18.9% 7.6% 5.7% 21% 0.42 0.24 72% 26% 0.0% 12% 10 0 0%
1992 27 CLE AL 187 60% 0.5% 20.4% 15.1% 3.8% 18% 0.61 0.81 61% 25% 1.7% 17% 52 5 10%
1993 28 TOT MLB 170 58% 4.7% 13.5% 12.9% 9.4% 34% 0.54 0.53 67% 24% 13.6% 25% 39 0 0%
1993 28 CLE AL 44 64% 6.8% 6.8% 6.8% 11.4% 33% 0.65 0.44 80% 26% 15.0% 13% 4 0 0%
1993 28 CIN NL 126 56% 4.0% 15.9% 15.1% 8.7% 34% 0.50 0.57 63% 24% 12.8% 30% 35 0 0%
1995 30 TOT AL 99 49% 1.0% 11.1% 12.1% 4.0% 21% 1.11 1.46 74% 20% 3.4% 17% 30 3 10%
1995 30 DET AL 77 47% 1.3% 11.7% 11.7% 5.2% 22% 1.15 1.53 74% 19% 4.5% 19% 23 3 13%
1995 30 MIL AL 22 59% 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 1.00 1.29 73% 24% 0.0% 13% 7 0 0%
1996 31 MIL AL 118 64% 1.7% 16.1% 14.4% 5.1% 23% 0.62 0.70 67% 26% 5.6% 28% 28 1 4%
6 Seasons 642 60% 1.9% 15.8% 13.3% 5.8% 25% 0.63 0.72 67% 25% 5.7% 22% 165 10 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 24 CLE AL 15 46 3.07 25 54% 24% 0% 24% 52% 76% 19% 41% 100% 60% 7% 1 0 13% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 CLE AL 53 196 3.70 122 62% 26% 19% 21% 31% 71% 0% 44% 71% 60% 4% 2 1 25% 13 7 1 33% 2 1 0 0 3
1992 27 CLE AL 187 745 3.98 429 58% 28% 16% 29% 27% 72% 3% 42% 78% 43% 11% 21 10 21% 39 23 2 26% 4 8 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 161 602 3.74 376 62% 21% 13% 34% 31% 78% 1% 49% 82% 59% 6% 9 6 22% 36 20 2 23% 7 2 9 0 6
1993 28 CLE AL 44 170 3.86 109 64% 18% 8% 38% 35% 81% 0% 52% 89% 59% 0% 0 0 27% 12 8 0 33% 2 0 0 0 1
1993 28 CIN NL 117 432 3.69 267 62% 22% 14% 33% 29% 76% 1% 47% 79% 59% 8% 9 6 21% 24 12 2 21% 5 2 9 0 5
1995 30 TOT AL 96 348 3.63 206 59% 22% 11% 31% 35% 78% 14% 46% 86% 55% 8% 8 3 15% 14 6 1 50% 1 0 3 0 0
1995 30 DET AL 77 280 3.64 163 58% 24% 12% 29% 36% 76% 14% 44% 85% 53% 9% 7 3 13% 10 3 1 44% 1 0 0 0 0
1995 30 MIL AL 19 68 3.58 43 63% 16% 9% 40% 35% 84% 16% 53% 89% 63% 5% 1 0 21% 4 3 0 100% 0 0 3 0 0
1996 31 MIL AL 102 377 3.70 221 59% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 5% 41% 82% 53% 8% 8 1 19% 19 11 0 14% 2 5 16 0 0
6 Seasons 614 2314 3.77 1379 60% 25% 14% 30% 31% 74% 5% 44% 81% 53% 8% 49 21 20% 123 68 6 27% 16 16 28 0 9
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1989 24 CLE AL 15 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 CLE AL 53 14 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 24 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1992 27 CLE AL 187 39 19 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 14 4 5 29% 0 1 0 91 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 170 47 6 1 8 0 10 6 2 5 3 21 10 5 48% 1 5 0 66 3 1 75% 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1993 28 CLE AL 44 15 4 0 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 40% 1 1 0 10 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 28 CIN NL 126 32 2 1 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 16 8 4 50% 0 4 0 56 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1995 30 TOT AL 99 19 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 14 6 2 43% 0 1 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1995 30 DET AL 77 18 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 13 5 2 38% 0 1 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 30 MIL AL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 31 MIL AL 118 26 2 0 2 2 9 2 0 0 2 14 10 0 71% 2 2 0 58 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
6 Seasons 642 151 34 2 12 2 35 10 2 6 6 70 33 13 47% 3 9 0 299 6 3 67% 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1989 24 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 6 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 118 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00 118
1990 25 0 1 .000 3.60 12 0 4 0 0 0 15.0 20 7 6 0 6 1 10 1 0 0 68 109 1.733 12.0 0.0 3.6 6.0 1.67 109
1991 26 0 1 .000 3.60 12 0 4 0 0 0 15.0 20 7 6 0 6 1 10 1 0 0 68 109 1.733 12.0 0.0 3.6 6.0 1.67 109
1992 27 2 1 .667 3.21 56 0 14 0 0 1 56.0 59 21 20 1 34 4 48 5 1 1 255 123 1.661 9.5 0.2 5.5 7.7 1.41 123
1993 28 3 1 .750 4.30 100 0 23 0 0 1 90.0 106 48 43 9 56 5 71 7 2 6 425 93 1.800 10.6 0.9 5.6 7.1 1.27 93
1994 29 3 1 .750 4.30 100 0 23 0 0 1 90.0 106 48 43 9 56 5 71 7 2 6 425 93 1.800 10.6 0.9 5.6 7.1 1.27 93
1995 30 3 1 .750 3.81 129 0 32 0 0 2 113.1 125 54 48 10 68 10 82 8 3 7 524 110 1.703 9.9 0.8 5.4 6.5 1.21 110
1996 31 5 1 .833 4.02 150 0 38 0 0 2 138.2 151 70 62 12 85 12 101 8 3 9 642 108 1.702 9.8 0.8 5.5 6.6 1.19 108

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 24 0 0 4.50 2.0 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1990 25 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 14 7 6 0 4 9 1 1.636 11.5 3.3 7.4 2.25 0.0 10
1992 27 2 2 .500 3.79 38.0 41 18 16 1 29 35 4 1.842 9.7 6.9 8.3 1.21 0.2 44
1993 28 1 2 .333 6.27 33.0 48 26 23 8 22 22 2 2.121 13.1 6.0 6.0 1.00 2.2 44
1995 30 2 0 1.000 1.73 26.0 20 6 5 1 13 12 1 1.269 6.9 4.5 4.2 0.92 0.3 29
1996 31 1 1 .500 4.15 26.0 25 13 12 2 16 20 0 1.577 8.7 5.5 6.9 1.25 0.7 21
6 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.17 136.0 154 71 63 12 86 98 8 1.765 10.2 6.5 1.14 0.8 150

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