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Kevin Appier

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: December 6, 1967 in Lancaster, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA).

High School: Antelope Valley HS (Lancaster, CA)

Schools: Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA), California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: June 4, 1989 (Age 21-180d, 15,631st in major league history)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: April 23, 2004 (Age 36-139d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert, Jeff Borris

Full Name: Robert Kevin Appier

Nicknames: Ape

Pronunciation: \Ape-ee-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

W

169

L

137

ERA

3.74

G

414

GS

402

SV

IP

2595.1

SO

1994

WHIP

1.294

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	19	KCR-min	A-	5	2	.714	3.04	15	15	0	0	0	0	77.0	81	43	26	2	29	0	72	2	1	7				1.429	9.5	0.2	3.4	8.4	2.48	EUG NORW
1988	20	KCR-min	A,AA	12	9	.571	2.64	27	27	0	1	0	0	167.0	145	63	49	1	46	5	130	2	4	8				1.144	7.8	0.1	2.5	7.0	2.83	BBC,MEM FLOR,SOUL
1989	21	KCR-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.95	22	22	0	3	2	0	139.0	141	70	61	6	42	1	109	2	1	5				1.317	9.1	0.4	2.7	7.1	2.60	OMA AA
1989	21	KCR	AL	1	4	.200	9.14	6	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	34	22	22	3	12	1	10	0	0	0	106	43	5.30	2.123	14.1	1.2	5.0	4.2	0.83
1990	22	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	15	3	3	0	3	0	17	1	0	0				1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	8.5	5.67	OMA AA
1990	22	KCR	AL	12	8	.600	2.76	32	24	1	3	3	0	185.2	179	67	57	13	54	2	127	6	1	6	784	139	3.32	1.255	8.7	0.6	2.6	6.2	2.35	RoY-3
1991	23	KCR	AL	13	10	.565	3.42	34	31	1	6	3	0	207.2	205	97	79	13	61	3	158	2	1	7	881	121	3.06	1.281	8.9	0.6	2.6	6.8	2.59
1992	24	KCR	AL	15	8	.652	2.46	30	30	0	3	0	0	208.1	167	59	57	10	68	5	150	2	0	4	852	164	2.98	1.128	7.2	0.4	2.9	6.5	2.21
1993	25	KCR	AL	18	8	.692	2.56	34	34	0	5	1	0	238.2	183	74	68	8	81	3	186	1	0	5	953	*179*	2.90	1.106	6.9	*0.3*	3.1	7.0	2.30	CYA-3,MVP-24
1994	26	KCR	AL	7	6	.538	3.83	23	23	0	1	0	0	155.0	137	68	66	11	63	7	145	4	1	11	653	131	3.48	1.290	8.0	0.6	3.7	8.4	2.30
1995	27	KCR	AL	15	10	.600	3.89	31	31	0	4	1	0	201.1	163	90	87	14	80	1	185	8	0	5	832	123	3.48	1.207	7.3	0.6	3.6	8.3	2.31	AS
1996	28	KCR	AL	14	11	.560	3.62	32	32	0	5	1	0	211.1	192	87	85	17	75	2	207	5	1	10	874	137	3.39	1.263	8.2	0.7	3.2	8.8	2.76
1997	29	KCR	AL	9	13	.409	3.40	34	34	0	4	1	0	235.2	215	96	89	24	74	2	196	4	1	14	972	137	3.76	1.226	8.2	0.9	2.8	7.5	2.65
1998	30	KCR-min	AAA,AA,A,Rk	3	4	.429	6.15	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.1	56	33	31	8	15	1	30	2	0	1	206			1.566	11.1	1.6	3.0	6.0	2.00	OMA,WCH,LNS,ROY PCL,TL,MIDW,GULF
1998	30	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	7.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	21	13	13	3	5	1	9	1	0	1	69	62	5.74	1.733	12.6	1.8	3.0	5.4	1.80
1999	31	TOT	AL	16	14	.533	5.17	34	34	0	1	0	0	209.0	230	131	120	27	84	4	131	7	1	10	926	94	4.87	1.502	9.9	1.2	3.6	5.6	1.56
1999	31	KCR	AL	9	9	.500	4.87	22	22	0	1	0	0	140.1	153	81	76	18	51	3	78	6	0	5	613	102	4.91	1.454	9.8	1.2	3.3	5.0	1.53
1999	31	OAK	AL	7	5	.583	5.77	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.2	77	50	44	9	33	1	53	1	1	5	313	80	4.78	1.602	10.1	1.2	4.3	6.9	1.61
2000	32	OAK	AL	15	11	.577	4.52	31	31	0	1	1	0	195.1	200	109	98	23	102	10	129	9	0	6	884	104	5.05	1.546	9.2	1.1	4.7	5.9	1.26
2001	33	NYM	NL	11	10	.524	3.57	33	33	0	1	1	0	206.2	181	89	82	22	64	4	172	15	0	12	856	116	3.92	1.185	7.9	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.69
2002	34	ANA	AL	14	12	.538	3.92	32	32	0	0	0	0	188.1	191	89	82	23	64	2	132	7	0	7	795	113	4.28	1.354	9.1	1.1	3.1	6.3	2.06
2003	35	TOT	AL	8	9	.471	5.40	23	23	0	0	0	0	111.2	120	69	67	21	43	4	55	8	1	6	499	83	5.86	1.460	9.7	1.7	3.5	4.4	1.28
2003	35	ANA	AL	7	7	.500	5.63	19	19	0	0	0	0	92.2	105	60	58	17	36	4	50	8	1	4	422	78	5.76	1.522	10.2	1.7	3.5	4.9	1.39
2003	35	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	15	9	9	4	7	0	5	0	0	2	77	117	6.35	1.158	7.1	1.9	3.3	2.4	0.71
2004	36	KCR-min	AA,AAA	0	0		5.30	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	26	12	11	2	6	0	5	0	0	2	87			1.714	12.5	1.0	2.9	2.4	0.83	WCH,OMA TL,PCL
2004	36	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	8	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	22	38	4.30	2.500	15.8	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
2005			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
2006	38	SEA-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.54	10	5	1	0	0	0	35.2	39	20	18	0	24	1	26	2	2	4	170			1.766	9.8	0.0	6.1	6.6	1.08	TAC PCL
16 Yrs				169	137	.552	3.74	414	402	2	34	12	0	2595.1	2425	1168	1078	232	933	51	1994	79	7	106	10958	121	3.81	1.294	8.4	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.14
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.552	3.74	35	34	0	3	1	0	216	202	97	90	19	78	4	166	7	1	9	913	121	3.81	1.294	8.4	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.14
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
KCR (13 yrs)				115	92	.556	3.49	287	275	2	32	10	0	1843.2	1671	771	714	138	634	30	1458	39	5	72	7688	130	3.49	1.250	8.2	0.7	3.1	7.1	2.30
OAK (2 yrs)				22	16	.579	4.84	43	43	0	1	1	0	264.0	277	159	142	32	135	11	182	10	1	11	1197	96	4.98	1.561	9.4	1.1	4.6	6.2	1.35
ANA (2 yrs)				21	19	.525	4.48	51	51	0	0	0	0	281.0	296	149	140	40	100	6	182	15	1	11	1217	99	4.77	1.409	9.5	1.3	3.2	5.8	1.82
NYM (1 yr)				11	10	.524	3.57	33	33	0	1	1	0	206.2	181	89	82	22	64	4	172	15	0	12	856	116	3.92	1.185	7.9	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.69

AL (15 yrs)				158	127	.554	3.75	381	369	2	33	11	0	2388.2	2244	1079	996	210	869	47	1822	64	7	94	10102	121	3.80	1.303	8.5	0.8	3.3	6.9	2.10
NL (1 yr)				11	10	.524	3.57	33	33	0	1	1	0	206.2	181	89	82	22	64	4	172	15	0	12	856	116	3.92	1.185	7.9	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.69

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