Tony Kemp

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-6, 160lb (168cm, 72kg)

Born: October 31, 1991 in Franklin, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: Centennial HS (Franklin, TN)

School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: May 17, 2016 (Age 24-199d, 21,118th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 6.098 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Ballengee Group

Full Name: Anthony Allen Kemp

Nicknames: Kempy or Chieng

Twitter: @tonykemp

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

3.5

1945

460

.000

.237

262

RBI

184

OBP

.100

.324

SLG

.000

.351

OPS

.100

.674

OPS+

-67

Summary of 35 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 11 go ahead

3 Tms
OAK	20
HOU	14
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHP	30
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Away	20
Home	15

Outs
1	14
0	11
2	10

14 Opps
TEX	5
SEA	4
HOU	4
OAK	3
CLE	3
NYY	3
TOR	3
LAA	2
DET	2
CHW	2
KCR	1
STL	1
LAD	1
BAL	1

35 Pitchers
Giovanny Gallegos	1
Andrew Moore	1
Domingo Germán	1
Taylor Clarke	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1
Gabriel Ynoa	1
Daniel Wright	1
Walker Buehler	1
Daniel Zamora	1
Chad Green	1
Brett Martin	1
Yusei Kikuchi	1
Carlos Carrasco	1
Jake Odorizzi	1
Dennis Santana	1
Phillips Valdéz	1
Michael Pineda	1
Luis Castillo	1
Austin Bibens-Dirkx	1
Jon Gray	1
Luis Garcia	1
Alek Manoah	1
Lane Ramsey	1
Logan Gilbert	1
José Suarez	1
Wandy Peralta	1
Aaron Civale	1
Adam Cimber	1
Lou Trivino	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
José Urquidy	1
Jimmy Lambert	1
Aaron Sanchez	1
Justin Verlander	1
Chris Hatcher	1

13 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	10
RingCentral Col (OAK)	7
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	28
89	3
7	3
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
1	7
4	7
3	5
5	4
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	8
-2-	4
12-	1
--3	1
1-3	1

52 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	20
1 on	13
2 on	2
Any on	15

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	7
4	1
5	6
6	8
7	2
8	5
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	13
Tied	8
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
1-0	6
2-1	6
2-2	5
1-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	15
2B	14
CF	3
PH	2
DH	1

OrderPos
9th	10
8th	10
1st	8
7th	3
5th	2
2nd	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-25	HOU		LAA	Daniel Wright	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	0.106	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2018-05-26	HOU	@	CLE	Carlos Carrasco	behind 3-7	t 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	8	0.105	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Gattis Scores
3	3	2	1	2018-07-03	HOU	@	TEX	Austin Bibens-Dirkx	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	7	0.117	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Federowicz Scores
4	4	3	1	2018-07-12	HOU		OAK	Chris Hatcher	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) .*BCBX	2	9	7	0.132	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Stassi Scores
5	5	4	1	2018-08-05	HOU	@	LAD	Walker Buehler	behind 1-3	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	0.113	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	5	1	2018-08-18	HOU	@	OAK	Yusmeiro Petit	behind 0-7	t 9	1	---	7,(3-2) BBCFBFX	1	9	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
7	7	6	1	2018-09-11	HOU	@	DET	Jordan Zimmermann	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BCBSX	2	9	8	0.164	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Reddick Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2019-04-07	HOU		OAK	Lou Trivino	behind 6-8	b 8	1	---	6,(2-2) FBFBFX	1	9	DH	0.127	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	2019-04-27	HOU		CLE	Adam Cimber	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	4,(2-1) ..CBBX	1	9	PH	0.349	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	3	1	2019-06-04	HOU	@	SEA	Andrew Moore	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	7	4	0.111	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
11	11	4	1	2019-06-07	HOU		BAL	Gabriel Ynoa	behind 1-3	b 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	8	4	0.230	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. White Scores
12	12	5	1	2019-06-14	HOU		TOR	Aaron Sanchez	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	4	0.030	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Reddick Scores
13	13	6	1	2019-07-07	HOU		LAA	José Suarez	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	8	0.184	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. White Scores
14	14	7	1	2019-07-20	HOU		TEX	Phillips Valdéz	ahead 5-1	b 6	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	8	4	0.027	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	8	1	2019-09-21	CHC		STL	Giovanny Gallegos	behind 6-7	b 7	1	--3	3,(0-2) .FFN.X	2	6	PH	0.294	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Zobrist Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2021-05-20	OAK		HOU	Luis Garcia	behind 1-3	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	8	4	0.111	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	2	1	2021-06-01	OAK	@	SEA	Daniel Zamora	ahead 8-4	t 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	9	4	0.023	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Piscotty Scores
18	18	3	1	2021-06-18	OAK	@	NYY	Wandy Peralta	behind 2-3	t 6	2	1-3	5,(2-2) FFB1BX	3	8	7	0.406	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Chapman Scores; S. Murphy Scores
19	19	4	1	2021-06-19	OAK	@	NYY	Domingo Germán	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	4	0.098	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	2021-08-29	OAK		NYY	Chad Green	tied 1-1	b 8	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	7	0.350	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Canha Scores
21	21	6	1	2021-09-03	OAK	@	TOR	Alek Manoah	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	1--	4,(2-1) 1*BCBX	2	7	7	0.114	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Canha Scores
22	22	7	1	2021-09-29	OAK	@	SEA	Logan Gilbert	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	4	0.164	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	8	1	2021-10-03	OAK	@	HOU	José Urquidy	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	0.114	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2022-05-09	OAK	@	DET	Michael Pineda	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	4	0.123	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	2022-06-25	OAK	@	KCR	Taylor Clarke	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	1--	6,(2-2) 11F1BB1FFX	2	1	7	0.080	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Allen Scores
26	26	3	1	2022-07-24	OAK		TEX	Brett Martin	behind 7-11	b 9	1	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	5	4	0.009	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
27	27	4	1	2022-07-25	OAK		HOU	Jake Odorizzi	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	7	0.131	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	2022-09-11	OAK		CHW	Jimmy Lambert	ahead 7-3	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.022	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	6	1	2022-09-14	OAK	@	TEX	Dennis Santana	behind 4-7	t 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0.164	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); N. Allen Scores
30	30	7	1	2022-09-20	OAK		SEA	Luis Castillo	behind 0-1	b 5	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	7	0.417	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Diaz Scores; N. Allen Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2023-04-21	OAK	@	TEX	Jon Gray	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	0.085	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
32	32	2	1	2023-06-20	OAK	@	CLE	Aaron Civale	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	4	0.133	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
33	33	3	1	2023-06-25	OAK	@	TOR	Yusei Kikuchi	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	7	0.055	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	2023-08-24	OAK	@	CHW	Lane Ramsey	ahead 7-5	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	7	0.073	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35	35	5	1	2023-09-12	OAK	@	HOU	Justin Verlander	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	0.060	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)