Kennys Vargas

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-5, 290lb (196cm, 131kg)

Born: August 1, 1990 in Canovanas, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone HS (Canovanas, Puerto Rico)

Debut: August 1, 2014 (Age 24-000d, 20,708th in major league history)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 27-061d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: International Baseball Consulting • Previously: Rep1 Baseball

Full Name: Kennys Vargas

Nicknames: Little Papi

Pronunciation: \KEN-ees\

Twitter: @kennys_vargas

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

783

197

.252

104

RBI

116

OBP

.311

SLG

.437

OPS

.748

OPS+

102

Summary of 35 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 10 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	35

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	13

Outs
1	15
2	11
0	9

13 Opps
CHW	8
KCR	6
HOU	4
OAK	3
TEX	3
SDP	2
CLE	2
DET	2
NYM	1
SFG	1
STL	1
BOS	1
LAA	1

34 Pitchers
Kevin McCarthy	2
Derek Holland	1
Mike Pelfrey	1
Jared Hoying	1
R.J. Alvarez	1
Corey Kluber	1
Carlos Rodón	1
Danny Duffy	1
Joe Mantiply	1
Mike Foltynewicz	1
Jason Vargas	1
Andrew Cashner	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Zach Putnam	1
Sean Manaea	1
A.J. Griffin	1
Doug Fister	1
Trevor Bauer	1
Mike Fiers	1
Jesse Hahn	1
John Danks	1
Vinnie Pestano	1
Rick Porcello	1
Cory Mazzoni	1
Héctor Noesí	1
Jeremy Guthrie	1
Kelvin Herrera	1
Carlos Villanueva	1
Tony Sipp	1
Scott Snodgress	1
Lucas Giolito	1
Matt Barnes	1
Kendall Graveman	1
Fernando Salas	1

8 Parks
Target Field (MIN)	22
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
89	10
9	10
8	6
7	5
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
2	7
6	5
5	5
4	3
1	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1

58 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	18
1 on	11
2 on	6
Any on	17

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

1-3	7
4-6	16
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	7
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	7
-1	5
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	11
Tied	7
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	8
3-2	5
1-0	5
1-2	3
0-0	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
0-1	2
0-2	1
2-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	20
DH	13
PH	1
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
4th	17
5th	8
7th	3
8th	3
6th	2
2nd	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2014-08-05	MIN		SDP	Jesse Hahn	behind 0-1	b 6	2	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	5	3	0.459	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Dozier Scores; T. Plouffe Scores
2	2	2	1	2014-08-12	MIN	@	HOU	Mike Foltynewicz	behind 1-10	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2014-08-17	MIN		KCR	Jeremy Guthrie	behind 2-9	b 5	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	DH	0.030	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Mauer Scores
4	4	4	1	2014-08-21	MIN		CLE	Corey Kluber	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	0.139	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2014-09-02	MIN		CHW	Héctor Noesí	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	0.183	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Santana Scores
6	6	6	1	2014-09-03	MIN		CHW	Scott Snodgress	ahead 8-3	b 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	4	DH	0.014	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Mauer Scores
7	7	7	1	2014-09-07	MIN		LAA	Vinnie Pestano	behind 3-14	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	1	2014-09-16	MIN		DET	Rick Porcello	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BFSBBX	1	4	DH	0.115	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	2014-09-19	MIN		CLE	Trevor Bauer	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	6,(3-2) FFBBBX	1	4	DH	0.146	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2015-04-16	MIN		KCR	Jason Vargas	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	3	0.177	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Dozier Scores
11	11	2	1	2015-05-03	MIN		CHW	Zach Putnam	ahead 11-2	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
12	12	3	1	2015-05-06	MIN		OAK	R.J. Alvarez	ahead 10-0	b 8	2	12-	6,(3-2) FS*BBB>X	3	3	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Santana Scores; D. Bernier Scores
13	13	4	1	2015-06-18	MIN		STL	Carlos Villanueva	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	3	0.466	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
14	14	5	1	2015-06-22	MIN		CHW	John Danks	ahead 6-2	b 6	1	-23	6,(3-2) BCF1BB.X	3	8	DH	0.023	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Plouffe Scores; E. Rosario Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2016-07-05	MIN		OAK	Sean Manaea	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) B11SC*BX	2	5	3	0.126	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Grossman Scores
16	16	2	1	2016-07-07	MIN	@	TEX	Jared Hoying	ahead 9-0	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	6	PH/DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	3	1	2016-07-10	MIN	@	TEX	A.J. Griffin	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	4	3	0.123	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	4	1	2016-07-31	MIN		CHW	Carlos Rodón	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	0.147	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Grossman Scores
19	19	5	1	2016-08-11 (1)	MIN		HOU	Doug Fister	behind 0-6	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	3	0.041	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	6	2	2016-08-11 (1)	MIN		HOU	Tony Sipp	behind 4-12	b 8	1	--3	5,(2-2) BCBSX	2	4	3	0.003	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Mauer Scores
21	21	7	1	2016-09-13	MIN	@	DET	Joe Mantiply	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	4	3	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	8	1	2016-09-18	MIN	@	NYM	Fernando Salas	behind 1-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	0.099	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	9	1	2016-09-28	MIN	@	KCR	Kevin McCarthy	behind 0-2	t 6	2	1--	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	5	3	0.255	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Sanó Scores
24	24	10	1	2016-09-29	MIN	@	KCR	Danny Duffy	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.109	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2017-04-25	MIN	@	TEX	Andrew Cashner	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	DH	0.117	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
26	26	2	1	2017-05-03	MIN		OAK	Kendall Graveman	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	DH	0.145	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Sanó Scores; J. Mauer Scores
27	27	3	1	2017-05-07	MIN		BOS	Matt Barnes	behind 4-7	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	4	3	0.081	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	4	1	2017-05-09	MIN	@	CHW	Mike Pelfrey	behind 1-2	t 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) 1C*BX	2	4	DH	0.201	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Kepler Scores
29	29	5	1	2017-05-19	MIN		KCR	Kelvin Herrera	behind 1-3	b 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	8	PH	0.472	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Castro Scores
30	30	6	1	2017-06-10	MIN	@	SFG	Jeff Samardzija	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	5	3	0.127	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	7	1	2017-06-20	MIN		CHW	Derek Holland	behind 3-4	b 3	1	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	6	DH	0.261	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Grossman Scores; J. Mauer Scores
32	32	8	1	2017-07-16	MIN	@	HOU	Mike Fiers	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	3	0.108	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
33	33	9	1	2017-08-22	MIN	@	CHW	Lucas Giolito	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	7	DH	0.139	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	10	1	2017-09-10	MIN	@	KCR	Kevin McCarthy	behind 1-11	t 9	1	-2-	5,(1-2) FBSFX	2	7	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Z. Granite Scores
35	35	11	1	2017-09-12	MIN		SDP	Cory Mazzoni	ahead 13-0	b 7	1	12-	6,(3-2) .BBCSBX	3	2	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Adrianza Scores; C. Gimenez Scores