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, 15,618th 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

169

137

ERA

3.74

414

402

2595.1

1994

WHIP

1.294

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	191	1	Apr 2	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	5.40	0.97	21	108	59	14	15	6	7	2	1	0	49			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.023	.86	-0.01%	0.01	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
2	192	5	Apr 6	KCR		BOS	W,7-3	GS-7		3	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	1	4.91	2.17	27	92	56	14	13	7	10	2	3	0	51			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.038	.78	-0.02%	0.18	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
3	193	9	Apr 12	KCR	@	MIL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	11	1	0	3.71	2.52	24	117	68	25	17	4	6	2	0	0	70			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.295	1.08	0.17%	2.72	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
4	194	14	Apr 17	KCR		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.1	8	3	3	2	4	2	1	3.86	3.86	29	122	79	16	18	10	12	4	2	0	47			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.014	1.01	0.01%	0.86	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d2
5	195	19	Apr 22	KCR		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	9	5	5	4	6	0	0	4.45	3.70	33					7	16	10	3	0	41			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.149	.52	-0.05%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
6	196	24	Apr 27	KCR	@	BOS	W,10-0	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.62	3.12	25	108	69	23	13	6	10	4	1	0	78			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.303	.31	0.08%	4.25	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	197	29	May 3	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-3)	5	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.25	3.08	28	122	79	21	15	5	12	4	2	0	70			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.381	.54	0.09%	3.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	198	34	May 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS-9		4	9.0	5	1	1	3	9	0	0	2.87	2.93	34					12	10	5	0	0	79			1	1	0	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.38	0.443	.80	0.15%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
9	199	39	May 13	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-1		4	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.83	3.01	5	25	12	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	49			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.017	.81	-0.01%	-0.23	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out tie
10	200	43	May 18	KCR		TOR	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	8	5	4	4	3	0	0	3.15	3.12	29					9	13	8	1	0	37			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.194	.54	-0.07%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
11	201	48	May 23	KCR		TEX	W,4-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.2	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.06	2.97	30	125	83	25	11	12	10	5	0	0	61			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.373	.73	0.13%	3.41	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
12	202	53	May 29	KCR		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	L(4-5)	5	8.0	9	5	5	2	5	4	0	3.33	3.62	33	123	83	20	13	12	14	6	1	0	47			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.29	-0.141	.67	-0.04%	-0.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	203	57	Jun 3	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	7	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.23	3.36	30	115	77	25	16	13	8	3	2	0	69			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.200	.36	0.05%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	204	61	Jun 8	KCR		SEA	W,12-8	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	6.0	12	6	5	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.33	30	91	67	15	9	15	14	6	1	0	27			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.096	.45	-0.02%	-2.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
15	205	70	Jun 17	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-9	GS-3	L(5-7)	8	3.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.88	3.48	17	66	36	9	7	3	10	5	2	0	27			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.240	.13	-0.02%	-3.14	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
16	206	75	Jun 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(6-7)	5	8.0	2	0	0	3	11	0	1	3.58	3.36	28	120	66	20	18	6	7	1	3	0	86			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.398	.08	0.03%	4.82	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a4
17	207	79	Jun 28	KCR		MIN	W,6-2	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	1	3.45	3.28	34	132	86	20	19	14	9	4	1	0	75			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.263	.08	0.01%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	208	84	Jul 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-5		4	4.1	4	4	4	6	3	1	0	3.63	3.50	22	94	52	19	6	4	9	2	1	0	36			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.020	.08	0.00%	0.31	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out a3
19	209	96	Jul 18	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-6	W(8-7)	14	6.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.53	3.41	23	103	62	14	16	5	9	6	1	0	67			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.247	.05	0.01%	2.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
20	210	101	Jul 23	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-6	W(9-7)	4	5.1	5	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.52	3.51	24	101	60	20	13	5	9	4	1	0	52			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.143	.06	0.01%	0.88	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a5
21	211	106	Jul 28	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.38	3.47	30	125	78	24	11	8	11	3	2	0	73			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.590	.10	0.02%	3.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	212	110	Aug 2	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9		4	9.0	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.16	3.33	30	124	89	18	19	10	11	6	3	0	86			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.752	.05	0.02%	5.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	213	115	Aug 7	KCR		OAK	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.29	29	107	72	22	13	12	10	5	0	0	86			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.277	.02	0.01%	5.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
24	214	120	Aug 12	KCR	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS-6	W(11-7)	4	6.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.03	3.32	28	101	67	18	11	14	9	5	1	0	40			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.10	0.176	.05	0.01%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
25	215	125	Aug 18	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-10	GS-3	L(11-8)	5	2.2	6	6	6	3	1	2	0	3.32	3.52	16	60	33	10	4	3	9	4	1	0	20			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.321	.01	-0.01%	-4.61	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d6
26	216	130	Aug 23	KCR		DET	L,2-3	GS-8	L(11-9)	4	8.0	5	3	3	3	10	3	0	3.32	3.67	30	127	77	18	18	6	11	4	3	0	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	217	135	Aug 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(11-10)	5	8.0	9	4	4	1	13	1	0	3.38	3.59	34	134	84	13	28	8	12	3	3	0	60			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	218	140	Sep 3	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	12	0	0	3.31	3.47	34	123	89	21	25	6	14	7	3	0	75			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.08	0.340	.00	0.00%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	219	144	Sep 8	KCR	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.0	7	4	4	1	8	0	0	3.41	3.40	23	96	65	13	17	5	9	4	1	0	44			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a4
30	220	149	Sep 14	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(13-10)	5	8.0	9	4	4	2	8	1	0	3.45	3.40	35	123	81	22	12	10	15	7	1	0	54			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
31	221	153	Sep 19	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS-8	L(13-11)	4	7.1	7	7	7	4	6	0	0	3.64	3.40	33	118	71	23	7	13	10	4	1	0	38			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out d3
32	222	158	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-6	W(14-11)	5	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.62	3.39	26					5	14	7	0	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
							17-15		W-L:14-11	4.4	211.1	192	87	85	75	207	17	5	3.62	3.39	874	3002	63%	17%	13%	0.78		24%	8%	0	57		---%	13	9	0	783	37	5	2	21	4	2	1.03	4.421	.31	0.54%	42.81

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