Keith Atherton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: February 19, 1959 in Newport News, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mathews HS (Mathews, VA).

High School: Mathews HS (Mathews, VA)

Debut: July 14, 1983 (Age 24-145d, 14,764th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1989 (Age 30-167d)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Keith Rowe Atherton

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1987 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

3.99

342

566.1

349

WHIP

1.344

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-37

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 40

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	30	4	Apr 7	OAK		BOS	L,0-3	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.27	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.019	.35	0.02%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	31	11	Apr 15	OAK		CAL	L,8-12	2-8		7	5.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.68	20	7	8	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.005	.22	0.01%	2.03	2t 1-- 2 out d10	8t --3 1 out d2
3	32	14	Apr 18	OAK	@	SEA	L,4-5	5-9	L(0-1)	2	3.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0.79	3.12	13	3	5	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.162	1.73	0.20%	2.19	5b 123 2 out d3	9b 1-- 1 out tie
4	33	16	Apr 21	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-2	7-7	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	3.11	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.056	3.94	0.05%	0.42	7b 12- 1 out a3	7b 1-3 2 out a3
5	34	17	Apr 22	OAK	@	BOS	L,8-12	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.13	4.03	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.046	.36	-0.04%	-1.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
6	35	20	Apr 26	OAK	@	TOR	W,7-4	6-7	H(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.94	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.079	1.48	0.06%	0.52	6b 1-- 2 out a2	7b 1-- 2 out a2
7	36	23	Apr 29(1)	OAK		MIN	L,2-5	5-GF		2	5.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.45	3.52	22	4	7	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.43	-0.030	.88	-0.04%	1.24	5t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	37	26	May 2	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-6	5-8	W(1-1)	2	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.25	3.28	13	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.081	1.57	0.10%	1.21	5b --- 1 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out a1
9	38	28	May 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	3.40	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.008	1.75	0.01%	0.09	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d1
10	39	29	May 6	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	5-GF(8)		0	3.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	3.24	10	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.099	.77	0.11%	2.16	5b -23 2 out d3	8b end d 1
11	40	32	May 9	OAK		SEA	L,1-4	8-9	L(1-2)	2	1.1	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.03	3.48	9	3	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.71	-0.340	3.58	-0.43%	-1.50	8t -23 1 out d1	9t -2- 2 out d3
12	41	38	May 16	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-7	5-9		6	4.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	3.32	17	3	9	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.059	1.46	0.05%	1.25	5b 1-- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
13	42	40	May 19	OAK	@	DET	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.91	3.37	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.20	-0.008	.27	-0.01%	-0.02	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
14	43	42	May 22	OAK		BAL	W,6-4	7-8	H(3)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.12	3.30	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.059	1.41	0.04%	0.40	7t 12- 2 out a2	8t 1-3 2 out a3
15	44	43	May 23	OAK		BAL	L,5-9	6-9		0	3.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.43	3.17	12	0	6	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.52	0.052	.63	0.04%	1.58	6t -23 1 out d3	9t 1-3 1 out d1
16	45	45	May 25	OAK		NYY	W,10-7	7-9	W(2-2)	1	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.05	3.45	8	0	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.093	1.72	0.08%	-2.45	7t --- 2 out tie	9t --- 0 out a3
17	46	48	May 28	OAK		DET	L,2-6	7-8		2	1.2	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.15	3.67	12	0	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.063	.69	-0.05%	-0.83	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 123 2 out d3
18	47	50	May 30	OAK		DET	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.65	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.034	.90	0.03%	0.48	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
19	48	52	Jun 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,6-3	6-9	H(4)	2	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.12	3.53	10	0	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.198	1.65	0.17%	0.58	6b 1-- 1 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a4
20	49	55	Jun 5	OAK	@	CLE	W,4-2	7-GF(10)	BW(3-2)	2	3.1	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.09	3.41	12	2	5	0	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	0.190	3.11	0.14%	1.29	7b 123 2 out a1	10b end a 2
21	50	57	Jun 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-8	6-6		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.23	3.40	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.102	.94	-0.08%	-2.08	6b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
22	51	58	Jun 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	11-GF(12)	L(3-3)	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.31	3.44	8	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.80	-0.222	3.33	-0.16%	-0.42	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
23	52	63	Jun 14	OAK		CLE	W,7-6	7-8	W(4-3)	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.42	5	1	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.14	0.112	1.77	0.06%	0.73	7t 1-- 1 out d1	8t 1-- 2 out a1
24	53	64	Jun 15	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	8-GF	W(5-3)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.12	3.36	6	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	0.300	3.40	0.19%	1.31	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
25	54	67	Jun 18	OAK		KCR	W,10-2	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.34	7	0	6	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.26	0.01%	0.88	8t 12- 0 out a6	9t end a 8
26	55	75	Jun 26(2)	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-1	7-GF		7	2.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.04	3.37	10	2	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.57	0.030	.94	0.03%	0.42	7b 12- 2 out a5	9b end a 5
27	56	76	Jun 27	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-5	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	3.32	7	2	3	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.063	1.16	0.07%	0.61	8b -2- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
28	57	77	Jun 28	OAK	@	TOR	L,6-9	5-6	BL(5-4)	0	2.0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.28	3.40	12	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.33	-0.402	2.31	-0.42%	-2.97	5b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	58	80	Jul 1	OAK	@	TOR	L,6-7	6-GF(8)	BL(5-5)	2	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.69	3.54	13	1	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.528	1.67	-0.50%	-2.46	6b --- 0 out a3	8b end d 1
30	59	81	Jul 2	OAK	@	BOS	W,9-6	7-8	BS(4)	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.92	3.95	7	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.381	2.44	-0.30%	-1.85	7b -2- 0 out a3	8b --- 0 out tie
31	60	83	Jul 4	OAK	@	BOS	L,9-13	7-7		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.04	4.11	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.108	.79	-0.08%	-1.18	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -2- 1 out d2
32	61	90	Jul 13	OAK		TOR	L,3-6	7-8		8	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	4.11	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.076	1.56	-0.08%	-0.70	7t 1-- 2 out d1	8t --3 0 out d1
33	62	92	Jul 15	OAK		TOR	L,3-6	6-6		1	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	4.27	4.47	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.090	.58	-0.09%	-1.87	6t --3 0 out d2	6t --- 1 out d5
34	63	98	Jul 21	OAK		MIL	L,4-7	8-8		5	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.27	4.51	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	-0.276	5.96	-0.22%	-1.66	8t 12- 1 out a2	8t 123 1 out a1
35	64	100	Jul 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-14	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	4.48	5	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.96	7b 12- 2 out d13	8b end d12
36	65	103	Jul 27	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-12	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	4.45	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
37	66	106	Jul 30	OAK		CAL	L,4-5	8-8		2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.12	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.71	-0.292	2.71	-0.18%	-1.33	8t 12- 2 out tie	8t 123 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
38	67	108	Aug 1	OAK		CAL	L,4-6	5-GF		1	5.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.96	4.49	17	4	6	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	.37	0.125	.19	0.04%	3.09	5t 123 0 out d3	9t end d 2
39	68	110	Aug 3(2)	OAK		SEA	W,11-7	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.94	4.41	11	1	4	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.124	.21	0.03%	1.42	7t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 4
40	69	113	Aug 6	OAK		MIN	L,4-7	6-8		2	2.2	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.15	4.37	15	3	3	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	1	1	0	0	.69	-0.154	.50	-0.07%	-2.11	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 1-3 2 out d4
41	70	117	Aug 10	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-6	7-9	W(6-5)	3	2.1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.03	4.30	7	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.282	.98	0.10%	1.21	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
42	71	119	Aug 12	OAK	@	CAL	L,9-10	8-8	H(5)	1	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.13	4.33	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.015	2.26	0.01%	0.08	8b 1-- 1 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a2
43	72	123	Aug 17	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	7-8		4	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.32	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.004	.87	0.00%	-0.10	7b 12- 1 out a5	8b 12- 0 out a5
44	73	127	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	L,6-12	6-GF(8)		3	2.2	6	4	4	2	0	2	0	4.50	4.65	16	2	6	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.020	.01	-0.01%	-3.35	6b -2- 1 out d5	8b end d 8
45	74	128	Aug 22	OAK	@	DET	L,4-11	7-7		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	4.66	4.64	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.51	7b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d10
46	75	130	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,2-4	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.59	5	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.030	.09	0.01%	0.92	7t 1-3 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
47	76	132	Aug 27	OAK		NYY	L,7-8	5-7		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.45	4.52	10	2	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.014	.01	0.00%	1.55	5t -2- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d6
48	77	134	Aug 29	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	4.48	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
49	78	135	Aug 31	OAK		DET	W,7-6	12-GF(13)	W(7-5)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	4.44	8	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.256	.26	0.02%	0.91	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
50	79	137	Sep 2	OAK		DET	L,3-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.21	4.37	7	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.32	0.053	.08	0.01%	2.38	8t -23 0 out d3	9t end d 3
51	80	143	Sep 8	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-5	7-7		5	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.39	4.37	5	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.100	.02	0.00%	-2.69	7b --- 0 out a6	7b 1-3 1 out a4
52	81	147	Sep 12	OAK		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.36	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.41	9t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
53	82	150	Sep 16	OAK		CLE	L,4-8	5-8	L(7-6)	3	3.1	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.59	4.55	15	0	9	0	0	5		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.342	.00	0.00%	-2.33	5t 123 1 out a2	8t 1-- 2 out d3
54	83	154	Sep 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	4.51	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.60	7b --- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
55	84	157	Sep 24	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-6	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.47	4.52	6	0	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.01	8b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 4
56	85	159	Sep 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-5	6-8	H(6)	1	2.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.38	4.50	11	2	2	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.169	.00	0.00%	1.29	6b 1-3 1 out a2	8b 12- 1 out a2
57	86	160	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	L,5-6	7-9		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.33	4.46	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.42	7t --3 2 out d4	9t 1-- 0 out d1
							20-37		W-L:7-6,Sv:2,BSv:4,Hld:6	2.1	104.0	110	51	50	39	58	13	2	4.33	4.46	453	0.40		0%	0%	110		69	19%	4	6	0	402	16	5	8	5	6	3	.90	-0.687	.98	-1.11%	2.60

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