Don Kirkwood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: September 24, 1949 in Pontiac, MI us

Schools: Oakland Community College (Farmington Hills, MI), Oakland University (Rochester, MI)

Debut: September 13, 1974 (Age 24-354d, 13,578th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 29-007d)
vs. BOS 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Donald Paul Kirkwood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

4.37

120

374.2

194

WHIP

1.452

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-23

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 18

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	76	5	Apr 10	CAL	@	SEA	W,12-5	7-8		99	1.1	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	20.25	14.74	10	1	2	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.007	.03	-0.01%	-3.57	7b --- 0 out a11	8b 123 1 out a8
2	77	8	Apr 13	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-9	8-8		2	0.2	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	22.50	10.24	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.001	.16	0.00%	0.06	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 2 out d3
3	78	9	Apr 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19.29	10.45	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	-0.303	4.42	-0.22%	-0.55	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
4	79	11	Apr 16	CAL		SEA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	8.14	4	0	2	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	0.145	4.35	0.09%	0.47	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
5	80	17	Apr 24	CAL		MIL	L,9-10	8-GF		7	2.0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	8.44	6.86	10	3	2	1	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.183	.70	-0.10%	-2.19	8t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 3
6	81	20	Apr 27	CAL		OAK	L,5-7	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.14	5.19	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.044	.27	0.02%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
7	82	27	May 8	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.82	4.77	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.087	.38	0.03%	1.15	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
8	83	31	May 12	CAL		BAL	W,7-5	5-8	W(1-0)	3	3.2	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.15	4.74	17	8	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.73	0.013	.49	0.01%	0.97	5t 1-- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
9	84	35	May 16	CAL		BOS	L,7-8	6-8		3	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.11	5.15	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.038	.17	-0.01%	0.07	6t --- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
10	85	40	May 22	CAL		MIN	L,5-8	6-7	BS(1)	5	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	5.74	5.93	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.507	1.33	-0.35%	-3.92	6t 12- 2 out a1	7t 1-3 0 out d2
11	86	47	May 31	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	6-6	BS(2)	8	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.63	5.74	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	-0.066	2.34	-0.04%	-0.34	6b 1-3 0 out a1	6b 1-3 1 out tie
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
12	87	50	Jun 6	CAL		DET	L,0-8	8-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	5.56	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
13	88	54	Jun 11	CAL		CLE	L,1-3	7-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.09	5.34	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.033	.87	0.02%	0.90	7t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
				Player went from California Angels to Chicago White Sox
14	89	63	Jun 20	CHW		OAK	L,1-7	8-GF		8	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.03	4.87	9	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.01	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
15	90	66	Jun 23	CHW		CAL	L,6-10	7-GF		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.76	4.64	12	4	3	0	0	3		3	3	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.165	2.18	-0.29%	-0.64	7t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 4
16	91	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,12-19	3-6		2	3.2	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.13	4.26	16	6	1	1	0	5		1	1	0	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.072	.73	-0.15%	-1.82	3b -2- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d5
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
17	92	80	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	3-GF	W(2-0)	11	6.2	6	3	2	0	3	1	0	4.64	4.16	24	6	9	2	0	6		1	0	0	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.177	2.33	0.30%	0.75	3b 1-- 1 out d1	9b end a 3
18	93	84	Jul 12	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	6-GF		3	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.38	3.85	14	5	4	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	1	0	.08	-0.045	.30	-0.10%	-0.13	6t 123 0 out d3	9t end d 7
19	94	94	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	7-8		12	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.42	3.80	8	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.010	2.50	0.02%	-0.21	7b --- 0 out d3	8b -2- 2 out tie
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
20	95	101	Aug 1	CHW		TEX	L,6-11	6-GF		6	3.2	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.89	3.66	21	4	2	0	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	1	0	.15	-0.048	.52	-0.10%	-3.56	6t 12- 1 out d5	9t end d 6
21	96	103	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,10-12	11-12	L(2-1)	1	0.2	5	6	6	1	0	1	0	6.07	4.02	8	1	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	-0.390	10.23	-0.95%	-4.70	11t -2- 2 out tie	12t 1-- 1 out d5
22	97	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-12	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	4	1	1	2	1	0	6.00	4.23	12	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	.01	-0.003	.03	-0.01%	-2.97	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d10
23	98	114	Aug 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,9-12	7-GF(8)		8	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.02	4.14	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.37	0.01%	0.12	7b -23 2 out d4	8b end d 5
24	99	122	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.89	4.18	5	0	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.11	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
25	100	127	Aug 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-10	7-GF		4	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.76	3.98	11	2	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.54	7t 1-- 1 out d8	9t end d 9
26	101	128	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.68	4.02	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	1.17	8b 1-3 1 out d8	8b end d 8
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
27	102	145	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	8-GF		15	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.68	4.04	10	4	2	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	1	.09	-0.017	.03	0.00%	-1.08	8t -23 1 out d4	9t end d 7
28	103	147	Sep 16	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	6-GF		1	3.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.34	3.98	10	8	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.96	6t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 3
29	104	157	Sep 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.15	3.95	7	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.074	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							6-23		W-L:2-1,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.8	57.2	69	39	33	19	34	6	1	5.15	3.95	253	1.77		6%	2%	69		33	58%	3	3	1	227	8	2	5	6	3	3	.52	-1.214	1.07	-1.83%	-14.53

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