Kevin Tapani

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) and the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI).

High School: Escanaba HS (Escanaba, MI)

School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Debut: July 4, 1989 (Age 25-136d, 15,637th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2001 (Age 37-221d)
vs. HOU 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Kevin Ray Tapani

Pronunciation: \TAP-ah-nee\

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1991 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

143

125

ERA

4.35

361

354

2265.0

1482

WHIP

1.307

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-16 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 0

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 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	165	2	Apr 27	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	GS-5		99	5.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.40	5.10	21	85	57	14	11	7	10	5	0	0	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.031	.89	-0.02%	-0.13	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
2	166	6	May 2	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	9	2	0	4.15	4.72	30	93	67	23	12	9	11	3	0	0	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.077	.79	0.05%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
3	167	11	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-3		4	2.2	6	6	4	1	1	2	0	5.74	6.17	16	55	34	10	5	4	10	5	0	0	26			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.411	1.07	-0.26%	-4.40	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d4
4	168	15	May 12	MIN		OAK	W,9-5	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.1	9	4	4	2	0	1	0	5.73	6.15	29	100	62	12	7	14	13	6	3	0	37			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.033	.63	-0.01%	-0.96	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
5	169	20	May 17	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.0	9	3	3	2	5	2	0	5.28	6.17	31	115	73	28	11	9	15	5	1	0	50			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.239	.47	0.09%	1.02	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a4
6	170	24	May 21	MIN		SEA	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	7.0	6	4	4	1	6	0	0	5.25	5.33	28	114	73	15	11	11	10	7	0	0	54			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.053	.55	-0.02%	0.39	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
7	171	28	May 26	MIN		TEX	L,5-6	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.1	10	6	5	3	2	2	0	5.66	5.79	27	99	57	11	5	12	10	4	0	0	25			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.374	.42	-0.11%	-3.29	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
8	172	32	May 30	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	7.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	5.59	5.57	31	117	76	15	10	15	11	7	2	0	44			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.056	.27	-0.01%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
9	173	36	Jun 3	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	4.71	4.86	32	116	82	27	11	10	13	8	2	0	84			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.468	.15	0.05%	5.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	174	40	Jun 8	MIN		DET	W,9-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	8.0	6	2	0	0	7	0	0	4.13	4.43	32	120	82	19	16	10	15	7	1	0	73			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.167	.07	0.01%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
11	175	45	Jun 13	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	6.0	11	7	7	2	7	2	0	4.67	4.57	30	97	64	14	15	8	13	5	0	0	27			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.316	.02	-0.01%	-3.62	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
12	176	49	Jun 18	MIN	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	L(4-6)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.41	4.38	34	125	83	26	9	15	15	5	4	0	61			1	0	0	31	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	0.144	.03	0.00%	2.59	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out d1
13	177	53	Jun 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	6.0	5	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.52	4.43	25	85	53	8	9	8	9	3	0	0	48			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.11	-0.055	.03	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
14	178	57	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-8)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.56	4.60	28	89	54	12	4	17	8	2	0	0	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.078	.01	0.00%	0.02	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
15	179	62	Jul 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-9	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	6.0	6	5	5	6	3	1	1	4.74	4.80	27	106	57	14	10	10	7	4	0	0	37			3	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.41	-0.124	.01	0.00%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
16	180	67	Jul 8	MIN		BOS	W,9-5	GS-8		4	7.1	5	5	5	2	6	1	2	4.84	4.80	31					7	13	4	2	1	52			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.71	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out tie
17	181	69	Jul 13	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-10)	4	6.1	11	5	4	2	3	0	0	4.89	4.71	30	105	65	9	8	13	12	7	1	0	34			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	1	0	.80	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out d3
18	182	74	Jul 18	MIN		TOR	L,0-7	GS-7	L(4-11)	4	6.0	10	6	6	0	7	2	0	5.10	4.73	28	110	72	11	17	11	10	3	0	0	35			1	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-2.57	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d5
19	183	79	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-11)	4	6.1	11	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.05	4.67	32	110	67	14	8	8	18	7	1	0	39			2	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	1	0	.62	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start a 4	7b 1-3 1 out a5
20	184	84	Jul 28	MIN		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(6-11)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	1	4.92	4.68	37	127	86	21	12	17	14	10	2	0	60			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.406	.00	0.00%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Dodgers
21	185	89	Aug 2	LAD	@	COL	W,10-7	GS-6	W(7-11)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	2	0	5.03	4.75	28	88	59	14	7	7	15	6	0	0	38			0	0	0	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.038	2.75	-0.06%	-1.03	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
22	186	94	Aug 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.85	4.73	27	122	74	15	3	14	7	3	3	0	63			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	0.323	1.98	0.31%	2.44	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
23	187	99	Aug 12	LAD		PIT	W,11-10	GS-5		4	4.1	12	7	7	1	3	0	0	5.13	4.66	25	93	56	13	8	9	12	9	1	0	13			1	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.392	2.07	-0.46%	-3.81	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
24	188	104	Aug 17	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS-4	L(7-12)	4	4.0	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	5.11	4.70	18	52	36	6	4	11	7	5	0	0	36			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.347	2.00	-0.41%	-2.96	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
25	189	109	Aug 22	LAD	@	MON	W,7-4	GS-1		4	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.13	4.71	4	22	13	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	48			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.050	2.27	-0.07%	-0.47	1b start a 1	1b 3 out tie
26	190	114	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-1	GS-8	W(8-12)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	0	4.94	4.60	29	123	83	23	11	10	10	1	3	0	77			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	0.270	1.73	0.42%	3.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
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
27	191	119	Sep 2	LAD		MON	L,8-9	GS-2	L(8-13)	5	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.16	4.67	12	35	22	4	2	3	7	5	0	0	21			1	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.361	2.13	-0.57%	-4.54	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d5
28	192	122	Sep 5	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.10	4.63	7	30	17	3	4	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.158	4.75	0.28%	0.94	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
29	193	125	Sep 9	LAD	@	PIT	W,11-2	GS-8	W(9-13)	3	8.0	6	2	1	1	8	0	0	4.92	4.49	32	115	72	16	16	12	11	3	1	0	71			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	.71	0.175	1.98	0.29%	2.18	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a7
30	194	131	Sep 16	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-4		6	4.0	6	2	1	0	6	1	1	4.86	4.48	20	67	43	8	6	7	6	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.041	3.08	-0.06%	0.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
31	195	133	Sep 19	LAD		SFG	L,2-7	6-6		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.88	4.55	5					2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.024	.54	-0.05%	-0.53	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
32	196	136	Sep 22	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	GS-5		2	4.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.97	4.52	23	99	60	14	7	7	9	5	1	0	31			1	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.158	5.05	-0.36%	-1.74	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a1
33	197	141	Sep 27	LAD		COL	W,7-4	GS-6	W(10-13)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.96	4.54	25	81	52	10	11	15	7	2	2	0	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.035	7.05	0.14%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
							17-16		W-L:10-13	3.8	190.2	227	116	105	48	131	29	5	4.96	4.54	834	2895	64%	15%	9%	0.96		23%	5%	2	47	0	---%	21	4	0	770	55	3	4	15	5	7	.95	-0.958	1.07	-0.83%	-9.58

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