Kevin Appier

Position: Starting 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)

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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Career

WAR

54.5

169

137

ERA

3.74

414

402

2595.1

1994

WHIP

1.294

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1987	19	-2.1	Eugene	NORW	A-	KCR	5	2	.714	3.04	5.03	15	15	0	0	0	0	77.0	81	43	26	2	29	0	72	2	1	7		1.429	9.5	0.2	3.4	8.4	2.48
1988	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	KCR	12	9	.571	2.64	3.40	27	27	0	1	0	0	167.0	145	63	49	1	46	5	130	2	4	8		1.144	7.8	0.1	2.5	7.0	2.83
1988	20	-3.8	Memphis	SOUL	AA	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.83	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	11	5	4	0	7	0	18	0	0	1		0.915	5.0	0.0	3.2	8.2	2.57
1988	20	-2.6	Baseball City	FLOR	A	KCR	10	9	.526	2.75	3.54	24	24	0	1	0	0	147.1	134	58	45	1	39	5	112	2	4	7		1.174	8.2	0.1	2.4	6.8	2.87
1989	21	-5.6	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	8	8	.500	3.95	4.53	22	22	0	3	2	0	139.0	141	70	61	6	42	1	109	2	1	5		1.317	9.1	0.4	2.7	7.1	2.60
1989	21	-7.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	4	.200	9.14	9.14	6	5	0	0	0	0	21.2	34	22	22	3	12	1	10	0	0	0	106	2.123	14.1	1.2	5.0	4.2	0.83
1990	22	-4.6	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	15	3	3	0	3	0	17	1	0	0		1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	8.5	5.67
1990	22	-6.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	12	8	.600	2.76	3.25	32	24	1	3	3	0	185.2	179	67	57	13	54	2	127	6	1	6	784	1.255	8.7	0.6	2.6	6.2	2.35
1991	23	-5.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	10	.565	3.42	4.20	34	31	1	6	3	0	207.2	205	97	79	13	61	3	158	2	1	7	881	1.281	8.9	0.6	2.6	6.8	2.59
1992	24	-4.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	15	8	.652	2.46	2.55	30	30	0	3	0	0	208.1	167	59	57	10	68	5	150	2	0	4	852	1.128	7.2	0.4	2.9	6.5	2.21
1993	25	-3.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	18	8	.692	2.56	2.79	34	34	0	5	1	0	238.2	183	74	68	8	81	3	186	1	0	5	953	1.106	6.9	0.3	3.1	7.0	2.30
1994	26	-3.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	7	6	.538	3.83	3.95	23	23	0	1	0	0	155.0	137	68	66	11	63	7	145	4	1	11	653	1.290	8.0	0.6	3.7	8.4	2.30
1995	27	-1.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	15	10	.600	3.89	4.02	31	31	0	4	1	0	201.1	163	90	87	14	80	1	185	8	0	5	832	1.207	7.3	0.6	3.6	8.3	2.31
1996	28	-0.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	14	11	.560	3.62	3.71	32	32	0	5	1	0	211.1	192	87	85	17	75	2	207	5	1	10	874	1.263	8.2	0.7	3.2	8.8	2.76
1997	29	0.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	9	13	.409	3.40	3.67	34	34	0	4	1	0	235.2	215	96	89	24	74	2	196	4	1	14	972	1.226	8.2	0.9	2.8	7.5	2.65
1998	30		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-AA-A-Rk	KCR	3	4	.429	6.15	6.55	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.1	56	33	31	8	15	1	30	2	0	1	206	1.566	11.1	1.6	3.0	6.0	2.00
1998	30	3.5	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	2	.600	7.03	7.03	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	41	25	25	7	12	1	22	0	0	1	148	1.656	11.5	2.0	3.4	6.2	1.83
1998	30	5.7	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	0	1	.000	6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	25	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	0.50
1998	30	8.6	Lansing	MIDW	A	KCR	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	17	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	11.3
1998	30	10.6	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	0	1	.000	2.70	8.10	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
1998	30	0.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	2	.333	7.80	7.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	21	13	13	3	5	1	9	1	0	1	69	1.733	12.6	1.8	3.0	5.4	1.80
1999	31		2 Teams	AL	Maj	KCR-OAK	16	14	.533	5.17	5.64	34	34	0	1	0	0	209.0	230	131	120	27	84	4	131	7	1	10	926	1.502	9.9	1.2	3.6	5.6	1.56
1999	31	1.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	9	9	.500	4.87	5.19	22	22	0	1	0	0	140.1	153	81	76	18	51	3	78	6	0	5	613	1.454	9.8	1.2	3.3	5.0	1.53
1999	31	1.8	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	7	5	.583	5.77	6.55	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.2	77	50	44	9	33	1	53	1	1	5	313	1.602	10.1	1.2	4.3	6.9	1.61
2000	32	3.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	15	11	.577	4.52	5.02	31	31	0	1	1	0	195.1	200	109	98	23	102	10	129	9	0	6	884	1.546	9.2	1.1	4.7	5.9	1.26
2001	33	4.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	11	10	.524	3.57	3.88	33	33	0	1	1	0	206.2	181	89	82	22	64	4	172	15	0	12	856	1.185	7.9	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.69
2002	34	5.3	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	14	12	.538	3.92	4.25	32	32	0	0	0	0	188.1	191	89	82	23	64	2	132	7	0	7	795	1.354	9.1	1.1	3.1	6.3	2.06
2003	35		2 Teams	AL	Maj	ANA-KCR	8	9	.471	5.40	5.56	23	23	0	0	0	0	111.2	120	69	67	21	43	4	55	8	1	6	499	1.460	9.7	1.7	3.5	4.4	1.28
2003	35	6.4	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	7	7	.500	5.63	5.83	19	19	0	0	0	0	92.2	105	60	58	17	36	4	50	8	1	4	422	1.522	10.2	1.7	3.5	4.9	1.39
2003	35	6.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	2	.333	4.26	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	15	9	9	4	7	0	5	0	0	2	77	1.158	7.1	1.9	3.3	2.4	0.71
2004	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	KCR	0	0		5.30	5.79	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.2	26	12	11	2	6	0	5	0	0	2	87	1.714	12.5	1.0	2.9	2.4	0.83
2004	36	8.8	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	2.250	15.8	2.3	4.5	4.5	1.00
2004	36	11.4	Wichita	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		4.91	5.52	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	19	9	8	1	4	0	3	0	0	2	67	1.568	11.7	0.6	2.5	1.8	0.75
2004	36	7.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	1	.000	13.50	18.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	8	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	22	2.500	15.8	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67

2006	38	11.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	2	.333	4.54	5.05	10	5	1	0	0	0	35.2	39	20	18	0	24	1	26	2	2	4	170	1.766	9.8	0.0	6.1	6.6	1.08
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		169	137	.552	3.74	4.05	414	402	2	34	12	0	2595.1	2425	1168	1078	232	933	51	1994	79	7	106	10958	1.294	8.4	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.14
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		31	25	.554	3.58	4.39	91	86	1	4	2	0	500.2	503	244	199	19	165	8	389	11	8	27	463	1.334	9.0	0.3	3.0	7.0	2.36
All Levels (19 Seasons)							200	162	.552	3.71	4.10	505	488	3	38	14	0	3096.0	2928	1412	1277	251	1098	59	2383	90	15	133	11421	1.300	8.5	0.7	3.2	6.9	2.17

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		14	12	.538	4.33	4.76	42	37	1	3	2	0	228.2	243	121	110	14	83	3	176	5	3	10	338	1.426	9.6	0.6	3.3	6.9	2.12
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	3.57	4.02	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.1	38	18	16	2	13	0	22	0	0	3	92	1.264	8.5	0.4	2.9	4.9	1.69
A (2 seasons)					Minors		10	9	.526	2.74	3.51	25	25	0	1	0	0	151.1	138	59	46	1	39	5	117	4	4	7	17	1.170	8.2	0.1	2.3	7.0	3.00
A- (1 season)					Minors		5	2	.714	3.04	5.03	15	15	0	0	0	0	77.0	81	43	26	2	29	0	72	2	1	7		1.429	9.5	0.2	3.4	8.4	2.48
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.70	8.10	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00