#40 Kevin "Ape" Appier, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Sunday, 6/13/2003 |
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| Kevin Appier
Ape
12/6/1967
35
USA,CA,Lancaster
6"2
185
Starting Pitcher
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| Big League Contract
$ 665,000
2004
11 Year(s), 154 Days (2046 total Days)
79 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 154 Days (2046 total Days)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 6 | 7 | 7 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| Versus RHB | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| Talent | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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P : 4 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6.61 | 64.0 | 76 | 52 | 47 | 23 | 42 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 5 | 41.7 |
| Projected | 31 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 6.61 | 164.0 | 195 | 134 | 121 | 59 | 108 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 6.07 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 132 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .342 | .485 | .827 |
| vs. RHB | 136 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .349 | .684 | 1.033 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.84 | 44.2 | 49 | 33 | 29 | 21 | 28 |
| Road | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.38 | 19.1 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 14 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.98 | 34.1 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 24 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.72 | 25.0 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 18 |
| June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 4.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1990 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3.13 | 152.1 | 129 | 64 | 53 | 8 | 55 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 1.21 | .260 | SEA CIN |
| 1991 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 2.90 | 239.0 | 208 | 78 | 77 | 27 | 68 | 186 | 2 | 1 | 1.15 | .267 | CIN |
| 1992 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2.94 | 229.1 | 207 | 78 | 75 | 15 | 65 | 168 | 3 | 1 | 1.19 | .287 | CIN,NL |
| 1993 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3.21 | 213.0 | 167 | 80 | 76 | 15 | 68 | 163 | 4 | 1 | 1.10 | .252 | CIN,NL |
| 1994 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4.61 | 183.1 | 185 | 99 | 94 | 15 | 70 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 1.39 | .304 | FLA NYM |
| 1995 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 4.60 | 240.2 | 227 | 133 | 123 | 29 | 71 | 202 | 2 | 1 | 1.24 | .286 | NYM |
| 1996 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.91 | 129.0 | 110 | 58 | 56 | 12 | 41 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 1.17 | .272 | NYM |
| 1997 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4.67 | 160.0 | 157 | 94 | 83 | 24 | 75 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .302 | NYM CHW |
| 1998 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6.02 | 92.2 | 99 | 63 | 62 | 15 | 42 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .321 | CHW ATL CAL |
| 1999 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6.97 | 121.1 | 157 | 97 | 94 | 18 | 61 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | .371 | CAL |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6.90 | 73.0 | 84 | 57 | 56 | 14 | 30 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1.56 | .304 | CAL DET |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.51 | 47.0 | 57 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1.51 | .326 | MON |
| 2002 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7.43 | 59.1 | 74 | 60 | 49 | 16 | 33 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | .343 | CHC NYM SF |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6.61 | 64.0 | 76 | 52 | 47 | 16 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .286 | CLE |
| Total | 364 | 308 | 123 | 115 | 3 | 4.40 | 2004.0 | 1937 | 1047 | 979 | 235 | 716 | 1579 | 19 | 5 | 1.32 | .291 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1987, A | 26 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3.03 | 178.0 | 133 | 61 | 60 | 17 | 51 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 1.03 | .232 |
| 1987, AA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 20.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | .218 |
| 1988, AA | 28 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4.02 | 163.1 | 166 | 78 | 73 | 10 | 72 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .313 |
| 1989, AA | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.58 | 62.2 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | .277 |
| 1989, AAA | 20 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4.42 | 130.1 | 123 | 69 | 64 | 8 | 48 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 1.31 | .292 |
| 1990, AAA | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.79 | 80.2 | 73 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | .302 |
| 1997, AAA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.62 | 17.2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.70 | .431 |
| 2000, AAA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 13.1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | .250 |
| 2001, AAA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .267 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1990 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.15 | 17.2 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 14.1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.78 | 23.0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.93 | 55.0 | 53 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 1 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1990 | 24 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .075 | .058 | .133 | SEA CIN |
| 1991 | 35 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .171 | .139 | .310 | CIN |
| 1992 | 34 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .064 | .120 | .077 | .197 | CIN,NL |
| 1993 | 32 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .014 | .090 | .028 | .118 | CIN,NL |
| 1994 | 30 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .167 | .125 | .292 | FLA NYM |
| 1995 | 38 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .080 | .042 | .122 | NYM |
| 1996 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .130 | .095 | .226 | NYM |
| 1997 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | NYM CHW |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW ATL CAL |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CAL |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CAL DET |
| 2001 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | MON |
| 2002 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | CHC NYM SF |
| Total | 352 | 504 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 27 | 252 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .116 | .077 | .193 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 12 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1.000 | 64.0 | 2.81 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/3/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year...
Injured on 5/10/1988 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
Traded from Seattle to Cincinnati on 4/3/1990 (Going to CIN: P Kevin Appier. Going to SEA: P Jason Bere, P Tom Browning, 3B Chris Sabo)...
Earned first career win on 6/1/1990...
Had first career hit on 7/22/1990, off Kevin Gross (PHI)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1990, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA...
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1990...
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game...
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1993, off Roger Pavlik (PIT)...
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game...
2/2/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 6/5/1994 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks...
Traded from Florida to New York (M) on 8/16/1994 (Going to FLA: 1B Tony Clark. Going to NYM: P Kevin Appier)...
2/2/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 4/20/1996 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
7/4/1996: Signed a contract extension with New York (M), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Injured on 7/6/1996 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 8 weeks...
Traded from New York (M) to Chicago (W) on 7/4/1997 (Going to NYM: C Pete LaForest, RF Craig Wilson. Going to CHW: P Kevin Appier)...
Traded from Chicago (W) to Atlanta on 7/4/1998 (Going to ATL: P Kevin Appier, 2B Marcus Giles. Going to CHW: P Kerry Ligtenberg)...
Released by Atlanta on 7/12/1998...
Signed as a free agent by California on 7/20/1998 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year...
8/16/1998: Signed a contract extension with California, $850,000 per year, for 3 years.
Injured on 4/17/1999 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Released by California on 3/4/2000...
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 7/12/2000 to a minor league deal...
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 8/16/2001 to a minor league deal...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (C) on 3/4/2002 to a minor league deal...
Traded from Chicago (C) to New York (M) on 3/4/2002 (Going to NYM: P Kevin Appier. Going to CHC: P Roger Clemens)...
Released by New York (M) on 4/3/2002...
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 4/3/2002 to a minor league deal...
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/4/2003 to a 2-year deal worth $665,000 per year...
Injured on 6/3/2003 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1991 - 2.90 - 6th
1992 - 2.94 - 8th
| WHIP
1995 - 1.24 - 10th
| Wins
1991 - 17 - 10th
1992 - 17 - 10th
| Losses
1995 - 18 - 2nd
1999 - 14 - 8th
| IP
1991 - 239.0 - 8th
1995 - 240.2 - 6th
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CG
1992 - 3 - 7th
1993 - 4 - 6th
1996 - 3 - 5th
| SHO
1993 - 1 - 10th
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