Player Report for #55 Kevin Appier

Player Demographics
	Name:	Kevin Appier	Height:	6' 2"
	Nickname:	Ape	Weight:	196 lbs
	Date of Birth:	December 6, 1939	Bats:	R
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Chicago Whales with the 1^st pick in the 3^rd round of the inaugural draft	Throws:	R
	Current Status:	Retired
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
Robert Moses Grove Award	1966	1
All-Star	1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966	5
Pitcher of the Month	5/63, 7/64, 5/66, 6/66, 6/68, 9/68, 9/69, 4/70	8

Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERC	FIP	ERA+
1961 - CHW (AS)	21	33	33	14	8	0	2.81	247.0	230	92	77	16	67	104	4	0	10	4	1.20	.261	5.6	3.00	4.01	147
1962 - CHW	22	41	41	15	15	0	4.57	248.3	235	132	126	29	79	178	16	0	1	1	1.26	.278	4.6	3.81	4.24	101
1963 - CHW (AS)	23	40	40	20	14	0	3.41	306.3	284	121	116	30	88	219	14	0	12	1	1.21	.277	7.4	3.41	3.91	120
1964 - CHW (AS)	24	33	33	19	7	0	3.27	247.3	215	98	90	26	81	173	3	0	9	2	1.20	.261	5.1	3.17	4.15	128
1965 - CHW (AS)	25	40	40	19	11	0	4.00	288.0	274	140	128	26	86	253	11	0	9	4	1.25	.302	7.8	3.49	3.51	112
1966 - CHW (AS)	26	41	41	26	11	0	2.85	331.0	274	110	105	26	95	240	5	0	18	4	1.11	.258	9.2	2.66	3.63	149
1967 - CHW	27	38	38	16	17	0	3.62	270.7	237	122	109	29	84	192	9	0	10	3	1.19	.267	5.5	3.24	4.11	114
1968 - CHW	28	40	40	25	9	0	3.28	296.7	236	114	108	39	105	229	8	0	9	3	1.15	.241	4.4	3.11	4.43	123
1969 - DET	29	26	26	13	9	0	4.13	181.0	191	89	83	17	59	117	5	0	7	0	1.38	.304	3.4	4.15	4.11	97
1970 - DET	30	8	8	4	2	0	2.97	57.7	44	20	19	9	6	25	1	0	2	1	0.87	.194	0.7	2.11	4.67	133
1971 - DET	31	24	18	5	13	0	5.57	135.7	161	87	84	16	45	63	6	0	5	0	1.52	.305	1.5	5.11	4.80	77
1972 - DET	32	31	15	3	10	1	5.74	127.0	140	85	81	24	34	64	7	0	5	2	1.37	.276	-0.3	4.94	5.45	68
1973 - DET	33	12	7	1	3	0	4.84	57.7	53	34	31	7	21	33	2	0	0	0	1.28	.254	0.5	3.70	4.73	80
1974 - DET	34	31	2	4	8	0	5.27	54.7	53	32	32	10	23	34	4	0	1	0	1.39	.262	-0.5	4.82	5.60	71
1975 - DET	35	26	0	2	4	0	5.54	39.0	39	28	24	7	20	23	3	0	0	0	1.51	.269	-0.5	5.49	5.89	72
w/ CHF (1xPOY, 5xAS)		306	306	154	92	0	3.46	2235.3	1985	929	859	221	685	1588	70	0	78	22	1.19	.268	49.5	3.22	3.98	125
w/ DET		158	76	32	49	1	4.88	652.7	681	375	354	90	208	359	28	0	20	3	1.36	.280	4.8	4.39	4.85	85
Per 162 games		37	31	15	11	0	3.78	232.1	214	105	97	25	72	156	8	0	8	2	1.23	.271	4.4	3.47	4.18	116
Totals		464	382	186	141	1	3.78	2888.0	2666	1304	1213	311	893	1947	98	0	98	25	1.23	.271	54.2	3.47	4.18	116

Expanded Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	BF	PI	R/9IP	H/9IP	K/9IP	BB/9IP	HR/9IP	K/BB	QS	QS%	CG%	GF	GB	FB	GB%	WP	BK	BS	SV%	SVO
1961 - CHW (AS)	21	1030	3646	3.35	8.38	3.79	2.44	0.58	1.55	23	69.7	30.3	0	296	308	49.0	6	1	0	0.0	0
1962 - CHW	22	1057	3905	4.78	8.52	6.45	2.86	1.05	2.25	24	58.5	2.4	0	271	265	50.6	7	2	0	0.0	0
1963 - CHW (AS)	23	1277	4523	3.56	8.34	6.43	2.59	0.88	2.49	29	72.5	30.0	0	338	322	51.2	9	0	0	0.0	0
1964 - CHW (AS)	24	1019	3708	3.57	7.82	6.30	2.95	0.95	2.14	22	66.7	27.3	0	273	265	50.7	3	0	0	0.0	0
1965 - CHW (AS)	25	1211	4577	4.38	8.56	7.91	2.69	0.81	2.94	25	62.5	22.5	0	316	254	55.4	12	0	0	0.0	0
1966 - CHW (AS)	26	1339	4735	2.99	7.45	6.53	2.58	0.71	2.53	28	68.3	43.9	0	367	348	51.3	11	1	0	0.0	0
1967 - CHW	27	1116	4139	4.06	7.88	6.38	2.79	0.96	2.29	22	57.9	26.3	0	271	316	46.2	9	0	0	0.0	0
1968 - CHW	28	1217	4625	3.46	7.16	6.95	3.19	1.18	2.18	29	72.5	22.5	0	282	344	45.1	13	1	0	0.0	0
1969 - DET	29	781	2774	4.43	9.50	5.82	2.93	0.85	1.98	16	61.5	26.9	0	187	214	46.6	5	2	0	0.0	0
1970 - DET	30	224	765	3.12	6.87	3.90	0.94	1.40	4.17	5	62.5	25.0	0	74	71	51.0	3	0	0	0.0	0
1971 - DET	31	611	2177	5.77	10.68	4.18	2.99	1.06	1.40	9	50.0	27.8	4	167	160	51.1	3	0	1	0.0	1
1972 - DET	32	554	1991	6.02	9.92	4.54	2.41	1.70	1.88	6	40.0	33.3	10	141	159	47.0	9	0	0	100.0	1
1973 - DET	33	247	889	5.31	8.27	5.15	3.28	1.09	1.57	1	14.3	0.0	2	64	68	48.5	2	1	0	0.0	0
1974 - DET	34	239	833	5.27	8.73	5.60	3.79	1.65	1.48	0	0.0	50.0	17	62	59	51.2	3	0	1	0.0	1
1975 - DET	35	174	628	6.46	9.00	5.31	4.62	1.62	1.15	0	0.0	0.0	17	35	49	41.7	3	0	0	0.0	0
w/ CHF (1xPOY, 5xAS)		9266	33858	3.74	7.99	6.39	2.76	0.89	2.32	202	66.0	25.5	0	2414	2422	49.9	70	5	0	0.0	0
w/ DET		2830	10057	5.17	9.39	4.95	2.87	1.24	1.73	37	48.7	26.3	50	730	780	48.3	28	3	2	33.3	3
Per 162 games		972	3530	4.06	8.31	6.07	2.78	0.97	2.18	19	62.6	25.7	4	253	257	49.5	8	1	0	33.3	0
Totals		12096	43915	4.06	8.31	6.07	2.78	0.97	2.18	239	62.6	25.7	50	3144	3202	49.5	98	8	2	33.3	3

Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	ERC	FIP
1964 - CHW	24	4	4	2	1	0	2.48	29.0	24	8	8	2	11	26	2	0	0	0	1.21	.286	3.17	3.44
1965 - CHW	25	2	2	1	1	0	2.12	17.0	20	4	4	0	2	12	0	0	1	0	1.29	.377	3.46	2.14
1966 - CHW	26	2	2	1	1	0	1.76	15.3	10	3	3	1	10	14	0	0	1	0	1.30	.237	2.91	4.18
1967 - CHW	27	1	1	0	1	0	2.25	8.0	9	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	1.50	.310	4.10	3.83
1968 - CHW	28	1	1	0	1	0	20.25	2.7	6	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	.500	16.76	9.57
1969 - DET	29	2	1	0	1	0	5.68	6.3	9	7	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	1.89	.350	8.58	7.46
w/ CHW		10	10	4	5	0	2.88	72.0	69	23	23	4	28	55	2	0	3	0	1.35	.314	3.67	3.56
w/ DET		2	1	0	1	0	5.68	6.3	9	7	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	1.89	.350	8.58	7.46
Per 162 games		35	33	12	18	0	3.10	231.6	231	89	80	18	92	174	6	0	9	0	1.39	.317	4.03	3.88
Totals		12	11	4	6	0	3.10	78.3	78	30	27	6	31	59	2	0	3	0	1.39	.317	4.03	3.88

Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	wOBA	OPS+
1961 - CHW (AS)	21	33	82	14	2	0	2	11	6	6	0	8	2	21	0	0	.171	.222	.268	.490	-0.8	.201	32
1962 - CHW	22	41	84	15	1	0	0	5	2	2	0	13	0	27	0	0	.179	.198	.191	.388	-1.2	.154	1
1963 - CHW (AS)	23	40	97	16	2	0	0	8	5	0	0	21	2	29	0	0	.165	.162	.186	.347	-1.6	.126	-1
1964 - CHW (AS)	24	33	95	12	4	0	0	4	7	3	1	11	0	31	0	0	.126	.162	.168	.330	-1.3	.137	-11
1965 - CHW (AS)	25	40	101	11	1	0	0	5	4	2	0	18	0	41	0	0	.109	.126	.119	.245	-1.9	.097	-36
1966 - CHW (AS)	26	41	113	20	2	0	3	11	11	4	0	16	0	34	0	0	.177	.205	.274	.479	-0.9	.186	26
1967 - CHW	27	38	85	9	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	11	0	41	0	0	.106	.146	.106	.252	-1.3	.110	-31
1968 - CHW	28	40	97	11	2	0	2	5	10	3	1	20	1	38	0	0	.113	.147	.196	.343	-1.4	.128	-6
1969 - DET	29	26	58	9	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	11	1	23	0	0	.155	.180	.172	.353	-1.0	.138	3
1970 - DET	30	8	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	.062	.118	.062	.180	-0.3	.085	-47
1971 - DET	31	24	40	10	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	5	0	11	0	0	.250	.286	.250	.536	-0.2	.222	44
1972 - DET	32	31	37	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	0	18	0	0	.108	.108	.135	.243	-0.6	.094	-31
1973 - DET	33	12	17	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	-0.3	.180	13
1974 - DET	34	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	.000	-100
1975 - DET	35	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	.450	182
w/ CHF (5xAS)		306	754	108	14	0	7	50	47	23	3	118	5	262	0	0	.143	.171	.190	.360	-10.4	.142	-3
w/ DET		158	177	28	2	0	0	7	10	5	1	25	1	68	0	0	.158	.185	.170	.354	-2.5	.145	-0
Per 162 games		162	325	47	6	0	2	20	20	10	1	50	2	115	0	0	.146	.173	.186	.359	-4.5	.142	-3
Totals		464	931	136	16	0	7	57	57	28	4	143	6	330	0	0	.146	.173	.186	.359	-12.9	.142	-3

Expanded Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	PA	Outs	EBH	TB	IBB	PS	PS/PA	PA/HR	BB/K	GDP	PwrSpd	SB%	RC	RC/27	BBABIP	ISO
1961 - CHW (AS)	21	98	78	4	22	0	338	3.45	49.0	0.29	1	0.0	0.0	5.6	1.9	.197	.098
1962 - CHW	22	99	82	1	16	0	310	3.13	0.0	0.07	2	0.0	0.0	3.5	1.2	.263	.012
1963 - CHW (AS)	23	120	104	2	18	0	363	3.02	0.0	0.00	1	0.0	0.0	3.7	1.0	.229	.021
1964 - CHW (AS)	24	110	94	4	16	0	381	3.46	0.0	0.10	1	0.0	0.0	3.1	0.9	.188	.042
1965 - CHW (AS)	25	121	108	1	12	0	404	3.34	0.0	0.05	0	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.6	.183	.010
1966 - CHW (AS)	26	133	109	5	31	0	453	3.41	44.3	0.12	2	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.7	.224	.097
1967 - CHW	27	100	87	0	9	0	345	3.45	0.0	0.07	2	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.5	.204	.000
1968 - CHW	28	122	107	4	19	0	381	3.12	61.0	0.08	3	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.8	.155	.083
1969 - DET	29	72	61	1	10	0	226	3.14	0.0	0.04	1	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.0	.250	.017
1970 - DET	30	19	17	0	1	0	58	3.05	0.0	0.17	0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	.100	.000
1971 - DET	31	47	35	0	10	0	162	3.45	0.0	0.18	0	0.0	0.0	3.3	2.6	.345	.000
1972 - DET	32	42	38	1	5	0	134	3.19	0.0	0.00	0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.5	.210	.027
1973 - DET	33	19	15	0	3	0	76	4.00	0.0	0.17	0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	.273	.000
1974 - DET	34	8	8	0	0	0	23	2.88	0.0	0.00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000
1975 - DET	35	2	1	0	1	0	6	3.00	0.0	0.00	0	0.0	0.0	0.5	13.5	.500	.000
w/ CHF (5xAS)		903	769	21	143	0	2975	3.29	129.0	0.09	12	0.0	0.0	28.9	1.0	.206	.046
w/ DET		209	175	2	30	0	685	3.28	0.0	0.07	1	0.0	0.0	7.1	1.1	.255	.011
Per 162 games		388	330	8	60	0	1278	3.29	158.9	0.08	5	0.0	0.0	12.6	1.0	.215	.040
Totals		1112	944	23	173	0	3660	3.29	158.9	0.08	13	0.0	0.0	36.1	1.0	.215	.040

Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
1964 - CHW	24	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1965 - CHW	25	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	.150
1966 - CHW	26	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	.207
1967 - CHW	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1968 - CHW	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1969 - DET	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
w/ CHW		10	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	.087	.087	.130	.217	.082
w/ DET		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Per 162 games		162	324	27	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	108	0	0	.083	.083	.125	.208	.079
Totals		12	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	.083	.083	.125	.208	.079

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1961 - CHW	21	P	33	33	19	41	2	65	5	.923	247.0	2.19	-1.4
1962 - CHW	22	P	41	41	13	27	0	44	4	.909	248.3	1.45	-0.9
1963 - CHW	23	P	40	40	22	26	2	50	2	.960	306.3	1.41	-0.0
1964 - CHW	24	P	33	33	18	30	1	50	2	.960	247.3	1.75	-0.2
1965 - CHW	25	P	40	40	15	35	2	54	4	.926	288.0	1.56	0.2
1966 - CHW	26	P	41	41	19	34	3	53	0	1.000	331.0	1.44	1.4
1967 - CHW	27	P	38	38	7	40	1	49	2	.959	270.7	1.56	0.9
1968 - CHW	28	P	40	40	21	30	5	53	2	.962	296.7	1.55	0.4
1969 - DET	29	P	26	26	11	16	0	28	1	.964	181.0	1.34	-1.1
1970 - DET	30	P	8	8	6	5	0	11	0	1.000	57.7	1.72	0.0
1971 - DET	31	P	24	18	6	13	0	19	0	1.000	135.7	1.26	0.4
1972 - DET	32	P	31	15	7	7	1	14	0	1.000	127.0	0.99	0.3
1973 - DET	33	P	11	7	2	8	0	12	2	.833	57.7	1.56	-1.1
1974 - DET	34	P	28	2	2	5	0	8	1	.875	54.7	1.15	-0.1
1975 - DET	35	P	26	0	1	7	0	9	1	.889	39.0	1.85	0.1
Pitcher			460	382	169	324	17	519	26	.950	2888.0	1.54	-1.2

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	SH	Rank
1962	13	10
1963	21	1
1965	18	4
1966	16	6
1968	20	3

Year	G	Rank
1968	40	10

Year	GS	Rank
1961	33	9
1962	41	2
1963	40	5
1965	40	2
1966	41	1
1967	38	5
1968	40	2

Year	W	Rank
1961	14	8
1962	15	10
1963	20	2
1964	19	2
1965	19	4
1966	26	1
1967	16	5
1968	25	1

Year	L	Rank
1962	15	5
1963	14	8
1967	17	1

Year	Win%	Rank
1961	.636	3
1963	.588	5
1964	.731	2
1965	.633	2
1966	.703	3
1968	.735	2
1969	.591	9

Year	IP	Rank
1962	248.1	8
1963	306.1	2
1965	288.0	7
1966	331.0	1
1967	270.2	5
1968	296.2	4

Year	BF	Rank
1962	1057	9
1963	1277	4
1965	1211	6
1966	1339	1
1967	1116	6
1968	1217	7

Year	HRA	Rank
1968	39	5

Year	BB	Rank
1963	88	5
1965	86	8
1966	95	4
1968	105	5

Year	K	Rank
1962	178	7
1963	219	1
1964	173	6
1965	253	4
1966	240	3
1967	192	5
1968	229	5

Year	WP	Rank
1962	7	9
1963	9	5
1965	12	2
1966	11	7
1967	9	5
1968	13	2
1972	9	6

Year	ERA	Rank
1961	2.81	3
1963	3.41	8
1964	3.27	5
1966	2.85	2
1967	3.62	10
1968	3.28	5

Year	BABIP	Rank
1961	.261	5
1964	.261	9
1966	.258	5
1968	.241	2

Year	WHIP	Rank
1961	1.20	3
1962	1.26	9
1963	1.21	8
1964	1.20	6
1965	1.25	8
1966	1.11	4
1967	1.19	7
1968	1.15	5

Year	K/BB	Rank
1961	1.55	7
1962	2.25	7
1963	2.49	3
1964	2.14	9
1965	2.94	6
1966	2.53	6
1967	2.29	7

Year	RA/9IP	Rank
1961	10.97	3
1963	11.34	5
1964	10.88	3
1965	11.59	8
1966	10.17	2
1967	10.97	7
1968	10.59	5

Year	HR/9IP	Rank
1961	0.58	6
1963	0.88	9
1965	0.81	7
1966	0.71	2
1967	0.96	10
1969	0.85	8

Year	H/9IP	Rank
1961	8.38	5
1962	8.52	9
1964	7.82	4
1965	8.56	8
1966	7.45	1
1967	7.88	8
1968	7.16	3

Year	BB/9IP	Rank
1961	2.44	4
1967	2.79	10

Year	K/9IP	Rank
1962	6.45	5
1963	6.43	5
1964	6.30	5
1965	7.91	4
1966	6.53	7
1967	6.38	7
1968	6.95	7
1969	5.82	9

Year	VORP	Rank
1961	90.6	3
1962	98.8	7
1963	87.0	3
1964	89.3	4
1965	79.2	1
1966	78.5	1
1967	92.1	4
1969	96.9	8

Year	QS	Rank
1961	23	6
1962	24	3
1963	29	2
1964	22	6
1965	25	3
1966	28	1
1967	22	6
1968	29	1

Year	QS%	Rank
1961	69.7	4
1962	58.5	8
1963	72.5	3
1964	66.7	5
1965	62.5	8
1966	68.3	2
1968	72.5	3
1969	61.5	8

Year	CG	Rank
1961	10	8
1963	12	6
1966	18	1
1967	10	4
1968	9	10

Year	CG%	Rank
1961	30.3	7
1963	30.0	7
1966	43.9	3
1967	26.3	6

Year	SHO	Rank
1961	4	4
1962	1	10
1964	2	9
1965	4	1
1966	4	1
1967	3	2
1968	3	3

Year	GB%	Rank
1961	49.0	9
1962	50.6	5
1963	51.2	8
1964	50.7	8
1965	55.4	1
1966	51.3	8

Year	WAR	Rank
1961	4.48	4
1962	3.46	7
1963	6.15	3
1964	4.68	5
1965	7.04	1
1966	8.28	1
1967	4.69	2
1968	3.93	7

Career Metrics
Black Ink	17
Gray Ink	135
HOF Standards (pitching)	30

Similar Pitchers
Player	Score
Lon Warneke	959
Jim Bunning	936
David Cone	929
Charlie Root	925
Denny Galehouse	924
Ted Breitenstein	920
Monty Stratton	919
Red Faber	916
Harry Howell	911
Josh Beckett	906

Similar Batters
Player	Score
P Herb Pennock^HOF	991
P Johan Santana	983
P Bert Blyleven	982
P Jimmy Key	981
P Vida Blue	979
P Luis Tiant, Jr.	978
P John Smoltz	975
P Webster McDonald	975
P Dazzy Vance^HOF	972
P Andy Cooper	972

Trades
Date	Traded By	With	Traded To	For
November 2nd, 1968	Chicago Whales	-	Detroit Stars	-