Mike Kekich

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: April 2, 1945 in San Diego, CA us

High School: Lynwood HS (Lynwood, CA)

Debut: June 9, 1965 (Age 20-068d, 12,373rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 3.1 IP, 2 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: October 1, 1977 (Age 32-182d)
vs. CHW 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Michael Dennis Kekich

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1965 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-5.0

ERA

4.59

235

112

860.2

497

WHIP

1.530

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 80 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 27 go ahead

5 Tms
NYY	50
LAD	11
SEA	11
CLE	6
TEX	2

Platoon
vs RHB	57
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	36

Outs
2	34
0	25
1	21

20 Opps
KCR	12
BAL	10
DET	8
MIL	8
CAL	6
CHW	6
CLE	5
MIN	4
TEX/WSA	3
CIN	3
BOS	3
OAK	2
PHI	2
HOU	2
STL	1
NYY	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
TOR	1

66 Batters
Ken McMullen	3
Tom Egan	2
Rick Renick	2
John Briggs	2
Boog Powell	2
Tommy Harper	2
Tim Hosley	2
Amos Otis	2
Bill Melton	2
John Mayberry	2
Lou Piniella	2
Frank Robinson	2
Graig Nettles	2
Norm Miller	1
Tommie Reynolds	1
Cleon Jones	1
Mack Jones	1
Ron LeFlore	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Merv Rettenmund	1
Tom Grieve	1
Lee May	1
Willie Horton	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Duane Josephson	1
Andy Etchebarren	1
Ken Berry	1
Tommy Helms	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
Jim Northrup	1
Ron Blomberg	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Frank Duffy	1
Paul Blair	1
Tony Solaita	1
Ellie Rodríguez	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Al Kaline	1
Wayne Gross	1
Dave May	1
Mike Shannon	1
Frank Howard	1
Tony Taylor	1
Lee Thomas	1
Harmon Killebrew	1
Hal McRae	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Henry Aaron	1
Paul Schaal	1
George Brett	1
Curt Motton	1
Ken Brett	1
Mike Ryan	1
Andy Messersmith	1
Bob Coluccio	1
Ike Brown	1
Davey Johnson	1
Chris Cannizzaro	1
Mike Andrews	1
Doug Rader	1
George Scott	1
Duke Sims	1
Tim Cullen	1
Vern Fuller	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Fran Healy	1

20 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	22
Kingdome (SEA)	7
County Stad (MIL)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	40
9	23
8	9
89	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	56
2·HR gms	12

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	15
12-	8
-2-	6
--3	4
123	3
1-3	3
-23	2

140 Runs
RISP	26
0 on	39
1 on	25
2 on	13
3 on	3
Any on	41

Inning
1	11
2	15
3	10
4	9
5	11
6	6
7	6
8	8
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	36
4-6	26
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	5
+2	4
+1	14
Tied	19
-1	13
-2	5
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	32
Tied	19
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	13
3B	13
C	12
RF	11
CF	9
LF	8
2B	7
P	2
DH	2
SS	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
5th	15
3rd	14
6th	12
4th	11
1st	7
2nd	6
8th	6
7th	5
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1965-06-09	Tony Taylor	PHI		LAD	behind 0-2	b 3	1	12-	3	1	4	31%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Triandos Scores; R. Amaro Scores
2	2	2	1	1965-08-08	Tommy Harper	CIN		LAD	ahead 16-0	b 8	1	--3	2	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run; L. Cárdenas Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1968-04-21 (2)	Cleon Jones	NYM		LAD	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	13%	51%		Home Run
4	4	2	1	1968-05-19 (2)	Lee Thomas	HOU	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	12%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1968-06-28	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	LAD	ahead 1-0	t 8	2	---	1	3	9	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1968-07-07	Mack Jones	CIN	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	13%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	5	1	1968-07-14	Mike Shannon	STL		LAD	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	1968-08-17	Chris Cannizzaro	PIT		LAD	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	17%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pagán Scores
9	9	7	1	1968-08-27	Norm Miller	HOU	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	9	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	8	1	1968-09-02 (2)	Mike Ryan	PHI		LAD	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1968-09-06 (2)	Tommy Helms	CIN		LAD	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1	6	4	18%	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1969-04-27 (2)	Frank Robinson	BAL		NYY	behind 1-4	b 5	0	12-	3	3	9	28%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Belanger Scores; P. Blair Scores
13	13	2	1	1969-05-04 (2)	Paul Blair	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	12-	3	2	8	8%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hardin Scores; M. Belanger Scores
14	14	3	1	1969-06-09	Ellie Rodríguez	KCR	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 5	0	12-	3	7	2	24%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. Piniella Scores; J. Adair Scores
15	15	4	1	1969-06-17 (2)	Ike Brown	DET	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	5	19%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Horton Scores
16	16	5	2	1969-06-17 (2)	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	NYY	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	12-	3	2	4	8%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Lolich Scores; M. Stanley Scores
17	17	6	1	1969-06-24	Al Kaline	DET		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	2	1969-06-24	Willie Horton	DET		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	7	10%	71%		Home Run (CF-RF)
19	19	8	1	1969-07-08 (1)	Boog Powell	BAL		NYY	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	1-3	3	4	3	2%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); P. Blair Scores/unER; F. Robinson Scores/unER; B. Powell Scores/Team unER
20	20	9	1	1969-09-08	Jim Northrup	DET		NYY	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	8	14%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	10	1	1969-09-12 (2)	Ken Brett	BOS	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	9	1	13%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	11	1	1969-10-01	Vern Fuller	CLE	@	NYY	behind 0-4	t 7	2	-2-	2	8	4	8%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Leon Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1970-05-09	Tom Egan	CAL		NYY	behind 1-3	b 2	2	-2-	2	8	2	21%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Tatum Scores
24	24	2	2	1970-05-09	Andy Messersmith	CAL		NYY	tied 3-3	b 2	2	---	1	9	1	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1970-05-29	Rick Renick	MIN		NYY	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	10%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	4	2	1970-05-29	Rick Renick	MIN		NYY	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	1	6	5	13%	35%		Home Run (LF-CF)
27	27	5	1	1970-06-03	Amos Otis	KCR	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	6	1	1970-06-13	Lou Piniella	KCR		NYY	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	12%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	7	1	1970-07-19 (2)	Ken McMullen	CAL	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	5	5	19%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Johnson Scores
30	30	8	1	1970-08-08	Boog Powell	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	23%	70%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Robinson Scores
31	31	9	2	1970-08-08	Merv Rettenmund	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	9	9%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	10	1	1970-08-23 (2)	Duane Josephson	CHW		NYY	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	2	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	11	2	1970-08-23 (2)	Bill Melton	CHW		NYY	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	12	1	1970-09-12	Duke Sims	CLE		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1971-04-20	Tim Cullen	WSA	@	NYY	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	1--	2	1	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Shellenback Scores
36	36	2	1	1971-05-21	Graig Nettles	CLE		NYY	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	1	2	5	15%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	3	1	1971-07-18 (2)	Mike Andrews	CHW	@	NYY	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	6	4	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1971-07-24	Tommy Harper	MIL		NYY	behind 0-4	b 7	2	12-	3	1	7	20%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Rodríguez Scores; M. López Scores
39	39	5	1	1971-07-29	Tom Egan	CHW		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Andrews Scores
40	40	6	2	1971-07-29	Bill Melton	CHW		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	7%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	7	1	1971-07-31	Leo Cárdenas	MIN		NYY	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	8	1	1971-08-07	Davey Johnson	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	2	6	4	17%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Rettenmund Scores
43	43	9	1	1971-09-16	Frank Robinson	BAL		NYY	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	10	2	1971-09-16	Andy Etchebarren	BAL		NYY	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	26%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	11	1	1971-09-25	Tim Hosley	DET		NYY	behind 0-5	b 2	0	1--	2	5	2	10%	23%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Horton Scores
46	46	12	2	1971-09-25	Tim Hosley	DET		NYY	behind 4-5	b 3	1	1-3	3	5	2	25%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores; W. Horton Scores
47	47	13	1	1971-09-30	Frank Howard	WSA		NYY	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1972-04-19	John Briggs	MIL	@	NYY	behind 0-3	t 9	2	1--	2	3	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Theobald Scores
49	49	2	1	1972-05-06	Reggie Jackson	OAK		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	--3	2	3	9	17%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
50	50	3	1	1972-05-10	Harmon Killebrew	MIN		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	4	1	1972-07-01	Graig Nettles	CLE	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	5	1	1972-07-10	Ken McMullen	CAL		NYY	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	14%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	6	1	1972-07-23	Ken McMullen	CAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-23	3	5	5	27%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Alomar Scores; A. Kosco Scores
54	54	7	1	1972-07-29	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	NYY	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	8	1	1972-08-06 (2)	Tommie Reynolds	MIL		NYY	behind 1-2	b 1	1	12-	3	5	7	29%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. May Scores; O. Brown Scores
56	56	9	1	1972-08-11	George Scott	MIL	@	NYY	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	10	1	1972-08-15	Paul Schaal	KCR		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	6	5	22%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Scheinblum Scores; C. Rojas Scores
58	58	11	1	1972-08-25 (2)	Amos Otis	KCR	@	NYY	behind 0-1	t 5	2	1--	2	2	8	34%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Patek Scores
59	59	12	2	1972-08-25 (2)	John Mayberry	KCR	@	NYY	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	1--	2	6	3	19%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Taylor Scores
60	60	13	1	1972-09-21	John Briggs	MIL		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	5	8	13%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Rodríguez Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1973-06-01	Ken Berry	CAL	@	NYY	behind 0-1	t 3	1	-23	3	3	8	22%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Grabarkewitz Scores; V. Pinson Scores
62	62	2	1	1973-06-17 (2)	Fran Healy	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	1--	2	9	2	15%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Floyd Scores/unER; F. Healy Scores/unER
63	63	3	2	1973-06-17 (2)	Lou Piniella	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	1--	2	3	7	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wohlford Scores
64	64	4	1	1973-07-01 (2)	Ron Blomberg	NYY		CLE	ahead 8-2	b 7	0	---	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	5	1	1973-09-04	Dave May	MIL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	6	2	1973-09-04	Bob Coluccio	MIL		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	9	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	7	1	1973-09-29 (2)	Curt Motton	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	DH	25%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Grich Scores; D. Baylor Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1975-07-02	John Mayberry	KCR	@	TEX	tied 5-5	t 10	2	-2-	2	3	3	45%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Patek Scores
69	69	2	1	1975-07-03	Tony Solaita	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 8-2	t 7	0	--3	2	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); H. McRae Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1977-06-04	Frank Duffy	CLE	@	SEA	tied 5-5	t 8	1	---	1	9	6	27%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	2	1	1977-06-14	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	--3	2	5	5	18%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Sanguillén Scores
72	72	3	1	1977-06-20	Hal McRae	KCR		SEA	behind 1-4	b 8	0	---	1	2	DH	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	4	1	1977-06-26	Cecil Cooper	MIL		SEA	behind 4-6	b 9	2	123	4	3	3	82%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Quirk Scores; C. Moore Scores; R. Yount Scores
74	74	5	1	1977-07-29	Lee May	BAL	@	SEA	behind 3-4	t 9	0	1--	2	6	3	56%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores
75	75	6	1	1977-08-03	Bernie Carbo	BOS	@	SEA	ahead 8-4	t 6	2	123	4	6	7	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Rice Scores; G. Scott Scores; C. Fisk Scores
76	76	7	1	1977-08-15	Ron LeFlore	DET		SEA	ahead 9-0	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Veryzer Scores
77	77	8	1	1977-08-24 (1)	Doug Rader	TOR	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	---	1	6	PH/DH	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	9	1	1977-09-05	George Brett	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 4-1	t 2	1	-2-	2	1	5	9%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. White Scores
79	79	10	1	1977-09-10 (2)	Tom Grieve	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	8	9	19%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores; J. Sundberg Scores; B. Wills Scores
80	80	11	1	1977-10-01 (2)	Lamar Johnson	CHW		SEA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	61%		Home Run; J. Orta Scores

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