Dana Kiecker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: February 25, 1961 in Sleepy Eye, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN).

High School: Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop HS (Winthrop, MN)

School: St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)

Debut: April 12, 1990 (Age 29-046d, 15,737th in major league history)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 30-218d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: Dana Ervin Kiecker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

ERA

4.68

192.1

114

WHIP

1.445

Summary of 13 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
BOS	13

Platoon
vs RHB	8
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Home	8
Away	5

Outs
0	9
1	2
2	2

7 Opps
DET	4
OAK	3
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
NYY	1
BAL	1

13 Batters
Randy Milligan	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Mel Hall	1
Dave Parker	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Rob Deer	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Dante Bichette	1
Mark McGwire	1
Harold Baines	1
John Shelby	1
Dan Gladden	1

4 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	8
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	6
9	3
78	2
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	3
2	3
1	2
3	2
5	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	7
1--	3
1-3	2
12-	1

22 Runs
RISP	3
0 on	7
1 on	3
2 on	3
Any on	6

Inning
1	6
2	3
4	2
7	1
9	1

1-3	9
4-6	2
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	3
Tied	6
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	5
Tied	6
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	3
0-0	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
1-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	4
1B	2
RF	2
LF	2
PH	1
C	1
2B	1

OrderPos
1st	3
4th	3
6th	3
5th	2
7th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	4

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-04-27	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	BOS	behind 0-3	t 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBC>X	2	4	3	15%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Canseco Scores
2	2	2	1	1990-05-27	Dan Gladden	MIN		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1990-06-14	Mel Hall	NYY		BOS	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	11%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1990-06-30	Harold Baines	TEX	@	BOS	behind 1-5	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
5	5	5	1	1990-08-05	John Shelby	DET	@	BOS	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	12-	5,(1-2) ..BFSFX	3	6	PH	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Sheets Scores; L. Moseby Scores
6	6	6	1	1990-09-03	Terry Steinbach	OAK	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1-3	9,(3-2) BFSFBFFB>X	3	7	2	18%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores; M. McGwire Scores
7	7	7	1	1990-09-10 (2)	Dave Parker	MIL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1991-05-21	Dante Bichette	MIL	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1-3	4,(0-2) CSFX	3	1	9	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Sveum Scores; B. Spiers Scores; D. Bichette Scores
9	9	2	1	1991-05-26	Lou Whitaker	DET		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	2	4	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Phillips Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
10	10	3	2	1991-05-26	Cecil Fielder	DET		BOS	ahead 2-0	b 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Trammell Scores; C. Fielder Scores
11	11	4	3	1991-05-26	Rob Deer	DET		BOS	ahead 4-0	b 1	1	---	5,(2-2) BSSBX	1	6	9	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Deer Scores
12	12	5	1	1991-07-31	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Henderson Scores
13	13	6	1	1991-09-16	Randy Milligan	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 8-2	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Milligan Scores