Kevin Appier

Position: 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)

Debut: June 4, 1989 (Age 21-180d, 15,618th in major league history)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.5

169

137

ERA

3.74

414

402

2595.1

1994

WHIP

1.294

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-10 / in Starts: 13-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	390	4	Apr 4	ANA	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	8	7	7	3	3	1	0	15.75	7.03	24	108	59	23	9	6	12	8	1	0	18			3	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	1	.67	-0.314	.86	-0.24%	-4.84	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d6
2	391	8	Apr 9	ANA	@	SEA	W,5-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	2	7.20	6.33	28	101	62	13	12	7	13	4	5	0	58			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.198	1.06	0.13%	2.11	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a3
3	392	13	Apr 14	ANA	@	TEX	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.1	5	4	4	3	3	3	0	6.61	7.62	26	103	63	21	5	9	11	3	0	0	47			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.000	.80	0.00%	0.21	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d3
4	393	18	Apr 19	ANA		SEA	W,7-6	GS-2		4	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	7.36	8.21	12	59	32	9	4	1	7	3	1	0	37			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.206	1.08	-0.15%	-1.93	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	394	33	May 8	ANA		CLE	W,7-1	GS-5	W(2-2)	18	5.0	2	1	1	6	2	0	1	6.17	7.83	23	88	44	16	1	5	9	3	2	0	55			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.191	1.13	0.09%	1.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
6	395	38	May 14	ANA	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.52	7.02	24	95	58	19	5	6	14	3	4	0	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.063	.64	0.04%	1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	396	43	May 20	ANA		BAL	W,7-6	GS-4		5	3.1	9	5	5	2	1	1	0	6.34	7.13	20	97	57	17	6	6	11	3	1	0	21			1	1	0	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.350	.66	-0.19%	-4.31	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
8	397	48	May 25	ANA		TBD	W,6-1	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	5.59	6.78	24	95	63	14	11	7	11	2	4	0	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	0.277	.87	0.14%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
9	398	53	May 31	ANA	@	TBD	W,6-1	GS-9	W(4-2)	5	8.2	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.75	5.99	34	108	72	24	6	12	17	5	3	0	67			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.259	.42	0.12%	3.33	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	399	58	Jun 6	ANA	@	FLA	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	3	4	4	2	5	2	0	4.80	6.01	25	99	60	20	9	6	12	2	2	0	58			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.139	.79	-0.08%	-0.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
11	400	63	Jun 11	ANA		PHI	W,5-3	GS-6		4	5.2	6	2	2	3	3	0	1	4.65	5.83	26	106	65	20	5	7	12	7	1	0	49			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.016	1.09	0.01%	0.75	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
12	401	68	Jun 17	ANA	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	6.0	5	6	6	3	3	3	0	5.05	6.21	25	97	61	24	6	7	12	4	2	0	38			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.248	.74	-0.14%	-2.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
13	402	73	Jun 22	ANA	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS-5	W(5-4)	4	5.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.82	5.92	23	105	75	22	3	3	15	3	3	0	52			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.134	.63	0.04%	1.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
14	403	78	Jun 28	ANA		LAD	W,3-1	GS-6	W(6-4)	5	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.56	5.65	25	91	58	16	5	11	10	3	3	0	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.37	0.234	.58	0.06%	2.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	404	83	Jul 3	ANA		TEX	L,5-6	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	2.2	6	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.97	5.84	17	75	39	12	3	5	9	3	3	0	24			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.390	.73	-0.15%	-3.85	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
16	405	88	Jul 9	ANA		KCR	W,5-3	GS-6		5	5.0	5	3	1	1	3	0	0	4.78	5.64	22	91	60	19	9	7	11	5	0	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.026	.73	-0.01%	0.32	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a1
17	406	95	Jul 19	ANA	@	BAL	L,4-8	GS-2	L(6-6)	9	1.1	7	7	7	0	0	0	2	5.44	5.67	13	41	25	10	0	5	6	1	0	0	12			0	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.43	-0.480	1.06	-0.21%	-5.89	1b start a 1	2b --3 1 out d4
18	407	100	Jul 24	ANA	@	TEX	W,10-6	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	5.28	5.77	23	89	60	17	8	4	16	3	2	0	57			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.173	.22	0.05%	1.63	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
19	408	105	Jul 29	ANA		NYY	L,2-6	GS-1	L(7-7)	4	0.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.63	5.76	8	42	23	8	3	1	5	3	0	0	26			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.323	.38	-0.06%	-3.99	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Anaheim Angels to Kansas City Royals
20	409	114	Aug 8	KCR	@	TBD	L,0-4	GS-5	L(7-8)	9	5.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	5.53	5.61	21	81	51	14	5	8	10	3	2	0	50			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.009	1.26	-0.01%	0.59	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	410	119	Aug 13	KCR		NYY	W,11-0	GS-6	W(8-8)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.21	5.45	22	86	50	12	6	7	12	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.254	1.25	0.27%	3.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
22	411	124	Aug 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-9)	5	6.0	6	6	6	3	0	3	0	5.42	5.76	25	97	59	18	1	6	16	2	5	0	33			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.55	-0.208	1.06	-0.24%	-2.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
23	412	129	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-8	GS-2		4	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	5.40	5.86	9	50	24	7	5	1	5	0	3	0	49			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.001	1.90	0.00%	0.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
							13-10		W-L:8-9	4.9	111.2	120	69	67	43	55	21	8	5.40	5.86	499	2004	61%	19%	6%	0.54		19%	12%	0	45		---%	7	3	0	446	23	4	4	5	1	4	.89	-0.895	.84	-0.55%	-9.72

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