Keith Atherton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: February 19, 1959 in Newport News, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mathews HS (Mathews, VA).

High School: Mathews HS (Mathews, VA)

Debut: July 14, 1983 (Age 24-145d, 14,764th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1989 (Age 30-167d)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: Keith Rowe Atherton

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1987 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

3.99

342

566.1

349

WHIP

1.344

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	MIN		OAK	W,4-1		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,5-6		14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 14	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	14 (5)	Apr 21	MIN		SEA	W,6-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	16 (1)	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	GF	8	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	21 (4)	Apr 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	24 (2)	May 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-3		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	26 (1)	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,0-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	28 (1)	May 8	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-11		9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	32 (3)	May 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,7-10		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	34 (1)	May 14	MIN		TOR	L,4-16		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	37 (2)	May 17	MIN		BOS	W,10-8	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	39 (1)	May 20	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-2		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	43 (3)	May 24	MIN		DET	L,2-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	47 (3)	May 29	MIN	@	DET	L,7-15	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	49 (1)	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,11-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	50	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	52 (1)	Jun 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	54 (1)	Jun 6	MIN		TEX	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	55	Jun 7	MIN		TEX	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	57 (1)	Jun 9	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	60 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	61	Jun 13	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	64 (2)	Jun 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-3		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	66 (1)	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,7-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	68 (1)	Jun 21	MIN		CHW	W,8-6		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	69	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,9-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	70	Jun 24	MIN		CLE	W,14-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	74 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	75	Jun 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	78 (2)	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	84 (5)	Jul 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-12		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	89 (4)	Jul 12	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	90	Jul 16	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	93 (2)	Jul 19	MIN		TOR	W,7-6		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	97 (3)	Jul 23	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	TOR	L,6-8		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	99	Jul 25	MIN	@	TOR	W,13-9		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	106 (6)	Aug 2	MIN	@	OAK	L,5-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	109 (2)	Aug 5	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	110	Aug 6	MIN		OAK	W,9-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	113 (2)	Aug 9	MIN		OAK	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	114	Aug 11	MIN		CAL	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	120 (5)	Aug 17	MIN		SEA	W,4-2		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	123 (2)	Aug 20	MIN	@	DET	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	124	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-11	GF	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	128 (3)	Aug 25	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	129	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,8-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	132 (2)	Aug 30	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-6		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	135 (2)	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	137 (1)	Sep 5	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	142 (4)	Sep 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-10		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	144 (1)	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	147 (2)	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-13		7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
55	151 (3)	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,6-4		7	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
56	154 (2)	Sep 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,4-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	158 (2)	Sep 29	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-7	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	162 (3)	Oct 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-10		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							59gm		79.1	3	12	1	16	0