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

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-35

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 44, Entered with runners on base: 38

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	87	1	Apr 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-6	5-GF(8)		99	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.18	13	5	6	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.050	.43	0.04%	1.97	5b --3 0 out d2	8b end d 3
2	88	4	Apr 12	OAK		CAL	W,15-6	7-GF		2	2.2	2	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.40	4.63	12	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.008	.03	0.01%	-2.81	7t --- 1 out a5	9t end a 9
3	89	7	Apr 15	OAK		SEA	W,7-4	7-8	H(1)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.40	5.44	8	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.037	2.09	0.03%	-0.28	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 2 out a1
4	90	8	Apr 16	OAK		SEA	W,9-7	7-8	H(2)	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.23	5.78	7	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.164	2.11	0.14%	0.92	7t 12- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a2
5	91	12	Apr 21	OAK		MIN	L,0-2	8-GF		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	5.43	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.038	.77	0.04%	0.89	8t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
6	92	14	Apr 23	OAK	@	CAL	W,14-9	5-7	W(1-0)	1	2.1	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	5.14	5.97	11	2	4	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.025	1.87	-0.02%	-1.11	5b 1-3 1 out a3	7b -2- 2 out a2
7	93	16	Apr 25	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	8-9	L(1-1)	1	0.2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.52	5.89	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.095	5.50	0.11%	0.44	8b 12- 2 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
8	94	17	Apr 26	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-8	7-GF	L(1-2)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.63	6.31	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.202	3.22	-0.21%	-0.22	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end d 1
9	95	20	Apr 29	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	6-8		2	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.91	6.07	9	2	3	0	0	1		3	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.10	0.128	1.24	0.09%	1.99	6t 123 0 out d1	8t --- 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	96	22	May 1	OAK		MIL	L,4-7	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	5.95	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.035	1.01	0.02%	0.37	7t 1-- 0 out d1	7t 1-3 2 out d1
11	97	23	May 2	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	8-GF	W(2-2)	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.35	5.64	7	1	2	1	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.167	.94	0.08%	1.84	8t -23 1 out d1	9t end d 1
12	98	25	May 4	OAK		BOS	L,4-5	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	5.41	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.13	0.01%	0.85	8t 1-- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
13	99	28	May 8	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	6-7	H(3)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	5.13	5	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.281	1.29	0.12%	1.50	6b --3 1 out a1	7b 3 out a1
14	100	29	May 10	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-5	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.18	5.64	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.523	1.12	-0.26%	-2.55	7b 12- 2 out a2	7b 3 out d1
15	101	34	May 17	OAK		DET	L,2-10	7-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.01	5.64	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	7t --- 0 out d10	7t 3 out d10
16	102	35	May 18	OAK		DET	L,6-9	7-GF		0	2.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.95	5.32	11	1	4	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.22	-0.008	.20	-0.01%	0.44	7t 1-- 1 out d4	9t end d 3
17	103	38	May 22	OAK		BAL	L,0-3	8-GF		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.77	5.13	5	0	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.17	0.01%	0.69	8t 1-- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
18	104	39	May 23	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	7-8	H(4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.56	4.96	6	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.184	1.49	0.11%	0.84	7t --- 0 out a1	8t --- 2 out a1
19	105	41	May 25	OAK		NYY	W,8-7	7-7	H(5)	1	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.06	5.43	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.152	1.24	-0.09%	-1.75	7t --- 0 out a3	7t 1-- 2 out a1
20	106	45	May 30	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.71	5.15	11	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.122	.88	0.09%	1.52	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
21	107	50	Jun 4	OAK	@	NYY	W,2-0	7-8	H(6)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.50	4.91	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.170	1.21	0.11%	1.00	7b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
22	108	51	Jun 7	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	7-9	BS(2)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.58	4.73	8	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.350	2.36	-0.26%	-1.25	7t -2- 1 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out tie
23	109	52	Jun 8	OAK		TEX	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.83	4.83	9	0	5	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.152	.97	0.10%	-0.31	7t 123 2 out a3	9t end a 1
24	110	55	Jun 10	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	8-10		1	2.2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.59	4.82	13	2	3	0	0	3		1	0	1	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.27	0.232	3.42	0.21%	1.37	8t 1-- 0 out d1	10t 12- 2 out tie
25	111	59	Jun 15	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-6	6-8		4	2.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.83	4.77	12	0	4	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.67	-0.052	1.80	-0.03%	-1.60	6b 123 1 out a6	8b 1-3 1 out a3
26	112	62	Jun 18	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	12-GF(13)	L(2-3)	2	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.94	4.98	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	-0.213	6.31	-0.26%	-0.47	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
27	113	63	Jun 19	OAK	@	CHW	L,7-8	9-11		0	2.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.75	4.95	10	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	0.324	4.26	0.34%	1.17	9b --- 2 out tie	11b 3 out tie
28	114	66	Jun 22	OAK		CLE	W,6-4	5-8		2	3.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.48	4.64	11	1	6	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.311	1.61	0.27%	2.95	5t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out tie
29	115	69	Jun 25	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	12-GF(13)	W(3-3)	2	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.52	4.60	10	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.50	-0.179	5.07	-0.22%	-0.06	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
30	116	71	Jun 28	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-7	7-GF(8)	L(3-4)	2	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.76	4.79	7	1	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.278	2.21	-0.29%	-1.04	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 2
31	117	72	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-6	5-6		0	1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.78	8	1	4	0	0	2		1	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.048	1.36	0.05%	1.15	5b -2- 0 out d3	6b 1-3 2 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
32	118	74	Jul 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-3	8-8	W(4-4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	4.75	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.051	1.54	0.07%	0.89	8b 1-- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
33	119	78	Jul 5	OAK		TOR	L,2-8	4-5		3	1.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.97	4.80	9	0	4	1	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.126	1.08	-0.15%	-1.91	4t -23 1 out d2	5t 123 2 out d4
34	120	83	Jul 10	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	7-8	H(7)	4	1.1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.18	4.82	7	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.078	1.83	0.06%	0.44	7t 1-- 0 out a2	8t 12- 1 out a3
35	121	87	Jul 14	OAK		MIL	W,11-2	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.92	4.61	16	1	7	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.055	.24	0.05%	3.71	6t 123 0 out a7	9t end a 9
36	122	89	Jul 19	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-5	6-7		4	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.97	4.66	7	0	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.003	.37	0.00%	-0.02	6b 12- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d5
37	123	91	Jul 21	OAK	@	TOR	L,4-11	7-7		1	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.48	4.64	6	1	1	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	.52	-0.169	.75	-0.15%	-3.41	7b 1-- 0 out d1	7b -2- 2 out d5
38	124	92	Jul 22	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.48	4.54	10	1	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.038	.66	0.03%	1.07	7b 12- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
39	125	96	Jul 26	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-3	7-GF	S(3)	3	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.54	4.48	14	5	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.022	.71	0.02%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
40	126	112	Aug 13	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-8	3-8		17	4.2	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.50	4.45	21	1	8	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.016	.14	0.01%	0.09	3b 12- 1 out d6	8b 12- 0 out d7
41	127	116	Aug 17	OAK	@	CAL	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.44	4.44	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
42	128	119	Aug 20	OAK		DET	L,1-4	8-GF		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.41	5	0	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.017	.18	0.01%	0.78	8t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
43	129	121	Aug 22	OAK		DET	L,3-5	10-13	L(4-5)	1	3.1	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.41	4.50	14	1	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.048	2.54	0.04%	0.38	10t --- 0 out tie	13t 1-- 1 out d1
44	130	123	Aug 24	OAK		BAL	L,3-4	11-11	L(4-6)	1	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.59	4.55	6	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.98	-0.431	2.41	-0.16%	-2.01	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 1-3 2 out d2
45	131	128	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	W,8-3	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.54	4.51	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.08	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
46	132	130	Sep 1	OAK	@	DET	L,3-14	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.32	7b -2- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
47	133	131	Sep 2	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-12	4-7		0	3.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.34	4.36	10	3	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.024	.08	0.01%	1.92	4b 12- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
48	134	134	Sep 5	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-7	6-7	L(4-7)	2	1.2	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.57	4.52	9	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.05	-0.135	.39	-0.03%	-0.77	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 123 2 out d1
49	135	138	Sep 9	OAK		TEX	L,1-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.48	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.016	.01	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
50	136	139	Sep 10	OAK		TEX	W,10-3	6-7	H(8)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.43	4.42	5	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.135	.01	0.00%	0.97	6t 1-- 1 out a2	7t 3 out a2
51	137	141	Sep 13	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	8-GF		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.40	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
52	138	144	Sep 15(2)	OAK		KCR	L,2-7	5-6		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.37	4.44	8	1	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-1.08	5t 12- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d3
53	139	145	Sep 17	OAK	@	CLE	L,8-15	6-7		1	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.53	4.56	4	0	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-1.79	6b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 1-- 1 out d4
54	140	149	Sep 22	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-7	6-8		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.39	4.48	9	1	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.59	6b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out tie
55	141	153	Sep 26	OAK		CHW	L,7-11	6-7		3	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.41	4.58	6	2	3	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-1.38	6t 1-3 1 out d7	7t 3 out d10
56	142	156	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	5-GF		2	4.2	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	4.30	4.53	15	2	6	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.53	5t -2- 1 out d2	9t end d 3
							21-35		W-L:4-7,Sv:3,BSv:2,Hld:8	1.9	104.2	89	51	50	42	77	17	0	4.30	4.53	435	0.42		4%	0%	89		63	27%	9	6	0	386	22	1	9	4	4	3	.99	0.224	1.26	0.12%	12.12

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