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: 25-24

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 27

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	262	1	Apr 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-8	6-7		99	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.77	8	30	20	7	2	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.03	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d7
2	263	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	4-6		6	2.1	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.08	3.23	11	45	27	5	3	1	7	3	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.002	.59	0.00%	0.50	4b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
3	264	8	Apr 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.42	2.61	7	28	20	5	2	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.037	.33	0.03%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	265	11	Apr 18	MIN		NYY	L,5-18	7-8		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	2.39	6	19	15	2	3	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.77	7t --- 0 out d14	8t 1-- 2 out d14
5	266	12	Apr 19	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.90	1.87	7	24	20	8	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.019	.16	0.01%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
6	267	14	Apr 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	8-8		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.64	2.95	4	15	12	2	1	0	2	0	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.088	.35	-0.05%	-1.66	8t 123 0 out d1	8t 3 out d5
7	268	16	Apr 24	MIN		CLE	W,13-7	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	2.94	3	8	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.11	0.01%	0.50	8t --- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a5
8	269	18	Apr 27	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	2.93	3	14	9	1	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.033	2.62	0.02%	-1.56	9t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 1
9	270	20	Apr 29	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	7-9		1	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	2.97	9	32	18	4	2	2	5	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.163	.68	0.09%	1.80	7b 123 2 out d3	9b 3 out tie
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
10	271	25	May 4	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	L(0-1)	4	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.76	3.16	4	17	12	2	0	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.368	1.36	-0.13%	-0.84	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
11	272	28	May 8	MIN		BOS	L,6-10	6-GF		3	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.40	2.77	12	57	36	10	2	3	6	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.14	0.031	.09	0.01%	1.92	6t --3 0 out d3	9t end d 4
12	273	31	May 11	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	7-8	W(1-1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	2.67	5	11	8	1	1	2	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.255	.98	0.07%	1.41	7t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out tie
13	274	34	May 15	MIN	@	DET	W,10-2	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	2.73	7	25	14	3	2	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.011	.04	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a8
14	275	36	May 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-8	8-8		2	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.52	3.19	3	11	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.080	.19	-0.03%	-1.32	8t -2- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d4
15	276	41	May 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-5	7-8	W(2-1)	4	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	3.22	5	14	9	2	3	1	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	-0.179	2.59	-0.08%	-0.71	7b --3 2 out tie	8b 123 1 out a1
16	277	42	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	6-7	H(1)	0	1.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.73	3.35	9	37	19	3	1	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.080	1.60	0.04%	0.55	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 12- 2 out a2
17	278	45	May 28	MIN		DET	W,5-2	7-8	BW(3-1)	3	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.95	3.71	7	19	15	3	3	2	3	1	2	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	0.141	2.90	0.07%	1.07	7t 123 1 out a1	8t 3 out tie
18	279	48	May 31	MIN		TEX	W,8-6	7-8	H(2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	3.67	4	15	11	4	1	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	0.204	2.66	0.11%	0.94	7t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
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
19	280	50	Jun 3	MIN		OAK	L,5-8	8-8		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	3.65	3	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.008	.37	0.01%	0.52	8t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
20	281	52	Jun 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	5-8	W(4-1)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.65	3.53	12	46	31	2	6	1	8	2	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.264	1.76	0.17%	1.50	5t 1-- 2 out tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
21	282	54	Jun 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,8-10	7-7	BL(4-2)	1	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.76	4.02	4	15	8	2	1	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.539	1.74	-0.30%	-3.35	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 1-3 0 out d1
22	283	58	Jun 11	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.67	4.02	4	14	8	0	2	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.094	1.18	0.07%	1.43	8b --3 0 out d1	8b end d 1
23	284	62	Jun 15	MIN		CHW	W,5-1	7-GF	S(2)	3	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.50	3.82	7	24	17	1	8	1	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.134	.96	0.11%	1.23	7t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 4
24	285	64	Jun 18	MIN		SEA	W,6-2	8-8		2	1.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.92	3.82	8	32	19	6	3	1	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.004	.83	0.00%	-1.50	8t --- 0 out a6	8t 3 out a4
25	286	66	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	8-8		1	0.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.58	4.10	6	17	14	2	2	2	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.231	1.76	-0.26%	-3.38	8t 1-3 0 out tie	8t 1-- 2 out d5
26	287	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	OAK	W,11-5	8-GF	W(5-2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.40	3.93	6	18	14	3	4	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.106	1.84	0.16%	0.95	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 6
27	288	72	Jun 26(2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-0	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	3.81	8	33	21	3	3	2	5	0	3	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.150	2.34	0.27%	2.49	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 5
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
28	289	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	6-8	HL(5-3)	6	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	3.48	3.75	8	29	22	0	3	1	4	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.135	4.98	0.15%	0.85	6b 123 2 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a1
29	290	82	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	7-9		3	2.2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.28	3.88	13	39	21	4	0	2	8	4	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.02	0.095	2.21	0.12%	0.73	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 2 out d1
30	291	85	Jul 10	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	9-GF	L(5-4)	2	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.59	3.92	7	23	12	1	1	3	3	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	-0.409	5.22	-0.45%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
31	292	88	Jul 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	7-8	H(4)	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.84	5	20	17	3	3	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.222	2.58	0.23%	1.40	7b --3 1 out a2	8b 3 out a2
32	293	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-9	10-GF(10)	BL(5-5)	4	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.83	4.11	2	11	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.28	-0.800	9.37	-0.85%	-3.35	10b 12- 1 out a2	10b end d 2
33	294	95	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,8-11	7-8		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.71	4.04	7	32	20	4	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.049	.71	0.05%	1.41	7t 12- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
34	295	97	Jul 25	MIN		TOR	W,5-4	7-8	BS(4)	1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.76	4.25	7	28	15	3	0	4	3	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.378	1.32	-0.34%	-1.59	7t 12- 1 out a1	8t 3 out d2
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
35	296	105	Aug 3	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-3	5-7	W(6-5)	8	3.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.56	4.28	13	39	25	5	3	5	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.192	2.11	0.16%	1.47	5b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out a3
36	297	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.65	4.48	4	10	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.058	.50	-0.06%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
37	298	112	Aug 9	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	7-8	H(5)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	4.39	8	23	18	3	3	2	5	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.216	3.17	0.17%	1.00	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
38	299	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	DET	W,4-1	7-9		6	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.54	4.54	10	31	25	6	1	2	7	2	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.031	.56	0.02%	-0.09	7b --- 0 out a4	9b 1-- 1 out a3
39	300	121	Aug 19	MIN		TEX	L,0-5	7-8		2	1.2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.59	4.59	10	34	18	4	1	2	6	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.25	-0.052	.22	-0.03%	-1.44	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 12- 2 out d5
40	301	125	Aug 23	MIN		DET	W,7-5	8-10		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.50	4.56	6	24	12	1	4	2	2	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.176	1.44	0.08%	1.30	8t 1-3 1 out d1	10t 1-- 0 out tie
41	302	127	Aug 26	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	4.55	2	7	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.026	1.78	0.02%	0.43	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
42	303	130	Aug 29	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-2	7-8	H(6)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	4.46	7	24	18	5	3	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.249	1.62	0.10%	1.00	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
Sept				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
43	304	134	Sep 2	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	6-8	H(7)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	4.39	7	21	16	5	2	4	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.182	.43	0.03%	1.23	6t 12- 1 out a2	8t -2- 1 out a3
44	305	139	Sep 7	MIN		SEA	L,1-2	9-9		4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.39	4.38	3	6	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	-0.339	.54	-0.04%	-1.02	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
45	306	144	Sep 13	MIN	@	SEA	W,2-1	8-8	W(7-5)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.34	4.30	3	11	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.032	.01	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
46	307	147	Sep 16	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	7-8	H(8)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.30	4.25	4	13	9	2	2	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	0.009	.02	0.00%	0.11	7t 1-- 1 out a1	8t 12- 1 out a1
47	308	149	Sep 18	MIN		CHW	L,5-8	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.50	4.41	5	15	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-2.51	7t 12- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d4
48	309	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	4.36	3	10	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
49	310	160	Sep 30	MIN		CAL	W,8-5	8-8	H(9)	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	4.34	3	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.85	8t 1-3 0 out a4	8t 3 out a3
							25-24		W-L:7-5,Sv:3,BSv:4,Hld:9	2.7	74.0	65	29	28	22	43	10	2	3.41	4.34	309	1078	66%	13%	9%	0.57		17%	14%	7		50	34%	3	0	0	277	11	1	4	3	3	2	1.23	-0.354	1.39	-0.22%	6.87

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Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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