Kevin Tapani

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) and the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI).

High School: Escanaba HS (Escanaba, MI)

School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Debut: July 4, 1989 (Age 25-136d, 15,637th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2001 (Age 37-221d)
vs. HOU 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Kevin Ray Tapani

Pronunciation: \TAP-ah-nee\

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1991 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

143

125

ERA

4.35

361

354

2265.0

1482

WHIP

1.307

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-10 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1994 Pitching Game Log

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1994 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	141	1	Apr 5	MIN		CAL	L,2-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	10	7	7	3	1	0	1	17.18	5.86	24	69	42	6	7	10	9	5	2	0	11			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.357	.82	-0.21%	-5.14	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d6
2	142	10	Apr 14	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-7		8	6.1	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	9.90	4.63	29	108	65	13	6	8	16	6	1	0	38			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.023	.81	0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
3	143	14	Apr 19	MIN		CLE	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	8.27	5.76	28	88	54	16	5	11	13	6	0	0	41			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.053	.94	-0.03%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
4	144	19	Apr 24	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	6.94	5.02	31	101	66	9	7	10	14	6	2	0	50			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.25	0.141	.64	0.04%	0.70	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a4
5	145	24	Apr 29	MIN		TOR	L,7-12	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	4.0	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	7.90	4.70	21	77	47	8	5	10	8	3	2	0	21			2	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	1	0	.92	-0.266	.49	-0.09%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
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
6	146	28	May 4	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-7	GS-4		4	4.0	7	5	5	2	1	0	1	8.33	4.73	20	82	51	14	4	7	9	2	1	0	27			0	1	1	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.256	.69	-0.10%	-2.57	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d3
7	147	32	May 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS-9	W(2-2)	4	8.0	11	5	5	1	7	0	0	7.78	4.12	33	117	79	15	11	8	17	10	2	0	46			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	1	1	0	.49	0.117	.38	0.06%	0.19	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a5
8	148	37	May 15	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	1	6.70	3.90	33	103	68	15	6	8	19	6	4	0	72			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.292	.85	0.15%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	149	41	May 21	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	GS-9	W(4-2)	5	8.1	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	5.72	3.77	35	117	75	19	9	13	14	4	1	0	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.611	1.62	0.41%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
10	150	45	May 27	MIN		DET	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	5	7.1	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	5.34	3.74	27	109	73	22	9	10	12	5	2	0	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.126	.97	0.07%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
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
11	151	50	Jun 1	MIN		SEA	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.88	3.55	30	97	62	7	17	13	10	1	2	0	69			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.495	1.10	0.26%	3.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
12	152	54	Jun 6	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.56	3.71	31	101	62	13	5	10	15	4	2	0	59			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.176	.51	0.09%	3.10	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a7
13	153	59	Jun 11	MIN		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.09	3.63	34	120	80	24	8	17	11	5	3	0	77			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.51	0.285	.72	0.24%	5.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	154	64	Jun 17	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(8-3)	5	4.2	10	7	4	3	4	0	0	4.27	3.62	27	94	62	10	7	7	13	9	1	0	23			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.173	1.43	-0.16%	-3.50	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d6
15	155	69	Jun 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	4.29	3.58	27	122	76	16	7	6	13	9	0	0	49			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.027	1.78	0.02%	1.36	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out tie
16	156	73	Jun 27	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(8-5)	4	9.0	5	2	0	0	8	0	0	3.93	3.39	32	107	77	12	25	10	14	5	3	0	81			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	.85	0.278	1.20	0.24%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
17	157	79	Jul 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-3		5	2.2	9	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.32	3.45	17	57	37	7	9	5	9	6	1	0	19			1	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.359	.84	-0.21%	-4.63	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d5
18	158	84	Jul 8	MIN		CLE	W,8-6	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.45	3.48	27					6	14	6	1	1	45			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.083	.42	0.03%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
19	159	87	Jul 14	MIN		MIL	L,4-6	GS-7		5	7.0	7	4	3	0	6	0	0	4.42	3.36	28	102	69	11	17	10	12	5	3	0	55			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.064	.34	-0.01%	0.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	160	92	Jul 19	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-6)	4	7.1	5	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.44	3.46	30	99	58	10	5	10	13	6	0	0	53			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.052	.18	0.00%	0.68	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d1
21	161	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	MIL	W,10-6	GS-2		4	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.73	3.66	13	50	29	7	5	3	8	2	0	0	21			2	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.387	.08	-0.02%	-4.28	1b start a 3	2b 12- 2 out d2
22	162	101	Jul 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.2	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.82	3.80	29	91	56	9	6	12	13	6	1	0	38			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.134	.14	-0.01%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 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
23	163	106	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.71	3.84	36	133	76	10	14	16	14	6	1	0	62			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.119	.01	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	164	111	Aug 8	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.62	3.87	30	112	73	15	11	15	11	4	3	0	57			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.204	.01	0.00%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
							14-10		W-L:11-7	4.4	156.0	181	86	80	39	91	13	4	4.62	3.87	672	2256	64%	13%	9%	0.78		24%	7%	1	48		---%	16	7	1	621	44	5	0	14	5	6	1.02	0.876	.71	0.78%	7.65

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