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: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	198	3	Apr 3	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-3		99	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	3.00	7.51	13	55	33	14	6	5	3	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.081	.87	0.05%	0.79	1b start a 1	3b 3 out a1
2	199	11	Apr 14	CHW		OAK	L,5-10	GS-7		10	6.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.66	4.21	28	98	62	11	12	10	14	7	3	0	46			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.065	1.23	0.04%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
3	200	16	Apr 20	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.78	4.07	29	110	69	14	14	8	12	4	3	0	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.219	.90	0.13%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
4	201	21	Apr 25	CHW		SEA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.65	3.74	29					10	16	7	4	0	59			0	1	0	27	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.04	0.241	1.21	0.17%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
5	202	25	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.1	9	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.20	4.21	27	116	64	16	7	8	11	4	0	0	34			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.054	1.95	-0.05%	-0.18	1b start a 2	6b -2- 1 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
6	203	30	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.1	6	4	4	0	6	1	0	4.46	4.05	25	97	66	19	9	8	11	7	0	0	51			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.058	1.02	-0.04%	0.23	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
7	204	34	May 10	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	3.95	4.00	27					8	11	2	2	0	67			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.241	.88	0.17%	2.01	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
8	205	39	May 16	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-3)	5	7.2	11	3	3	0	9	1	0	3.88	3.78	32	110	71	13	13	10	13	7	1	0	54			0	1	1	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.065	1.61	0.05%	1.83	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out d1
9	206	43	May 21	CHW		TOR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.57	3.81	29	112	73	13	15	11	11	4	2	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.373	1.61	0.31%	3.01	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
10	207	47	May 26	CHW		MIL	W,12-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.22	3.60	36	130	83	21	10	12	15	3	2	0	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.307	1.30	0.28%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
11	208	52	May 31	CHW		DET	W,9-0	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	8.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.88	3.44	30	115	78	16	13	13	10	1	1	0	73			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.200	.51	0.16%	4.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
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
12	209	56	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	3	3	3	0	3.10	3.93	29	119	73	20	15	13	10	3	2	0	41			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.028	1.21	-0.02%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
13	210	61	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.02	3.73	31	120	78	20	16	5	15	6	0	0	71			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.153	.86	0.10%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
14	211	65	Jun 15	CHW	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS-7		4	6.1	10	4	3	2	4	1	0	3.10	3.81	31	108	66	16	9	13	12	5	2	0	41			2	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	2	1.43	-0.218	1.77	-0.16%	-0.43	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
15	212	70	Jun 20	CHW		SEA	L,5-8	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	6.2	15	8	8	4	2	1	0	3.61	3.97	37	133	75	16	9	20	11	5	0	0	10			1	0	0	33	4	1	2	2	0	0	.60	-0.265	.97	-0.26%	-4.25	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d7
16	213	76	Jun 25	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.51	3.97	29	108	72	15	10	15	8	5	1	0	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.325	1.78	0.33%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
17	214	80	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	8.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.57	4.00	35	130	84	16	10	11	20	11	3	0	48			1	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.084	1.45	-0.09%	0.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
18	215	86	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.53	4.06	27	100	60	16	8	7	15	8	1	0	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.042	1.91	0.05%	1.82	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out tie
19	216	89	Jul 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-6	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	6.1	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.56	3.99	28	109	69	15	15	12	7	2	1	0	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.262	2.17	0.26%	2.17	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a4
20	217	94	Jul 17	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.55	3.86	32	126	85	23	13	11	10	4	2	0	61			0	2	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.180	2.22	0.16%	1.86	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
21	218	99	Jul 22	CHW		OAK	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.2	8	4	4	4	4	2	0	3.61	4.03	32	106	71	13	9	15	9	5	1	0	47			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.15	0.273	2.14	0.31%	2.11	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
22	219	104	Jul 27	CHW		TEX	L,4-6	GS-7		4	7.0	3	3	2	6	6	1	0	3.56	4.11	30	111	66	17	9	9	9	1	2	0	61			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.114	2.53	0.15%	1.01	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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	220	108	Aug 1	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-3	GS-8	W(10-5)	4	7.2	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.56	4.18	34	132	84	16	11	13	16	7	4	0	48			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.098	2.55	0.13%	1.02	1b start a 2	8b 123 2 out a2
24	221	113	Aug 6	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS-5	L(10-6)	4	5.0	10	9	9	1	1	3	0	3.94	4.39	26	90	58	10	4	11	13	9	1	0	11			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.302	1.13	-0.34%	-5.96	1b start tie	5b 3 out d8
25	222	118	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	7	5	4	3	5	2	0	3.97	4.48	34	123	70	19	8	11	15	4	3	0	52			0	0	0	31	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.06	-0.069	2.79	-0.11%	-0.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
26	223	123	Aug 16(2)	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	7.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.96	4.47	27	117	72	19	11	9	13	5	0	0	60			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.063	1.54	0.08%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
27	224	127	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	L,11-16	GS-4	L(11-8)	3	4.0	8	9	8	1	4	3	0	4.27	4.63	22	75	44	6	15	11	6	3	2	0	15			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.611	1.71	-0.76%	-6.59	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
28	225	132	Aug 25	CHW		TOR	W,10-9	GS-5		4	5.0	8	6	5	2	3	1	1	4.39	4.67	27	102	64	10	10	10	11	6	1	0	30			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.16	-0.124	2.64	-0.17%	-3.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
29	226	136	Aug 30	CHW	@	TOR	W,11-2	GS-8	W(12-8)	4	7.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.32	4.63	31	120	72	16	11	13	9	2	1	0	59			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.113	2.01	0.16%	2.17	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a5
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
30	227	141	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,11-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	1	6	1	1	4.41	4.62	26	85	58	15	17	9	9	6	3	0	43			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.016	2.57	-0.03%	-1.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
31	228	145	Sep 10	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-9)	5	7.0	6	4	3	4	5	1	0	4.39	4.64	30	127	69	17	10	6	15	5	1	0	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.091	3.81	-0.25%	0.22	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
32	229	150	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS-5		4	4.2	6	6	6	5	2	3	0	4.55	4.84	25	96	53	14	7	5	13	5	0	0	25			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.453	2.71	-0.84%	-3.81	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out d1
33	230	155	Sep 20	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	GS-8	W(13-9)	4	7.1	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.52	4.81	29	96	65	13	10	12	13	6	5	0	50			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	3	0	0	.66	0.192	.76	0.13%	1.27	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
34	231	159	Sep 25	CHW		KCR	L,2-8	GS-3	L(13-10)	4	2.1	4	4	3	1	1	1	0	4.59	4.85	14					6	6	2	0	0	35			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.07	-0.321	3.43	-0.62%	-3.27	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
							18-16		W-L:13-10	4.1	225.1	236	123	115	76	150	34	3	4.59	4.85	971	3376	62%	14%	10%	0.89		22%	7%	0	49		---%	10	8	1	880	47	4	5	19	6	9	.98	0.913	1.74	-0.52%	11.93

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