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Mike Kilkenny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: April 11, 1945 in Bradford, Canada ca

Died: June 28, 2018 in London, Canada

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 11, 1969 (Age 24-000d, 12,804th in major league history)
vs. NYY 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 6, 1973 (Age 28-025d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Michael David Kilkenny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

ERA

4.43

139

410.0

301

WHIP

1.490

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1964	19	DET-min	A,Rk	3	6	.333	2.89	13	12		7	1		81.0	66	39	26	1	42	0	84	6	0	9				1.333	7.3	0.1	4.7	9.3	2.00	LAK,CCA FLOR,CRKL
1965	20	DET-min	A,WRk	16	19	.457	3.23	44	34		15	6		245.0	208	111	88	6	150	3	245	5	1	13				1.461	7.6	0.2	5.5	9.0	1.63	DYB,TGR FLOR,FLIL
1966	21	DET-min	AA,WRk	4	6	.400	4.42	32	11		0	0		108.0	96	55	53	8	59	0	87	3	2	12				1.435	8.0	0.7	4.9	7.3	1.47	MTG,TGR SOUL,FLIL
1967	22	DET-min	AA	3	4	.429	2.88	43	4		0	0		78.0	56	32	25	4	51	6	75	1	0	7				1.372	6.5	0.5	5.9	8.7	1.47	MTG SOUL
1968	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	1.66	50	0		0	0		76.0	51	16	14	3	34	3	73	0	0	2				1.118	6.0	0.4	4.0	8.6	2.15	MTG,TOL SOUL,IL
1969	24	DET	AL	8	6	.571	3.37	39	15	11	6	4	2	128.1	99	54	48	13	63	1	97	4	1	1	544	111	3.88	1.262	6.9	0.9	4.4	6.8	1.54
1970	25	DET	AL	7	6	.538	5.16	36	21	5	3	0	0	129.0	141	77	74	10	70	0	105	2	1	3	588	73	3.69	1.636	9.8	0.7	4.9	7.3	1.50
1971	26	DET	AL	4	5	.444	5.00	30	11	5	2	0	1	86.1	83	52	48	8	44	3	47	2	0	4	387	72	4.17	1.471	8.7	0.8	4.6	4.9	1.07
1972	27	TOT	MLB	4	1	.800	3.78	29	7	10	1	0	1	64.1	59	28	27	7	42	4	49	0	0	4	285	88	4.25	1.570	8.3	1.0	5.9	6.9	1.17
1972	27	TOT	AL	4	1	.800	3.45	24	7	7	1	0	1	60.0	52	24	23	6	39	4	44	0	0	3	262	95	4.18	1.517	7.8	0.9	5.9	6.6	1.13
1972	27	DET	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	52	15.40	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1972	27	OAK	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.40	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1972	27	SDP	NL	0	0		8.31	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	23	44	5.17	2.308	14.5	2.1	6.2	10.4	1.67
1972	27	CLE	AL	4	1	.800	3.41	22	7	6	1	0	1	58.0	51	23	22	5	39	4	44	0	0	3	255	95	4.02	1.552	7.9	0.8	6.1	6.8	1.13
1973	28	CLE	AL	0	0		22.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	5	1	5	0	3	1	0	0	17	21	15.07	5.000	22.5	4.5	22.5	13.5	0.60
5 Yrs				23	18	.561	4.43	139	54	32	12	4	4	410.0	387	216	202	39	224	8	301	9	2	12	1821	83	3.99	1.490	8.5	0.9	4.9	6.6	1.34
162 Game Avg.				8	6	.561	4.43	49	19	11	4	1	1	144	136	76	71	14	79	3	106	3	1	4	642	83	3.99	1.490	8.5	0.9	4.9	6.6	1.34

DET (4 yrs)				19	17	.528	4.47	106	47	22	11	4	3	344.2	324	184	171	32	177	4	249	8	2	8	1523	83	3.92	1.454	8.5	0.8	4.6	6.5	1.41
CLE (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	4.05	27	7	7	1	0	1	60.0	56	28	27	6	44	4	47	1	0	3	272	81	4.39	1.667	8.4	0.9	6.6	7.1	1.07
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.40	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SDP (1 yr)				0	0		8.31	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	23	44	5.17	2.308	14.5	2.1	6.2	10.4	1.67

AL (5 yrs)				23	18	.561	4.39	134	54	29	12	4	4	405.2	380	212	198	38	221	8	296	9	2	11	1798	83	3.98	1.482	8.4	0.8	4.9	6.6	1.34
NL (1 yr)				0	0		8.31	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	23	44	5.17	2.308	14.5	2.1	6.2	10.4	1.67