Kevin Tapani

Position: Starting 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)

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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Career

WAR

29.2

143

125

ERA

4.35

361

354

2265.0

1482

WHIP

1.307

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	22		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A-A--AA-AAA	OAK	8	2	.800	2.84	4.10	15	15	0	1	0	0	85.2	93	39	27	3	27	1	56	1	0	2		1.401	9.8	0.3	2.8	5.9	2.07
1986	22	-3.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	1	.000	15.43	23.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	6	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	1		2.571	19.3	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
1986	22	-1.7	Huntsville	SOUL	AA	OAK	1	0	1.000	6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	2.00
1986	22	-0.7	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	6	1	.857	2.48	3.39	11	11	0	1	0	0	69.0	74	26	19	2	22	1	44	1	0	1		1.391	9.7	0.3	2.9	5.7	2.00
1986	22	1.5	Medford	NORW	A-	OAK	1	0	1.000	0.00	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	6	3	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0		1.080	6.5	0.0	3.2	9.7	3.00
1987	23	-0.1	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	10	7	.588	3.76	4.49	24	24	0	6	1	0	148.1	122	74	62	14	60	2	121	5	0	21		1.227	7.4	0.8	3.6	7.3	2.02
1988	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	NYM	6	1	.857	2.43	3.10	27	8	9	0	0	3	81.1	63	28	22	2	23	2	46	0	3	3		1.057	7.0	0.2	2.5	5.1	2.00
1988	24	-0.2	Jackson	TL	AA	NYM	5	1	.833	2.74	3.32	24	5	9	0	0	3	62.1	46	23	19	1	19	2	35	0	3	1		1.043	6.6	0.1	2.7	5.1	1.84
1988	24	1.4	St. Lucie	FLOR	A	NYM	1	0	1.000	1.42	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	17	5	3	1	4	0	11	0	0	2		1.105	8.1	0.5	1.9	5.2	2.75
1989	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	MIN	11	7	.611	3.12	3.84	23	23	0	3	1	0	150.0	151	64	52	10	37	3	93	1	2	3		1.253	9.1	0.6	2.2	5.6	2.51
1989	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	2	2	.500	3.83	4.05	8	5	1	0	0	0	40.0	39	18	17	3	12	1	23	0	1	0	169	1.275	8.8	0.7	2.7	5.2	1.92
1989	25	-0.6	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	7	5	.583	3.47	4.05	17	17	0	2	1	0	109.0	113	49	42	6	25	2	63	1	1	3		1.266	9.3	0.5	2.1	5.2	2.52
1989	25	-1.0	Portland	PCL	AAA	MIN	4	2	.667	2.20	3.29	6	6	0	1	0	0	41.0	38	15	10	4	12	1	30	0	1	0		1.220	8.3	0.9	2.6	6.6	2.50
1989	25	-3.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	2	2	.500	3.86	4.13	5	5	0	0	0	0	32.2	34	15	14	2	8	1	21	0	0	0	138	1.286	9.4	0.6	2.2	5.8	2.63
1989	25	-3.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		3.68	3.68	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	31	1.227	6.1	1.2	4.9	2.5	0.50
1990	26	-2.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	12	8	.600	4.07	4.24	28	28	0	1	1	0	159.1	164	75	72	12	29	2	101	2	0	1	659	1.211	9.3	0.7	1.6	5.7	3.48
1991	27	-1.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	16	9	.640	2.99	3.10	34	34	0	4	1	0	244.0	225	84	81	23	40	0	135	2	3	3	974	1.086	8.3	0.8	1.5	5.0	3.38
1992	28	-0.9	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	16	11	.593	3.97	4.21	34	34	0	4	1	0	220.0	226	103	97	17	48	2	138	5	0	4	911	1.245	9.2	0.7	2.0	5.6	2.88
1993	29	0.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	12	15	.444	4.43	4.91	36	35	0	3	1	0	225.2	243	123	111	21	57	1	150	6	0	4	964	1.329	9.7	0.8	2.3	6.0	2.63
1994	30	0.9	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	11	7	.611	4.62	4.96	24	24	0	4	1	0	156.0	181	86	80	13	39	0	91	4	0	1	672	1.410	10.4	0.8	2.3	5.3	2.33
1995	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIN	10	13	.435	4.96	5.48	33	31	0	3	1	0	190.2	227	116	105	29	48	4	131	5	0	4	834	1.442	10.7	1.4	2.3	6.2	2.73
1995	31	2.2	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	6	11	.353	4.92	5.32	20	20	0	3	1	0	133.2	155	79	73	21	34	2	88	4	0	3	579	1.414	10.4	1.4	2.3	5.9	2.59
1995	31	3.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	4	2	.667	5.05	5.84	13	11	0	0	0	0	57.0	72	37	32	8	14	2	43	1	0	1	255	1.509	11.4	1.3	2.2	6.8	3.07
1996	32	3.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	13	10	.565	4.59	4.91	34	34	0	1	0	0	225.1	236	123	115	34	76	5	150	3	0	13	971	1.385	9.4	1.4	3.0	6.0	1.97
1997	33		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A-AAA-A+-AA	CHC	1	1	.500	2.83	2.83	5	5	0	1	0	0	28.2	18	9	9	3	5	0	17	0	0	0	106	0.802	5.7	0.9	1.6	5.3	3.40
1997	33	6.4	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHC	0	1	.000	4.00	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	32	0.667	5.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.00
1997	33	9.0	Orlando	SOUL	AA	CHC	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	1.250	6.8	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
1997	33	10.5	Daytona	FLOR	A+	CHC	0	0		3.86	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	21	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
1997	33	11.6	Rockford	MIDW	A	CHC	1	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	37	0.455	4.1	0.0	0.0	5.7
1997	33	4.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	9	3	.750	3.39	3.49	13	13	0	1	1	0	85.0	77	33	32	7	23	2	55	2	2	0	352	1.176	8.2	0.7	2.4	5.8	2.39
1998	34	5.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	19	9	.679	4.85	4.93	35	34	0	2	2	0	219.0	244	120	118	30	62	4	136	5	0	7	945	1.397	10.0	1.2	2.5	5.6	2.19
1999	35	6.6	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	6	12	.333	4.83	5.36	23	23	0	1	0	0	136.0	151	81	73	12	33	2	73	4	0	3	591	1.353	10.0	0.8	2.2	4.8	2.21
2000	36	7.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	8	12	.400	5.01	5.20	30	30	0	2	0	0	195.2	208	113	109	35	47	1	150	8	0	1	829	1.303	9.6	1.6	2.2	6.9	3.19
2001	37	8.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	9	14	.391	4.49	4.97	29	29	0	0	0	0	168.1	186	93	84	24	40	6	149	7	0	3	729	1.343	9.9	1.3	2.1	8.0	3.73
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		143	125	.534	4.35	4.64	361	354	1	26	9	0	2265.0	2407	1168	1094	260	554	30	1482	53	6	44	9600	1.307	9.6	1.0	2.2	5.9	2.68
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		36	18	.667	3.13	3.90	94	75	9	11	2	3	494.0	447	214	172	32	152	8	333	7	5	29	106	1.213	8.1	0.6	2.8	6.1	2.19
All Levels (16 Seasons)							179	143	.556	4.13	4.51	455	429	10	37	11	3	2759.0	2854	1382	1266	292	706	38	1815	60	11	73	9706	1.290	9.3	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.57

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	9	.550	3.35	4.13	25	25	0	4	1	0	161.1	161	74	60	12	39	3	98	1	2	4	32	1.240	9.0	0.7	2.2	5.5	2.51
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		6	1	.857	3.11	3.61	26	7	9	0	0	3	72.1	57	29	25	3	22	2	39	0	3	1	16	1.092	7.1	0.4	2.7	4.9	1.77
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		3.86	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	21	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
A (4 seasons)					Minors		18	8	.692	3.09	3.86	40	40	0	7	1	0	247.1	218	106	85	17	86	3	183	6	0	24	37	1.229	7.9	0.6	3.1	6.7	2.13
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.00	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	6	3	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0		1.080	6.5	0.0	3.2	9.7	3.00