Kevin
Appier
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 6, 1967 in Lancaster, CA
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 36 BAL AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 5
2005 37 PIT NL   6 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 36 BAL AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 37 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 36 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 17.0 20 16 2 8 7 8.47 .290 .367 .449 .816 0.0
  TEX AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 2 1 1 4 3.38 .286 .318 .476 .794 0.6
  BAL AL 5 3 .625 39 4 0 0 2 86.0 91 34 9 29 69 3.56 .268 .332 .407 .740 7.4
  TOT   7 3 .700 44 4 0 0 2 108.3 117 52 12 38 80 4.32 .273 .338 .417 .755 8.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 6 1 0 3 8 1.08 .207 .281 .276 .557  
2005 37 PIT NL 3 9 .250 23 23 0 0 0 123.7 140 69 22 45 78 5.02 .291 .357 .495 .852 3.2
3 Years Sim 10 12 .455 67 27 0 0 2 232.0 257 121 34 83 158 4.69 .282 .348 .458 .806 11.2
1 Years AAA 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 6 1 0 3 8 1.08 .207 .281 .276 .557  
Season Average 5 6 .455 33 13 0 0 1 116.0 128 60 17 41 79 4.69 .282 .348 .458 .806  
Career Highs 7 9 .700 44 23 0 0 2 123.7 140 69 22 45 80 5.02 .291 .357 .495 .852  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   121 56 15 31 88   .260 .306 .417 .724
vs LH   136 65 18 52 70   .306 .378 .494 .873
Home 3 5 .375 29 15 0 0 0 117.3 119 53 17 41 74 4.07 .265 .327 .443 .770
Away 7 7 .500 38 13 0 0 2 114.7 138 68 16 42 84 5.34 .299 .358 .466 .824
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 8 8 0 0 0 40.3 50 29 9 17 22 6.47 .316 .383 .576 .959
May 2 2 .500 11 7 0 0 2 43.7 47 24 4 20 30 4.95 .280 .356 .440 .797
June 2 3 .400 15 5 0 0 0 54.7 66 25 9 17 33 4.12 .297 .347 .473 .820
July 1 2 .333 12 5 0 0 0 43.0 47 22 5 10 33 4.60 .276 .317 .424 .740
August 3 3 .500 13 3 0 0 0 38.7 37 19 5 10 31 4.42 .250 .297 .392 .689
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 11.7 10 2 1 9 9 1.54 .227 .358 .318 .677
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 37 PIT NL 23 39 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .077 .098 .103 .200 -1.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 23 39 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .077 .098 .103 .200 -1.1 0.0
162 Game Average 274 7 21 7 0 0 21 0 0 7 63 .077 .098 .103 .200 -8.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   28 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .071 .100 .107 .207 -0.9
vs LH   11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Home 13 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.5
Away 10 17 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .118 .158 .176 .334 0.1
RISP   12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .083 .077 .083 .160 -0.6
Mar/Apr 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
May 6 13 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .231 .385 0.2
June 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 .091 .100 .191 -0.4
July 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
August 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 36 KCA AL P 4 0 17.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12    
  TEX AL P 1 0 5.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
  BAL AL P 39 4 86.0 3 14 1 1 .944 1.78    
  TOT   P 44 4 108.3 4 18 1 1 .957 1.83    
2005 37 PIT NL P 23 23 123.7 12 17 0 1 1.000 2.11    
Career Totals   67 27 232.0 16 35 1 2 .981 1.98    
Career Highs   44 23 123.7 12 18 1 1 1.000 2.11    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2004 36 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 1 0 0 27.00 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 1 0 0 27.00 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
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History
Earned first career win on 4/15/2004
Traded from Kansas City to Texas on 5/7/2004 (Going to KCA: SS Marshall McDougall, P Jay Powell. Going to TEX: P Kevin Appier)
Traded from Texas to Baltimore on 5/23/2004 (Going to BAL: P Mike Mussina, P Kevin Appier. Going to TEX: P Sidney Ponson, P John Maine, P Chris Ray, LF Nick Markakis)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/9/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $5,540,000 per year
Released by Pittsburgh on 2/20/2005
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/28/2005 to a minor league deal
Had first career hit (double) on 5/2/2005, off Jeff Suppan (STL)
Released by Pittsburgh on 8/16/2005