Kevin Appier was born on Wednesday, December 6, 1967, in Lancaster, California. Appier was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 4, 1989, with the Kansas City Royals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kevin Appier baseball stats page.
"Kevin Appier always had great stuff and a good arm. He had games where he was dominant. His slider was so good that right-handed batters didn't want any part of it. He had a tendency to throw a lot of pitches, which hurt him in the later innings of a lot of games. He just wore himself down. His mechanics were unusual. I'm not sure you would ever take a video of Ape's delivery and use it as an example of great mechanics. For him, though, it worked. Sometimes you had to wonder how he avoided hurting his arm. On the mound he was flopping here and there, kicking and diving, sometimes falling, and the mound was torn up. He was fun to watch defensively because you never knew when he was going to dive headlong or side long. He was a trip. He was a smart guy, very personable and funny with a quirky sense of humor." - Author Denny Matthews in Tales from the Kansas City Royals Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Royals Stories Ever Told (Sports Publishing, 02/10/2015, Kevin Appier, 208 Pages)
Kevin AppierKevin Appier Autograph on a 1990 Topps Baseball Card (#167) |
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Kevin AppierKevin Appier Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1989 | 22 | Royals | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 106 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1990 | 23 | Royals | 32 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 185.2 | 784 | 179 | 57 | 67 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 127 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - |
1991 | 24 | Royals | 34 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 207.2 | 881 | 205 | 79 | 97 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 158 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - |
1992 | 25 | Royals | 30 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 208.1 | 852 | 167 | 57 | 59 | 10 | 68 | 5 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 26 | Royals | 34 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 238.2 | 953 | 183 | 68 | 74 | 8 | 81 | 3 | 186 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 27 | Royals | 23 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 653 | 137 | 66 | 68 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 145 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | 28 | Royals | 31 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.89 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 201.1 | 832 | 163 | 87 | 90 | 14 | 80 | 1 | 185 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 29 | Royals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 211.1 | 874 | 192 | 85 | 87 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 207 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1997 | 30 | Royals | 34 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 235.2 | 972 | 215 | 89 | 96 | 24 | 74 | 2 | 196 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1998 | 31 | Royals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 69 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 32 | Royals | 22 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 140.1 | 613 | 153 | 76 | 81 | 18 | 51 | 3 | 78 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 32 | Athletics | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.2 | 313 | 77 | 44 | 50 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2000 | 33 | Athletics | 31 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 195.1 | 884 | 200 | 98 | 109 | 23 | 102 | 10 | 129 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 34 | Mets | 33 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 206.2 | 856 | 181 | 82 | 89 | 22 | 64 | 4 | 172 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 35 | Angels | 32 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188.1 | 795 | 191 | 82 | 89 | 23 | 64 | 2 | 132 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 36 | Angels | 19 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.2 | 422 | 105 | 58 | 60 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
2003 | 36 | Royals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 77 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 37 | Royals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
16 Years | 414 | 402 | 2 | 169 | 137 | .552 | 3.74 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2,595.1 | 10,958 | 2,425 | 1,078 | 1,168 | 232 | 933 | 51 | 1,994 | 106 | 79 | 7 | 0 |
Kevin AppierKevin Appier Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1989 | 22 | Royals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1990 | 23 | Royals | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1991 | 24 | Royals | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1992 | 25 | Royals | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1993 | 26 | Royals | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1994 | 27 | Royals | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1995 | 28 | Royals | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1996 | 29 | Royals | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1997 | 30 | Royals | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1998 | 31 | Royals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1999 | 32 | Royals | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1999 | 32 | Athletics | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2000 | 33 | Athletics | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
2001 | 34 | Mets | 33 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .113 | .141 | .113 |
2002 | 35 | Angels | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2003 | 36 | Angels | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2003 | 36 | Royals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2004 | 37 | Royals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
16 Years | 414 | 83 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .096 | .118 | .096 |
Kevin AppierKevin Appier Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1989 Royals | P | 6 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.42 |
1990 Royals | P | 32 | 24 | 557 | 39 | 1.2 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 1.75 |
1991 Royals | P | 34 | 31 | 623 | 48 | 1.4 | 46 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.99 |
1992 Royals | P | 30 | 30 | 625 | 41 | 1.4 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.73 |
1993 Royals | P | 34 | 34 | 716 | 41 | 1.2 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.51 |
1994 Royals | P | 23 | 23 | 465 | 20 | 0.9 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.16 |
1995 Royals | P | 31 | 31 | 604 | 36 | 1.2 | 36 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.61 |
1996 Royals | P | 32 | 32 | 634 | 34 | 1.1 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.45 |
1997 Royals | P | 34 | 34 | 707 | 42 | 1.2 | 41 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.57 |
1998 Royals | P | 3 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.60 |
1999 Royals | P | 22 | 22 | 421 | 24 | 1.1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.48 |
1999 Athletics | P | 12 | 12 | 206 | 11 | 0.9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.44 |
2000 Athletics | P | 31 | 31 | 586 | 23 | 0.7 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 1.01 |
2001 Mets | P | 33 | 33 | 620 | 34 | 1.0 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 1.39 |
2002 Angels | P | 32 | 32 | 565 | 32 | 1.0 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.53 |
2003 Angels | P | 19 | 19 | 278 | 9 | 0.5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.87 |
2003 Royals | P | 4 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.47 |
2004 Royals | P | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 414 | 402 | 7,786 | 439 | 1.1 | 427 | 202 | 225 | 12 | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 1.48 | |
16 Years | 414 | 402 | 7,786 | 439 | 1.1 | 427 | 202 | 225 | 12 | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 1.48 |
Kevin AppierKevin Appier Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1989 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.83 | 4.15 | 4.98 |
1990 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.35 | 6.16 | 2.62 |
1991 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.59 | 6.85 | 2.64 |
1992 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.21 | 6.48 | 2.94 |
1993 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.30 | 7.01 | 3.05 |
1994 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.30 | 8.42 | 3.66 |
1995 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.31 | 8.27 | 3.58 |
1996 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.76 | 8.82 | 3.19 |
1997 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.65 | 7.49 | 2.83 |
1998 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.80 | 5.40 | 3.00 |
1999 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.53 | 5.00 | 3.27 |
1999 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.61 | 6.95 | 4.33 |
2000 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.26 | 5.94 | 4.70 |
2001 Mets | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 15.5 | 2.69 | 7.49 | 2.79 |
2002 Angels | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.06 | 6.31 | 3.06 |
2003 Angels | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.39 | 4.86 | 3.50 |
2003 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.71 | 2.37 | 3.32 |
2004 Royals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 4.50 | 6.75 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
16 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 2.14 | 6.91 | 3.24 |
Kevin AppierKevin Appier Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1989 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $68,000.00 | - | - |
1990 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $100,000.00 | - | - |
1991 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $215,000.00 | - | - |
1992 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $390,000.00 | - | - |
1993 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $2,000,000.00 | - | - |
1994 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $3,800,000.00 | - | n/a |
1995 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $4,387,500.00 | Stats | - |
1996 Kansas City Royals | 17 | $5,051,250.00 | - | - |
1997 Kansas City Royals | 17 | $4,800,000.00 | - | - |
1998 Kansas City Royals | 17 | $4,800,000.00 | - | - |
1999 Kansas City Royals | 17 | $4,800,000.00 | - | - |
1999 Oakland Athletics | 19 | " " | - | - |
2000 Oakland Athletics | 19 | $5,600,000.00 | - | - |
2001 New York Mets | 17 | $8,500,000.00 | - | - |
2002 Anaheim Angels | 27 | $9,500,000.00 | - | Stats |
2003 Anaheim Angels | 27, 55 | $11,500,000.00 | - | - |
2003 Kansas City Royals | 55 | " " | - | - |
2004 Kansas City Royals | 55 | $300,000.00 | - | - |
Kevin Appier Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Kansas City has five pitchers in team history, who have struck out 1,000-or-more batters while wearing a Royals uniform; they are Paul Splittorff (1,057 strikeouts), Bret Saberhagen (1,093 strikeouts), Dennis Leonard (1,323 strikeouts), Mark Gubicza (1,366 strikeouts), and Kevin Appier (1,458 strikeouts). [MLB.com]
In 1993, Kevin Appier had the lowest earned run average (ERA) in the entire American League, becoming only the second Kansas City Royals twirler with an ERA Title! Do you know who was first? [Answer]
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