Kevin Appier Stats

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.

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"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 Appier

Kevin Appier Autograph on a 1990 Topps Baseball Card (#167)

Kevin Appier Autograph on a 1990 Topps Baseball Card (#167)

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Birth Name:   Robert Kevin Appier
Nickname:   Ape - Moonman - Planet Appier
Born On:   12-06-1967  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Lancaster, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Antelope Valley High School (Lancaster, CA)
College:   Fresno Community College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   06-04-1989 (Age 21)
Last Game:   04-23-2004
Draft:   1987 : 1st Round (9th)

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Kevin Appier Pitching Stats

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
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

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Kevin Appier Hitting Stats

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
16 Years 414 83 4 8 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 39 5 0 1 0 .096 .118 .096

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Kevin Appier Fielding Stats

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
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

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Kevin Appier Miscellaneous Stats

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
16 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 20.8 2.14 6.91 3.24

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Kevin Appier Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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 - -

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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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