Kevin Appier

Full Name: Robert Kevin Appier	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: June 4, 1989
Birthdate: December 6, 1967	Final Game: April 23, 2004
Birthplace: Lancaster, California	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 6, 1967 in Lancaster, California, Kevin Appier (Robert Kevin Appier) played for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 16 year career. Appier broke into the bigs on June 4, 1989 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 2.76 ERA in 185.2 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kevin Appier's best season was 1993, when he posted a 2.56 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 186 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1989	KC	A	6	5	1	4	9.14	10	22	22	0	0	21.2	34	3	12	1	0	0
1990	KC	A	32	24	12	8	2.76	127	67	57	3	3	185.2	179	13	54	2	6	6
1991	KC	A	34	31	13	10	3.42	158	97	79	6	3	207.2	205	13	61	3	7	2
1992	KC	A	30	30	15	8	2.46	150	59	57	3	0	208.1	167	10	68	5	4	2
1993	KC	A	34	34	18	8	2.56	186	74	68	5	1	238.2	183	8	81	3	5	1
1994	KC	A	23	23	7	6	3.83	145	68	66	1	0	155	137	11	63	7	11	4
1995	KC	A	31	31	15	10	3.89	185	90	87	4	1	201.1	163	14	80	1	5	8
1996	KC	A	32	32	14	11	3.62	207	87	85	5	1	211.1	192	17	75	2	10	5
1997	KC	A	34	34	9	13	3.40	196	96	89	4	1	235.2	215	24	74	2	14	4
1998	KC	A	3	3	1	2	7.80	9	13	13	0	0	15	21	3	5	1	1	1
1999	OAK	A	12	12	7	5	5.77	53	50	44	0	0	68.2	77	9	33	1	5	1
1999	KC	A	22	22	9	9	4.87	78	81	76	1	0	140.1	153	18	51	3	5	6
1999	TOT	A	34	34	16	14	5.17	131	131	120	1	0	209	230	27	84	4	10	7
2000	OAK	A	31	31	15	11	4.52	129	109	98	1	1	195.1	200	23	102	10	6	9
2001	NY	N	33	33	11	10	3.57	172	89	82	1	1	206.2	181	22	64	4	12	15
2002	ANA	A	32	32	14	12	3.92	132	89	82	0	0	188.1	191	23	64	2	7	7
2003	KC	A	4	4	1	2	4.26	5	9	9	0	0	19	15	4	7	0	2	0
2003	ANA	A	19	19	7	7	5.63	50	60	58	0	0	92.2	105	17	36	4	4	8
2003	TOT	A	23	23	8	9	5.40	55	69	67	0	0	111.2	120	21	43	4	6	8
2004	KC	A	2	2	0	1	13.50	2	8	6	0	0	4	7	0	3	0	2	0
Total	NL		33	33	11	10	3.57	172	89	82	1	1	206.2	181	22	64	4	12	15
Total	AL		381	369	158	127	3.75	1822	1079	996	33	11	2388.2	2244	210	869	47	94	64
Total			414	402	169	137	3.74	1994	1168	1078	34	12	2595.1	2425	232	933	51	106	79

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1989	KC	A	P	6	5	21.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
1990	KC	A	P	32	24	185.2	15	21	3	3	3	13	1	0	.923
1991	KC	A	P	34	31	207.2	20	26	2	0	2	10	8	0	.958
1992	KC	A	P	30	30	208.1	19	21	1	4	0	18	9	1	.976
1993	KC	A	P	34	34	238.2	26	14	1	4	0	11	8	0	.976
1994	KC	A	P	23	23	155	7	13	0	1	1	14	6	0	1.000
1995	KC	A	P	31	31	201.1	16	20	0	3	1	9	4	0	1.000
1996	KC	A	P	32	32	211.1	19	15	0	2	2	13	9	0	1.000
1997	KC	A	P	34	34	235.2	24	17	1	3	1	14	9	0	.976
1998	KC	A	P	3	3	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1999	OAK	A	P	12	12	68.2	3	8	0	0	1	8	1	0	1.000
1999	KC	A	P	22	22	140.1	10	13	1	2	0	16	8	0	.958
1999	TOT	A	P	34	34	209	13	21	1	2	1	24	9	0	.971
2000	OAK	A	P	31	31	195.1	8	14	1	1	1	9	7	0	.957
2001	NY	N	P	33	33	206.2	11	21	2	2	3	22	8	0	.941
2002	ANA	A	P	32	32	188.1	18	14	0	0	2	11	13	2	1.000
2003	KC	A	P	4	4	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2003	ANA	A	P	19	19	92.2	3	6	0	0	0	6	3	0	1.000
2003	TOT	A	P	23	23	111.2	4	6	0	0	0	7	3	0	1.000
2004	KC	A	P	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	414	402	2595.1	202	225	12	25	17	178	97	3	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1989	KC	A	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1990	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1991	KC	A	34	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1992	KC	A	30	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1993	KC	A	34	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1994	KC	A	23	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1995	KC	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1996	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1997	KC	A	34	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	5	0	0
1998	KC	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	OAK	A	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	KC	A	22	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
1999	TOT	A	34	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
2000	OAK	A	31	6	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	3	0	0
2001	NY	N	33	62	4	7	4	.113	.141	.113	1	24	1	3
2002	ANA	A	32	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	2
2003	KC	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2003	ANA	A	19	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	4	0	0
2003	TOT	A	23	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	4	0	0
2004	KC	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		33	62	4	7	4	.113	.141	.113	1	24	1	3
Total	AL		381	21	0	1	0	.048	.048	.048	0	15	0	2
Total			414	83	4	8	4	.096	.118	.096	1	39	1	5

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Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1987).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff D'Amico, Brad Rigby and Blake Stein (July 31, 1999).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2000).
Signed by New York Mets (December 11, 2000).
Traded by New York Mets to Anaheim Angels in exchange for Mo Vaughn (December 27, 2001).
Released by Anaheim Angels (July 30, 2003).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (August 6, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 21, 2003).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 7, 2004).
Released by Kansas City Royals (November 17, 2005).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 9, 2006).
Released by Seattle Mariners (June 2, 2006).

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