Kevin Tapani

Full Name: Kevin Ray Tapani	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: July 4, 1989
Birthdate: February 18, 1964	Final Game: September 27, 2001
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, Iowa, Kevin Tapani (Kevin Ray Tapani) played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 13 year career. Tapani broke into the bigs on July 4, 1989 with the New York Mets, and put up a 4.07 ERA in 159.1 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kevin Tapani's best season was 1991, when he posted a 2.99 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 135 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1989	NY	N	3	0	0	0	3.68	2	3	3	0	0	7.1	5	1	4	0	0	0
1989	MIN	A	5	5	2	2	3.86	21	15	14	0	0	32.2	34	2	8	1	0	0
1989	Total		8	5	2	2	3.83	23	18	17	0	0	40	39	3	12	1	0	0
1990	MIN	A	28	28	12	8	4.07	101	75	72	1	1	159.1	164	12	29	2	1	2
1991	MIN	A	34	34	16	9	2.99	135	84	81	4	1	244	225	23	40	0	3	2
1992	MIN	A	34	34	16	11	3.97	138	103	97	4	1	220	226	17	48	2	4	5
1993	MIN	A	36	35	12	15	4.43	150	123	111	3	1	225.2	243	21	57	1	4	6
1994	MIN	A	24	24	11	7	4.62	91	86	80	4	1	156	181	13	39	0	1	4
1995	MIN	A	20	20	6	11	4.92	88	79	73	3	1	133.2	155	21	34	2	3	4
1995	LA	N	13	11	4	2	5.05	43	37	32	0	0	57	72	8	14	2	1	1
1995	Total		33	31	10	13	4.96	131	116	105	3	1	190.2	227	29	48	4	4	5
1996	CHI	A	34	34	13	10	4.59	150	123	115	1	0	225.1	236	34	76	5	13	3
1997	CHI	N	13	13	9	3	3.39	55	33	32	1	1	85	77	7	23	2	0	2
1998	CHI	N	35	34	19	9	4.85	136	120	118	2	2	219	244	30	62	4	7	5
1999	CHI	N	23	23	6	12	4.83	73	81	73	1	0	136	151	12	33	2	3	4
2000	CHI	N	30	30	8	12	5.01	150	113	109	2	0	195.2	208	35	47	1	1	8
2001	CHI	N	29	29	9	14	4.49	149	93	84	0	0	168.1	186	24	40	6	3	7
Total	NL		146	140	55	52	4.67	608	480	451	6	3	868.1	943	117	223	17	15	27
Total	AL		215	214	88	73	4.14	874	688	643	20	6	1396.2	1464	143	331	13	29	26
Total			361	354	143	125	4.35	1482	1168	1094	26	9	2265	2407	260	554	30	44	53

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1989	NY	N	P	3	0	7.1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1989	MIN	A	P	5	5	32.2	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	1.000
1989	Total		P	8	5	40	4	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	1.000
1990	MIN	A	P	28	28	159.1	14	20	1	1	1	9	9	0	.971
1991	MIN	A	P	34	34	244	26	26	1	2	0	18	3	0	.981
1992	MIN	A	P	34	34	220	17	26	2	0	0	26	11	0	.956
1993	MIN	A	P	36	35	225.2	17	32	0	2	4	42	13	0	1.000
1994	MIN	A	P	24	24	156	11	27	1	2	2	16	7	1	.974
1995	MIN	A	P	20	20	133.2	16	11	0	1	1	15	1	0	1.000
1995	LA	N	P	13	11	57	4	10	1	0	1	6	3	0	.933
1995	Total		P	33	31	190.2	20	21	1	1	2	21	4	0	.976
1996	CHI	A	P	34	34	225.1	15	26	1	4	1	10	8	1	.976
1997	CHI	N	P	13	13	85	4	10	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1998	CHI	N	P	35	34	219	11	31	0	1	1	13	3	0	1.000
1999	CHI	N	P	23	23	136	2	18	0	0	1	7	5	0	1.000
2000	CHI	N	P	30	30	195.2	11	19	0	1	0	17	8	1	1.000
2001	CHI	N	P	29	29	168.1	5	30	1	1	0	7	8	1	.972
Total			P	361	354	2265	157	290	8	16	12	194	82	4	.982

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1989	NY	N	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1989	MIN	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	Total		8	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1990	MIN	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	MIN	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	MIN	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	MIN	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	MIN	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	MIN	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	LA	N	13	17	0	3	0	2	.176	.176	.235	1	0	7	3	0	0
1995	Total		33	17	0	3	0	2	.176	.176	.235	1	0	7	3	0	0
1996	CHI	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	CHI	N	13	22	2	3	0	0	.136	.208	.136	0	2	12	4	1	1
1998	CHI	N	35	75	7	10	1	11	.133	.205	.200	2	7	30	5	0	2
1999	CHI	N	23	39	1	2	0	3	.051	.119	.077	1	3	21	5	0	0
2000	CHI	N	30	56	3	10	1	4	.179	.220	.268	2	3	20	9	0	1
2001	CHI	N	29	50	1	12	0	2	.240	.255	.240	0	1	14	7	0	0
Total	NL		146	261	14	40	2	22	.153	.201	.199	6	16	105	33	1	4
Total	AL		215	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			361	261	14	40	2	22	.153	.201	.199	6	16	105	33	1	4

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Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1985).
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 7, 1986).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Wally Whitehurst to New York Mets as part of 3-team trade in which Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to New York Mets; Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to Oakland Athletics; New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to Los Angeles Dodgers; and Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to Los Angeles Dodgers (December 11, 1987).
Traded by New York Mets with Rick Aguilera, David West, Tim Drummond and a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Frank Viola (July 31, 1989); Minnesota Twins received Jack Savage (October 16, 1989).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Mark Guthrie to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ron Coomer, Greg Hansell, Jose Parra and a player to be named later (July 31, 1995); Minnesota Twins received Chris Latham (October 30, 1995).
Granted free agency (December 21, 1995).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (February 3, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1996).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 13, 1996).
Granted free agency (November 7, 2001).

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