Kiko Calero
[edit] Biography
Born on January 9, 1975 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Kiko Calero (Enrique Nomar Calero) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Calero broke into the bigs on April 2, 2003 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.23 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 2005, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kiko Calero's best season was 2006, when he posted a 3.41 ERA and struck out 67 batters.
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[edit] Pitching Stats
| 2003
| STL
| N
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2.82
| 51
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 38.1
| 29
| 5
| 20
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2.78
| 47
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 45.1
| 27
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| 58
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 3.23
| 52
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 55.2
| 45
| 6
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 2006
| OAK
| A
| 70
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 3.41
| 67
| 22
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 58
| 50
| 4
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 2007
| OAK
| A
| 46
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 5.75
| 31
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 40.2
| 46
| 3
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 67
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 2.80
| 98
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 83.2
| 56
| 10
| 30
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 174
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 3.97
| 150
| 68
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 154.1
| 141
| 13
| 63
| 7
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 241
| 1
| 12
| 10
| 3.55
| 248
| 94
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 238
| 197
| 23
| 93
| 10
| 8
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2003
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 1
| 38.1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 45.1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| P
| 58
| 0
| 55.2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| OAK
| A
| P
| 70
| 0
| 58
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 3
| .857
|
| 2007
| OAK
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 40.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 241
| 1
| 238
| 8
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 4
| 5
| .971
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2003
| STL
| N
| 26
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| 58
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| OAK
| A
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2007
| OAK
| A
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 67
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 174
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 241
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 41st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1994).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 27th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 6, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2002).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 3, 2002).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Dan Haren and Daric Barton to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Mark Mulder (December 18, 2004).
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