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Kevin Tapani

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) and the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI).

High School: Escanaba HS (Escanaba, MI)

School: Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Debut: July 4, 1989 (Age 25-136d, 15,637th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2001 (Age 37-221d)
vs. HOU 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Kevin Ray Tapani

Pronunciation: \TAP-ah-nee\

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1991 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.2

143

125

ERA

4.35

361

354

2265.0

1482

WHIP

1.307

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-15 / in Starts: 13-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	9	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.14	23	83	59	16	7	11	10	3	3	0	62			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.231	1.17	0.17%	2.38	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 0 out a3
2	10	7	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	3	5.0	4	4	2	2	8	0	1	1.64	1.81	23	95	61	14	18	6	6	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.81	-0.253	1.02	-0.19%	-1.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
3	11	11	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,13-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	8.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.95	1.91	28	82	58	12	12	10	15	2	2	0	77			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.278	.82	0.20%	4.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a13
4	12	16	Apr 25	MIN		DET	L,4-6	GS-3	L(2-2)	4	3.0	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.86	2.26	18	62	35	8	7	5	8	4	1	0	26			0	0	0	14	1	1	1	0	1	0	.95	-0.320	1.09	-0.22%	-3.46	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	13	20	May 1	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	GS-4		5	4.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	0	4.15	3.35	19	73	45	14	8	6	8	1	3	0	29			0	2	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.382	.84	-0.18%	-3.05	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
6	14	24	May 6	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.09	2.69	33	114	84	20	10	10	14	5	4	0	86			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.410	.80	0.26%	4.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
7	15	29	May 12	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.07	2.64	28	94	58	10	7	9	15	4	1	0	46			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.131	1.18	0.08%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
8	16	33	May 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.79	2.46	27	87	61	16	8	13	9	2	3	0	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.268	1.38	0.19%	1.97	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a3
9	17	38	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	4.2	7	8	8	2	6	2	0	3.91	2.86	23	84	50	18	10	4	11	2	1	0	22			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.400	1.21	-0.37%	-4.08	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
10	18	43	May 27	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.60	2.79	29	110	71	14	9	8	14	7	1	0	64			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.226	1.48	0.18%	2.20	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	19	48	Jun 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.31	2.71	31	92	64	16	6	17	11	4	2	0	69			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.297	2.24	0.37%	2.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
12	20	53	Jun 7	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-10	GS-5	L(6-4)	5	4.1	9	7	7	0	3	2	0	3.98	2.99	22	73	45	9	7	7	12	3	2	0	20			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.383	.99	-0.33%	-3.97	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
13	21	57	Jun 12	MIN		TOR	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	4	3	3	4	0	0	4.00	2.99	27	102	63	10	15	7	13	4	2	0	46			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.045	.76	-0.02%	0.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
14	22	62	Jun 17	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.78	3.01	26	90	68	12	14	10	11	3	3	0	66			0	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.307	.56	0.08%	2.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
15	23	67	Jun 22	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.56	2.89	29	87	60	12	11	13	9	3	2	0	75			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.93	0.377	.29	0.07%	3.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
16	24	72	Jun 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-9	GS-4	L(8-5)	4	3.2	8	7	7	1	3	0	0	4.07	2.86	20	69	46	7	9	7	9	4	0	0	19			1	0	0	18	0	2	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.389	.36	-0.08%	-5.28	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	25	77	Jul 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	GS-8	W(9-5)	5	7.1	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.87	2.81	29	99	63	18	5	8	16	7	2	0	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.365	.12	0.03%	2.90	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a4
18	26	82	Jul 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		3	7.1	6	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.94	2.88	29	88	56	9	9	12	12	3	3	0	53			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.133	.19	-0.01%	-1.03	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out tie
19	27	85	Jul 13(1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-8	GS-1		5	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.10	2.88	2	7	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	38			1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.127	.13	-0.01%	-1.34	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out tie
20	28	97	Jul 25	MIN		SEA	W,6-0	GS-8	W(10-5)	11	7.2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.84	2.81	27	97	60	12	7	9	14	3	5	0	73			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.393	.02	0.01%	3.66	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
21	29	103	Jul 30	MIN		CAL	W,7-3	GS-7	W(11-5)	4	6.2	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.85	2.75	27	99	68	17	9	7	14	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.154	.03	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	30	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.75	2.79	19	74	42	12	4	7	9	1	2	0	60			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.315	.01	0.00%	2.68	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a2
23	31	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-3	L(11-6)	11	2.1	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.95	2.90	13	44	24	7	1	5	4	2	0	0	31			0	1	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.235	.00	0.00%	-2.23	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	32	143	Sep 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-9	GS-3	L(11-7)	25	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.00	2.88	11	36	26	5	3	5	5	2	1	0	46			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
25	33	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-4		4	4.0	4	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.14	3.09	17	67	44	8	5	6	8	2	0	0	37			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-2.17	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
26	34	152	Sep 21	MIN		TEX	L,1-2	GS-5		4	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.06	3.05	19	76	56	10	4	7	10	3	2	0	57			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.161	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
27	35	156	Sep 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.99	2.99	28	88	63	17	7	10	14	5	6	0	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	36	160	Oct 1	MIN		SEA	W,7-5	GS-7	W(12-8)	4	6.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	1	4.07	3.10	32	92	56	13	6	11	14	3	3	0	36			2	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
							13-15		W-L:12-8	4.1	159.1	164	75	72	29	101	12	2	4.07	3.10	659	2264	66%	15%	10%	0.77		17%	10%	0	51		---%	9	9	0	621	28	8	2	9	4	6	.97	0.944	.65	0.22%	7.38

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