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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: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	245	1	Mar 31	CHC	@	FLA	L,6-11	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.0	7	9	9	1	1	2	1	40.50	18.14	15	68	40	3	6	4	8	3	1	0	6			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.736	.90	-0.41%	-8.04	1b start a 3	3b --- 0 out d4
2	246	6	Apr 5	CHC		MON	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.2	3	1	1	4	3	1	0	11.74	9.53	23	89	46	11	8	7	9	2	1	0	58			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.204	1.18	0.13%	1.65	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a3
3	247	10	Apr 10	CHC	@	MON	W,13-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.40	5.90	31	101	71	17	13	16	11	6	2	0	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.093	.17	0.06%	4.51	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a13
4	248	15	Apr 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	5.1	9	4	4	3	6	1	0	5.73	5.68	28	115	71	18	11	7	12	7	2	0	37			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.072	1.48	-0.05%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a2
5	249	20	Apr 22	CHC		SDP	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.97	4.83	25	99	66	19	14	7	12	5	3	0	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.116	.90	0.08%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	250	25	Apr 27	CHC	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.14	4.54	33	112	70	19	12	16	11	1	2	0	69			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.411	1.04	0.22%	2.76	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
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
7	251	30	May 3	CHC		STL	L,5-8	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.40	5.05	28	123	71	14	8	8	12	1	1	0	42			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.139	1.44	-0.10%	-0.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
8	252	34	May 9(1)	CHC		SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.32	4.60	28	91	62	13	11	12	9	3	0	0	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.84	-0.018	.89	-0.01%	0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	253	40	May 14	CHC	@	COL	W,9-7	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	5.2	13	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.37	4.34	29	91	61	12	4	12	14	8	3	0	34			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.112	1.50	0.08%	0.58	1b start a 2	6b --- 2 out a4
10	254	45	May 20	CHC		LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.76	3.99	32	121	79	30	15	12	9	5	1	0	88			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.464	1.07	0.37%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	255	50	May 25	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS-6	L(6-3)	4	5.2	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.09	3.95	29	100	62	14	11	14	11	1	1	0	27			0	0	0	25	5	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	-0.324	1.43	-0.26%	-2.17	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d3
12	256	55	May 31	CHC		ATL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	5	7.1	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.82	4.00	27	106	69	11	12	6	17	7	1	0	64			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.273	1.17	0.20%	2.94	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
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
13	257	60	Jun 6	CHC		CHW	W,7-6	GS-6	W(8-3)	5	6.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.09	4.04	27	83	54	11	7	8	14	7	2	0	39			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.301	1.46	-0.26%	-1.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	258	65	Jun 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS-7	L(8-4)	5	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.17	4.11	32	110	73	20	8	15	12	5	1	0	44			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	.46	-0.126	.65	-0.11%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
15	259	70	Jun 17	CHC		MIL	L,5-6	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	7.0	10	6	6	3	3	2	0	4.42	4.34	32	113	71	11	14	12	14	4	2	0	33			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.346	2.25	-0.32%	-2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	260	75	Jun 22	CHC		CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	6.2	6	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.31	4.40	29	112	67	15	7	9	11	5	1	0	55			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.066	1.57	0.05%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
17	261	80	Jun 27	CHC	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.2	7	2	2	1	8	1	1	4.22	4.36	29	102	66	20	13	9	10	7	1	0	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.124	1.18	0.08%	1.35	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out a1
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
18	262	85	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	W,12-9	GS-9	W(9-6)	5	8.0	10	7	6	1	8	0	0	4.39	4.16	36	115	82	22	12	12	15	5	3	0	43			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	1	2	.77	-0.133	.89	-0.09%	-2.13	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a7
19	263	88	Jul 9	CHC	@	MIL	L,9-12	GS-3		5	2.1	6	7	7	2	1	1	1	4.82	4.31	15	49	27	12	0	0	11	5	1	0	16			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.586	1.94	-0.52%	-5.74	1b start a 3	3b --- 1 out tie
20	264	93	Jul 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.84	4.32	31	106	72	22	12	8	16	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.066	1.23	-0.06%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
21	265	98	Jul 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,11-4	GS-7	W(11-6)	5	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.79	4.40	28	96	64	14	7	14	11	2	3	0	52			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.151	.78	0.15%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
22	266	104	Jul 25	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	4.65	4.37	32	122	72	19	15	6	17	6	4	0	65			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.090	2.58	0.11%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	267	109	Jul 30	CHC	@	ARI	L,0-4	GS-5	L(12-7)	4	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.73	4.41	22	86	55	12	5	6	11	1	4	0	40			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.162	1.31	-0.18%	-1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
24	268	114	Aug 4	CHC		ARI	W,2-0	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	8.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.49	4.30	31	111	72	14	16	10	12	4	1	0	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.562	2.12	0.63%	4.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
25	269	119	Aug 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS-6	W(14-7)	5	5.2	10	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.61	4.40	27	92	63	15	8	7	16	8	2	0	31			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	-0.231	2.55	-0.34%	-2.52	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
26	270	123	Aug 15	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.59	4.41	26	99	68	21	4	7	15	9	2	0	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.15	0.060	2.42	0.08%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
27	271	127	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,7-3	GS-5	W(15-7)	4	5.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	0	4.61	4.52	22	90	53	12	9	8	6	1	0	0	49			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.111	2.86	-0.17%	-0.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
28	272	132	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS-4		4	3.0	9	8	8	3	3	0	0	4.94	4.51	22	83	46	8	7	6	10	4	1	0	9			2	0	0	18	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.546	2.61	-0.66%	-6.06	1b start a 1	4b -2- 0 out d4
29	273	137	Aug 30	CHC	@	COL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(16-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.85	4.52	27	103	63	14	4	12	14	7	2	0	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.278	2.01	0.38%	2.69	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out a3
Sept				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
30	274	142	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-8	W(17-7)	5	7.1	6	4	3	3	1	1	0	4.81	4.57	30	115	71	17	9	13	13	2	3	0	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.154	2.52	0.25%	1.24	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a6
31	275	147	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	GS-8	W(18-7)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.70	4.50	32	114	79	20	13	13	13	7	1	0	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.262	2.71	0.48%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
32	276	152	Sep 15	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-9	W(19-7)	4	8.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.60	4.48	32	114	75	14	17	14	12	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.166	3.20	0.36%	1.57	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a2
33	277	157	Sep 20	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	GS-5	L(19-8)	4	4.2	9	5	5	2	4	2	0	4.71	4.56	23	78	48	13	8	9	8	4	1	0	28			0	1	0	20	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.276	4.88	-0.78%	-2.48	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d4
34	278	160	Sep 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-6	L(19-9)	4	6.0	8	5	5	3	2	1	0	4.79	4.60	26	93	55	10	8	10	11	4	2	0	35			1	1	0	21	1	1	1	2	2	0	.84	-0.266	5.39	-1.03%	-1.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
35	279	163	Sep 28	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	8-9		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.85	4.60	6	13	10	3	0	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.006	6.56	-0.08%	-0.82	8t --- 0 out a4	9t 1-3 0 out a5
							20-15		W-L:19-9	4.3	219.0	244	120	118	62	136	30	5	4.85	4.60	945	3415	64%	15%	10%	0.82		21%	8%	0	48	0	---%	13	3	0	858	50	7	4	17	9	5	.97	-0.859	1.84	-1.71%	-2.75

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