Kevin Appier

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornDecember 6, 1967 · Lancaster, CA, USA

MLB debutJune 4, 1989

Final gameApril 23, 2004

Seasons16 (1989–2004)

Kansas City Royals 1989–1999; Oakland Athletics 1999–2000; New York Mets 2001; Anaheim Angels 2002–2003; Kansas City Royals 2003–2004

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified pitchers

29.8

46.4

60.7

SHO

191

54.8

47.6

132

45.2

40.5

188.3

28.6

ERA

3.92

WHIP

1.354

29.8

K/9

6.31

59.5

FIP

4.38

35.7

FIP-

99.9

36.9

ERA+

111.8

sWAR

2.8

of 85 qualified 2002 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

120.2

89.7

sWAR

46.8

98.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.1
1990	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.2
1991	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1992	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.9
1993	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5
1994	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2
1995	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1996	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1997	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.0	-100.0	.000	5.4
1998	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1999	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.9	-100.0	.000	1.4
2000	31	6	6	0	1	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-22.8	-13.7	.150	2.5
2001	33	67	62	4	7	4	1	24	.113	.141	.113	.254	-40.0	-31.3	.121	3.2
2002	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118.1	-100.0	.000	2.8
2003	23	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.6	-100.0	.000	0.0
2004	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1989	6	5	1	4	0	0	34	22	12	10	3	21.7	9.14	2.123	4.15	5.39	139.7	42.2	-1.1
1990	32	24	12	8	3	3	179	57	54	127	13	185.7	2.76	1.255	6.16	3.32	86.0	139.6	4.2
1991	34	31	13	10	6	3	205	79	61	158	13	207.7	3.42	1.281	6.85	3.11	75.7	120.1	3.7
1992	30	30	15	8	3	0	167	57	68	150	10	208.3	2.46	1.128	6.48	2.98	74.2	163.1	5.9
1993	34	34	18	8	5	1	183	68	81	186	8	238.7	2.56	1.106	7.01	2.91	64.7	175.5	7.5
1994	23	23	7	6	1	0	137	66	63	145	11	155.0	3.83	1.290	8.42	3.55	72.3	128.0	3.2
1995	31	31	15	10	4	1	163	87	80	185	14	201.3	3.89	1.207	8.27	3.52	74.7	121.1	3.7
1996	32	32	14	11	5	1	192	85	75	207	17	211.3	3.62	1.263	8.82	3.47	69.7	137.6	5.0
1997	34	34	9	13	4	1	215	89	74	196	24	235.7	3.40	1.226	7.49	3.80	81.5	137.1	5.4
1998	3	3	1	2	0	0	21	13	5	9	3	15.0	7.80	1.733	5.40	5.82	122.2	61.1	-0.3
1999	34	34	16	14	1	0	230	120	84	131	27	209.0	5.17	1.502	5.64	4.94	101.2	94.4	1.4
2000	31	31	15	11	1	1	200	98	102	129	23	195.3	4.52	1.546	5.94	5.14	107.0	106.4	2.5
2001	33	33	11	10	1	1	181	82	64	172	22	206.7	3.57	1.185	7.49	3.87	93.2	116.3	3.2
2002	32	32	14	12	0	0	191	82	64	132	23	188.3	3.92	1.354	6.31	4.38	99.9	111.8	2.8
2003	23	23	8	9	0	0	120	67	43	55	21	111.7	5.40	1.460	4.43	5.92	130.3	84.2	0.0
2004	2	2	0	1	0	0	7	6	3	2	0	4.0	13.50	2.500	4.50	4.41	95.1	34.3	-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

414

RBI

.0964

OBP

.1176

SLG

.0964

OPS

.2140

Pitching

G (P)

414

402

140th-most career GS

169

195th-most career W

137

231st-most career L

SHO

2,595

228th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,994

92nd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

933

145th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.738

WHIP

1.2939

K/9

6.91

222nd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	RBI	TB
2001-09-01	MIA @ NYM Gameday	2	0	1	2	1
2001-09-06	NYM @ MIA Gameday	3	0	1	1	1
2000-06-11	ATH @ LAD Gameday	4	0	1	0	1
2001-05-02	HOU @ NYM Gameday	2	0	1	0	1
2001-05-24	MIA @ NYM Gameday	3	2	1	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1995-09-15	KC @ LAA Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	13	0
1996-08-29	KC @ DET Gameday	8.0	9	4	4	1	13	1
1994-05-25	TEX @ KC Gameday	5.2	4	1	1	3	13	1
1996-09-03	KC @ TOR Gameday	9.0	7	2	2	2	12	0
1995-05-04	KC @ MIN Gameday	7.0	5	0	0	1	12	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.