MLB / Players

Kevin Tapani

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb
BornFebruary 18, 1964 · Des Moines, IA, USA
MLB debutJuly 4, 1989
Final gameSeptember 27, 2001
Seasons13 (1989–2001)

Minnesota Twins 1989; New York Mets 1989; Minnesota Twins 1990–1994; Los Angeles Dodgers 1995; Minnesota Twins 1995; Chicago White Sox 1996; Chicago Cubs 1997–2001

Percentile snapshot

2001 season — qualified pitchers

G
29
9.6
GS
29
16.9
W
9
9.6
L
14
12
SV
0
0
CG
0
0
SHO
0
0
H
186
69.9
ER
84
69.9
BB
40
90.4
SO
149
59
HR
24
39.8
IP
168.3
7.2
ERA
4.49
27.7
WHIP
1.343
49.4
K/9
7.97
83.1
FIP
3.93
68.7
FIP-
95.0
51.8
ERA+
92.1
20.5
sWAR
1.2
24.1

of 84 qualified 2001 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
100.9
41.7
sWAR
23.8
95

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19898220000000100.000.000.000.000-121.5-100.0.0000.4
1990280000000000001.7
1991340000000000005.9
1992340000000000002.3
1993360000000000002.1
1994240000000000002.0
19953320170310020700.176.176.235.4124.212.1.1831.0
1996340000000000002.7
199713282223000021210.136.208.136.345-12.5-8.0.1761.7
19983588757102011173000.133.205.200.405-0.65.7.1941.1
199923473912100332100.051.119.077.196-56.1-48.5.1050.7
2000306856310201432001.179.220.268.48820.824.8.2211.0
2001295850112000211400.240.255.240.49529.433.1.2251.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1989852200039171223340.03.831.2755.183.5492.0103.60.4
19902828128011164722910112159.34.071.2115.713.1075.3101.31.7
19913434169041225814013523244.02.991.0864.983.5483.7141.75.9
199234341611041226974813817220.03.971.2455.653.2680.9101.72.3
1993363512150312431115715021225.74.431.3295.983.7285.298.62.1
1994242411704118180399113156.04.621.4105.253.9480.9105.52.0
1995333110130312271054813129190.74.961.4426.184.56101.491.01.0
1996343413100102361157615034225.34.591.3855.994.93102.8104.42.7
199713139301177322355785.03.391.1765.823.7386.8126.81.7
199835341990222441186213630219.04.851.3975.594.52103.290.41.1
1999232361201015173337312136.04.831.3534.833.9687.793.50.7
200030308120202081094715035195.75.011.3036.904.69104.489.61.0
20012929914000186844014924168.34.491.3437.973.9395.092.11.2

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

G
361
PA
311
AB
261
R
14
H
40
2B
6
3B
0
HR
2
RBI
22
BB
16
SO
105
SB
1
BA
.1533
OBP
.2014
SLG
.1992
OPS
.4006

Pitching

G (P)
361
GS
354
214th-most career GS
W
143
292nd-most career W
L
125
305th-most career L
SV
0
CG
26
SHO
9
IP
2,265
324th-most career IP
SO (P)
1,482
243rd-most career SO (P)
BB allowed
554
ERA
4.347
WHIP
1.3073
K/9
5.89
402nd-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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1998-07-20CHC @ ATL Gameday411001404
2000-04-18CHC @ WSH Gameday311001104
2000-07-31COL @ CHC Gameday202000002
2001-07-26STL @ CHC Gameday202000002
1999-05-17CHC @ MIA Gameday301100312

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1992-06-24LAA @ MIN Gameday9.02000100
2000-05-10MIL @ CHC Gameday7.24332101
1990-05-06MIN @ MIL Gameday9.0500090
1991-04-12LAA @ MIN Gameday9.0700090
1995-06-03MIN @ TEX Gameday9.0600090

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.