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Kevin
Tapani		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 212
 
Born: February 18, 1964 in Usa, IA, DES MOINES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1997   
Gold Glove Award 1998    2000   
All-Star Selections 1996    1997    2000    2001   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1990 26 PIT NL 9 10 .474 28 28 1 0 0 177.7 182 92 14 65 103 4.66 .269 .332 .453 .785 4.9
1991 27 PIT NL 8 14 .364 32 32 2 1 0 214.0 238 100 12 41 136 4.21 .283 .318 .450 .768 10.1
1992 28 PIT NL 8 14 .364 33 33 5 0 0 220.0 240 99 19 40 120 4.05 .278 .313 .460 .773 8.1
1993 29 PIT NL 8 10 .444 33 33 4 1 0 225.0 200 74 13 30 172 2.96 .232 .260 .364 .624 18.5
1994 30 PIT NL 10 13 .435 33 33 3 2 0 206.0 240 108 21 32 141 4.72 .287 .313 .460 .773 7.2
1995 31 PIT NL 14 11 .560 32 32 5 0 0 204.7 216 96 23 27 147 4.22 .266 .292 .443 .735 10.8
1996 32 PIT NL 17 12 .586 36 36 6 3 0 263.0 248 90 17 30 202 3.08 .247 .273 .373 .645 20.5
1997 33 PIT NL 17 10 .630 38 38 2 0 0 233.3 231 108 32 35 164 4.17 .250 .282 .434 .716 10.5
1998 34 PIT NL 15 13 .536 35 35 3 1 0 219.0 262 110 18 41 158 4.52 .297 .332 .458 .789 11.4
1999 35 PIT NL 2 2 .500 8 8 2 0 0 56.0 55 25 8 8 35 4.02 .258 .289 .465 .754 5.1
  TEX AL 11 12 .478 27 27 5 2 0 184.0 230 123 32 31 114 6.02 .306 .337 .545 .882 5.3
  TOT   13 14 .481 35 35 7 2 0 240.0 285 148 40 39 149 5.55 .296 .326 .527 .853 10.3
2000 36 TEX AL 22 8 .733 39 39 5 2 0 269.7 315 149 36 40 172 4.97 .289 .322 .487 .809 16.1
2001 37 TEX AL 21 10 .677 38 38 4 0 0 250.3 294 155 46 49 134 5.57 .287 .327 .515 .842 12.0
12 Years Sim 162 139 .538 412 412 47 12 0 2722.6 2951 1329 291 469 1798 4.39 .274 .307 .453 .761 140.5
Season Average 13 11 .542 34 34 3 1 0 226.9 245 110 24 39 149 4.39 .274 .307 .453 .761  
Career Highs 22 14 .733 39 39 7 3 0 269.7 315 155 46 65 202 5.57 .297 .332 .527 .853  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1990 26 PIT NL 28 57 4 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .088 .103 .105 .209 -1.6 0.0
1991 27 PIT NL 32 66 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 41 .061 .101 .091 .192 -2.2 0.0
1992 28 PIT NL 33 73 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 32 .068 .081 .082 .163 -3.3 0.0
1993 29 PIT NL 33 72 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 39 .097 .097 .181 .278 -0.9 0.0
1994 30 PIT NL 33 69 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 36 .029 .069 .029 .098 -4.3 0.0
1995 31 PIT NL 32 65 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 30 .062 .090 .077 .166 -2.6 0.0
1996 32 PIT NL 36 85 6 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 41 .082 .112 .082 .195 -2.1 0.0
1997 33 PIT NL 38 80 3 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 46 .113 .134 .163 .297 -0.5 0.0
1998 34 PIT NL 35 68 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 24 .132 .213 .162 .375 2.0 0.0
1999 35 PIT NL 8 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .200 .294 .200 .494 1.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 308 650 33 55 14 0 1 28 1 0 24 324 .085 .117 .111 .228 -14.4 0.0
162 Game Average 341 17 28 7 0 0 14 0 0 12 170 .085 .117 .111 .228 -7.6  
Career Highs 38 85 6 9 4 0 1 6 1 0 7 46 .200 .294 .200 .494 2.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1990 26 PIT NL P 28 28 177.7 11 36 1 2 .979 2.38    
1991 27 PIT NL P 32 32 214.0 13 35 0 3 1.000 2.02    
1992 28 PIT NL P 33 33 220.0 23 55 2 5 .975 3.19    
1993 29 PIT NL P 33 33 225.0 18 39 2 3 .966 2.28    
1994 30 PIT NL P 33 33 206.0 16 39 3 0 .948 2.40    
1995 31 PIT NL P 32 32 204.7 16 40 0 4 1.000 2.46    
1996 32 PIT NL P 36 36 263.0 14 67 1 2 .988 2.77    
1997 33 PIT NL P 38 38 233.3 18 39 2 2 .966 2.20    
1998 34 PIT NL P 35 35 219.0 16 54 1 2 .986 2.88    
1999 35 PIT NL P 8 8 56.0 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.41    
  TEX AL P 27 27 184.0 16 32 1 2 .980 2.35    
  TOT   P 35 35 240.0 21 42 1 2 .984 2.36    
2000 36 TEX AL P 39 39 269.7 23 54 0 5 1.000 2.57    
2001 37 TEX AL P 38 38 250.3 13 61 1 0 .987 2.66    
Career Totals   412 412 2722.6 202 561 14 30 .982 2.52    
Career Highs   39 39 269.7 23 67 3 5 1.000 3.19    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1997 33 PIT NL 1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 32.3 41 22 5 4 23 6.12 .306 .326 .537 .863
1998 34 PIT NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 3 1 1 1 6.24 .235 .278 .588 .866
1999 35 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 23.3 25 9 3 4 10 3.47 .281 .312 .461 .773
2000 36 TEX AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 16.3 17 8 1 3 14 4.41 .274 .308 .371 .679
2001 37 TEX AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.7 13 6 1 0 3 11.59 .481 .481 .704 1.185
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 3 .500 16 11 0 0 0 81.0 100 48 11 12 51 5.33 .304 .328 .502 .830
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1997 33 PIT NL 4 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .100 .182 .100 .282
Career Post-Season Batting 4 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .100 .182 .100 .282
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1993-8-2.96
1996-8-3.08
 Wins
1996-5-17
1997-8-17
1998-8-15
2000-1-22
2001-2-21
 Losses
1991-8-14
1992-3-14
1998-8-13
 Winning Pct
2000-5-.733
2001-8-.677
 Games Started
1997-3-38
2000-1-39
2001-6-38
 Complete Games
1991-5-2
1992-1-5
1993-2-4
1994-5-3
1995-1-5
1996-1-6
1997-4-2
1998-1-3
1999-2-5
2000-1-5
2001-1-4
CAR-24-47
Shutouts
1991-3-1
1993-5-1
1994-3-2
1996-1-3
1998-2-1
1999-1-2
2000-1-2
CAR-31-12
 Innings Pitched
1993-9-225.0
1996-1-263.0
1997-4-233.3
2000-1-269.7
2001-2-250.3
 Hits Allowed
1991-6-238
1992-4-240
1994-2-240
1995-7-216
1996-1-248
1997-5-231
1998-1-262
2000-1-315
2001-1-294
CAR-31-2951
 Homeruns Allowed
1997-9-32
2001-4-46
CAR-29-291
 Walks per 9IP
1991-9-1.7
1992-8-1.6
1993-1-1.2
1994-3-1.4
1995-2-1.2
1996-4-1.0
1997-4-1.4
1998-6-1.7
1999-4-1.5
2000-2-1.3
2001-6-1.8
CAR-14-1.6
 WHiP
1993-1-1.02
1996-8-1.06
1997-10-1.14
OAVG
1993-10-.232
 OOBP
1993-1-.260
1996-10-.273
 OOPS
1993-8-.624
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 103    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Doug Drabek (944)
  2. Paul Kilgus (917)
  3. Scott Chiamparino (913)
  4. Greg Swindell (905)
  5. Danny Jackson (901)
  6. Eddie Guardado (897)
  7. Ismael Valdes (896)
  8. Joe Johnson (896)
  9. Gene Nelson (890)
  10. Doyle Alexander (890)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave Stieb (998)
  2. Bill Wilkinson (997)
  3. Jeff Robinson (996)
  4. Ron Darling (994)
  5. Albie Lopez (992)
  6. Greg Swindell (991)
  7. Rick Reed (990)
  8. Calvin Schiraldi (989)
  9. Al Leiter (986)
  10. Sterling Hitchcock (986)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1989
Had first career hit on 4/10/1990, off Todd Burns (MON)
Earned first career win on 4/10/1990
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1993, off Mark Leiter (SFG)
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,500,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,500,000 through salary arbitration
9/17/1995: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1996, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1997
5/16/1998: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1998, going 5-1, 1.97
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1998
Traded from Pittsburgh to Texas on 5/16/1999 (Going to PIT: P Jeff Robinson, P Darryl Kile. Going to TEX: P Kevin Tapani, P Rich Monteleone)
Injured on 8/2/1999 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2000, going 5-1, 2.63
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 2000
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game
Released by Texas on 11/7/2001
 
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