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Kevin
Kobel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 2, 1953 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1979    1983   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLN NL   8 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4
1974 20 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 8 5 4 4
1975 21 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 5
1976 22 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 5
1977 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 5
1978 24 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 5
1979 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 5
1980 26 CLE AL $ 2,314,286 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 4 5
1981 27 CLE AL $ 2,314,286 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 4 4
1982 28 CLE AL $ 2,605,714 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 4 4
1983 29 CLE AL $ 2,605,714 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 4 4 4
1984 30 NYA AL $ 3,500,000 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1985 31 NYA AL $ 3,500,000 7 7 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1986 32 NYA AL $ 3,500,000 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1987 33 NYA AL $ 3,500,000 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1988 34 NYA AL $ 816,000 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 3 3 3
1989 35 NYA AL $ 816,000 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 3 3 3
1990 36 IND AL   5 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 5 4 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 19 AA   13 7 .650 27 27 3 0 0 197.3 186 72 15 54 127 3.28 .252 .303 .364 .668  
1974 20 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 17.3 21 8 0 5 9 4.15 .300 .347 .386 .732 1.0
    AAA   3 5 .375 12 12 1 0 0 81.3 93 39 14 33 48 4.32 .293 .360 .483 .843  
    AA   8 5 .615 18 18 3 2 0 144.3 113 34 9 23 113 2.12 .213 .245 .309 .554  
1975 21 CLN NL 2 3 .400 6 6 3 0 0 49.3 55 23 7 16 18 4.20 .281 .332 .429 .760 1.7
    AAA   8 9 .471 26 26 0 0 0 164.0 217 101 23 44 91 5.54 .319 .360 .491 .852  
1976 22 CLN NL 8 4 .667 12 12 2 1 0 90.0 100 38 7 28 50 3.80 .276 .331 .392 .723 5.7
    AAA   10 5 .667 23 23 4 1 0 152.7 178 64 12 40 109 3.77 .295 .339 .407 .746  
1977 23 CLE AL 17 14 .548 34 34 10 0 0 266.7 298 131 39 57 172 4.42 .281 .318 .455 .773 13.4
1978 24 CLE AL 12 14 .462 29 29 11 2 0 230.3 237 109 26 58 116 4.26 .263 .307 .404 .711 10.7
1979 25 CLE AL 16 12 .571 31 31 6 0 0 233.7 259 103 25 47 139 3.97 .278 .313 .414 .727 13.5
1980 26 CLE AL 11 14 .440 32 32 9 1 0 231.0 216 115 39 50 155 4.48 .245 .285 .428 .713 9.9
1981 27 CLE AL 8 9 .471 20 20 2 0 0 141.7 142 57 16 31 80 3.62 .255 .296 .388 .683 7.7
1982 28 CLE AL 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 3 30.0 22 7 3 4 16 2.10 .196 .222 .321 .544 3.5
    AAA   5 4 .556 29 0 0 0 19 35.3 31 11 1 9 35 2.80 .233 .282 .278 .560  
1983 29 CLE AL 14 9 .609 34 26 3 3 4 207.3 179 70 19 39 135 3.04 .234 .272 .370 .642 16.4
1984 30 NYA AL 12 13 .480 30 30 9 2 0 225.7 201 73 14 46 175 2.91 .236 .276 .339 .615 19.0
1985 31 NYA AL 1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 35.7 46 27 4 10 18 6.81 .313 .357 .456 .812 0.0
1986 32 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 9 4 1 2 5 5.41 .321 .367 .429 .795 0.1
1987 33 NYA AL 11 6 .647 42 7 0 0 1 139.3 137 59 17 26 86 3.81 .257 .291 .415 .706 10.9
1988 34 NYA AL 16 10 .615 32 32 2 1 0 203.0 197 81 27 47 115 3.59 .255 .298 .417 .715 14.4
1989 35 NYA AL 13 11 .542 34 34 3 1 0 219.3 217 85 21 41 135 3.49 .257 .291 .387 .679 15.2
1990 36 AAA   1 11 .083 17 16 0 0 0 86.0 98 44 20 26 65 4.60 .283 .333 .514 .848  
16 Years Sim 143 126 .532 360 302 60 11 8 2326.9 2336 990 265 507 1424 3.83 .259 .299 .403 .702 143.2
5 Years AAA 27 34 .443 107 77 5 1 19 519.3 617 259 70 152 348 4.49 .297 .345 .456 .800  
2 Years AA 21 12 .636 45 45 6 2 0 341.7 299 106 24 77 240 2.79 .236 .279 .341 .621  
7 Years Minors 48 46 .511 152 122 11 3 19 861.0 916 365 94 229 588 3.82 .274 .320 .412 .732  
Season Average 8 7 .533 22 18 3 0 0 145.4 146 61 16 31 89 3.83 .259 .299 .403 .702  
Career Highs 17 14 .667 42 34 11 3 4 266.7 298 131 39 58 175 6.81 .321 .367 .456 .812  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1791 733 201 405 1034   .265 .307 .412 .719
vs LH   545 257 64 102 390   .241 .274 .377 .651
Home 66 69 .489 189 156 26 7 4 1215.0 1210 519 147 271 747 3.84 .258 .299 .409 .708
Away 77 57 .575 171 146 34 4 4 1112.0 1126 471 118 236 677 3.81 .260 .299 .397 .696
Mar/Apr 24 20 .545 65 50 12 2 2 408.6 411 160 40 78 249 3.52 .258 .293 .396 .689
May 21 28 .429 66 51 10 2 2 384.0 404 197 51 83 226 4.62 .268 .306 .431 .737
June 20 17 .541 56 42 6 1 4 325.3 322 131 37 72 213 3.62 .256 .296 .397 .693
July 24 9 .727 46 39 9 2 0 317.0 292 117 34 62 185 3.32 .244 .281 .391 .672
August 21 32 .396 64 57 10 1 0 427.6 469 210 53 103 270 4.42 .280 .322 .429 .751
Sep/Oct 33 20 .623 63 63 13 3 0 464.3 438 175 50 109 281 3.39 .246 .290 .376 .665
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 20 CLN NL P 2 2 17.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1975 21 CLN NL P 6 6 49.3 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.19    
1976 22 CLN NL P 12 12 90.0 3 16 2 1 .905 1.90    
1977 23 CLE AL P 34 34 266.7 21 43 2 5 .970 2.16    
1978 24 CLE AL P 29 29 230.3 16 48 1 2 .985 2.50    
1979 25 CLE AL P 31 31 233.7 14 40 1 3 .982 2.08    
1980 26 CLE AL P 32 32 231.0 17 50 0 3 1.000 2.61    
1981 27 CLE AL P 20 20 141.7 11 22 0 0 1.000 2.10    
1982 28 CLE AL P 15 0 30.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.30    
1983 29 CLE AL P 34 26 207.3 12 39 1 3 .981 2.21    
1984 30 NYA AL P 30 30 225.7 19 47 1 1 .985 2.63    
1985 31 NYA AL P 6 6 35.7 5 13 0 0 1.000 4.54    
1986 32 NYA AL P 1 1 6.7 0 2 1 0 .667 2.70    
1987 33 NYA AL P 42 7 139.3 13 21 1 1 .971 2.20    
1988 34 NYA AL P 32 32 203.0 12 45 5 9 .919 2.53    
1989 35 NYA AL P 34 34 219.3 18 38 2 3 .966 2.30    
Career Totals   360 302 2326.9 168 445 17 33 .973 2.37    
Career Highs   42 34 266.7 21 50 5 9 1.000 4.54    
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
1979 25 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 1 0 0 2 3.86 .400 .400 .400 .800
1980 26 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 1 1 3 6.00 .100 .182 .400 .582
1983 29 CLE AL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 38.0 28 12 4 10 23 2.84 .207 .262 .319 .581
1988 34 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 14 5 0 3 6 3.21 .264 .304 .321 .624
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 2 .600 9 7 0 0 0 57.3 47 20 5 14 34 3.14 .226 .275 .327 .602
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1983-4-3.04
1984-4-2.91
 Wins
1977-7-17
1979-4-16
1988-4-16
 Winning Pct
1987-7-.647
 Games Started
1989-10-34
 Complete Games
1978-8-11
1980-10-9
1984-6-9
 Shutouts
1978-8-2
1983-2-3
1984-6-2
1988-10-1
Innings Pitched
1977-4-266.7
 Hits Allowed
1977-1-298
1979-6-259
1989-9-217
 Homeruns Allowed
1977-1-39
1978-9-26
1979-7-25
1980-1-39
1988-4-27
 Strikeouts
1977-9-172
1979-10-139
1980-6-155
1984-6-175
 Walks per 9IP
1977-6-1.9
1978-9-2.3
1979-7-1.8
1980-8-1.9
1983-5-1.7
1989-7-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1983-4-7.8
1984-8-8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
1979-10-5.4
1980-8-6.0
1983-6-5.9
1984-8-7.0
 WHiP
1980-7-1.15
1983-1-1.05
1984-3-1.09
1989-10-1.18
 OAVG
1983-5-.234
1984-8-.236
 OOBP
1980-5-.285
1983-2-.272
1984-3-.276
1989-10-.291
 OSLG
1984-6-.339
 OOPS
1983-8-.642
1984-5-.615
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 77    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1973
Earned first career win on 9/27/1974
Injured on 5/21/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/6/1975 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/13/1976 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 1B Tony Solaita, RF Jim Spencer, 2B Ted Sizemore. Going to CLE: CF Tommie Agee, P Kevin Kobel, P Frank Maccormack, P Skip Guinn)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,314,286 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1980, going 3-0, 1.06
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,314,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/17/1981 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 9/22/1981 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,605,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,605,714 through salary arbitration
Pitched NO-HITTER against San Diego on 5/25/1983, striking out 6
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/20/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1984, going 5-0, 1.44
Injured on 5/1/1985 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
9/1/1987: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $816,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1988, going 5-0, 1.50
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1990 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/6/1990 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/12/1990 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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