Kevin Appier  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Appier can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Appier has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. If he ever adds a pitch to throw to lefties, he could make a big leap forward.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Appier is nothing special in the field. Appier is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Appier has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Appier as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 TEX 86 85 67 67 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 66 66 49 0 0 28 9 Overhand DL 0 7 20 52 395
1999 CHC 85 89 67 67 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 66 66 49 0 0 29 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 397
2000 SEA 94 94 67 51 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 68 68 49 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 400
2001 SEA 94 94 67 55 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 68 68 49 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 403
2002 SEA 94 95 67 47 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 69 69 49 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 397
2003 SEA 94 95 67 47 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 397
2004 SEA 93 93 67 49 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 34 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 394
2005 SEA 91 91 67 52 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 35 16 Overhand DL 0 0 0 44 391
2006 SEA 91 94 67 53 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 36 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 395
2007 FLA 87 94 67 56 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 37 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 392
2008 FLA 85 94 67 59 56 39 49 46 48 78 0 70 69 49 0 0 38 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 392
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.