What years did Kevin Appier play?

Kevin Appier played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2004.

Was Kevin Appier a pitcher?

Yes. Kevin Appier pitched in the major leagues, recording 169 wins and 1994 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Kevin Appier hit?

Kevin Appier hit 0 career home runs with 8 hits.

What teams did Kevin Appier play for?

Kevin Appier played for 4 teams: the Kansas City Royals (1989–1999, 2003–2004), the Oakland Athletics (1999–2000), the New York Mets (2001), and the Anaheim Angels (2002–2003).

Did Kevin Appier win a Cy Young Award?

No. Kevin Appier did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Kevin Appier win?

Kevin Appier was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Kevin Appier's career stats?

In 414 games, Kevin Appier went 169-137 with a 3.74 ERA, 1,994 strikeouts, and 2,595.1 innings pitched.

What was Kevin Appier's salary?

Kevin Appier's last recorded salary was $300,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2003, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2004.

What position did Kevin Appier play?

Kevin Appier played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Kevin Appier and how much did he weigh?

Kevin Appier was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 180 pounds.

What was Kevin Appier's career ERA?

Kevin Appier finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 169-137 with 1,994 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Kevin Appier have?

Kevin Appier recorded 1,994 career strikeouts.

Is Kevin Appier in the Hall of Fame?

No. Kevin Appier has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Kevin Appier

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1989-2004)

Kevin Appier was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2004 for 4 teams, including the Kansas City Royals, a span of 16 seasons. Across 414 career appearances, he went 169-137 with a 3.74 ERA and 1,994 strikeouts. Kevin Appier was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 34391.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 169–137

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.29

SO 1,994

Pitcher PIV 34391.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 180 lb
Born: 12/6/1967 in Lancaster, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1989-06-04
Last Game: 2004-04-23
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Robert Kevin Appier

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Career Pitching Statistics

Kevin Appier — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
169	137	414	402	34	12	0	2595.1	2,425	1,078	232	933	1,994	3.74	34391.1

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 4.31 across their career seasons — 13.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Kevin Appier Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1989	KCA	AL	1	4	6	5	0	0	21.2	34	22	12	10	9.14	3.71 (-146%)	-861.8
1990	KCA	AL	12	8	32	24	3	3	185.2	179	57	54	127	2.76	3.86 (+28%)	2608.6
1991	KCA	AL	13	10	34	31	6	3	207.2	205	79	61	158	3.42	3.91 (+12%)	4619.1
1992	KCA	AL	15	8	30	30	3	0	208.1	167	57	68	150	2.46	3.75 (+34%)	4184.0
1993	KCA	AL	18	8	34	34	5	1	238.2	183	68	81	186	2.56	4.19 (+39%)	8102.8
1994	KCA	AL	7	6	23	23	1	0	155.0	137	66	63	145	3.83	4.51 (+15%)	4127.5
1995	KCA	AL	15	10	31	31	4	1	201.1	163	87	80	185	3.89	4.45 (+13%)	5086.3
1996	KCA	AL	14	11	32	32	5	1	211.1	192	85	75	207	3.62	4.61 (+21%)	6709.1
1997	KCA	AL	9	13	34	34	4	1	235.2	215	89	74	196	3.40	4.39 (+23%)	3871.8
1998	KCA	AL	1	2	3	3	0	0	15.0	21	13	5	9	7.80	4.43 (-76%)	-490.3
1999	KCA	AL	9	9	22	22	1	0	140.1	153	76	51	78	4.87	4.71 (-4%)	-701.1
1999	OAK	AL	7	5	12	12	0	0	68.2	77	44	33	53	5.77	4.71 (-22%)	-122.1
2000	OAK	AL	15	11	31	31	1	1	195.1	200	98	102	129	4.52	4.77 (+5%)	-1363.9
2001	NYN	NL	11	10	33	33	1	1	206.2	181	82	64	172	3.57	4.42 (+19%)	2705.4
2002	ANA	AL	14	12	32	32	0	0	188.1	191	82	64	132	3.92	4.28 (+8%)	-3.8
2003	ANA	AL	7	7	19	19	0	0	92.2	105	58	36	50	5.63	4.40 (-28%)	-3155.4
2003	KCA	AL	1	2	4	4	0	0	19.0	15	9	7	5	4.26	4.40 (+3%)	-925.1
2004	KCA	AL	0	1	2	2	0	0	4.0	7	6	3	2	13.50	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			169	137	414	402	34	12	2,595.1	2,425	1,078	933	1,994	3.74	—	34,391

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Kevin Appier — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
414	83	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	1	39	.096	.118	.096	.214	-679

Career AVG .096 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 63.5% below league average.

Career OBP .118 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 64.7% below league average.

Career SLG .096 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 76.7% below league average.

Career OPS .214 vs. league average .747 across their career seasons — 71.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Kevin Appier Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1989	KCA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	KCA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	KCA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	KCA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	KCA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	KCA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	KCA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	KCA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	KCA	AL	34	6	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	KCA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	KCA	AL	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	OAK	AL	31	6	0	1	0	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYN	NL	33	62	4	7	4	1	24	.113	.263 (-57%)	.332 (-58%)	.426 (-74%)	.758 (-67%)	-678.7
2002	ANA	AL	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	ANA	AL	19	5	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	KCA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	KCA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			414	83	4	8	4	1	39	.096	—	—	—	—	-679

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Kevin Appier — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Kevin Appier — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2002	ALCS	ANA	2	.000
2002	ALDS1	ANA	1	.000
2002	WS	ANA	2	.000
2000	ALDS1	OAK	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Kevin Appier — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	7	6	0	32.0	34	19	18	23	5.34

Playoff Pitching by Year

Kevin Appier — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	ALCS	ANA	1	2	2	10.1	10	4	4	3	3.48
2002	ALDS1	ANA	0	1	1	5.0	5	3	3	3	5.40
2002	WS	ANA	0	2	2	6.1	9	8	5	4	11.37
2000	ALDS1	OAK	1	2	1	10.1	10	4	6	13	3.48

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Kevin Appier — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	202	33	2	4	0	2	.121
Away	212	50	2	4	0	2	.080

Pitching — Home / Away

Kevin Appier — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	202	1304.1	1163	513	452	991	3.54
Away	212	1291.0	1262	565	481	1003	3.94

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Kevin Appier — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-04-23	KCR	MIN	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
2004-04-17	KCR	MIN	L	3.0	6	7	5	3	2	0
2003-08-24	KCR	MIN	—	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	1
2003-08-19	KCR	NYY	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	0	3
2003-08-13	KCR	NYY	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0
2003-08-08	KCR	TBR	L	5.0	5	2	2	1	2	0
2003-07-29	LAA	NYY	L	0.2	5	4	4	1	1	0
2003-07-24	LAA	TEX	W	6.0	4	2	2	1	2	2
2003-07-19	LAA	BAL	L	1.1	7	7	7	0	0	0
2003-07-09	LAA	KCR	—	5.0	5	3	1	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Kevin Appier — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	414	402	202	225	12	25

Season-by-Season Fielding

Kevin Appier — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1989	KCA	P	6	5	1	0	0	0
1990	KCA	P	32	24	15	21	3	3
1991	KCA	P	34	31	20	26	2	0
1992	KCA	P	30	30	19	21	1	4
1993	KCA	P	34	34	26	14	1	4
1994	KCA	P	23	23	7	13	0	1
1995	KCA	P	31	31	16	20	0	3
1996	KCA	P	32	32	19	15	0	2
1997	KCA	P	34	34	24	17	1	3
1998	KCA	P	3	3	0	1	0	0
1999	KCA	P	22	22	10	13	1	2
1999	OAK	P	12	12	3	8	0	0
2000	OAK	P	31	31	8	14	1	1
2001	NYN	P	33	33	11	21	2	2
2002	ANA	P	32	32	18	14	0	0
2003	ANA	P	19	19	3	6	0	0
2003	KCA	P	4	4	1	0	0	0
2004	KCA	P	2	2	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Kevin Appier Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	414

Awards & Honors

Kevin Appier — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1995	Pitcher of the Month	June
1993	Player of the Week	Week of 1993-09-18
1992	Pitcher of the Month	July
1990	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Kevin Appier's recorded salaries total $65,743,750 over 15 seasons, 1990 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Appier's career ran from 1989 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1989.

Kevin Appier — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	KCA	AL	$300,000
2003	ANA	AL	$11,500,000
2002	ANA	AL	$9,500,000
2001	NYN	NL	$8,500,000
2000	OAK	AL	$5,600,000
1999	KCA	AL	$4,800,000
1998	KCA	AL	$4,800,000
1997	KCA	AL	$4,800,000
1996	KCA	AL	$5,051,250
1995	KCA	AL	$4,387,500
1994	KCA	AL	$3,800,000
1993	KCA	AL	$2,000,000
1992	KCA	AL	$390,000
1991	KCA	AL	$215,000
1990	KCA	AL	$100,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$65,743,750

College History

Kevin Appier — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Antelope Valley College	Lancaster	CA	1987
California State University Fresno	Fresno	CA	1986

Award Voting History

Kevin Appier — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1993	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	30.0	140	1
1993	Most Valuable Player	AL	24th	1.0	392	0
1990	Rookie of the Year	AL	3rd	31.0	140	0

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Kevin Appier: the record in brief

June 4, 1989 and April 23, 2004 bracket Kevin Appier's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Kansas City Royals (1989 to 2004), the Oakland Athletics (1999 to 2000), the New York Mets (2001), and the Anaheim Angels (2002 through 2003). Appier played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on December 6, 1967, in Lancaster, CA, USA, Appier was listed at 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds. The bio lists the given name Robert Kevin.

Appier's career pitching line is 169 wins, 137 losses and a 3.74 ERA over 414 appearances. Also on Appier's record: 1,994 strikeouts, 34 complete games, and 12 shutouts. The leagues Appier pitched in allowed 4.31 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 13.3% better than average. No season topped the 18 wins of 1993. 1996 produced Appier's most strikeouts, 207. 1992 was Appier's sharpest full season, a 2.46 ERA against the league's 3.75.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kevin Appier

What years did Kevin Appier play?: Kevin Appier played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2004.
Was Kevin Appier a pitcher?: Yes. Kevin Appier pitched in the major leagues, recording 169 wins and 1994 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kevin Appier hit?: Kevin Appier hit 0 career home runs with 8 hits.
What teams did Kevin Appier play for?: Kevin Appier played for 4 teams: the Kansas City Royals (1989–1999, 2003–2004), the Oakland Athletics (1999–2000), the New York Mets (2001), and the Anaheim Angels (2002–2003).
Did Kevin Appier win a Cy Young Award?: No. Kevin Appier did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Kevin Appier win?: Kevin Appier was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Kevin Appier's career stats?: In 414 games, Kevin Appier went 169-137 with a 3.74 ERA, 1,994 strikeouts, and 2,595.1 innings pitched.
How much did Kevin Appier earn in his career?: Kevin Appier's recorded salaries total $65,743,750 over 15 seasons, 1990 to 2004. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Appier's career ran from 1989 to 2004. No salary is recorded for 1989.
What was Kevin Appier's salary?: Kevin Appier's last recorded salary was $300,000, in 2004. His highest recorded salary was $11,500,000, in 2003, and his lowest was $100,000, in 1990. The Salary History table lists each season from 1990 to 2004.
What position did Kevin Appier play?: Kevin Appier played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Kevin Appier and how much did he weigh?: Kevin Appier was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 180 pounds.
What was Kevin Appier's career ERA?: Kevin Appier finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 169-137 with 1,994 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Kevin Appier have?: Kevin Appier recorded 1,994 career strikeouts.
Is Kevin Appier in the Hall of Fame?: No. Kevin Appier has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.