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Keith Atherton
Keith Rowe Atherton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.

Debut July 14, 1983
  vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 5, 1989
Born February 19, 1959 in Newport News, VA

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 OAK AL   2   5  29   0   0   0  21  4   68.3   53   22   21   7   23   40   1   1   277   4   1  2.77  3.83  139 1.112
 1984 25 OAK AL   7   6  57   0   0   0  24  2  104.0  110   51   50  13   39   58   2   3   453   8   0  4.33  3.72   86 1.433
 1985 26 OAK AL   4   7  56   0   0   0  21  3  104.7   89   51   50  17   42   77   0   2   435   8   0  4.30  3.82   89 1.252
 1986 27 TOT AL   6  10  60   0   0   0  36 10   97.0  100   47   44  11   46   67   1   2   431   4   0  4.08  4.20  103 1.505
         OAK AL   1   2  13   0   0   0   5  0   15.3   18   10   10   2   11    8   0   0    75   1   0  5.87  3.85   66 1.891
         MIN AL   5   8  47   0   0   0  31 10   81.7   82   37   34   9   35   59   1   2   356   3   0  3.75  4.27  114 1.433
 1987 28 MIN AL   7   5  59   0   0   0  29  2   79.3   81   46   40  10   30   51   4   1   348   4   0  4.54  4.61  102 1.399
 1988 29 MIN AL   7   5  49   0   0   0  13  3   74.0   65   29   28  10   22   43   2   1   309   4   0  3.41  4.05  119 1.176
 1989 30 CLE AL   0   3  32   0   0   0  14  2   39.0   48   22   18   7   13   13   0   0   178   4   0  4.15  3.97   96 1.564
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .446  33  41 342   0   0   0 158 26  566.3  546  268  251  75  215  349  10  10  2431  36   1  3.99  4.02  101 1.344
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  68   0   0   0  31  5  112.3  108   53   49  14   42   69   1   1   483   7   0  3.99  4.02  101 1.344
 Career High      7  10  60   0   0   0  36 10  104.7  110   51   50  17   46   77   4   3   453   8   1  2.77  4.61  139 1.112

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 24 OAK AL  29    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      342    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     60    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 24 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0    92| .000  .257| .000  .318| .000  .388| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0    92| .000  .257| .000  .318| .000  .388| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 24 OAK AL P 29 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.28 0.73 1.05 1.81 0 68.3 1984 25 OAK AL P 57 5 5 1 0 .909 .962 0.18 0.70 0.87 1.79 0 104.0 1985 26 OAK AL P 56 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.18 0.70 0.86 1.86 0 104.7 1986 27 TOT AL P 60 6 11 1 1 .944 .955 0.28 0.68 1.58 1.83 0 97.0 OAK AL P 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.18 1.82 0 15.3 MIN AL P 47 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.32 0.68 1.65 1.83 0 81.7 1987 28 MIN AL P 59 3 12 1 0 .938 .955 0.25 0.67 1.70 1.84 0 79.3 1988 29 MIN AL P 49 3 9 1 0 .923 .960 0.24 0.67 1.46 1.78 0 74.0 1989 30 CLE AL P 32 4 1 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.66 1.15 1.87 0 39.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 OAK AL P 29 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.28 0.73 1.05 1.81 0 68.3 1984 25 OAK AL P 57 5 5 1 0 .909 .962 0.18 0.70 0.87 1.79 0 104.0 1985 26 OAK AL P 56 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.18 0.70 0.86 1.86 0 104.7 1986 27 TOT AL P 60 6 11 1 1 .944 .955 0.28 0.68 1.58 1.83 0 97.0 OAK AL P 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.18 1.82 0 15.3 MIN AL P 47 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.32 0.68 1.65 1.83 0 81.7 1987 28 MIN AL P 59 3 12 1 0 .938 .955 0.25 0.67 1.70 1.84 0 79.3 1988 29 MIN AL P 49 3 9 1 0 .923 .960 0.24 0.67 1.46 1.78 0 74.0 1989 30 CLE AL P 32 4 1 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.66 1.15 1.87 0 39.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 342 26 51 5 1 .939 .957 0.23 0.69 1.22 1.82 0 566.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 342 26 51 5 1 .939 .957 0.23 0.69 1.22 1.82 0 566
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN STL     W   2   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   0   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   3   0   5.40  0  0  0  0   1.2   1   1   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1987 AL-59-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

May 20, 1986: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

March 26, 1989: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Carmen Castillo.

August 7, 1989: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 17, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Oakland Athletics$107,333
1986Oakland Athletics$183,700
1987Minnesota Twins$300,000
1988Minnesota Twins$345,000
Career (may be incomplete)$936,033

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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