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Keith Atherton | Major Leaguer 1983-1989

Full Name: Keith Rowe Atherton
Born: February 19,1959 in Mathews, Virginia
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

Debut: July 14,1983

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Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in 2nd Round (30th overall) of 1978 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [May 20,1986] - Traded by Athletics to Twins for Eric Broersma and Cash. [Mar 26,1989] - Traded by Twins to Indians for Carmen Castillo. [Aug 7,1989] - Released by Indians. [Aug 17,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Tigers. [Oct 15,1989] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1978	Bend	Nwest	19	Oak	A-	7	3	3.42	12	12	9	2		0	92.0	86	44	35	5	40	81	7		8.41	0.49	3.91	7.92	1.37	--
1979	Modesto	Calif	20	Oak	A+	9	8	5.98	21	21	9	0		0	146.0	190	107	97	18	51	103	1		11.71	1.11	3.14	6.35	1.65	--
	Waterbury	East	20	Oak	AA	0	3	5.57	4	4	0	0		0	21.0	28	23	13	2	13	7	1		12.00	0.86	5.57	3.00	1.95	--
1980	West Haven	East	21	Oak	AA	11	12	3.84	27	27	13	2		0	190.0	185	101	81	14	58	117	2		8.76	0.66	2.75	5.54	1.28	--
1981	West Haven	East	22	Oak	AA	11	13	3.60	27	27	4	0	0	0	175.0	174	83	70	13	64	116	7		8.95	0.67	3.29	5.97	1.36	--
1982	Tacoma	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	12	9	4.37	28	28	6	1	0	0	200.0	214	108	97	26	54	128	3		9.63	1.17	2.43	5.76	1.34	--
1983	Tacoma	PCL	24	Oak	AAA	3	8	3.96	26	14	1	0	6	2	120.1	117	60	53	14	44	93	2		8.75	1.05	3.29	6.96	1.34	--
	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	2	5	2.77	29	0	0	0	21	4	68.1	53	22	21	7	23	40	1	1	6.98	0.92	3.03	5.27	1.11	31%
1984	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	7	6	4.33	57	0	0	0	24	2	104.0	110	51	50	13	39	58	3	0	9.52	1.13	3.38	5.02	1.43	28%
1985	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	4	7	4.30	56	0	0	0	21	3	104.2	89	51	50	17	42	77	2	0	7.65	1.46	3.61	6.62	1.25	35%
1986	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	1	2	5.87	13	0	0	0	5	0	15.1	18	10	10	2	11	8	0	0	10.57	1.17	6.46	4.70	1.89	66%
	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	5	8	3.75	47	0	0	0	31	10	81.2	82	37	34	9	35	59	2	0	9.04	0.99	3.86	6.50	1.43	42%
1987	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	7	5	4.54	59	0	0	0	29	2	79.1	81	46	40	10	30	51	1	0	9.19	1.13	3.40	5.79	1.40	44%
1988	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	7	5	3.41	49	0	0	0	13	3	74.0	65	29	28	10	22	43	1	0	7.91	1.22	2.68	5.23	1.18	38%
1989	Toledo	IL	30	Det	AAA	1	2	1.38	6	0	0	0	4	1	13.0	7	4	2	0	1	12	1		4.85	0.00	0.69	8.31	0.62	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	30	Cle	AAA	0	1	9.29	4	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	20	11	11	1	5	6	0		16.89	0.84	4.22	5.07	2.35	--
	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	0	3	4.15	32	0	0	0	14	2	39.0	48	22	18	7	13	13	0	0	11.08	1.62	3.00	3.00	1.56	35%

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)						33	41	3.99	342	0	0	0	158	26	566.1	546	268	251	75	215	349	10	1	8.68	1.19	3.42	5.55	1.34	37%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						54	59	4.27	155	133	42	5		3	968.0	1021	541	459	93	330	663	24		9.49	0.86	3.07	6.16	1.40	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1982	Tacoma	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	p		28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1983	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	p	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1984	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	p	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	p	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	p	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	p	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	p	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								342	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1987	Minnesota	AL	28		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	1		0		0	0			27.27	---	0.00	0.00	3.03	--
	Minnesota	AL	28		Ws	0	0	6.77	2		0			0	1.1	0		1		1	0			0.00	---	6.77	0.00	0.75	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	5.40	3		0			0	1.2	1		1		1	0			5.40	---	5.40	0.00	1.20	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1987	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Bend	Nwest	19	Oak	A-	P	12			7	17	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1979	Modesto	Calif	20	Oak	A+	P	21			7	24	0	31	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Waterbury	East	20	Oak	AA	P	4			2	4	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	--

1980	West Haven	East	21	Oak	AA	P	27			9	27	3	39	2	-	-	-	.923	--

1981	West Haven	East	22	Oak	AA	P	27			16	31	4	51	5	-	-	-	.922	--

1982	Tacoma	PCL	23	Oak	AAA	P	28			11	24	4	39	1	-	-	-	.897	--

1983	Tacoma	PCL	24	Oak	AAA	P	26			9	10	5	24	1	-	-	-	.792	--
1983	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	P	29		68.1	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.05

1984	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	P	57		104	5	5	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	.87

1985	Oakland	AL	26	Oak	MLB	P	56		104.2	4	6	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	.86

1986	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	P	47		81.2	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	1.65
1986	Oakland	AL	27	Oak	MLB	P	13		15.1	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.17

1987	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	P	59		79.1	3	12	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	1.70

1988	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	P	49		74	3	9	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	1.46

1989	Colo Spr	PCL	30	Cle	AAA	P	4			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	Toledo	IL	30	Det	AAA	P	6			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1989	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	32		39	4	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.15

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	107,333		299,108	58
1986	183,700		325,466	51
1987	300,000		292,853	34
1988	345,000		325,305	34
1989	*62,500		375,257	74

Career:	$998,533	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Minnesota Twins in 1987.

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