Kurt Bevacqua

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: January 23, 1947 in Miami Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Atlanta Braves in the 6th round of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: North Miami HS (North Miami, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: June 22, 1971 (Age 24-150d, 13,133rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 38-256d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Kurt Anthony Bevacqua

Pronunciation: \be-VAH-kwah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-4.0

2117

499

.236

214

RBI

275

OBP

.305

SLG

.327

OPS

.632

OPS+

Summary of 27 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 6 go ahead

6 Tms
TEX	11
SDP	7
CLE	4
KCR	2
MIL	2
PIT	1

Platoon
vs LHP	17
vs RHP	10

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	13

Outs
1	13
2	8
0	6

17 Opps
SFG	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
CAL	2
NYY	2
KCR	2
TOR	2
OAK	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
SEA	1
DET	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
MIL	1
CHW	1

25 Pitchers
Balor Moore	3
Bill Lee	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Dick Bosman	1
Rich Gale	1
Mark Davis	1
Les Cain	1
Rick Wise	1
Rob Gardner	1
Jerry Bell	1
Steve Mura	1
Rod Scurry	1
Larry Gura	1
Dave Freisleben	1
David Clyde	1
Al Closter	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Bill Campbell	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Pat Zachry	1
Tom Hilgendorf	1
Tom House	1
Adrian Devine	1
Tom Browning	1
Pete Vuckovich	1

13 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	14
8	3
9	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
1--	5
123	4
-2-	2
12-	1
--3	1

49 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	14
1 on	8
2 on	1
3 on	4
Any on	13

Inning
1	2
2	1
4	4
5	7
6	2
7	6
8	2
9	3

1-3	3
4-6	13
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	5
-1	1
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	12
Tied	5
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	10
2B	6
RF	5
PH	4
LF	1
DH	1

OrderPos
7th	6
6th	6
3rd	4
9th	4
8th	4
5th	1
4th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-08-12	CLE	@	CHW	Wilbur Wood	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	4	0.045	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1971-09-01	CLE	@	DET	Les Cain	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	6	9	0.075	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1971-09-11	CLE		NYY	Al Closter	behind 6-10	b 9	1	1--	2	7	4	0.024	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Chambliss Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1972-09-24 (2)	CLE		NYY	Rob Gardner	behind 1-5	b 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.062	15%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1973-06-01	KCR		CLE	Tom Hilgendorf	tied 4-4	b 8	1	---	1	7	4	0.293	85%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1973-07-09	KCR	@	MIL	Jerry Bell	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	123	4	8	PH	0.084	98%		Home Run; J. Mayberry Scores; G. Hopkins Scores; E. Kirkpatrick Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1975-07-28	MIL	@	BOS	Rick Wise	tied 2-2	t 4	2	1--	2	9	4	0.229	70%		Home Run; R. Yount Scores
8	8	2	1	1975-08-24	MIL		OAK	Dick Bosman	behind 2-5	b 7	2	1--	2	9	5	0.181	27%		Home Run; B. Sharp Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1977-07-26	TEX	@	TOR	Pete Vuckovich	ahead 9-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	5	5	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Washington Scores
10	10	2	1	1977-09-04	TEX		BOS	Bill Campbell	behind 3-8	b 9	2	---	1	2	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	3	1	1977-09-09	TEX	@	SEA	Tom House	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.102	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1977-09-13	TEX		CAL	Balor Moore	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	9	0.109	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	5	2	1977-09-13	TEX		CAL	Balor Moore	ahead 6-4	b 6	2	---	1	7	9	0.075	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1978-04-15	TEX	@	BOS	Bill Lee	behind 1-7	t 5	0	---	1	6	DH	0.026	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1978-07-19	TEX	@	KCR	Rich Gale	behind 3-10	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	3	1	1978-08-12	TEX	@	CLE	David Clyde	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	12-	3	7	5	0.212	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Oliver Scores; R. Zisk Scores
17	17	4	1	1978-08-13 (1)	TEX	@	CLE	Dave Freisleben	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	5	0.124	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	5	1	1978-08-21	TEX	@	TOR	Balor Moore	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	---	1	3	5	0.091	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	6	1	1978-08-26	TEX		KCR	Larry Gura	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	5	0.160	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1979-07-31	SDP	@	ATL	Adrian Devine	ahead 8-2	t 9	1	---	1	3	4	0.002	100%		Home Run
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1981-06-09	PIT		SDP	Steve Mura	behind 3-7	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.037	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1983-06-29	SDP		LAD	Pat Zachry	ahead 9-2	b 5	1	1--	2	6	7	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Gwosdz Scores
23	23	2	1	1983-07-14	SDP		PIT	Rod Scurry	behind 2-3	b 7	1	123	4	6	PH	0.396	95%		Home Run; J. Bonilla Scores; S. Garvey Scores; G. Templeton Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1984-06-14	SDP		SFG	Mark Davis	behind 0-4	b 7	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.095	14%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Salazar Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1985-06-07 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	Tom Browning	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	123	4	6	5	0.052	99%		Home Run; S. Garvey Scores; K. McReynolds Scores; C. Martínez Scores
26	26	2	1	1985-06-23	SDP		SFG	Atlee Hammaker	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	123	4	4	5	0.225	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Dravecky Scores; J. Royster Scores; S. Garvey Scores
27	27	3	1	1985-09-24	SDP		SFG	Dave LaPoint	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	--3	2	8	5	0.121	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. McReynolds Scores