Don Kirkwood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: September 24, 1949 in Pontiac, MI us

Schools: Oakland Community College (Farmington Hills, MI), Oakland University (Rochester, MI)

Debut: September 13, 1974 (Age 24-354d, 13,578th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 29-007d)
vs. BOS 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Donald Paul Kirkwood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

ERA

4.37

120

374.2

194

WHIP

1.452

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-12 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 5

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	105	6	Apr 14	TOR		DET	W,10-8	3-9	W(1-0)	99	5.2	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.76	3.29	21	10	3	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.076	1.07	0.05%	1.94	3t 123 1 out d3	9t 12- 0 out a4
2	106	10	Apr 18	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	3-6		3	3.2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.89	1.94	13	3	3	0	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.044	.15	0.02%	1.93	3t 1-- 1 out d5	6t 3 out d5
3	107	12	Apr 21	TOR		CHW	L,2-11	4-6		2	1.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.27	2.13	11	3	2	1	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.022	.29	-0.01%	-1.37	4t 1-- 2 out d4	6t 123 1 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	108	37	May 21(2)	TOR		NYY	L,1-9	8-GF		29	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	2.20	8	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
5	109	41	May 25	TOR		BOS	L,5-9	6-7		3	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.40	2.32	8	3	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.056	.06	-0.01%	-1.07	6t 12- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	110	58	Jun 14(1)	TOR		MIL	L,5-7	GS-7		19	6.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.43	3.16	27	8	6	3	0	7	42			3	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
7	111	65	Jun 21	TOR		DET	L,8-10	5-6	L(1-1)	6	1.1	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.84	3.61	7	1	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.220	.01	0.00%	-1.37	5t 1-3 0 out a1	6t -2- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	112	120	Aug 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		56	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	3.57	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
9	113	123	Aug 20	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	2	6.0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.99	3.61	23	10	6	2	0	3	60			3	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
10	114	129	Aug 25	TOR		MIN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.1	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.04	3.62	28	8	9	2	0	7	43			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	1	0	.81	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
11	115	134	Aug 30(1)	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.71	3.41	35	9	11	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.16	0.117	.00	0.00%	2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	116	140	Sep 5	TOR		CLE	L,2-6	GS-3	L(3-3)	5	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.11	3.78	14	4	3	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-2.08	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d3
13	117	146	Sep 11(2)	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.60	3.49	33	10	12	5	0	6	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	0.156	.00	0.00%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	118	149	Sep 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-3	L(4-4)	5	2.1	6	5	4	1	2	1	0	4.08	3.67	15	6	0	0	0	6	28			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-4.15	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d5
15	119	155	Sep 24	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	GS-3		6	2.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.35	3.59	13	4	1	0	0	7	33			0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out a1
16	120	161	Oct 1	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(4-5)	6	8.0	6	5	3	5	3	2	0	4.24	3.98	33	12	7	0	0	6	52			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
							4-12		W-L:4-5	4.3	68.0	76	36	32	25	29	6	0	4.24	3.98	293	1.27		8%	2%	73	47	9	22%	7	2	0	263	15	2	1	7	2	3	.87	-0.646	.09	0.06%	-1.35

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