Mike Kekich

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Full Name: Michael Dennis Kekich	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/196	First Game: June 9, 1965
Birthdate: April 2, 1945	Final Game: October 1, 1977
Birthplace: San Diego, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on April 2, 1945 in San Diego, California, Mike Kekich (Michael Dennis Kekich) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 9 year career. Kekich broke into the bigs on June 9, 1965 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.91 ERA in 115 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mike Kekich's best season was 1971, when he posted a 4.07 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 93 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	LA	N	5	1	0	1	9.58	9	12	11	0	0	0	10.1	10	2	13	0	1	0
1968	LA	N	25	20	2	10	3.91	84	54	50	1	1	0	115	116	9	46	0	0	1
1969	NY	A	28	13	4	6	4.54	66	58	53	1	0	1	105	91	11	49	5	8	2
1970	NY	A	26	14	6	3	4.83	63	59	53	1	0	0	98.2	103	12	55	3	4	1
1971	NY	A	37	24	10	9	4.07	93	89	77	3	0	0	170.1	167	13	82	11	8	4
1972	NY	A	29	28	10	13	3.70	78	77	72	2	0	0	175.1	172	13	76	5	9	4
1973	NY	A	5	4	1	1	9.20	4	15	15	0	0	0	14.2	20	1	14	0	0	2
1973	CLE	A	16	6	1	4	7.02	26	47	39	0	0	0	50	73	6	35	0	8	0
1973	TOT	A	21	10	2	5	7.52	30	62	54	0	0	0	64.2	93	7	49	0	8	2
1975	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	3.73	19	16	13	0	0	2	31.1	33	2	21	2	2	0
1977	SEA	A	41	2	5	4	5.60	55	58	56	0	0	3	90	90	11	51	3	4	3
Total	NL		30	21	2	11	4.38	93	66	61	1	1	0	125.1	126	11	59	0	1	1
Total	AL		205	91	37	40	4.63	404	419	378	7	0	6	735.1	749	69	383	29	43	16
Total			235	112	39	51	4.59	497	485	439	8	1	6	860.2	875	80	442	29	44	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	LA	N	P	5	1	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1968	LA	N	P	25	20	115	1	17	1	0	0	0	3	5	2	.947
1969	NY	A	P	28	13	105	5	10	1	0	0	2	8	3	1	.938
1970	NY	A	P	26	14	98.2	5	10	2	0	0	1	3	5	0	.882
1971	NY	A	P	37	24	170	5	37	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	1.000
1972	NY	A	P	29	28	175.1	4	26	0	3	0	3	12	8	1	1.000
1973	NY	A	P	5	4	14.2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1973	CLE	A	P	16	6	50	1	2	1	0	0	0	7	3	2	.750
1973	CLE	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	TOT	A	P	21	10	64.2	1	4	1	1	0	0	8	4	2	.833
1975	TEX	A	P	23	0	31.1	0	9	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
1977	SEA	A	P	41	2	90	1	14	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1.000
Total			P	235	112	860.1	22	127	5	5	0	8	46	35	8	.968
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1965	LA	N	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1968	LA	N	25	37	3	3	0	1	.081	.105	.081	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	0
1969	NY	A	28	27	0	3	0	1	.111	.111	.148	1	0	0	10	0	3	0	0	0
1970	NY	A	26	32	2	3	0	2	.094	.147	.094	0	0	2	7	0	2	0	0	0
1971	NY	A	37	52	2	8	0	4	.154	.185	.154	0	0	2	11	0	8	0	0	0
1972	NY	A	29	59	3	8	0	4	.136	.136	.169	0	1	0	14	0	6	0	0	0
1973	NY	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CLE	A	19	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	TOT	A	24	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	SEA	A	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		30	39	3	3	0	1	.077	.100	.077	0	0	1	9	0	3	0	0	0
Total	AL		208	170	8	22	0	11	.129	.149	.147	1	1	4	42	0	19	0	0	0
Total			238	209	11	25	0	12	.120	.140	.134	1	1	5	51	0	22	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1964).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Yankees in exchange for Andy Kosco (December 4, 1968).
Traded by New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Lowell Palmer (June 12, 1973).
Released by Cleveland Indians (March 28, 1974).
Signed by Texas Rangers (April 25, 1974).
Released by Texas Rangers (March 12, 1976).
Sold by Nuevo Laredo (Mexican) to Seattle Mariners (April 1, 1977).
Released by Seattle Mariners (March 27, 1978).

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