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Kevin Reimer

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: June 28, 1964 in Macon, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA).

Schools: Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA), California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1988 (Age 24-077d, 15,561st in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1993 (Age 29-091d)
vs. TOR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Kevin Michael Reimer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

1455

376

.258

162

RBI

204

OBP

.320

SLG

.430

OPS

.750

OPS+

107

Summary of 52 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 17 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	39
MIL	13

Platoon
vs RHP	48
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	21

Outs
1	20
0	17
2	15

13 Opps
KCR	7
BAL	7
MIN	6
OAK	5
DET	5
MIL	5
CLE	4
CHW	4
SEA	3
NYY	2
TOR	2
BOS	1
CAL	1

43 Pitchers
Jack Morris	3
José Mesa	3
Mark Leiter	2
Kevin Appier	2
Tom Gordon	2
Kirk McCaskill	2
Mike Mussina	2
Rick Honeycutt	1
Mark Grant	1
Jeff Parrett	1
Dennis Cook	1
Hipólito Pichardo	1
Dan Plesac	1
Bob Welch	1
Bret Saberhagen	1
Paul Quantrill	1
Kurt Knudsen	1
Gene Nelson	1
Scott Scudder	1
Shawn Hillegas	1
Eric Plunk	1
Willie Blair	1
Mark Knudson	1
Chuck Crim	1
Rich DeLucia	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Scott Erickson	1
Roy Smith	1
Carl Willis	1
Walt Terrell	1
Mike Timlin	1
Charles Nagy	1
Greg Cadaret	1
Clay Parker	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Roberto Hernández	1
Bill Sampen	1
Mark Eichhorn	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Willie Banks	1
Dave Stewart	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Bill Wegman	1

13 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	23
County Stad (MIL)	10
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	27
89	16
8	8
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	15
2	10
4	9
3	7
5	6
6	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	12
12-	5
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

86 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	28
1 on	15
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	24

Inning
1	8
2	10
3	10
4	7
5	1
6	3
7	6
8	6
Extra	1

1-3	28
4-6	11
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	8
+1	8
Tied	10
-1	7
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	4

Ahead	24
Tied	10
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	15
1-0	8
1-2	7
2-0	5
2-2	4
3-2	3
2-1	3
1-1	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	27
DH	22
PH	1
PH/DH	1
RF	1

OrderPos
5th	21
6th	13
4th	10
2nd	3
3rd	3
7th	1
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-09-27	TEX	@	CHW	Shawn Hillegas	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	0.132	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1990-06-26	TEX	@	MIN	Roy Smith	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.193	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	1990-07-12	TEX	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	DH	0.098	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Daugherty Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1991-04-08	TEX		MIL	Mark Knudson	behind 0-3	b 2	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	DH	0.136	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
5	5	2	1	1991-04-14	TEX		BAL	Jeff Robinson	behind 1-3	b 1	2	1-3	3,(1-1) 11BFX	3	6	7	0.271	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Palmeiro Scores; J. Franco Scores; K. Reimer Scores
6	6	3	1	1991-06-18	TEX		KCR	Kevin Appier	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	5	DH	0.178	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Franco Scores; K. Reimer Scores
7	7	4	1	1991-07-04	TEX		OAK	Gene Nelson	tied 4-4	b 10	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	0.466	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); K. Reimer Scores
8	8	5	1	1991-07-21	TEX		TOR	Mike Timlin	behind 4-5	b 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	1	PH/DH	0.413	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Huson Scores; K. Reimer Scores
9	9	6	1	1991-08-02	TEX	@	MIL	Chuck Crim	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	12-	3,(2-0) .BBX	3	6	7	0.187	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Palmeiro Scores; J. González Scores; K. Reimer Scores
10	10	7	1	1991-08-03	TEX	@	MIL	Dan Plesac	ahead 9-2	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	DH	0.011	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Reimer Scores
11	11	8	1	1991-08-06	TEX		CLE	Charles Nagy	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	4	DH	0.104	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Franco Scores; R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
12	12	9	1	1991-08-12	TEX		MIL	Jaime Navarro	behind 1-10	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	0.015	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
13	13	10	1	1991-08-15	TEX	@	BAL	José Mesa	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.109	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Reimer Scores
14	14	11	1	1991-08-17	TEX	@	CLE	Willie Blair	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	7	0.114	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Reimer Scores
15	15	12	1	1991-08-19	TEX		BAL	Mike Mussina	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	12-	4,(0-2) FFFX	3	5	DH	0.209	95%		Home Run (Line Drive); R. Sierra Scores; J. González Scores; K. Reimer Scores
16	16	13	1	1991-08-20	TEX		BAL	José Mesa	behind 2-3	b 3	2	12-	4,(1-2) FFBX	3	6	7	0.319	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Palmeiro Scores; J. González Scores; K. Reimer Scores
17	17	14	1	1991-08-26	TEX	@	NYY	Eric Plunk	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	0.066	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Reimer Scores
18	18	15	1	1991-09-01	TEX		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) SBCFX	1	5	7	0.108	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Reimer Scores
19	19	16	1	1991-09-07	TEX		CHW	Roberto Hernández	behind 4-7	b 2	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	0.169	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
20	20	17	1	1991-09-12	TEX		MIN	Jack Morris	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	5	7	0.180	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Franco Scores; R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
21	21	18	1	1991-09-19 (1)	TEX		CAL	Mark Eichhorn	ahead 9-3	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	5	PH	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Reimer Scores
22	22	19	1	1991-09-25	TEX	@	SEA	Rich DeLucia	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	DH	0.118	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Palmeiro Scores; K. Reimer Scores
23	23	20	1	1991-09-28	TEX	@	OAK	Dave Stewart	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.082	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Reimer Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1992-04-19	TEX		OAK	Rick Honeycutt	behind 3-4	b 7	1	1--	5,(2-2) .1BCBCX	2	3	7	0.426	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Thon Scores; K. Reimer Scores
25	25	2	1	1992-04-29	TEX	@	NYY	Greg Cadaret	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	7	0.098	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Reimer Scores
26	26	3	1	1992-05-05	TEX	@	BAL	José Mesa	behind 1-3	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	0.096	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Reimer Scores
27	27	4	1	1992-05-08	TEX		MIL	Bill Wegman	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.096	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); K. Reimer Scores
28	28	5	1	1992-05-21	TEX		KCR	Tom Gordon	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	7	0.186	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
29	29	6	1	1992-06-08	TEX		SEA	Clay Parker	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	4,(1-2) BSSX	1	5	7	0.083	83%		Home Run (Line Drive); K. Reimer Scores
30	30	7	1	1992-06-22	TEX		TOR	Jack Morris	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	7	0.178	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Palmer Scores; K. Reimer Scores
31	31	8	1	1992-06-27	TEX	@	DET	Walt Terrell	ahead 6-2	t 2	2	12-	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	3	6	7	0.104	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sierra Scores; J. González Scores; K. Reimer Scores
32	32	9	1	1992-06-28	TEX	@	DET	Mark Leiter	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	7	0.111	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Reimer Scores
33	33	10	1	1992-07-09	TEX		CLE	Scott Scudder	ahead 3-1	b 1	2	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	6	7	0.081	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Reimer Scores
34	34	11	1	1992-07-16	TEX		BAL	Rick Sutcliffe	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0.065	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); K. Reimer Scores
35	35	12	1	1992-08-05	TEX		OAK	Jeff Parrett	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	9,(3-2) BBSSFBFFX	1	2	7	0.139	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Reimer Scores
36	36	13	1	1992-08-09	TEX	@	SEA	Mark Grant	behind 3-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0.117	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Reimer Scores
37	37	14	1	1992-08-13	TEX	@	MIN	Scott Erickson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	4,(1-2) FFB1X	2	4	DH	0.188	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Sierra Scores; K. Reimer Scores
38	38	15	1	1992-08-25	TEX		KCR	Kevin Appier	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	9,(3-2) S1FBBFFBFX	2	2	7	0.245	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Downing Scores; K. Reimer Scores
39	39	16	1	1992-08-27	TEX		KCR	Hipólito Pichardo	behind 0-7	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	7	0.009	2%		Home Run (Line Drive); K. Reimer Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1993-04-17	MIL		OAK	Bob Welch	ahead 5-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	DH	0.028	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	2	1	1993-04-26	MIL		MIN	Kevin Tapani	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	5	DH	0.079	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	3	1	1993-04-28	MIL	@	CHW	Kirk McCaskill	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	0.080	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	1993-05-04	MIL		CHW	Kirk McCaskill	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBBFX	2	5	DH	0.160	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Thon Scores
44	44	5	1	1993-05-15	MIL		CLE	Dennis Cook	tied 4-4	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.117	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	6	1	1993-05-21	MIL	@	BAL	Mike Mussina	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	123	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	4	4	7	0.150	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hamilton Scores; B. Spiers Scores; G. Vaughn Scores
46	46	7	1	1993-05-28	MIL		KCR	Bill Sampen	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) BBSFX	1	5	7	0.016	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47	47	8	1	1993-05-30	MIL		KCR	Tom Gordon	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	4	7	0.019	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Vaughn Scores
48	48	9	1	1993-06-18	MIL	@	DET	Mark Leiter	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	0.114	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
49	49	10	1	1993-06-19	MIL	@	DET	Kurt Knudsen	behind 4-10	t 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	5	DH	0.022	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Brunansky Scores
50	50	11	1	1993-06-28	MIL	@	BOS	Paul Quantrill	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	0.274	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	12	1	1993-07-09	MIL		MIN	Carl Willis	behind 4-10	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	4	DH	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
52	52	13	1	1993-07-11	MIL		MIN	Willie Banks	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	DH	0.200	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hamilton Scores; R. Yount Scores