NAME : Kelvim Escobar
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ORIGIN : Venezuela
BIRTHDAY : 4/11/1976
AGE : 27
HEIGHT : 6"1
WEIGHT : 220
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Both
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $3,286,000 through 2004
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Minimal
TEAM LEADER : Some ability
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Normal
INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Pitcher : C (Fielding Pct. : .954)
PITCHING RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Duration as Starter : D
Duration as Reliever : D
Holding Runners : B
Groundball Pct. : 48
Avoiding Runs : 7
Avoiding Hits : 7 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good)
Avoiding Doubles : 4 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Fair)
Avoiding Homeruns : 5 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
Avoiding BB's : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
Getting Strikeouts : 8 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good)
Throwing Velocity : 9
Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball, Slider
PITCHING STATS :
Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K
Overall 4.38 9 9 0 23 23 129.1 96 71 63 64 131
At Home 4.18 5 6 0 13 13 75.1 54 38 35 38 74
Away 4.67 4 3 0 10 10 54.0 42 33 28 26 57
Last Week 4.50 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 5 3 3 4 7
This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr/Mar 3.81 2 1 0 5 5 28.1 22 15 12 14 31
May 4.23 1 3 0 5 5 27.2 23 15 13 11 29
June 4.24 4 2 0 6 6 34.0 21 18 16 10 34
July 5.34 2 1 0 5 5 28.2 23 17 17 20 26
August 4.22 0 2 0 2 2 10.2 7 6 5 9 11
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1997 2.90 3 2 14 27 0 0 31.0 10 19 36 TOR
1998 3.76 7 3 0 22 0 0 79.0 33 35 72 TOR
1999 5.69 14 11 0 33 1 0 174.0 110 81 129 TOR
2000 5.35 10 15 2 43 3 1 180.0 107 85 142 TOR
2001 3.50 6 8 0 59 1 1 126.0 49 52 121 TOR
2002 1.61 4 1 31 54 0 0 67.0 12 25 50 TOR
Total ERA : 4.40
Total Wins : 53
Total Losses: 49
Total Saves : 47
Total SHO : 2
Total CG : 5
Total K's : 681
Total BB's : 361
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from Toronto to St. Louis on 1/25/2003 (Going to TOR: LF A. Pujols. Going to STL: LF S. Stewart, P K. Escobar, P J. Rocker)... Had first career hit on 4/11/2003, off Mike Sirotka (HOU)... |