Robert Kevin Appier is an American former professional baseball player.
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10 Facts About Kevin Appier
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Kevin Appier played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and Anaheim Angels.
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Kevin Appier enjoyed the most success with the Royals in the early to mid-1990s as one of the league's earned run average leaders, a Cy Young Award contender in 1993 and culminating in 1995 with a selection to the American League All-Star team.
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Kevin Appier was a starting pitcher on the World Series Champion Anaheim Angels in 2002 before retiring four seasons later.
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Kevin Appier reached a career high in strikeouts in 1996 with 207, and won his first of two Roberto Clemente Awards.
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In Game 5, after the Yankees scored 6 runs in the first inning, Kevin Appier came in to relieve in the 2nd inning, pitching four innings and allowing one run.
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In 2003, Kevin Appier was plagued with a previously undiagnosed flexor tendon injury and was eventually released at the end of July.
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Kevin Appier signed with the Royals, but after five starts needed surgery.
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On June 3,2006, Kevin Appier asked for and was granted his release by the Mariners, officially retiring the next month.
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In 2011, Kevin Appier was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame.
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