Kevin
Bilford
 
Nickname: Lightning
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 7, 1955 in Houston, TX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1979   
All-Star Selections 1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 CAL JL     0 1 3 2 5 6 5 8 8 8 1 3 2 5 6 5 6 7 6
1976 21 CAL JL     2 3 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 2 4 3 6 7 6 6 7 7
1977 22 CAL JL     5 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 2 4 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1978 23 CAL JL     6 5 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 7
1979 24 CAL JL $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1980 25 CAL JL $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 1 3 2 5 6 5 8 8 8 1 3 2 5 6 5 6 7 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 8 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 CAL JL $ 300,000 62 12 14 13 14 16 15 8 11 10
1982 27 GRE JL $ 435,714 58 12 14 13 14 16 15 8 11 10
1983 28 MAN FL $ 435,714 58 17 19 18 16 18 17 8 12 10
1984 29 MAN FL $ 435,714 49 18 18 18 16 18 17 8 11 10
1985 30 MAN FL $ 2,850,000 49 18 18 18 16 18 17 8 10 9
1986 31 MAN FL $ 2,850,000 44 17 17 17 16 18 17 8 10 9
1987 32 MAN FL $ 2,850,000 44 17 17 17 16 18 17 8 11 9
1988 33 HAK FL $ 2,850,000 44 15 16 16 15 17 16 6 8 7
1989 34 CHI JL $ 2,850,000 40 16 16 16 14 16 15 5 6 5
1990 35 CHI JL $ 2,850,000 30 11 12 12 11 13 12 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 30 11 12 12 11 13 12 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,850,000 62 18 19 18 16 18 17 8 12 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 21 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 22 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 23 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 24 CAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 25 CAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 CAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 27 GRE JL $ 435,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 28 MAN FL $ 435,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 29 MAN FL $ 435,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1985 30 MAN FL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1986 31 MAN FL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1987 32 MAN FL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1988 33 HAK FL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1989 34 CHI JL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 35 CHI JL $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1975 20 AA   7 6 .538 13 13 3 1 0 97.0 87 37 12 39 103 3.43 .236 .310 .364 .674  
    A   5 3 .625 12 12 1 0 0 86.7 71 21 6 35 62 2.18 .222 .299 .309 .608  
1976 21 AA   11 10 .524 25 25 3 0 0 194.0 200 67 17 47 239 3.11 .267 .310 .384 .694  
1977 22 AAA   7 8 .467 25 25 5 3 0 186.0 158 58 21 57 195 2.81 .230 .289 .357 .646  
1978 23 AAA   15 5 .750 25 25 3 1 0 184.3 149 56 22 49 210 2.73 .221 .274 .360 .634  
1979 24 CAL JL 13 12 .520 34 34 4 0 0 219.3 205 94 31 63 158 3.86 .247 .304 .388 .692 7.7
1980 25 CAL JL 5 5 .500 31 16 0 0 2 113.3 98 45 12 35 71 3.57 .234 .298 .347 .645 7.4
1981 26 CAL JL 11 7 .611 33 33 0 0 0 192.7 208 92 30 49 115 4.30 .278 .325 .450 .775 10.3
1982 27 CAL JL 3 6 .333 14 11 0 0 0 77.3 97 39 9 22 51 4.54 .305 .350 .443 .793 2.0
  GRE JL 0 0 .000 4 3 0 0 0 3.7 3 0 0 2 2 0.00 .214 .313 .214 .527 0.5
  TOT   3 6 .333 18 14 0 0 0 81.0 100 39 9 24 53 4.33 .301 .348 .434 .782 2.5
    AAA   4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 34.0 33 14 4 5 28 3.71 .239 .266 .370 .635  
1983 28 AUS FL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 3.0 6 4 1 1 1 12.00 .400 .438 .667 1.104 0.0
  MAN FL 1 2 .333 22 0 0 0 0 28.7 38 22 8 12 16 6.91 .314 .375 .579 .954 0.0
  TOT   1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 1 31.7 44 26 9 13 17 7.39 .324 .382 .588 .970 0.0
    AAA   8 5 .615 16 14 0 0 0 87.3 121 51 14 12 82 5.26 .320 .341 .500 .841  
1984 29 MAN FL 8 7 .533 37 29 0 0 1 157.0 162 69 22 29 119 3.96 .262 .299 .450 .749 8.0
1985 30 MAN FL 7 6 .538 56 4 0 0 0 83.0 97 49 12 19 50 5.31 .297 .337 .474 .811 1.9
1986 31 MAN FL 1 6 .143 54 15 0 0 0 103.7 89 46 18 34 81 3.99 .231 .292 .420 .712 7.5
1987 32 MAN FL 6 6 .500 86 0 0 0 1 106.3 110 52 21 26 76 4.40 .266 .315 .478 .794 7.2
1988 33 HAK FL 5 8 .385 88 0 0 0 2 104.7 112 58 21 35 73 4.99 .272 .327 .502 .830 3.3
1989 34 HAK FL 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 0 22.7 22 15 3 8 14 5.96 .253 .320 .425 .745 0.3
  CHI JL 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 3 16.7 28 13 4 5 13 7.02 .378 .418 .622 1.039 0.0
  TOT   1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 3 39.3 50 28 7 13 27 6.41 .311 .364 .516 .879 0.3
1990 35 CHI JL 1 1 .500 59 0 0 0 0 60.3 60 23 8 22 57 3.43 .269 .335 .426 .761 5.3
12 Years Sim 62 67 .481 556 145 4 0 10 1292.3 1335 621 200 362 897 4.32 .267 .319 .441 .759 61.4
4 Years AAA 34 18 .654 72 70 8 4 0 491.7 461 179 61 123 515 3.28 .246 .292 .388 .680  
2 Years AA 18 16 .529 38 38 6 1 0 291.0 287 104 29 86 342 3.22 .257 .310 .377 .687  
1 Years A 5 3 .625 12 12 1 0 0 86.7 71 21 6 35 62 2.18 .222 .299 .309 .608  
7 Years Minors 57 37 .606 122 120 15 5 0 869.3 819 304 96 244 919 3.15 .247 .299 .377 .675  
Season Average 5 5 .500 46 12 0 0 0 107.7 111 51 16 30 74 4.32 .267 .319 .441 .759  
Career Highs 13 12 .611 88 34 4 0 3 219.3 208 94 31 63 158 7.39 .324 .382 .588 .970  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   649 308 99 159 473   .257 .301 .425 .726
vs LH   686 313 101 203 424   .277 .331 .457 .789
Home 27 33 .450 281 72 2 0 2 658.7 701 335 119 179 451 4.58 .272 .320 .460 .780
Away 35 34 .507 275 73 2 0 8 633.6 634 286 81 183 446 4.06 .261 .313 .420 .733
Mar/Apr 8 11 .421 106 18 2 0 1 214.3 235 114 39 74 138 4.79 .277 .335 .463 .799
May 22 8 .733 99 32 1 0 0 263.6 249 87 24 69 174 2.97 .252 .301 .376 .676
June 13 15 .464 91 33 1 0 2 253.0 265 120 38 61 172 4.27 .272 .315 .444 .759
July 8 12 .400 94 28 0 0 1 230.3 240 137 42 62 190 5.35 .266 .314 .450 .763
August 7 11 .389 93 18 0 0 5 175.0 181 93 32 56 125 4.78 .263 .319 .475 .794
Sep/Oct 4 10 .286 73 16 0 0 1 156.0 165 70 25 40 98 4.04 .273 .318 .458 .776
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 20 A   5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1976 21 AA   4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
1978 23 AAA   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0  
1979 24 CAL JL 35 77 7 10 3 1 0 6 0 1 2 35 .130 .152 .195 .347 0.4 0.0
1980 25 CAL JL 32 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .033 .065 .033 .098 -2.1 0.0
1981 26 CAL JL 33 57 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .088 .119 .140 .259 -0.9 0.0
1982 27 CAL JL 16 20 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .000 .087 .000 .087 -0.7 0.0
  GRE JL 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
  TOT   20 21 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .048 .125 .095 .220 0.0 0.3
1983 28 AUS FL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  MAN FL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1984 29 MAN FL 37 48 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 20 .042 .042 .063 .104 -3.2 0.0
1985 30 MAN FL 56 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1986 31 MAN FL 55 21 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .095 .174 .143 .317 -0.5 0.0
1987 32 MAN FL 86 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1988 33 HAK FL 89 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1989 34 HAK FL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  CHI JL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   36 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1990 35 CHI JL 63 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
12 Years Sim 570 278 21 21 9 1 0 11 0 2 9 110 .076 .104 .115 .219 -8.6 0.3
1 Years AAA 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0  
1 Years AA 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
1 Years A 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
3 Years Minors 15 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0.6  
162 Game Average 79 5 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 31 .076 .104 .115 .219 -2.4  
Career Highs 89 77 7 10 3 1 0 6 0 1 2 35 .130 .174 .195 .347 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   182 16 16 5 1 0 6 0 1 8 72 .088 .126 .126 .252 -3.9
vs LH   96 4 5 4 0 0 5 0 1 1 38 .052 .062 .094 .156 -5.3
Home 272 127 7 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 55 .047 .083 .071 .154 -6.6
Away 219 151 13 15 6 1 0 10 0 1 4 55 .099 .122 .152 .274 -2.7
RISP   80 0 6 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 31 .075 .085 .113 .198 -3.1
Close/Late   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 50 46 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .065 .104 .109 .213 -1.5
May 80 66 6 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 23 .061 .100 .106 .206 -2.2
June 82 58 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 26 .103 .133 .138 .271 -1.2
July 46 50 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .060 .078 .100 .178 -2.2
August 76 33 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.4
Sep/Oct 23 25 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 9 .080 .115 .160 .275 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 24 CAL JL P 34 34 219.3 14 43 7 0 .891 2.34    
1980 25 CAL JL P 31 16 113.3 4 19 0 2 1.000 1.83    
1981 26 CAL JL P 33 33 192.7 16 43 1 7 .983 2.76    
1982 27 CAL JL P 14 11 77.3 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.75    
  GRE JL P 4 3 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  TOT   P 18 14 81.0 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1983 28 AUS FL P 6 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  MAN FL P 22 0 28.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.83    
  TOT   P 28 0 31.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.56    
1984 29 MAN FL P 37 29 157.0 5 30 3 2 .921 2.01    
1985 30 MAN FL P 56 4 83.0 7 15 1 3 .957 2.39    
1986 31 MAN FL P 54 15 103.7 6 15 1 0 .955 1.82    
1987 32 MAN FL P 86 0 106.3 9 19 2 2 .933 2.37    
1988 33 HAK FL P 88 0 104.7 7 14 2 0 .913 1.81    
1989 34 HAK FL P 19 0 22.7 4 4 1 1 .889 3.18    
  CHI JL P 13 0 16.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.24    
  TOT   P 32 0 39.3 7 7 1 1 .933 3.20    
1990 35 CHI JL P 59 0 60.3 4 13 1 1 .944 2.54    
Career Totals   556 145 1292.3 85 237 19 18 .944 2.24    
Career Highs   88 34 219.3 16 43 7 7 1.000 3.20    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 24 CAL JL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 15 8 2 5 16 3.66 .203 .253 .378 .632
1981 26 CAL JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 2 0.00 .364 .417 .364 .780
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 4 3 0 0 0 22.7 19 8 2 6 18 3.18 .224 .275 .376 .651
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 24 CAL JL 3 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375
Career Post-Season Batting 3 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1988-9-88
Hits Allowed
1981-7-208
Homeruns Allowed
1979-5-31
1981-4-30
1984-7-22
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  5. Emile Yost (927)
  6. John Fessler (927)
  7. Glenn Bowerman (925)
  8. William Risinger (924)
  9. Greg Hibbard (924)
  10. Kyle Claiborne (924)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by California in 1975
Earned first career win on 4/5/1979
Had first career hit on 4/25/1979, off Jacob Butler (LOU)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979