Kelvin
Palen
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 11, 1971 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004    2005    2006   
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
2000 28 MN GE $ 3,790,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
2001 29 MN GE $ 3,790,000   7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
2002 30 MN GE $ 3,790,000   7 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
2003 31 MN GE $ 3,790,000   7 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2004 32 MN GE $ 3,790,000   8 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
2005 33 MN GE $ 3,790,000   9 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
2006 34 MN GE $ 300,000   7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
2007 35 MN GE $ 300,000   7 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
2008 36 MN GE $ 300,000   7 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,790,000   9 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 37 MN GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8
2010 38 MN GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
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
2000 28 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 29 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 30 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 31 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 32 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 33 MN GE $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 34 MN GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 35 MN GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 36 MN GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,790,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 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
2009 37 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2010 38 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon 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
2000 28 CA GE 2 3 .400 6 6 1 0 0 41.7 50 17 5 7 31 3.67 .292 .318 .462 .780 1.8
  MN GE 8 11 .421 27 27 3 1 0 177.0 219 85 22 19 96 4.32 .298 .316 .470 .786 4.3
  TOT   10 14 .417 33 33 4 1 0 218.7 269 102 27 26 127 4.20 .297 .316 .469 .785 6.1
2001 29 MN GE 12 17 .414 37 32 6 1 1 219.3 240 109 30 30 143 4.47 .273 .297 .431 .728 7.4
2002 30 MN GE 19 12 .613 35 35 17 2 0 284.0 258 95 25 37 167 3.01 .238 .265 .371 .637 18.5
2003 31 MN GE 16 11 .593 34 34 14 4 0 269.0 248 81 25 21 155 2.71 .242 .257 .376 .633 21.0
2004 32 MN GE 22 10 .688 35 35 15 5 0 285.0 252 94 29 30 187 2.97 .236 .259 .381 .639 21.8
2005 33 MN GE 22 10 .688 36 36 13 6 0 291.0 265 80 12 34 175 2.47 .241 .263 .340 .603 24.4
2006 34 MN GE 19 10 .655 34 34 10 4 0 259.3 245 98 10 28 150 3.40 .251 .271 .355 .626 16.9
2007 35 MN GE 17 15 .531 41 41 14 4 0 301.7 295 117 13 56 184 3.49 .256 .290 .354 .644 15.3
2008 36 MN GE 9 8 .529 24 24 7 1 0 179.7 173 66 8 38 92 3.31 .253 .289 .361 .650 9.6
2009 37 MN GE 10 9 .526 28 28 6 3 0 210.7 179 50 3 44 86 2.14 .228 .270 .284 .553 21.0
2010 38 MN GE 5 7 .417 19 19 2 1 0 123.0 109 50 10 29 52 3.66 .231 .275 .356 .631 3.7
11 Years Sim 161 123 .567 356 351 108 32 1 2641.3 2533 942 192 373 1518 3.21 .250 .277 .372 .648 165.7
Season Average 14 11 .560 32 31 9 2 0 240.1 230 85 17 33 138 3.21 .250 .277 .372 .648  
Career Highs 22 17 .688 41 41 17 6 1 301.7 295 117 30 56 187 4.47 .297 .316 .469 .785  
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   2197 814 157 319 1267   .259 .286 .381 .668
vs LH   336 128 35 54 251   .203 .228 .321 .549
Home 72 76 .486 181 179 62 20 0 1358.0 1317 499 95 211 792 3.31 .252 .281 .373 .654
Away 89 47 .654 175 172 46 12 1 1283.3 1216 443 97 162 726 3.11 .248 .272 .369 .642
Mar/Apr 28 19 .596 56 56 19 6 0 426.6 395 150 37 55 250 3.16 .242 .266 .371 .638
May 23 25 .479 59 59 19 6 0 437.0 446 170 32 57 261 3.50 .260 .284 .383 .667
June 25 18 .581 56 56 21 5 0 424.0 380 136 36 64 241 2.89 .240 .269 .367 .636
July 23 16 .590 53 48 16 2 1 361.3 380 142 28 44 219 3.54 .269 .291 .398 .690
August 33 19 .635 66 66 18 7 0 503.6 462 163 31 75 286 2.91 .241 .270 .356 .626
Sep/Oct 29 26 .527 66 66 19 9 0 488.6 470 181 28 78 261 3.33 .251 .281 .361 .642
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 28 CA GE 6 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .200 .300 0.0 0.0
  MN GE 27 54 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 18 .130 .186 .204 .390 2.3 0.0
  TOT   33 64 5 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 22 .125 .174 .203 .377 2.3 0.0
2001 29 MN GE 37 66 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 .136 .162 .152 .313 0.5 0.0
2002 30 MN GE 35 84 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 29 .119 .178 .119 .297 0.7 0.0
2003 31 MN GE 34 82 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 31 .110 .151 .134 .285 -0.2 0.0
2004 32 MN GE 35 95 9 16 3 0 1 4 0 0 6 29 .168 .218 .232 .449 4.6 0.0
2005 33 MN GE 36 94 7 12 6 0 0 12 0 0 3 40 .128 .152 .191 .343 1.6 0.0
2006 34 MN GE 34 87 7 12 7 0 0 4 0 0 2 38 .138 .156 .218 .374 1.5 0.0
2007 35 MN GE 41 104 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 51 .067 .134 .077 .211 -2.9 0.0
2008 36 MN GE 24 64 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 27 .094 .121 .094 .215 -1.5 0.0
2009 37 MN GE 28 66 3 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .136 .162 .167 .328 0.5 0.0
2010 38 MN GE 19 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .051 .098 .051 .149 -1.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 356 845 50 100 24 0 2 40 0 0 41 311 .118 .158 .154 .312 5.5 0.0
162 Game Average 384 22 45 10 0 0 18 0 0 18 141 .118 .158 .154 .312 2.5  
Career Highs 41 104 9 16 7 0 1 12 0 0 8 51 .168 .218 .232 .449 4.6  
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   637 38 76 20 0 2 33 0 0 31 244 .119 .159 .160 .319 1.0
vs LH   208 12 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 10 67 .115 .156 .135 .291 -1.4
Home 181 409 25 58 15 0 1 27 0 0 17 137 .142 .175 .186 .361 5.3
Away 175 436 25 42 9 0 1 13 0 0 24 174 .096 .143 .124 .267 -5.7
RISP   170 0 21 4 0 1 34 0 0 7 68 .124 .155 .165 .319 0.4
Close/Late   57 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 26 .105 .177 .123 .300 0.0
Mar/Apr 56 139 8 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 48 .094 .130 .108 .238 -3.1
May 59 137 13 22 2 0 1 7 0 0 7 48 .161 .201 .197 .398 3.7
June 55 133 5 11 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 47 .083 .134 .113 .247 -2.6
July 53 121 12 24 8 0 1 11 0 0 7 35 .198 .240 .289 .530 7.8
August 66 163 7 18 4 0 0 9 0 0 8 65 .110 .151 .135 .286 -1.3
Sep/Oct 66 152 5 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 68 .079 .108 .105 .214 -4.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2000 28 CA GE P 6 6 41.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.73    
  MN GE P 27 27 177.0 7 25 0 2 1.000 1.63    
  TOT   P 33 33 218.7 9 31 0 2 1.000 1.65    
2001 29 MN GE P 37 32 219.3 11 31 0 1 1.000 1.72    
2002 30 MN GE P 35 35 284.0 22 52 2 1 .974 2.35    
2003 31 MN GE P 34 34 269.0 17 35 3 1 .945 1.74    
2004 32 MN GE P 35 35 285.0 17 36 2 1 .964 1.67    
2005 33 MN GE P 36 36 291.0 13 40 5 3 .914 1.64    
2006 34 MN GE P 34 34 259.3 12 30 0 1 1.000 1.46    
2007 35 MN GE P 41 41 301.7 10 40 1 3 .980 1.49    
2008 36 MN GE P 24 24 179.7 10 25 2 0 .946 1.75    
2009 37 MN GE P 28 28 210.7 8 36 1 2 .978 1.88    
2010 38 MN GE P 19 19 123.0 2 21 2 0 .920 1.68    
Career Totals   356 351 2641.3 131 377 18 15 .966 1.73    
Career Highs   41 41 301.7 22 52 5 3 1.000 2.35    
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
2004 32 MN GE 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 18.3 12 1 0 0 9 0.49 .197 .197 .262 .459
2005 33 MN GE 2 1 .667 5 5 3 2 0 44.0 28 4 2 5 28 0.82 .183 .209 .275 .483
2006 34 MN GE 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 13 7 1 2 5 8.22 .371 .405 .571 .977
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 9 9 4 3 0 70.0 53 12 3 7 42 1.54 .213 .234 .313 .548
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
2004 32 MN GE 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2005 33 MN GE 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .077 .071 .077 .148
2006 34 MN GE 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 9 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .091 .087 .091 .178
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2003-7-2.71
2004-7-2.97
2005-2-2.47
2009-2-2.14
Wins
2002-4-19
2003-7-16
2004-2-22
2005-4-22
2006-4-19
2007-10-17
Losses
2000-7-14
2001-1-17
2007-9-15
Winning Pct
2004-9-.688
2005-7-.688
2006-6-.655
Games Started
2002-5-35
2005-7-36
2007-1-41
Complete Games
2000-2-4
2001-1-6
2002-1-17
2003-2-14
2004-1-15
2005-2-13
2006-3-10
2007-3-14
CAR-1-108
Shutouts
2000-5-1
2001-3-1
2002-10-2
2003-1-4
2004-1-5
2005-1-6
2006-2-4
2007-1-4
2009-3-3
CAR-7-32
Innings Pitched
2002-1-284.0
2003-6-269.0
2004-4-285.0
2005-3-291.0
2007-2-301.7
Hits Allowed
2000-2-269
2001-4-240
2002-2-258
2003-4-248
2004-6-252
2005-6-265
2006-8-245
2007-3-295
CAR-40-2533
Homeruns Allowed
2001-8-30
Walks per 9IP
2000-2-1.1
2001-3-1.2
2002-3-1.2
2003-2-0.7
2004-2-0.9
2005-3-1.1
2006-2-1.0
CAR-19-1.3
WHiP
2002-4-1.04
2003-5-1.00
2004-4-0.99
2005-9-1.03
OOBP
2002-4-.265
2003-4-.257
2004-3-.259
2005-9-.263
2009-9-.270
CAR-40-.277
OSLG
2005-8-.340
2009-2-.284
OOPS
2004-10-.639
2005-4-.603
2009-3-.553
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 106    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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