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Ken
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 165
 
Born: September 16, 1901 in Usa, WV, ANMOORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1931    1932   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 28 PIT NL $ 3,964,286 58 59 59 59 52 52 52 74 74 74
1931 29 PIT NL $ 6,000,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1932 30 PIT NL $ 6,000,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1933 31 PIT NL $ 6,000,000 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1934 32 PIT NL $ 6,000,000 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1935 33 PIT NL $ 6,000,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1936 34 BOS AL $ 2,500,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1937 35 BOS AL $ 2,500,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,500,000 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 58 59 59 59 52 52 52 74 74 74
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  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
1930 28 PIT NL $ 3,964,286   5 5 6 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 57 57 57
1931 29 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 30 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 31 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 32 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 33 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 34 BOS AL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 35 BOS AL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 57 57 57
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 28 PIT NL 6 13 .316 34 14 0 0 8 105.0 139 81 6 51 29 6.94 .317 .388 .444 .832 0.0
1931 29 PIT NL 4 10 .286 42 7 0 0 12 80.0 111 54 4 39 29 6.08 .332 .401 .437 .838 0.7
1932 30 PIT NL 4 9 .308 53 0 0 0 19 56.7 70 35 4 23 11 5.56 .308 .377 .414 .791 4.1
1933 31 PIT NL 2 8 .200 37 2 0 0 2 57.0 51 22 3 27 26 3.47 .246 .331 .357 .688 4.3
1934 32 PIT NL 5 5 .500 47 0 0 0 8 49.7 50 19 2 20 22 3.44 .263 .336 .368 .705 7.2
1935 33 PIT NL 3 3 .500 45 0 0 0 11 47.3 48 17 3 28 12 3.23 .262 .364 .383 .747 5.8
1936 34 BOS AL 6 4 .600 45 6 0 0 4 74.3 93 36 7 27 29 4.36 .306 .363 .438 .801 5.3
1937 35 BOS AL 1 2 .333 27 0 0 0 0 35.3 30 14 3 17 14 3.57 .231 .320 .346 .666 2.5
8 Years Sim 31 54 .365 330 29 0 0 64 505.3 592 278 32 232 172 4.95 .294 .368 .411 .778 29.9
Season Average 3 6 .333 41 3 0 0 8 63.2 74 34 4 29 21 4.95 .294 .368 .411 .778  
Career Highs 6 13 .600 53 14 0 0 19 105.0 139 81 7 51 29 6.94 .332 .401 .444 .838  
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   298 139 19 105 98   .283 .348 .397 .746
vs LH   294 139 13 127 74   .306 .387 .425 .812
Home 24 20 .545 173 15 0 0 28 263.6 295 146 19 138 85 4.98 .283 .367 .398 .765
Away 7 34 .171 157 14 0 0 37 241.6 297 132 13 94 87 4.92 .306 .367 .424 .791
Mar/Apr 5 9 .357 49 15 0 0 9 111.6 140 72 8 38 44 5.80 .307 .360 .454 .814
May 8 7 .533 56 5 0 0 13 96.3 110 46 4 39 29 4.30 .285 .351 .370 .721
June 6 8 .429 59 2 0 0 8 78.3 85 45 7 45 23 5.17 .282 .376 .415 .791
July 5 5 .500 54 0 0 0 9 62.3 61 21 2 24 17 3.03 .257 .326 .338 .663
August 3 11 .214 58 1 0 0 17 62.6 81 29 2 32 27 4.17 .316 .392 .406 .799
Sep/Oct 4 14 .222 54 6 0 0 9 94.0 115 65 9 54 32 6.23 .304 .391 .444 .836
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 28 PIT NL 34 31 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .226 .226 .226 .452 1.4 0.0
1931 29 PIT NL 42 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.0 0.0
1932 30 PIT NL 53 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0
1933 31 PIT NL 37 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .571 .821 1.2 0.1
1934 32 PIT NL 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1935 33 PIT NL 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0
1936 34 BOS AL 45 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .250 .417 0.3 0.0
1937 35 BOS AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 330 79 10 13 3 0 1 8 0 0 2 11 .165 .183 .241 .423 3.0 0.1
162 Game Average 38 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .165 .183 .241 .423 1.5  
Career Highs 53 31 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .226 .250 .571 .821 1.4  
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   61 8 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 10 .164 .188 .262 .450 2.4
vs LH   18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
Home 151 33 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .152 .152 .212 .364 0.3
Away 148 46 7 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 7 .174 .204 .261 .465 2.2
RISP   22 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 .136 .130 .136 .267 -0.3
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 35 27 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .259 .276 .407 .683 3.1
May 23 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.3
June 39 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
July 25 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
August 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Sep/Oct 36 19 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 28 PIT NL P 34 14 105.0 6 21 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1931 29 PIT NL P 42 7 80.0 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.93    
1932 30 PIT NL P 53 0 56.7 4 15 0 1 1.000 3.02    
1933 31 PIT NL P 37 2 57.0 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.37    
1934 32 PIT NL P 47 0 49.7 3 16 0 1 1.000 3.44    
1935 33 PIT NL P 45 0 47.3 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.90    
1936 34 BOS AL P 45 6 74.3 6 20 0 1 1.000 3.15    
1937 35 BOS AL P 27 0 35.3 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.29    
Career Totals   330 29 505.3 34 117 0 5 1.000 2.69    
Career Highs   53 14 105.0 8 21 0 2 1.000 3.44    
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
1933 31 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1934 32 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1 2.25 .231 .231 .308 .538
1936 34 BOS AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 1 2 1 6.00 .385 .467 .615 1.082
1937 35 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .143 .250 .286 .536
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 10.3 9 3 1 3 3 2.61 .243 .300 .378 .678
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1931-7-12
1932-2-19
1934-7-8
1935-6-11
 Games Pitched
1932-7-53
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Red Ruffing (BOS)
Earned first career win on 4/10/1930
9/23/1930: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1933, off Sarge Connally (MIN)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/12/1936 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Injured on 3/9/1937 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
 
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