Ron
Karkovice
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 8, 1963 in Usa, NJ, UNION
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 22 MIL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 3
1987 23 MIL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 3
1988 24 MIL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
1989 25 MIL NL $ 350,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
1990 26 MIL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4
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
1986 22 MIL NL 49 138 13 17 6 0 3 13 1 0 10 36 .123 .188 .232 .420 3.7 0.0
1987 23 MIL NL 40 120 12 27 12 1 2 13 0 0 7 28 .225 .273 .392 .665 11.1 1.2
1988 24 MIL NL 160 556 50 98 21 3 11 51 0 0 34 150 .176 .225 .284 .509 33.3 0.0
1990 26 MIL NL 47 134 9 17 4 0 1 16 0 0 9 32 .127 .179 .179 .358 2.4 0.0
4 Years Sim 296 948 84 159 43 4 17 93 1 0 60 246 .168 .219 .275 .494 50.5 1.2
162 Game Average 518 45 87 23 2 9 50 0 0 32 134 .168 .219 .275 .494 27.7  
Career Highs 160 556 50 98 21 3 11 51 1 0 34 150 .225 .273 .392 .665 33.3  
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   680 54 104 30 3 9 62 1 0 44 185 .153 .207 .246 .453 28.5
vs LH   268 30 55 13 1 8 31 0 0 16 61 .205 .248 .351 .599 23.4
Home 146 473 38 71 18 2 6 39 0 0 36 115 .150 .212 .235 .447 19.8
Away 150 475 46 88 25 2 11 54 1 0 24 131 .185 .226 .316 .541 32.1
RISP   211 0 42 10 2 4 65 0 0 14 47 .199 .249 .322 .571 16.6
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   120 12 19 4 1 2 9 0 0 9 34 .158 .217 .258 .475 6.2
Mar/Apr 47 165 17 31 11 1 2 17 0 0 5 49 .188 .215 .303 .518 9.2
May 49 158 18 32 11 2 3 25 0 0 14 37 .203 .267 .354 .622 15.0
June 46 147 14 25 3 0 4 13 0 0 7 37 .170 .208 .272 .480 7.6
July 45 132 5 17 4 0 0 9 0 0 9 33 .129 .190 .159 .349 1.4
August 50 155 13 20 5 1 3 8 1 0 9 41 .129 .176 .232 .408 4.7
Sep/Oct 59 191 17 34 9 0 5 21 0 0 16 49 .178 .244 .304 .548 14.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1986 22 MIL NL C 49 41 377.0 289 21 2 0 .994 7.40 35 11 .314 1 2.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 23 MIL NL C 38 33 304.3 237 19 2 0 .992 7.57 32 13 .406 0 2.5
    SS 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 24 MIL NL 1B 98 98 838.0 973 70 21 61 .980 11.20 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 23 22 192.0 131 10 4 0 .972 6.61 25 6 .240 0 0.2
1990 26 MIL NL C 37 33 301.0 233 11 0 0 1.000 7.30 27 6 .222 0 1.4
    1B 4 2 21.3 21 1 0 4 1.000 9.28 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 147 129 1174.3 890 61 8 0 .992 7.29 119 36 .303 1 6.3
  1B 102 100 859.3 994 71 21 65 .981 11.15 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   252 229 2037.7 1886 133 29 66 .986 8.92 119 36 .303 1 7.3
Career Highs   121 120 1030.0 1104 80 25 61 1.000 10.35 35 13 .406 1  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1988-1-160
Strikeouts
1988-2-150
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Don Leppert (984)
  2. Ellie Hendricks (979)
  3. Bill Bathe (966)
  4. Gene Green (963)
  5. Sal Butera (963)
  6. John Stephenson (959)
  7. Tom Turner (957)
  8. Bob Johnson (956)
  9. George Dickey (954)
  10. Pete Daley (952)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 87th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1986
Had first career hit on 4/13/1986, off Bob Lacey (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1986, off Gary Nolan (CLN)
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration