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Ken
Oberkfell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 4, 1956 in Usa, IL, HIGHLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1978    1985    1986   
All-Star Selections 1985    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1977 21 IND AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1978 22 IND AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 5 7 6 9 10 10
1979 23 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 6 7 7 9 10 10
1980 24 IND AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 7 8 8 10 10 10
1981 25 IND AL $ 2,307,143   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 10
1982 26 IND AL $ 3,135,714   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 9 10 10 9 10 10
1983 27 IND AL $ 3,542,857   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1984 28 IND AL $ 5,290,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1985 29 IND AL $ 5,290,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1986 30 IND AL $ 5,290,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9
1987 31 IND AL $ 7,610,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1988 32 MON NL $ 7,610,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10 7 8 7
1989 33 MON NL $ 7,610,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 10 7 7 7
1990 34 MON NL $ 7,610,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,610,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
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
1977 21 IND AL 75 280 33 72 18 2 0 25 4 3 28 11 .257 .324 .336 .659 29.8 2.6
    AAA   80 319 49 86 10 6 6 33 9 9 36 15 .270 .344 .395 .739 42.7  
1978 22 IND AL 152 578 64 156 21 3 2 44 9 6 51 15 .270 .328 .327 .655 60.6 7.2
1979 23 IND AL 154 587 51 139 13 7 1 36 2 2 59 21 .237 .305 .288 .593 55.3 6.0
1980 24 IND AL 149 475 69 138 23 3 1 40 8 5 53 8 .291 .364 .358 .722 63.5 11.8
1981 25 IND AL 136 485 88 152 29 1 2 44 9 3 64 20 .313 .394 .390 .784 71.4 16.1
1982 26 IND AL 155 577 96 165 24 3 7 59 7 13 80 18 .286 .371 .374 .746 76.8 15.4
1983 27 IND AL 125 449 66 124 28 3 5 48 5 2 61 18 .276 .359 .385 .745 59.4 11.2
1984 28 IND AL 154 564 101 170 28 6 9 71 9 6 87 36 .301 .394 .420 .814 91.0 20.6
1985 29 IND AL 152 578 119 177 35 5 7 59 8 2 89 34 .306 .397 .420 .818 95.9 23.1
1986 30 IND AL 156 576 107 163 34 5 12 76 9 7 99 47 .283 .387 .422 .809 96.8 20.0
1987 31 IND AL 153 592 113 170 46 7 11 70 5 5 95 45 .287 .383 .444 .827 101.3 22.0
1988 32 MON NL 141 514 81 150 29 5 10 78 9 15 81 55 .292 .385 .426 .811 82.7 19.0
1989 33 MON NL 151 507 69 124 23 1 12 61 7 5 73 70 .245 .340 .365 .705 64.7 12.4
1990 34 MON NL 129 376 55 95 16 1 3 40 14 2 59 56 .253 .357 .324 .681 46.6 7.4
14 Years Sim 1982 7138 1112 1995 367 52 82 751 105 76 979 454 .279 .365 .380 .745 995.7 194.8
1 Years AAA 80 319 49 86 10 6 6 33 9 9 36 15 .270 .342 .395 .737 42.7  
162 Game Average 583 90 163 29 4 6 61 8 6 80 37 .279 .365 .380 .745 81.4  
Career Highs 156 592 119 177 46 7 12 78 14 15 99 70 .313 .397 .444 .827 101.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5472 864 1585 283 46 60 587 88 61 790 299 .290 .378 .391 .769 827.8
vs LH   1666 248 410 84 6 22 164 17 15 189 155 .246 .322 .343 .666 189.3
Home 996 3486 539 959 165 32 38 348 53 33 479 218 .275 .362 .373 .736 488.0
Away 986 3652 573 1036 202 20 44 403 52 43 500 236 .284 .369 .386 .755 529.1
RISP   1611 0 448 75 15 15 611 0 0 254 102 .278 .370 .371 .741 237.4
Pinch Hitting   89 13 30 4 0 0 11 1 0 14 4 .337 .433 .382 .815 15.2
Close/Late   859 137 243 48 9 10 95 0 0 146 52 .283 .387 .395 .781 136.8
Mar/Apr 279 1002 157 280 46 8 11 94 21 8 119 70 .279 .357 .374 .731 137.1
May 343 1237 196 352 65 14 10 129 17 16 176 89 .285 .372 .384 .756 180.1
June 330 1173 202 337 66 6 14 128 18 16 177 66 .287 .379 .390 .769 177.5
July 317 1170 165 331 63 4 21 132 15 5 154 61 .283 .364 .397 .762 174.2
August 366 1340 202 380 68 8 19 145 18 24 162 81 .284 .361 .389 .750 185.6
Sep/Oct 347 1216 190 315 59 12 7 123 16 7 191 87 .259 .358 .345 .702 162.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 21 IND AL SS 74 74 625.7 94 269 8 46 .978 5.22   1.6
    2B 5 0 8.0 3 6 0 3 1.000 10.13   0.0
1978 22 IND AL SS 148 147 1314.0 253 631 16 122 .982 6.05   8.5
    2B 4 0 9.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 6.52   0.0
1979 23 IND AL SS 152 147 1308.0 214 586 17 94 .979 5.50   9.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 24 IND AL 3B 141 136 1153.7 76 320 12 31 .971 3.09   4.5
    SS 5 0 7.3 2 1 1 0 .750 3.68   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 25 IND AL 3B 115 103 948.7 67 270 17 19 .952 3.20   4.9
    SS 15 3 55.3 8 24 2 6 .941 5.21   0.2
    2B 4 3 28.0 4 6 0 2 1.000 3.21   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 26 IND AL 3B 151 145 1305.0 86 326 21 28 .952 2.84   4.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 27 IND AL 3B 115 109 967.7 63 265 20 18 .943 3.05   3.2
    2B 4 3 31.0 6 8 0 4 1.000 4.06   0.1
    SS 2 2 18.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 6.50   0.2
1984 28 IND AL 3B 151 148 1323.3 86 352 32 24 .932 2.98   2.8
    SS 3 0 8.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.0
1985 29 IND AL 3B 147 142 1264.3 89 327 17 24 .961 2.96   3.3
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1986 30 IND AL 3B 151 141 1268.0 87 362 23 27 .951 3.19   3.1
    SS 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.0
1987 31 IND AL 3B 150 147 1314.7 93 327 24 36 .946 2.88   2.8
    SS 2 1 11.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 5.73   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1988 32 MON NL 2B 110 107 940.7 205 386 7 83 .988 5.65   4.4
    SS 30 28 248.0 41 106 4 12 .974 5.33   1.3
1989 33 MON NL SS 128 127 1100.0 184 468 15 96 .978 5.33   5.9
    2B 20 19 172.7 45 81 1 20 .992 6.57   1.0
1990 34 MON NL SS 94 90 781.3 121 326 11 63 .976 5.15   3.5
    2B 23 23 188.0 33 71 1 17 .990 4.98   0.8
    3B 9 0 15.7 1 4 0 2 1.000 2.87   0.1
  3B 1131 1071 9562.0 648 2553 166 209 .951 3.01   29.2
  SS 659 619 5486.3 928 2431 74 443 .978 5.51   30.5
  2B 175 156 1391.0 302 568 9 132 .990 5.63   6.6
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1968 1846 16443.3 1879 5552 249 784 .968 4.07   66.4
Career Highs   156 148 1332.0 255 636 32 122 .985 6.06    
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
1981 25 IND AL 11 35 5 10 4 0 0 3 0 1 5 1 .286 .375 .400 .775
1982 26 IND AL 12 48 7 17 4 0 0 6 0 1 2 2 .354 .380 .438 .818
1983 27 IND AL 15 53 6 15 4 0 1 4 2 0 7 1 .283 .367 .415 .782
1984 28 IND AL 7 28 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 1 4 4 .214 .313 .393 .705
1985 29 IND AL 5 18 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .111 .304 .111 .415
1988 32 MON NL 10 33 7 8 1 0 0 6 2 0 6 3 .242 .390 .273 .663
Career Post-Season Batting 60 215 33 58 15 0 2 23 4 3 29 13 .270 .362 .367 .729
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.
Batting Average
1981-9-.313
 On-Base Pct
1981-3-.394
1984-2-.394
1985-3-.397
1986-4-.387
1987-5-.383
1988-7-.385
 XR
1984-10-91.0
1986-5-96.8
1987-8-101.3
 Games
1982-8-155
1986-5-156
 Runs
1982-4-96
1984-5-101
1985-2-119
1986-2-107
1987-2-113
 Singles
1982-8-131
1984-9-127
1985-6-130
Doubles
1987-4-46
 Triples
1979-9-7
1986-10-5
1987-7-7
 Caught Stealing
1988-7-15
 Walks
1982-9-80
1984-5-87
1985-5-89
1986-2-99
1987-2-95
1988-8-81
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Lou Klein (894)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1977
Injured on 6/2/1977 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1977, off Frank Tanana (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 8/8/1978, off Aurelio Lopez (TAM)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 8/27/1978
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1978
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
10/3/1983: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $5,290,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1985
10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $7,610,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1986
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Indianapolis to Montreal on 4/3/1988 (Going to IND: P Bob Lacey. Going to MON: P Joey Mclaughlin, SS Ken Oberkfell, C Mike Scioscia)
Injured on 7/23/1988 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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