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Ken
Phelps		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 229
 
Born: August 6, 1954 in Usa, WA, SEATTLE
 
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
1980 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
1981 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 10 10 10 4 5 4
1982 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 10 10 10 4 5 4
1983 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 10 10 10 4 5 5
1984 29 CLN NL $ 646,429   5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 4 6 5
1985 30 CLN NL $ 1,221,429   5 5 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 5
1986 31 CLN NL $ 2,615,000   5 5 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 10 10 10 5 6 5
1987 32 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 4 6 5
1988 33 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 10 10 10 5 6 6
1989 34 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 7 8 8 3 4 3 9 10 10 5 6 6
1990 35 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 7 8 7 3 4 3 9 10 10 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 8 7 3 4 3 9 10 10 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 6
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
1980 25 CLN NL 118 358 49 77 11 3 18 58 1 1 61 74 .215 .330 .413 .744 53.7 9.3
    AAA   4 13 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 .231 .375 .462 .837 2.2  
1981 26 CLN NL 68 119 16 27 3 0 6 25 0 1 24 24 .227 .349 .403 .753 17.8 2.8
1982 27 CLN NL 39 28 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 8 3 .071 .278 .179 .456 2.2 0.0
    AAA   22 59 14 19 3 1 9 22 0 0 8 10 .322 .403 .864 1.267 18.0  
1983 28 CLN NL 53 158 26 35 10 0 8 28 0 0 30 31 .222 .344 .437 .781 24.6 4.4
1984 29 CLN NL 132 443 59 90 15 3 15 67 0 0 62 114 .203 .305 .352 .657 47.8 6.9
1985 30 CLN NL 67 221 37 61 6 1 15 45 0 0 46 40 .276 .401 .516 .917 44.0 11.6
    AAA   79 269 59 79 8 0 40 77 4 2 62 56 .294 .426 .770 1.195 81.8  
1986 31 CLN NL 129 397 71 86 13 2 20 58 0 0 97 76 .217 .373 .411 .784 68.1 12.9
1987 32 CLN NL 127 432 81 95 14 1 31 83 0 0 86 81 .220 .348 .472 .820 75.1 13.7
1988 33 CLN NL 119 385 59 80 14 0 18 53 1 1 82 86 .208 .347 .384 .731 56.9 9.0
1989 34 CLN NL 150 516 67 102 20 0 25 52 0 0 81 106 .198 .310 .382 .692 65.8 7.3
1990 35 CLN NL 131 371 53 62 11 1 18 61 0 0 62 78 .167 .291 .348 .639 42.4 3.6
11 Years Sim 1133 3428 524 717 117 11 175 532 3 3 639 713 .209 .335 .403 .738 498.3 81.6
3 Years AAA 105 341 75 101 11 1 50 100 4 3 73 66 .296 .420 .774 1.194 102.0  
162 Game Average 490 74 102 16 1 25 76 0 0 91 101 .209 .335 .403 .738 71.2  
Career Highs 150 516 81 102 20 3 31 83 1 1 97 114 .276 .401 .516 .917 75.1  
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   2959 461 649 101 11 158 474 2 3 567 601 .219 .346 .421 .767 471.6
vs LH   469 63 68 16 0 17 58 1 0 72 112 .145 .263 .288 .551 39.7
Home 567 1683 245 355 61 4 78 271 1 2 342 331 .211 .345 .391 .736 254.7
Away 566 1745 279 362 56 7 97 261 2 1 297 382 .207 .324 .414 .739 256.5
RISP   943 0 198 25 2 51 345 0 0 200 200 .210 .341 .403 .744 150.0
Pinch Hitting   135 18 25 0 0 5 20 1 1 31 30 .185 .331 .296 .628 17.0
Close/Late   403 43 90 11 1 20 71 0 0 76 76 .223 .350 .404 .754 62.6
Mar/Apr 175 563 84 105 22 2 18 76 0 0 121 130 .187 .332 .329 .660 72.5
May 185 575 95 117 18 3 32 102 2 1 103 112 .203 .324 .412 .736 85.3
June 190 551 81 104 17 1 23 78 1 1 116 125 .189 .333 .348 .681 74.3
July 211 624 96 139 19 3 35 106 0 0 116 126 .223 .345 .431 .777 101.1
August 207 626 108 152 25 0 47 100 0 1 101 127 .243 .349 .508 .857 114.2
Sep/Oct 165 489 60 100 16 2 20 70 0 0 82 93 .204 .321 .368 .689 63.9
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
1980 25 CLN NL 1B 12 0 21.0 21 4 1 2 .962 10.71   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 26 CLN NL CF 2 0 10.7 3 0 1 0 .750 2.53   0.0
    1B 5 0 10.3 13 0 0 2 1.000 11.33   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 28 CLN NL 1B 25 19 178.3 223 14 2 16 .992 11.96   0.3
    LF 5 5 44.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
    RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 29 CLN NL 1B 123 123 1013.7 1319 75 9 111 .994 12.38   2.0
    LF 6 6 46.3 3 0 1 0 .750 0.58   0.0
    RF 3 2 19.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 30 CLN NL 1B 2 0 2.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 20.30   0.0
1986 31 CLN NL 1B 10 0 19.7 29 0 0 3 1.000 13.28   0.0
1987 32 CLN NL 1B 2 0 12.0 15 0 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.0
1988 33 CLN NL CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1989 34 CLN NL 1B 99 95 839.0 995 77 8 83 .993 11.50   0.6
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
1990 35 CLN NL 1B 4 3 25.0 29 2 1 4 .969 11.16   0.0
  1B 282 240 2121.6 2649 173 21 224 .993 11.97   3.0
  LF 11 11 90.3 8 0 1 0 .889 0.80   0.0
  RF 4 3 26.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 4 0 13.7 5 0 1 0 .833 3.29   0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   305 255 2266.6 2665 175 24 225 .992 11.28   3.1
Career Highs   133 131 1080.0 1322 78 10 111 1.000 20.30    
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
1983 28 CLN NL 7 20 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .200 .393 .250 .643
1984 29 CLN NL 10 38 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 9 .053 .200 .158 .358
1985 30 CLN NL 13 37 9 10 0 0 4 9 0 0 9 10 .270 .413 .595 1.008
1986 31 CLN NL 4 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .188 .278 .188 .465
Career Post-Season Batting 34 111 13 19 2 0 5 16 0 0 24 26 .171 .321 .324 .645
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.
On-Base Pct
1986-8-.373
 Homeruns
1987-6-31
1989-6-25
 Walks
1986-2-97
1987-8-86
1988-6-82
1989-9-81
 Strikeouts
1984-9-114
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Ron Jackson (890)
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  8. Fred Whitfield (888)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/5/1980, off Pete Ladd (PHN)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1983, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $646,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Baltimore, driving in 4 runs on 7/19/1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,615,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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