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Ken
Hamlin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: May 18, 1935 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963    1969   
Gold Glove 1967   
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
1957 22 CLE AL     5 5 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1958 23 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1959 24 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1960 25 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1961 26 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1962 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1963 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1964 29 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1965 30 MON NL $ 350,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1966 31 MON NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1967 32 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1968 33 BOS AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1969 34 BOS AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1970 35 BOS AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1971 36 BOS AL $ 750,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
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
1957 22 AA   137 569 81 169 29 1 5 57 4 0 57 46 .297 .361 .378 .739 77.8  
1958 23 AA   137 553 64 155 23 2 4 62 5 2 56 50 .280 .346 .351 .697 68.5  
1959 24 AA   137 516 44 134 20 0 5 33 2 3 56 69 .260 .332 .328 .660 57.9  
1960 25 AAA   77 144 12 35 4 1 1 13 0 0 12 12 .243 .301 .306 .607 13.5  
1961 26 AAA   136 518 57 129 23 3 4 43 2 2 54 42 .249 .320 .328 .648 55.7  
1962 27 MON NL 11 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 0.8 0.2
1963 28 MON NL 62 118 7 29 3 0 1 12 1 0 7 10 .246 .283 .297 .580 10.7 1.1
1964 29 MON NL 65 153 12 35 6 1 0 8 0 0 10 7 .229 .276 .281 .557 11.5 0.7
1965 30 MON NL 37 52 5 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 4 .269 .333 .308 .641 5.0 0.9
1966 31 MON NL 75 180 17 48 9 1 0 11 0 0 17 7 .267 .327 .328 .654 18.9 3.2
1967 32 DET AL 156 461 46 119 27 2 1 27 2 1 40 31 .258 .318 .332 .650 50.3 6.7
1968 33 BOS AL 99 224 26 52 18 0 0 18 1 0 41 21 .232 .351 .313 .663 27.1 5.0
1969 34 BOS AL 75 167 21 38 10 0 1 22 0 0 20 12 .228 .309 .305 .614 16.6 2.1
1970 35 BOS AL 106 237 20 68 9 1 0 24 2 0 18 21 .287 .340 .333 .673 27.3 5.5
1971 36 BOS AL 104 242 19 53 9 1 1 12 0 0 13 46 .219 .258 .277 .535 14.9 0.0
10 Years Sim 790 1843 175 459 94 6 4 143 6 1 171 159 .249 .312 .313 .626 183.1 25.4
2 Years AAA 213 662 69 164 27 4 5 56 2 2 66 54 .248 .316 .323 .639 69.2  
3 Years AA 411 1638 189 458 72 3 14 152 11 5 169 165 .280 .347 .353 .700 204.2  
5 Years Minors 624 2300 258 622 99 7 19 208 13 7 235 219 .270 .338 .344 .682 273.3  
162 Game Average 377 35 94 19 1 0 29 1 0 35 32 .249 .312 .313 .626 37.5  
Career Highs 156 461 46 119 27 2 1 27 2 1 41 46 .333 .351 .444 .778 50.3  
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   1218 116 301 65 2 3 113 5 0 107 100 .247 .308 .311 .619 117.9
vs LH   625 59 158 29 4 1 30 1 1 64 59 .253 .321 .317 .638 65.3
Home 379 885 93 237 51 3 0 77 1 0 94 76 .268 .337 .332 .669 101.3
Away 411 958 82 222 43 3 4 66 5 1 77 83 .232 .289 .295 .585 81.9
RISP   385 0 83 19 1 0 126 0 0 37 38 .216 .278 .270 .549 29.8
Pinch Hitting   41 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .171 .261 .171 .432 1.9
Close/Late   226 24 60 10 1 2 15 0 0 21 23 .265 .331 .345 .676 25.8
Mar/Apr 118 223 15 52 13 1 0 13 2 1 21 21 .233 .298 .300 .598 20.2
May 143 359 46 98 18 0 1 26 2 0 36 27 .273 .341 .331 .672 41.4
June 131 324 35 90 18 2 0 31 0 0 34 19 .278 .347 .346 .693 39.1
July 118 277 28 65 10 2 1 23 0 0 17 35 .235 .279 .296 .575 22.1
August 148 335 23 90 21 0 0 29 1 0 25 29 .269 .318 .331 .649 34.8
Sep/Oct 132 325 28 64 14 1 2 21 1 0 38 28 .197 .279 .265 .544 25.5
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
1962 27 MON NL SS 3 0 6.3 0 6 0 0 1.000 8.53   0.1
    LF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1963 28 MON NL SS 20 18 168.7 17 59 4 14 .950 4.06   0.7
    2B 18 9 83.3 17 31 0 6 1.000 5.18   0.5
    3B 19 5 64.7 3 21 0 1 1.000 3.34   0.3
    CF 3 0 4.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 29 MON NL 2B 24 15 146.0 30 59 1 11 .989 5.49   0.8
    SS 16 15 129.0 9 60 3 6 .958 4.81   0.7
    3B 14 9 77.7 5 21 0 1 1.000 3.01   0.0
    1B 6 3 26.0 24 2 1 0 .963 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
    LF 1 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1965 30 MON NL SS 8 7 67.0 4 28 0 3 1.000 4.30   0.4
    2B 16 1 36.0 6 12 1 3 .947 4.50   0.1
    3B 3 2 17.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    LF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    1B 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 31 MON NL 2B 26 19 165.3 38 60 1 18 .990 5.33   1.0
    3B 16 15 121.0 9 37 1 2 .979 3.42   0.7
    SS 15 12 102.0 15 42 1 6 .983 5.03   0.7
    LF 3 3 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.1
    1B 3 1 11.0 12 2 0 3 1.000 11.45   0.0
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 32 DET AL SS 152 151 1251.0 203 492 19 85 .973 5.00   6.1
    2B 2 1 14.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1968 33 BOS AL SS 26 17 169.3 24 66 5 20 .947 4.78   0.8
    2B 23 16 152.7 30 61 2 14 .978 5.36   0.7
    3B 24 11 128.0 10 21 0 3 1.000 2.18   0.4
    RF 7 7 53.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.3
    CF 8 5 45.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.96    
    1B 4 4 33.0 31 4 1 5 .972 9.55   0.0
    LF 5 3 25.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1969 34 BOS AL RF 14 11 101.0 29 0 1 0 .967 2.58   0.9
    CF 11 10 87.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.38    
    3B 17 7 77.0 4 22 0 3 1.000 3.04   0.4
    1B 16 7 75.3 84 9 1 4 .989 11.11   0.2
    LF 9 6 54.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    SS 12 3 33.7 7 15 1 2 .957 5.88   0.2
    2B 5 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1970 35 BOS AL SS 53 32 301.0 47 115 3 24 .982 4.84   1.3
    3B 16 14 126.7 5 30 0 4 1.000 2.49   0.4
    2B 24 8 103.0 26 50 1 8 .987 6.64   0.6
    1B 6 5 45.0 48 5 0 4 1.000 10.60   0.1
    CF 5 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
    RF 3 2 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1971 36 BOS AL SS 30 13 144.0 24 64 3 13 .967 5.50   0.7
    RF 18 13 117.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.4
    3B 23 7 92.7 2 22 1 0 .960 2.33   0.2
    LF 12 11 89.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.92    
    2B 18 8 83.7 23 38 0 11 1.000 6.56   0.3
    CF 6 5 40.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.25    
    1B 6 3 29.0 27 4 1 5 .969 9.62   0.0
  SS 335 268 2372.0 350 947 39 173 .971 4.92   11.7
  2B 157 77 790.0 173 320 6 71 .988 5.62   4.2
  3B 134 70 706.6 40 179 2 14 .991 2.79   2.5
  RF 50 33 300.0 64 0 1 0 .985 1.92   1.7
  1B 47 23 226.3 231 26 4 22 .985 10.22   0.5
  LF 37 26 225.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.92   0.2
  CF 37 24 219.0 63 0 2 0 .969 2.59   0.3
Career Totals   797 521 4839.3 969 1472 54 280 .978 4.54   21.0
Career Highs   156 152 1267.0 206 500 19 85 1.000 6.98    
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
1962 27 MON NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 33 BOS AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1969 34 BOS AL 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Batting 12 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
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
1967-4-156
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1957
Injured on 7/14/1958 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland to Montreal on 7/31/1958 (Going to CLE: P Moe Drabowsky, P Gus Keriazakos. Going to MON: CF Bobby Del greco, SS Ken Hamlin)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/20/1962, off Roger Bowman (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1963, off Bill Dailey (STL)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 2/1/1967 (Going to MON: P Bob Friend, P Billy Muffett, SS Harvey Kuenn. Going to DET: P Tommie Sisk, P Herman Starrette, 3B Ken Hamlin)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1967
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/12/1968 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 8/31/1969 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
10/3/1969: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $750,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
 
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