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Ken
Gables		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 31, 1919 in Usa, MO, WALNUT GROVE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1946 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1947 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1948 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1949 30 NYA AL $ 350,000 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1951 32 OAK AL   7 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
1952 33 OAK AL   7 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1946 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1947 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1948 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1949 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 32 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 33 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
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
1945 26 NYA AL 8 4 .667 46 2 1 0 7 68.7 60 29 6 33 20 3.80 .242 .325 .383 .708 9.3
1946 27 NYA AL 3 4 .429 50 1 0 0 2 59.0 75 31 4 36 11 4.73 .306 .395 .453 .848 3.0
1947 28 NYA AL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 2 3 3 7.50 .217 .308 .609 .916 0.0
    AAA   6 14 .300 42 0 0 0 17 52.3 68 34 6 26 31 5.85 .325 .400 .459 .859  
1948 29 NYA AL 2 5 .286 85 0 0 0 9 91.0 116 66 12 53 25 6.53 .314 .396 .451 .847 2.4
1949 30 NYA AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 3 3 0 1 0 11.59 .273 .333 .364 .697 0.0
    AAA   6 15 .286 50 0 0 0 22 60.3 74 36 8 27 44 5.37 .306 .375 .446 .822  
1950 31 AAA   6 6 .500 43 0 0 0 22 51.0 57 26 6 24 33 4.59 .288 .365 .434 .799  
1951 32 AAA   0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 3 5.7 7 6 2 2 2 9.54 .318 .375 .727 1.102  
    AA   5 9 .357 44 0 0 0 21 56.3 57 23 5 31 44 3.67 .269 .362 .363 .725  
1952 33 AAA   1 7 .125 23 0 0 0 11 23.3 24 18 9 16 11 6.94 .264 .374 .604 .978  
    AA   4 4 .500 26 0 0 0 17 30.7 28 11 1 16 28 3.23 .252 .346 .297 .644  
5 Years Sim 13 14 .481 189 3 1 0 19 227.0 259 134 24 126 59 5.31 .289 .373 .436 .809 14.8
5 Years AAA 19 44 .302 164 0 0 0 75 192.7 230 120 31 95 121 5.61 .302 .379 .474 .853  
2 Years AA 9 13 .409 70 0 0 0 38 87.0 85 34 6 47 72 3.52 .263 .357 .341 .697  
7 Years Minors 28 57 .329 234 0 0 0 113 279.6 315 154 37 142 193 4.96 .290 .372 .434 .807  
Season Average 2 2 .500 37 0 0 0 3 45.4 51 26 4 25 11 5.31 .289 .373 .436 .809  
Career Highs 8 5 .667 85 2 1 0 9 91.0 116 66 12 53 25 11.59 .314 .396 .609 .916  
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   109 59 9 44 29   .283 .357 .410 .767
vs LH   150 75 15 82 30   .293 .391 .455 .846
Home 6 6 .500 98 2 1 0 9 123.3 138 73 13 70 30 5.33 .284 .374 .436 .810
Away 7 8 .467 91 1 0 0 10 103.7 121 61 11 56 29 5.30 .294 .379 .436 .815
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 21 1 0 0 2 32.0 38 21 1 19 6 5.91 .295 .385 .341 .726
May 2 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 4 20.7 21 8 2 10 8 3.48 .273 .356 .455 .811
June 2 3 .400 35 0 0 0 2 43.3 37 21 3 22 12 4.36 .233 .326 .346 .672
July 3 1 .750 31 0 0 0 3 33.0 43 22 5 13 12 6.00 .314 .373 .489 .862
August 1 5 .167 41 1 1 0 2 52.3 68 32 9 30 11 5.50 .321 .405 .519 .924
Sep/Oct 2 4 .333 38 1 0 0 6 45.7 52 30 4 32 10 5.91 .284 .391 .437 .828
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
1945 26 NYA AL 46 10 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1
1946 27 NYA AL 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1947 28 NYA AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1948 29 NYA AL 85 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .429 .200 .629 0.8 0.1
4 Years Sim 187 19 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .158 .238 .211 .449 0.9 0.2
162 Game Average 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .158 .238 .211 .449 0.8  
Career Highs 85 10 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .300 .629 0.8  
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   14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.5
vs LH   5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3
Home 97 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3
Away 86 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .250 .481 0.6
RISP   4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 18 9 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .222 .364 .333 .697 1.2
May 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
July 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1945 26 NYA AL P 46 2 68.7 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.88    
1946 27 NYA AL P 50 1 59.0 5 14 2 3 .905 2.90    
1947 28 NYA AL P 6 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1948 29 NYA AL P 85 0 91.0 9 22 0 2 1.000 3.07    
1949 30 NYA AL P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   189 3 227.0 21 54 2 6 .974 2.97    
Career Highs   85 2 91.0 9 22 2 3 1.000 4.50    
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
1945 26 NYA AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 4 1 1 3 6.75 .286 .318 .571 .890
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 4 1 1 3 6.75 .286 .318 .571 .890
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1948-6-9
 Games Pitched
1948-4-85
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1945
Had first career hit (double) on 4/13/1945, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
Earned first career win on 4/21/1945
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1950
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/13/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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