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Ken
Harrelson		  
Nickname: Hawk
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 4, 1941 in Usa, SC, WOODRUFF
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1968   
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
1963 21 WAS NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
1964 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1965 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1966 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
1967 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5
1968 26 SEM AL $ 372,857   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1969 27 SEM AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 6 6
1970 28 SEM AL $ 2,011,429   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1971 29 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1972 30 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1973 31 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 8 6 6 6
1974 32 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 7 8 7 6 6
1975 33 LAD NL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 6
1976 34 LAD NL $ 12,000,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5
1977 35 IND AL $ 12,000,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 4 3 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
1978 36 IND AL     4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5
1979 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   6 6 7 9 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
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
1963 21 WAS NL 54 192 25 51 7 3 4 21 0 1 20 36 .266 .332 .396 .728 23.0 4.1
    AAA   52 179 28 51 3 4 14 38 0 1 31 40 .285 .390 .581 .971 39.4  
    AA   54 183 26 55 8 0 12 25 4 3 46 26 .301 .441 .541 .982 43.7  
1964 22 WAS NL 108 351 48 89 10 3 12 41 1 1 54 63 .254 .351 .402 .753 51.0 11.4
    AAA   31 120 19 33 3 1 3 9 1 0 13 24 .275 .346 .392 .738 16.8  
1965 23 WAS NL 61 152 19 41 10 2 4 19 3 0 21 28 .270 .356 .441 .797 22.4 4.1
    AAA   56 218 50 64 8 0 27 49 2 1 29 34 .294 .377 .702 1.078 54.3  
1966 24 WAS NL 131 296 43 68 12 2 15 40 4 2 26 79 .230 .290 .436 .726 35.7 6.5
1967 25 WAS NL 135 365 42 90 14 1 15 46 3 3 27 78 .247 .296 .414 .710 42.8 6.2
1968 26 SEM AL 87 229 27 44 8 1 11 36 2 1 36 38 .192 .303 .380 .683 27.5 4.4
1969 27 SEM AL 115 289 59 77 10 1 16 59 2 0 47 48 .266 .363 .474 .837 51.6 12.3
1970 28 SEM AL 130 414 68 110 17 2 19 77 6 4 44 80 .266 .334 .454 .788 60.1 11.7
1971 29 TAM AL 156 552 59 125 23 2 20 79 3 3 65 121 .226 .304 .384 .688 66.3 8.0
1972 30 TAM AL 116 297 46 82 12 1 14 64 3 1 39 57 .276 .357 .465 .822 48.5 9.2
1973 31 TAM AL 103 295 41 77 11 3 10 47 0 2 51 49 .261 .367 .420 .787 43.5 7.2
1974 32 TAM AL 134 434 65 116 15 1 26 104 0 1 52 83 .267 .343 .486 .829 70.2 11.6
1975 33 LAD NL 113 338 41 71 10 0 19 50 0 0 34 64 .210 .281 .408 .689 41.0 5.5
1976 34 LAD NL 105 326 41 72 13 1 17 56 1 0 34 57 .221 .293 .423 .716 40.8 5.2
1977 35 LAD NL 56 119 9 22 4 0 2 14 0 0 11 30 .185 .252 .269 .521 7.1 0.0
    AAA   33 130 16 33 5 0 10 20 0 0 7 29 .254 .292 .523 .815 20.1  
1978 36 IND AL 145 552 59 116 10 2 21 74 1 0 41 111 .210 .264 .350 .614 47.9 1.8
1979 37 AAA   113 284 32 80 9 0 13 42 0 1 30 57 .282 .350 .451 .801 44.5  
16 Years Sim 1749 5201 692 1251 186 25 225 827 29 19 602 1022 .241 .317 .416 .733 679.7 109.3
5 Years AAA 285 931 145 261 28 5 67 158 3 3 110 184 .280 .353 .537 .890 175.0  
1 Years AA 54 183 26 55 8 0 12 25 4 3 46 26 .301 .440 .541 .981 43.7  
6 Years Minors 339 1114 171 316 36 5 79 183 7 6 156 210 .284 .369 .538 .907 218.7  
162 Game Average 481 64 115 17 2 20 76 2 1 55 94 .241 .317 .416 .733 63.0  
Career Highs 156 552 68 125 23 3 26 104 6 4 65 121 .276 .367 .486 .837 70.2  
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   2633 336 601 70 17 109 414 8 9 260 525 .228 .295 .392 .687 319.4
vs LH   2568 356 650 116 8 116 413 21 10 342 497 .253 .339 .440 .779 396.6
Home 864 2555 322 621 73 14 110 398 16 8 288 489 .243 .318 .412 .729 350.1
Away 885 2646 370 630 113 11 115 429 13 11 314 533 .238 .316 .420 .736 365.9
RISP   1428 0 347 55 8 64 579 0 0 208 301 .243 .330 .427 .757 217.0
Pinch Hitting   390 59 107 11 2 23 94 1 1 50 83 .274 .355 .490 .845 68.3
Close/Late   771 86 213 23 5 41 150 0 0 92 148 .276 .351 .479 .830 130.5
Mar/Apr 299 896 116 218 25 3 40 139 6 3 108 187 .243 .322 .412 .734 125.5
May 326 934 112 216 36 4 37 146 4 4 119 168 .231 .315 .397 .713 123.8
June 313 902 125 229 33 4 39 162 5 1 107 176 .254 .330 .429 .759 132.9
July 257 761 111 196 36 6 30 115 6 1 70 141 .258 .317 .439 .756 107.7
August 284 883 110 204 25 5 39 138 6 6 113 177 .231 .316 .403 .719 119.3
Sep/Oct 270 825 118 188 31 3 40 127 2 4 85 173 .228 .300 .418 .718 106.9
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
1963 21 WAS NL RF 43 43 374.3 113 0 0 0 1.000 2.72   1.0
    1B 10 8 72.0 85 7 0 10 1.000 11.50   0.2
1964 22 WAS NL RF 92 87 741.0 139 3 0 2 1.000 1.72   0.9
    1B 14 11 102.0 119 7 0 18 1.000 11.12   0.1
1965 23 WAS NL 1B 36 32 279.0 348 28 2 37 .995 12.13   0.4
    RF 20 3 58.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.2
1966 24 WAS NL LF 25 24 219.7 40 2 1 1 .977 1.72   0.5
    RF 35 21 216.7 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.24    
    1B 44 7 151.7 183 16 1 16 .995 11.81   0.2
1967 25 WAS NL LF 93 88 763.7 143 5 1 1 .993 1.74   1.3
    RF 3 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    1B 4 0 5.0 6 2 0 2 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 26 SEM AL RF 65 62 554.0 100 5 0 2 1.000 1.71   2.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 27 SEM AL LF 8 7 60.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.65   0.1
    RF 16 0 38.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1970 28 SEM AL LF 26 0 62.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.2
    1B 4 1 21.0 26 2 0 3 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 29 TAM AL 1B 150 147 1289.0 1510 124 18 143 .989 11.41   2.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1972 30 TAM AL 1B 64 40 390.3 432 34 7 48 .985 10.74   0.6
    LF 19 11 103.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.6
    RF 12 6 61.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1973 31 TAM AL 1B 68 46 444.0 457 44 4 51 .992 10.16   0.9
    LF 14 5 73.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.2
    RF 9 4 40.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1974 32 TAM AL 1B 76 67 592.3 655 45 8 60 .989 10.64   0.9
    RF 15 10 98.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.3
    LF 17 10 95.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1975 33 LAD NL RF 13 0 23.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
    1B 7 0 14.0 14 1 0 2 1.000 9.64   0.0
    LF 5 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1976 34 LAD NL LF 11 8 73.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.3
    1B 16 4 57.0 65 4 1 6 .986 10.89   0.1
    RF 8 4 44.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1977 35 LAD NL RF 12 0 16.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
    1B 4 0 7.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 12.86   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 36 IND AL LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 37 OAK AL RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 497 363 3424.3 3909 315 41 398 .990 11.10   5.6
  RF 349 240 2286.7 488 9 0 4 1.000 1.96   4.6
  LF 222 153 1464.3 279 11 3 2 .990 1.78   3.2
  CF 2 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
  2B 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1073 756 7190.6 4680 335 44 404 .991 6.28   13.4
Career Highs   154 147 1300.0 1515 124 18 143 1.000 11.35    
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
1968 26 SEM AL 13 38 6 12 2 1 2 7 0 0 6 6 .316 .409 .579 .988
1969 27 SEM AL 7 25 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .240 .345 .360 .705
1970 28 SEM AL 6 24 5 8 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 6 .333 .360 .542 .902
1972 30 TAM AL 3 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1973 31 TAM AL 5 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 .313 .267 .579
1974 32 TAM AL 4 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .176 .222 .235 .458
Career Post-Season Batting 38 125 18 37 8 1 3 18 0 1 13 19 .296 .362 .448 .810
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
1971-3-156
 Homeruns
1974-10-26
 RBIs
1974-10-104
 Strikeouts
1978-7-111
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Dusty Rhodes (886)
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  8. Roy Foster (878)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1963
Traded from Tampa Bay to Washington on 3/3/1963 (Going to WAS: 1B Ken Harrelson, 3B Andy Carey, P Stu Miller. Going to TAM: CF Bob Hazle, P Frank Baumann, 2B Luis Aparicio)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1963, off Bob Turley (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1963, off George Brunet (MON)
Injured on 6/5/1965 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 6/29/1965
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $372,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Washington to Seattle on 3/3/1968 (Going to WAS: C Tom Haller. Going to SEM: 1B Ken Harrelson)
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,250,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,011,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/5/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 7/8/1973 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/2/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year
Traded from Los Angeles to Indianapolis on 7/31/1977 (Going to IND: DH Ken Harrelson. Going to LAD: 1B Dave Kingman, 3B Bud Harrelson, RF Ken Singleton)
Released by Indianapolis on 10/13/1978
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1979 to a minor league deal
 
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