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Ken Aspromonte
Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 2, 1957
  vs. WSH 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 21, 1963
Born September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY

Brother of Bob Aspromonte

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 25 BOS AL  24   78    9   21   5  0   0    4   0  1  17  10  .269  .396  .333   97   26   0   1   0   0   3
 1958 26 TOT AL  98  269   15   59   9  1   5   27   1  1  28  29  .219  .294  .316   70   85   2   1   1   1  11
         BOS AL   6   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   1  .125  .263  .125    8    2   0   0   0   0   1
         WSH AL  92  253   15   57   9  1   5   27   1  1  25  28  .225  .296  .328   74   83   2   1   1   1  10
 1959 27 WSH AL  70  225   31   55  12  0   2   14   2  1  26  39  .244  .321  .324   78   73   3   1   0   0   9
 1960 28 TOT AL 121  462   65  133  20  1  10   48   4  1  53  33  .288  .362  .400  109  185   4   3   0   2  11
         WSH AL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL 117  459   65  133  20  1  10   48   4  1  53  32  .290  .364  .403  111  185   4   3   0   2  11
 1961 29 TOT AL  88  308   34   69  16  1   2   19   0  0  39  24  .224  .314  .302   61   93   4   1   1   2   8
         LAA AL  66  238   29   53  10  0   2   14   0  0  33  21  .223  .322  .290   59   69   3   0   1   2   5
         CLE AL  22   70    5   16   6  1   0    5   0  0   6   3  .229  .286  .343   70   24   1   1   0   0   3
 1962 30 TOT     54  107   15   27   4  0   0    8   0  1  12  10  .252  .325  .290   69   31   0   3   1   1   6
         CLE AL  20   28    4    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   6   5  .143  .286  .214   39    6   0   1   1   0   0
         MLN NL  34   79   11   23   2  0   0    7   0  1   6   5  .291  .341  .316   81   25   0   2   0   1   6
 1963 31 CHC NL  20   34    2    5   3  0   0    4   0  0   4   4  .147  .237  .235   34    8   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      475 1483  171  369  69  3  19  124   7  5 179 149  .249  .330  .338   82  501  13  10   4   6  49
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        506   58  126  24  1   6   42   2  2  61  51  .249  .330  .338   82  171   4   3   1   2  17
 Career High    121  462   65  133  20  1  10   48   4  1  53  39  .288  .362  .400  109  185   4   3   1   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 25 BOS AL   96   62   11   4.8   104| .269  .270| .396  .343| .333  .407| .729  .750|  97  .541   0.9   0.1   0%
 1958 26 TOT AL  301  225   24   2.8    97| .219  .260| .294  .328| .316  .395| .610  .723|  70  .321 -11.1  -1.1  50%
         BOS AL   19   15    1   1.8   103| .125  .268| .263  .338| .125  .408| .388  .746|   8  .167  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         WSH AL  282  210   23   2.9    96| .225  .259| .296  .328| .328  .394| .624  .722|  74  .332  -9.1  -0.9  50%
 1959 27 WSH AL  255  184   23   3.4    98| .244  .260| .321  .332| .324  .398| .645  .729|  78  .379  -6.0  -0.6  66%
 1960 28 TOT AL  524  348   69   5.3    99| .288  .260| .362  .333| .400  .398| .762  .731| 109  .579   7.3   0.7  80%
         WSH AL    3    3    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .338| .000  .405| .000  .743|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL  521  345   69   5.4    99| .290  .260| .364  .333| .403  .398| .767  .730| 111  .583   8.1   0.8  80%
 1961 29 TOT AL  354  252   30   3.2   110| .224  .273| .314  .349| .302  .424| .616  .774|  61  .333 -17.1  -1.7   0%
         LAA AL  276  193   24   3.3   113| .223  .276| .322  .353| .290  .430| .612  .783|  59  .351 -14.3  -1.4   0%
         CLE AL   78   59    6   2.7   101| .229  .260| .286  .335| .343  .405| .629  .740|  70  .271  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1962 30 TOT     123   90    9   2.7   100| .252  .265| .325  .332| .290  .404| .615  .737|  69  .274  -3.7  -0.4   0%
         CLE AL   35   25    2   2.2   100| .143  .260| .286  .331| .214  .404| .500  .735|  39  .202  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         MLN NL   88   65    7   2.9   100| .291  .266| .341  .333| .316  .404| .657  .737|  81  .301  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1963 31 CHC NL   38   30    2   1.8    94| .147  .261| .237  .323| .235  .390| .472  .713|  34  .193  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1691 1191  168   3.8   101| .249  .263| .330  .336| .338  .404| .668  .739|  82  .425 -32.7  -3.3  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 25 BOS AL 2B 24 46 65 4 14 .965 .980 4.62 4.84 4.72 5.39 23 211.7 1958 26 TOT AL 2B 78 152 191 13 52 .963 .978 4.40 4.68 4.87 5.26 74 634.0 BOS AL 2B 6 13 7 1 3 .952 .980 3.33 4.68 3.97 5.26 5 45.3 WSH AL 2B 72 139 184 12 49 .964 .978 4.49 4.68 4.94 5.26 69 588.7 3B 11 6 13 0 1 1.000 .950 1.73 2.59 2.76 3.11 5 62.0 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1959 27 WSH AL 2B 52 101 137 10 25 .960 .976 4.58 4.73 5.22 5.29 49 410.0 SS 12 15 27 3 5 .933 .959 3.50 3.97 4.25 4.87 9 89.0 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.30 10.00 9.80 1 9.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1960 28 CLE AL 2B 80 192 215 10 63 .976 .979 5.09 4.66 5.22 5.46 78 701.7 3B 36 46 53 12 8 .892 .952 2.75 2.72 3.06 3.14 35 291.0 1961 29 TOT AL 2B 83 185 246 14 63 .969 .978 5.19 4.72 5.64 5.24 75 688.0 LAA AL 2B 62 156 196 11 55 .970 .978 5.68 4.72 5.90 5.24 61 537.0 CLE AL 2B 21 29 50 3 8 .963 .978 3.76 4.72 4.71 5.24 14 151.0 1962 30 TOT 2B 18 34 35 0 8 1.000 .976 3.83 4.74 4.79 5.29 14 129.7 TOT 3B 9 12 17 2 2 .935 .951 3.22 2.64 3.73 2.98 7 70.0 CLE AL 2B 6 10 6 0 2 1.000 .982 2.67 4.87 4.11 5.25 3 35.0 3B 3 3 5 1 1 .889 .952 2.67 2.80 3.79 3.08 2 19.0 MLN NL 2B 12 24 29 0 6 1.000 .974 4.42 4.68 5.04 5.30 11 94.7 3B 6 9 12 1 1 .955 .950 3.50 2.57 3.71 2.95 5 51.0 1963 31 CHC NL 2B 7 14 25 2 4 .951 .975 5.57 4.59 6.05 5.21 6 58.0 1B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 8.35 10.80 9.72 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 27 WSH AL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 8.30 10.00 9.80 1 9.0 1963 31 CHC NL 1B 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 8.35 10.80 9.72 0 5.0 1957 25 BOS AL 2B 24 46 65 4 14 .965 .980 4.62 4.84 4.72 5.39 23 211.7 1958 26 TOT AL 2B 78 152 191 13 52 .963 .978 4.40 4.68 4.87 5.26 74 634.0 BOS AL 2B 6 13 7 1 3 .952 .980 3.33 4.68 3.97 5.26 5 45.3 WSH AL 2B 72 139 184 12 49 .964 .978 4.49 4.68 4.94 5.26 69 588.7 1959 27 WSH AL 2B 52 101 137 10 25 .960 .976 4.58 4.73 5.22 5.29 49 410.0 1960 28 CLE AL 2B 80 192 215 10 63 .976 .979 5.09 4.66 5.22 5.46 78 701.7 1961 29 TOT AL 2B 83 185 246 14 63 .969 .978 5.19 4.72 5.64 5.24 75 688.0 LAA AL 2B 62 156 196 11 55 .970 .978 5.68 4.72 5.90 5.24 61 537.0 CLE AL 2B 21 29 50 3 8 .963 .978 3.76 4.72 4.71 5.24 14 151.0 1962 30 TOT 2B 18 34 35 0 8 1.000 .976 3.83 4.74 4.79 5.29 14 129.7 CLE AL 2B 6 10 6 0 2 1.000 .982 2.67 4.87 4.11 5.25 3 35.0 MLN NL 2B 12 24 29 0 6 1.000 .974 4.42 4.68 5.04 5.30 11 94.7 1963 31 CHC NL 2B 7 14 25 2 4 .951 .975 5.57 4.59 6.05 5.21 6 58.0 1958 26 WSH AL 3B 11 6 13 0 1 1.000 .950 1.73 2.59 2.76 3.11 5 62.0 1960 28 CLE AL 3B 36 46 53 12 8 .892 .952 2.75 2.72 3.06 3.14 35 291.0 1962 30 TOT 3B 9 12 17 2 2 .935 .951 3.22 2.64 3.73 2.98 7 70.0 CLE AL 3B 3 3 5 1 1 .889 .952 2.67 2.80 3.79 3.08 2 19.0 MLN NL 3B 6 9 12 1 1 .955 .950 3.50 2.57 3.71 2.95 5 51.0 1959 27 WSH AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1959 27 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1958 26 WSH AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1959 27 WSH AL SS 12 15 27 3 5 .933 .959 3.50 3.97 4.25 4.87 9 89.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 342 724 914 53 229 .969 .978 4.79 4.71 5.20 5.32 319 2833.0 3B* 56 64 83 14 11 .913 .951 2.62 2.68 3.13 3.11 47 423.0 SS* 13 16 27 3 5 .935 .960 3.31 3.98 4.25 4.88 9 91.0 1B* 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 .988 5.33 8.33 10.29 9.77 1 14.0 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 415 820 1025 70 245 .963 .975 4.45 4.43 4.93 5.04 376 3365
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Strikeout
1960 AL-14.0-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 1, 1958: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Lou Berberet.

May 15, 1960: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Pete Whisenant.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Cleveland Indians in the 1960 expansion draft.

July 3, 1961: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Los Angeles Angels.

June 24, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the Milwaukee Braves for Bob Hartman.

December 3, 1962: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Jim McKnight.

April 3, 1964: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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