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Ken Dayley
Kenneth Grant Dayley

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Portland

Debut May 13, 1982
  vs. STL 1.3 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game April 14, 1993
Born February 25, 1959 in Jerome, ID

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 23 ATL NL   5   6  20  11   0   0   3  0   71.3   79   39   36   9   25   34   0   2   313   2   0  4.54  3.75   83 1.458
 1983 24 ATL NL   5   8  24  16   0   0   3  0  104.7  100   59   50  12   39   70   2   3   436   2   0  4.30  3.89   91 1.328
 1984 25 TOT NL   0   5   7   6   0   0   1  0   23.7   44   28   21   6   11   10   1   0   124   1   0  7.99  3.78   47 2.324
         ATL NL   0   3   4   4   0   0   0  0   18.7   28   18   11   5    6   10   1   0    92   1   0  5.30  3.84   72 1.821
         STL NL   0   2   3   2   0   0   1  0    5.0   16   10   10   1    5    0   0   0    32   0   0 18.00  3.52   20 4.200
 1985 26 STL NL   4   4  57   0   0   0  27 11   65.3   65   24   20   2   18   62   0   4   271   9   0  2.76  3.56  129 1.270
 1986 27 STL NL   0   3  31   0   0   0  13  5   38.7   42   19   14   1   11   33   1   0   170   3   0  3.26  3.69  113 1.371
 1987 28 STL NL   9   5  53   0   0   0  29  4   61.0   52   21   18   2   33   63   2   5   260   8   0  2.66  4.17  157 1.393
 1988 29 STL NL   2   7  54   0   0   0  21  5   55.3   48   20   17   2   19   38   1   2   226   7   0  2.77  3.49  126 1.211
 1989 30 STL NL   4   3  71   0   0   0  28 12   75.3   63   26   24   3   30   40   0   2   310  10   1  2.87  3.61  126 1.235
 1990 31 STL NL   4   4  58   0   0   0  17  2   73.3   63   32   29   5   30   51   0   6   307   7   0  3.56  3.80  107 1.268
 1991 32 TOR AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   3  0    4.3    7    3    3   0    5    3   1   2    26   0   0  6.23  4.22   68 2.769
 1993 34 TOR AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    1    2    0   0    4    2   0   0     7   0   0  0.00  4.33  inf 7.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .423  33  45 385  33   0   0 145 39  573.7  564  273  232  42  225  406   8  26  2450  49   1  3.64  3.76  103 1.375
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  62   5   0   0  23  6   93.0   91   44   37   6   36   66   1   4   398   7   0  3.64  3.76  103 1.375
 Career High      9   8  71  16   0   0  29 12  104.7  100   59   50  12   39   70   2   6   436  10   1  2.66  4.17  157 1.211

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 23 ATL NL  20   20    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  1   2   9  .250  .318  .250   59    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1983 24 ATL NL  25   32    2    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  11  .219  .306  .219   44    7   5   0   0   0   0
 1984 25 TOT NL   8    4    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .500  .500  .500  175    2   1   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL   5    4    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .500  .500  .500  175    2   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
 1985 26 STL NL  57    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .400  125    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 27 STL NL  32    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .200  .333  .200   51    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 29 STL NL  54    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 30 STL NL  71    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 31 STL NL  58    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     388   81    4   17   0  0   0    2   0  1   7  32  .210  .273  .210   34   17   7   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         34    2    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  13  .210  .273  .210   34    7   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     71   32    2    7   0  0   0    1   0  1   4  11                           7   5   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 23 ATL NL   23   17    2   3.2    98| .250  .270| .318  .334| .250  .393| .568  .727|  59  .372  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1983 24 ATL NL   41   30    3   2.7   103| .219  .272| .306  .342| .219  .404| .525  .746|  44  .303  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1984 25 TOT NL    5    3    1   9.0    99| .500  .271| .500  .337| .500  .394|1.000  .732| 175  .802   0.4   0.0   0%
         ATL NL    4    2    1  13.5    99| .500  .271| .500  .337| .500  .394|1.000  .732| 175  .895   0.4   0.0   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1985 26 STL NL    5    3    1   9.0    95| .400  .260| .400  .328| .400  .388| .800  .716| 125  .801   0.1   0.0   0%
 1986 27 STL NL    6    4    0   0.0    97| .200  .261| .333  .332| .200  .394| .533  .726|  51  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1988 29 STL NL    4    4    0   0.0    90| .000  .258| .000  .321| .000  .378| .000  .699|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1989 30 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0    93| .000  .257| .000  .325| .000  .383| .000  .708|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1990 31 STL NL    6    6    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .331| .000  .397| .000  .728|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       95   72    7   2.6    99| .210  .268| .273  .336| .210  .396| .483  .731|  34  .294  -7.5  -0.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 23 ATL NL P 20 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.70 1.01 1.96 11 71.3 1983 24 ATL NL P 24 0 7 0 0 1.000 .946 0.29 0.68 0.60 1.92 16 104.7 1984 25 TOT NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 0.67 1.90 1.86 6 23.7 ATL NL P 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.68 2.41 1.88 4 18.7 STL NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.80 2 5.0 1985 26 STL NL P 57 5 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.35 0.68 2.76 1.92 0 65.3 1986 27 STL NL P 31 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.66 1.86 1.93 0 38.7 1987 28 STL NL P 53 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.13 0.62 1.03 1.90 0 61.0 1988 29 STL NL P 54 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.69 1.46 1.95 0 55.3 1989 30 STL NL P 71 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.10 0.63 0.84 1.86 0 75.3 1990 31 STL NL P 58 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 0.22 0.58 1.60 1.80 0 73.3 1991 32 TOR AL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.57 4.19 1.88 0 4.3 1993 34 TOR AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.55 0.00 1.29 0 0.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 23 ATL NL P 20 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.70 1.01 1.96 11 71.3 1983 24 ATL NL P 24 0 7 0 0 1.000 .946 0.29 0.68 0.60 1.92 16 104.7 1984 25 TOT NL P 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 0.67 1.90 1.86 6 23.7 ATL NL P 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.68 2.41 1.88 4 18.7 STL NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.80 2 5.0 1985 26 STL NL P 57 5 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.35 0.68 2.76 1.92 0 65.3 1986 27 STL NL P 31 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.66 1.86 1.93 0 38.7 1987 28 STL NL P 53 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.13 0.62 1.03 1.90 0 61.0 1988 29 STL NL P 54 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.69 1.46 1.95 0 55.3 1989 30 STL NL P 71 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.10 0.63 0.84 1.86 0 75.3 1990 31 STL NL P 58 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 0.22 0.58 1.60 1.80 0 73.3 1991 32 TOR AL P 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.57 4.19 1.88 0 4.3 1993 34 TOR AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.55 0.00 1.29 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 385 23 63 2 2 .977 .953 0.22 0.65 1.35 1.90 33 573.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 385 23 63 2 2 .977 .953 0.22 0.65 1.35 1.90 33 574
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   5   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   6     2   0   1   3 
        WS    STL KCR     L   4   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     1   0   3   5 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   4     1   0   2   4 
        WS    STL MIN     L   4   0   1.93  0  0  1  0   4.2   2   1   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   8   0   0.00  0  0  4  0  10     3   0   3   7 
  2 World Series        0-2   8   0   0.84  1  0  1  0  10.2   3   1   3   8 
  4 Postseason Ser      2-2  16   0   0.44  1  0  5  0  20.2   6   1   6  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   5   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL KCR     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL MIN     L   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   8   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        0-2   8   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2  16   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1987 NL-.643-6

Games
1989 NL-71-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1942) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1322) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (746) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

June 15, 1984: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Mike Jorgensen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Oberkfell.

December 17, 1986: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 15, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 20, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 22, 1993: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$325,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$610,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$925,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$925,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$1,983,333
1993Toronto Blue Jays$1,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,018,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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