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Ken Harrelson
Kenneth Smith Harrelson (Hawk)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 9, 1963
  vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 20, 1971
Born September 4, 1941 in Woodruff, SC

Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 21 KCA AL  79  226   16   52  10  1   6   23   1  1  23  58  .230  .299  .363   80   82   2   2   3   0  10
 1964 22 KCA AL  49  139   15   27   5  0   7   12   0  1  13  34  .194  .263  .381   74   53   0   0   0   0   6
 1965 23 KCA AL 150  483   61  115  17  3  23   66   9  7  66 112  .238  .329  .429  115  207   3   3   3   1  18
 1966 24 TOT AL 134  460   49  109  13  1  12   50  13  3  53 112  .237  .317  .348   93  160   5   0   5   1  11
         KCA AL  63  210   24   47   5  0   5   22   9  2  27  59  .224  .312  .319   85   67   1   0   3   0   3
         WSA AL  71  250   25   62   8  1   7   28   4  1  26  53  .248  .321  .372  100   93   4   0   2   1   8
 1967 25 TOT AL 110  333   42   85  15  1  12   54  10  3  29  44  .255  .311  .414  114  138   1   5   4   0   8
         WSA AL  26   79   10   16   0  0   3   10   1  0   7  15  .203  .261  .316   73   25   1   2   1   0   3
         KCA AL  61  174   23   53  11  0   6   30   8  2  17  17  .305  .361  .471  148   82   0   3   1   0   3
         BOS AL  23   80    9   16   4  1   3   14   1  1   5  12  .200  .247  .388   79   31   0   0   2   0   2
 1968 26 BOS AL 150  535   79  147  17  4  35  109   2  6  69  90  .275  .356  .518  154  277   0   6   9   2  18 MVP-3,AS
 1969 27 TOT AL 159  565   89  125  14  4  30   92  17  9  99 102  .221  .336  .419  108  237   0   6   6   2  19
         BOS AL  10   46    6   10   1  0   3    8   0  1   4   6  .217  .275  .435   91   20   0   1   0   0   1
         CLE AL 149  519   83  115  13  4  27   84  17  8  95  96  .222  .341  .418  109  217   0   5   6   2  18
 1970 28 CLE AL  17   39    3   11   1  0   1    1   0  0   6   4  .282  .378  .385  108   15   0   0   0   0   1
 1971 29 CLE AL  52  161   20   32   2  0   5   14   1  0  24  21  .199  .301  .304   66   49   1   1   3   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      900 2941  374  703  94 14 131  421  53 30 382 577  .239  .325  .414  109 1218  12  23  33   6  95
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        529   67  127  17  3  24   76  10  5  69 104  .239  .325  .414  109  219   2   4   6   1  17
 Career High    159  565   89  147  17  4  35  109  17  9  99 112  .275  .356  .518  154  277   5   6   9   2  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 21 KCA AL  253  189   23   3.3    99| .230  .262| .299  .329| .363  .404| .662  .734|  80  .390  -6.1  -0.6  50%
 1964 22 KCA AL  152  119   12   2.7    99| .194  .260| .263  .329| .381  .404| .644  .733|  74  .306  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1965 23 KCA AL  556  399   65   4.4    91| .238  .250| .329  .319| .429  .383| .758  .702| 115  .538   9.7   1.0  56%
 1966 24 TOT AL  519  370   53   3.9    88| .237  .246| .317  .312| .348  .379| .665  .692|  93  .494  -3.7  -0.4  81%
         KCA AL  238  169   23   3.7    87| .224  .245| .312  .311| .319  .378| .631  .689|  85  .471  -3.7  -0.4  81%
         WSA AL  281  201   30   4.0    89| .248  .247| .321  .314| .372  .381| .693  .695| 100  .513   0.0   0.0  80%
 1967 25 TOT AL  368  265   44   4.5    84| .255  .243| .311  .312| .414  .364| .725  .675| 114  .583   5.5   0.6  76%
         WSA AL   89   69    6   2.4    81| .203  .239| .261  .307| .316  .358| .577  .665|  73  .299  -2.7  -0.3 100%
         KCA AL  194  129   31   6.5    82| .305  .240| .361  .308| .471  .360| .832  .668| 148  .733  10.8   1.2  80%
         BOS AL   85   67    7   2.8    91| .200  .253| .247  .323| .388  .379| .635  .702|  79  .374  -2.6  -0.3  50%
 1968 26 BOS AL  612  418   94   6.0    86| .275  .246| .356  .317| .518  .365| .874  .681| 154  .730  36.0   4.0  25%
 1969 27 TOT AL  672  474   81   4.6    97| .221  .258| .336  .335| .419  .389| .755  .725| 108  .540   6.5   0.7  65%
         BOS AL   51   39    5   3.5   100| .217  .262| .275  .340| .435  .395| .710  .735|  91  .410  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL  621  435   76   4.7    97| .222  .258| .341  .335| .418  .389| .759  .724| 109  .550   7.4   0.8  68%
 1970 28 CLE AL   45   29    6   5.6   101| .282  .263| .378  .337| .385  .401| .763  .738| 108  .615   0.6   0.1   0%
 1971 29 CLE AL  187  135   16   3.2    99| .199  .265| .301  .338| .304  .393| .605  .732|  66  .394  -7.4  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3364 2398  394   4.4    92| .239  .252| .325  .323| .414  .381| .739  .704| 109  .552  35.6   4.0  63%

* 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 ------+
1963 21 KCA AL 1B 34 283 16 6 24 .980 .990 8.79 8.59 9.26 9.48 31 290.7 LF 28 43 1 1 0 .978 .976 1.57 1.57 1.64 1.90 26 241.7 1964 22 KCA AL LF 24 40 2 1 0 .977 .974 1.75 1.46 2.08 1.81 21 182.0 1B 15 105 13 0 14 1.000 .991 7.87 8.12 9.72 9.43 9 109.3 1965 23 KCA AL 1B 125 1044 70 9 93 .992 .991 8.91 7.88 9.54 8.56 123 1051.0 OF 4 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 1.77 2.16 2.05 3 25.0 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.50 2.12 1.85 2 17.0 RF 1 1 1 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 1.60 2.25 1.80 1 8.0 1966 24 TOT AL 1B 128 1126 86 14 95 .989 .991 9.47 8.18 9.80 9.59 126 1113.0 KCA AL 1B 58 485 48 8 42 .985 .991 9.19 8.18 9.58 9.59 58 500.7 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.47 1.56 1.82 2 17.3 WSA AL 1B 70 641 38 6 53 .991 .991 9.70 8.18 9.98 9.59 68 612.3 1967 25 TOT AL 1B 69 551 41 4 38 .993 .991 8.58 8.32 9.52 9.53 62 559.7 WSA AL 1B 23 215 16 1 17 .996 .991 10.04 8.32 10.90 9.53 21 190.7 KCA AL 1B 45 333 25 3 21 .992 .991 7.96 8.32 8.78 9.53 41 367.0 BOS AL RF 23 26 1 2 0 .931 .982 1.17 1.56 1.37 1.82 22 178.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.30 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1968 26 BOS AL RF 132 238 8 0 1 1.000 .977 1.86 1.57 1.95 1.88 127 1138.0 AS 1B 19 135 9 3 9 .980 .989 7.58 8.32 9.46 9.59 17 137.0 AS 1969 27 TOT AL 1B 26 145 15 1 21 .994 .992 6.15 8.33 9.71 9.63 13 148.3 BOS AL 1B 10 105 11 1 15 .991 .992 11.60 8.33 10.24 9.63 10 102.0 CLE AL OF 144 257 7 4 2 .985 .978 1.83 1.84 1.92 2.13 143 1237.0 RF 137 248 7 3 2 .988 .974 1.86 1.60 1.95 1.91 136 1176.0 1B 16 40 4 0 6 1.000 .991 2.75 8.33 8.55 9.62 3 46.3 LF 7 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.86 1.60 1.92 1.99 7 61.0 1970 28 CLE AL 1B 13 80 7 0 15 1.000 .991 6.69 8.14 9.10 9.59 13 86.0 1971 29 CLE AL 1B 40 311 23 4 29 .988 .992 8.35 8.10 9.04 9.59 39 332.7 OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.96 1.88 2.24 7 43.0 LF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.60 2.03 1.92 5 31.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.50 2.02 2 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 21 KCA AL 1B 34 283 16 6 24 .980 .990 8.79 8.59 9.26 9.48 31 290.7 1964 22 KCA AL 1B 15 105 13 0 14 1.000 .991 7.87 8.12 9.72 9.43 9 109.3 1965 23 KCA AL 1B 125 1044 70 9 93 .992 .991 8.91 7.88 9.54 8.56 123 1051.0 1966 24 TOT AL 1B 128 1126 86 14 95 .989 .991 9.47 8.18 9.80 9.59 126 1113.0 KCA AL 1B 58 485 48 8 42 .985 .991 9.19 8.18 9.58 9.59 58 500.7 WSA AL 1B 70 641 38 6 53 .991 .991 9.70 8.18 9.98 9.59 68 612.3 1967 25 TOT AL 1B 69 551 41 4 38 .993 .991 8.58 8.32 9.52 9.53 62 559.7 WSA AL 1B 23 215 16 1 17 .996 .991 10.04 8.32 10.90 9.53 21 190.7 KCA AL 1B 45 333 25 3 21 .992 .991 7.96 8.32 8.78 9.53 41 367.0 BOS AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.30 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1968 26 BOS AL 1B 19 135 9 3 9 .980 .989 7.58 8.32 9.46 9.59 17 137.0 1969 27 TOT AL 1B 26 145 15 1 21 .994 .992 6.15 8.33 9.71 9.63 13 148.3 BOS AL 1B 10 105 11 1 15 .991 .992 11.60 8.33 10.24 9.63 10 102.0 CLE AL 1B 16 40 4 0 6 1.000 .991 2.75 8.33 8.55 9.62 3 46.3 1970 28 CLE AL 1B 13 80 7 0 15 1.000 .991 6.69 8.14 9.10 9.59 13 86.0 1971 29 CLE AL 1B 40 311 23 4 29 .988 .992 8.35 8.10 9.04 9.59 39 332.7 1963 21 KCA AL LF 28 43 1 1 0 .978 .976 1.57 1.57 1.64 1.90 26 241.7 1964 22 KCA AL LF 24 40 2 1 0 .977 .974 1.75 1.46 2.08 1.81 21 182.0 1965 23 KCA AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.50 2.12 1.85 2 17.0 1966 24 KCA AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.47 1.56 1.82 2 17.3 1969 27 CLE AL LF 7 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.86 1.60 1.92 1.99 7 61.0 1971 29 CLE AL LF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.40 1.60 2.03 1.92 5 31.0 1963 21 KCA AL OF 28 43 1 1 0 .978 .980 1.57 1.91 1.64 2.16 26 241.7 1964 22 KCA AL OF 24 40 2 1 0 .977 .979 1.75 1.79 2.08 2.04 21 182.0 1965 23 KCA AL OF 4 5 1 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 1.77 2.16 2.05 3 25.0 1966 24 KCA AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.83 1.56 2.08 2 17.3 1967 25 BOS AL OF 23 25 1 2 0 .929 .981 1.13 1.76 1.31 2.05 22 178.0 1968 26 BOS AL OF 132 241 8 0 1 1.000 .981 1.89 1.80 1.97 2.08 127 1138.0 1969 27 CLE AL OF 144 257 7 4 2 .985 .978 1.83 1.84 1.92 2.13 143 1237.0 1971 29 CLE AL OF 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.29 1.96 1.88 2.24 7 43.0 1965 23 KCA AL RF 1 1 1 1 0 .667 1.000 2.00 1.60 2.25 1.80 1 8.0 1967 25 BOS AL RF 23 26 1 2 0 .931 .982 1.17 1.56 1.37 1.82 22 178.0 1968 26 BOS AL RF 132 238 8 0 1 1.000 .977 1.86 1.57 1.95 1.88 127 1138.0 1969 27 CLE AL RF 137 248 7 3 2 .988 .974 1.86 1.60 1.95 1.91 136 1176.0 1971 29 CLE AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.50 2.02 2 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 469 3780 280 41 338 .990 .991 8.66 8.15 9.55 9.29 433 3827.7 OF* 365 623 20 9 3 .986 .980 1.76 1.82 1.89 2.10 351 3062.0 70 0 295# RF* 295 515 17 6 3 .989 .976 1.80 1.58 1.91 1.89 288 2512.0 LF* 70 110 3 3 0 .974 .976 1.61 1.53 1.85 1.88 63 550.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 834 4403 300 50 341 .989 .989 5.64 5.38 6.14 6.09 784 6890
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    BOS STL     L   4  13   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   3  .077  .143  .077   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   BOS AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1968 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1968-AL-3-0.37
Car-510-0.37 shares

Batting Average
1968 AL-.275-9

On-base %
1968 AL-.356-9

Slugging %
1968 AL-.518-3

OPS
1968 AL-.874-4

Games
1969 AL-159-7

Runs
1968 AL-79-8

Total Bases
1968 AL-277-3

Home Runs
1965 AL-23-9
1968 AL-35-3
1969 AL-30-9

RBI
1968 AL-109-1

Bases on Balls
1969 AL-99-6

Strikeouts
1965 AL-112-6
1966 AL-112-6
1969 AL-102-7

Adjusted OPS+
1968 AL-154-4

Runs Created
1968 AL-94-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1968 AL-36-4

Batting Wins
1968 AL-4.0-4

Extra-Base Hits
1968 AL-56-7

Times on Base
1968 AL-218-8

Offensive Win%
1968 AL-.730-6

Sac. Flies
1968 AL-6-5

Intentional Walks
1968 AL-9-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1965 AL-18-6
1968 AL-18-3
1969 AL-19-6

Caught Stealing
1965 AL-7-8

Power/Speed Number
1965 AL-12.9-10
1966 AL-12.5-8
1967 AL-10.9-9
1969 AL-21.7-3

At Bats per Home Run
1965 AL-21.0-6
1968 AL-15.3-3

Outs
1969 AL-474-7

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (787) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (951) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

June 23, 1966: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Washington Senators for Jim Duckworth.

June 9, 1967: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

August 25, 1967: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

August 28, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

April 19, 1969: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro to the Cleveland Indians for Sonny Siebert, Joe Azcue, and Vicente Romo.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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