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Ken Harvey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 240 lb.
School University of Nebraska

Debut September 18, 2001
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Born March 1, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 23 KCR AL   4   12    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  1   0   4  .250  .250  .333   48    4   0   0   0   0   1
 2003 25 KCR AL 135  485   50  129  30  0  13   64   2  3  29  94  .266  .313  .408   84  198   3   2   4   5  15
 2004 26 KCR AL 120  456   47  131  20  1  13   55   1  1  28  89  .287  .338  .421   95  192   0   2   2   8  14 AS
 2005 27 KCR AL  12   45    4   10   3  0   1    5   0  0   3  13  .222  .271  .356   66   16   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      271  998  102  273  54  1  27  126   3  5  60 200  .274  .322  .411   88  410   3   4   6  13  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        597   61  163  32  1  16   75   2  3  36 120  .274  .322  .411   88  245   2   2   4   8  18
 Career High    135  485   50  131  30  1  13   64   2  3  29  94  .287  .338  .421   95  198   3   2   4   8  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 23 KCR AL   12   11    0   0.0   113| .250  .275| .250  .343| .333  .442| .583  .785|  48  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2003 25 KCR AL  524  379   58   4.1   113| .266  .276| .313  .343| .408  .441| .721  .784|  84  .406 -12.8  -1.2  40%
 2004 26 KCR AL  494  342   62   4.9   111| .287  .273| .338  .341| .421  .438| .759  .779|  95  .470  -4.1  -0.4  50%
 2005 27 KCR AL   48   35    5   3.8   104| .222  .267| .271  .330| .356  .423| .627  .753|  66  .387  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1078  767  125   4.4   112| .274  .274| .322  .342| .411  .439| .733  .781|  88  .429 -20.1  -1.9  37%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
2001 23 KCR AL 1B 3 11 1 0 1 1.000 .992 4.00 8.27 6.35 9.37 3 17.0 DH 1 2003 25 KCR AL 1B 99 805 80 11 78 .988 .993 8.94 8.29 9.76 9.55 94 816.3 DH 32 2004 26 KCR AL 1B 73 610 52 4 73 .994 .994 9.07 8.01 9.46 9.31 73 630.0 AS DH 41 AS LF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.73 1.20 2.04 4 30.0 AS 2005 27 KCR AL DH 7 1B 5 41 0 0 2 1.000 .995 8.20 8.12 9.97 9.61 5 37.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 KCR AL 1B 3 11 1 0 1 1.000 .992 4.00 8.27 6.35 9.37 3 17.0 2003 25 KCR AL 1B 99 805 80 11 78 .988 .993 8.94 8.29 9.76 9.55 94 816.3 2004 26 KCR AL 1B 73 610 52 4 73 .994 .994 9.07 8.01 9.46 9.31 73 630.0 2005 27 KCR AL 1B 5 41 0 0 2 1.000 .995 8.20 8.12 9.97 9.61 5 37.0 2001 23 KCR AL DH 1 2003 25 KCR AL DH 32 2004 26 KCR AL DH 41 2005 27 KCR AL DH 7 2004 26 KCR AL LF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.73 1.20 2.04 4 30.0 2004 26 KCR AL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 2.05 1.20 2.31 4 30.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 180 1467 133 15 154 .991 .993 8.89 8.17 9.60 9.45 175 1500.3 DH 81 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.73 1.20 2.04 4 30.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 184 1471 133 15 154 .991 .993 8.72 8.04 9.44 9.31 179 1530
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2004   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   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
2004 *

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (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 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.

December 16, 2005: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

January 27, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Kansas City Royals$300,000
2004Kansas City Royals$317,500
Career (may be incomplete)$617,500

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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