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Ken Kravec
Kenneth Peter Kravec

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
School Ashland University

Debut September 4, 1975
  vs. KCR 2.3 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 7 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game October 3, 1982
Born July 29, 1951 in Cleveland, OH

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 23 CHW AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   0  0    4.3    1    3    3   0    8    1   0   0    22   0   0  6.23  3.90   63 2.077
 1976 24 CHW AL   1   5   9   8   1   0   0  0   49.7   49   28   27   3   32   38   1   3   226   0   1  4.89  3.59   73 1.631
 1977 25 CHW AL  11   8  26  25   6   1   0  0  166.7  161   87   76  12   57  125   6   4   718   0   1  4.10  4.11  100 1.308
 1978 26 CHW AL  11  16  30  30   7   2   0  0  203.0  188  104   92  22   95  154  10   7   890   1   1  4.08  3.85   94 1.394
 1979 27 CHW AL  15  13  36  35  10   3   1  1  250.0  208  115  104  20  111  132  14   3  1041   3   1  3.74  4.27  114 1.276
 1980 28 CHW AL   3   6  20  15   0   0   1  0   81.7  100   71   63  13   44   37   5   5   394   3   1  6.94  4.04   58 1.763
 1981 29 CHC NL   1   6  24  12   0   0   2  0   78.3   80   48   44   5   39   50   4   2   356   6   1  5.06  3.70   73 1.519
 1982 30 CHC NL   1   1  13   2   0   0   2  0   25.0   27   20   17   3   18   20   0   1   123   2   0  6.12  3.72   61 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .434  43  56 160 128  24   6   6  1  858.7  814  476  426  78  404  557  40  25  3770  15   6  4.47  4.01   90 1.418
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  37  30   5   1   1  0  202.7  192  112  100  18   95  131   9   5   890   3   1  4.47  4.01   90 1.418
 Career High     15  16  36  35  10   3   2  1  250.0  208  115  104  22  111  154  14   7  1041   6   1  3.74  4.27  114 1.276

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 29 CHC NL  25   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .000  .118  .000  -65    0   4   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 CHC NL  13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -25    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      161   18    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   9  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         18    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   9  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8                           0   4   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 29 CHC NL   21   19    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .118  .333| .000  .383| .118  .716| -65  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1982 30 CHC NL    4    3    0   0.0    96| .000  .268| .250  .331| .000  .389| .250  .721| -25  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        25   22    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .143  .333| .000  .384| .143  .716| -57  .000  -3.9  -0.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 23 CHW AL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 0.85 8.37 1.88 1 4.3 1976 24 CHW AL P 9 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 0.78 0.84 1.27 1.87 8 49.7 1977 25 CHW AL P 26 6 26 1 2 .970 .947 1.23 0.84 1.73 1.95 25 166.7 1978 26 CHW AL P 30 7 25 3 1 .914 .955 1.07 0.85 1.42 1.90 30 203.0 1979 27 CHW AL P 36 8 35 1 1 .977 .949 1.19 0.81 1.55 1.92 35 250.0 1980 28 CHW AL P 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.77 2.20 1.85 15 81.7 1981 29 CHC NL P 24 3 16 1 0 .950 .960 0.79 0.68 2.18 1.97 12 78.3 1982 30 CHC NL P 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.70 1.44 1.94 2 25.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 23 CHW AL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 2.00 0.85 8.37 1.88 1 4.3 1976 24 CHW AL P 9 0 7 1 0 .875 .946 0.78 0.84 1.27 1.87 8 49.7 1977 25 CHW AL P 26 6 26 1 2 .970 .947 1.23 0.84 1.73 1.95 25 166.7 1978 26 CHW AL P 30 7 25 3 1 .914 .955 1.07 0.85 1.42 1.90 30 203.0 1979 27 CHW AL P 36 8 35 1 1 .977 .949 1.19 0.81 1.55 1.92 35 250.0 1980 28 CHW AL P 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.77 2.20 1.85 15 81.7 1981 29 CHC NL P 24 3 16 1 0 .950 .960 0.79 0.68 2.18 1.97 12 78.3 1982 30 CHC NL P 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.70 1.44 1.94 2 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 160 32 129 7 4 .958 .952 1.01 0.79 1.69 1.92 128 858.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 160 32 129 7 4 .958 .952 1.01 0.79 1.69 1.92 128 859
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1979 AL-7.49-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1977 AL-6.75-7
1978 AL-6.83-3

Innings
1979 AL-250.0-8

Strikeouts
1978 AL-154-8
1979 AL-132-8

Games Started
1979 AL-35-8

Shutouts
1979 AL-3-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1978 AL-95-5
1979 AL-111-3

SO to Walk
1977 AL-2.19-10

Losses
1978 AL-16-3

Hit Batsmen
1978 AL-10-1
1979 AL-14-1
1981 NL-4-2

Batters Faced
1979 AL-1041-8

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1210) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1467) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

March 28, 1981: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dennis Lamp.

November 1, 1982: Granted Free Agency.


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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