Ken Aspromonte
Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1957
Final Game: June 21, 1963
Relatives: Brother of Bob Aspromonte
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 25 BOS AL 24 96 78 9 21 5 0 0 4 0 1 17 10 .269 .396 .333 .729 97 26 3 0 0 1 0 4
1958 26 TOT AL 98 301 269 15 59 9 1 5 27 1 1 28 29 .219 .294 .316 .610 70 85 11 1 2 1 1 45/6
1958 26 BOS AL 6 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .125 .263 .125 .388 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 /4
1958 26 WSH AL 92 282 253 15 57 9 1 5 27 1 1 25 28 .225 .296 .328 .624 74 83 10 1 2 1 1 45/6
1959 27 WSH AL 70 255 225 31 55 12 0 2 14 2 1 26 39 .244 .321 .324 .646 78 73 9 0 3 1 0 46/37
1960 28 TOT AL 121 524 462 65 133 20 1 10 48 4 1 53 33 .288 .362 .400 .762 109 185 11 2 4 3 0 45
1960 28 WSH AL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 CLE AL 117 521 459 65 133 20 1 10 48 4 1 53 32 .290 .364 .403 .767 111 185 11 2 4 3 0 45
1961 29 TOT AL 88 354 308 34 69 16 1 2 19 0 0 39 24 .224 .314 .302 .616 61 93 8 2 4 1 1 4
1961 29 LAA AL 66 276 238 29 53 10 0 2 14 0 0 33 21 .223 .322 .290 .612 59 69 5 2 3 0 1 4
1961 29 CLE AL 22 78 70 5 16 6 1 0 5 0 0 6 3 .229 .286 .343 .629 70 24 3 0 1 1 0 4
1962 30 TOT MLB 54 123 107 15 27 4 0 0 8 0 1 12 10 .252 .325 .290 .615 69 31 6 1 0 3 1 4/5
1962 30 CLE AL 20 35 28 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .143 .286 .214 .500 39 6 0 0 0 1 1 /45
1962 30 MLN NL 34 88 79 11 23 2 0 0 7 0 1 6 5 .291 .341 .316 .657 81 25 6 1 0 2 0 4/5
1963 31 CHC NL 20 38 34 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 .147 .237 .235 .472 34 8 1 0 0 0 1 /43
7 Seasons 475 1691 1483 171 369 69 3 19 124 7 5 179 149 .249 .330 .338 .668 82 501 49 6 13 10 4
162 Game Avg. 162 577 506 58 126 24 1 6 42 2 2 61 51 .249 .330 .338 .668 82 171 17 2 4 3 1
WSH (3 yrs) 166 540 481 46 112 21 1 7 41 3 2 51 68 .233 .307 .324 .631 75 156 19 1 5 2 1
CLE (3 yrs) 159 634 557 74 153 28 2 10 54 4 1 65 40 .275 .350 .386 .736 102 215 14 2 5 5 1
BOS (2 yrs) 30 115 94 9 23 5 0 0 4 0 1 20 11 .245 .374 .298 .672 82 28 4 0 0 1 0
MLN (1 yr) 34 88 79 11 23 2 0 0 7 0 1 6 5 .291 .341 .316 .657 81 25 6 1 0 2 0
CHC (1 yr) 20 38 34 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 .147 .237 .235 .472 34 8 1 0 0 0 1
LAA (1 yr) 66 276 238 29 53 10 0 2 14 0 0 33 21 .223 .322 .290 .612 59 69 5 2 3 0 1
AL (6 yrs) 421 1565 1370 158 341 64 3 19 113 7 4 169 140 .249 .332 .342 .673 83 468 42 5 13 8 3
NL (2 yrs) 54 126 113 13 28 5 0 0 11 0 1 10 9 .248 .310 .292 .602 67 33 7 1 0 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1957 25 BOS AL 96 62 11 4.8 104 .304 .269 .270 .396 .343 .333 .407 .729 .750 97 .541 0.9 0.1 .689 .269 .064
1958 26 TOT AL 301 225 24 2.8 97 .229 .219 .260 .294 .328 .316 .395 .610 .723 70 .321 -11.1 -1.1 .514 .201 .097 1.7
1958 26 BOS AL 19 15 1 1.8 103 .133 .125 .268 .263 .338 .125 .408 .388 .746 8 .167 -2.0 -0.2 .333 .188 .000
1958 26 WSH AL 282 210 23 2.9 96 .235 .225 .259 .296 .328 .328 .394 .624 .722 74 .332 -9.1 -0.9 .527 .202 .103 1.7
1959 27 WSH AL 255 184 23 3.4 98 .286 .244 .260 .321 .332 .324 .398 .646 .729 78 .379 -6.0 -0.6 .556 .200 .080 2.0
1960 28 TOT AL 524 348 69 5.3 99 .291 .288 .260 .362 .333 .400 .398 .762 .731 109 .579 7.3 0.7 .713 .234 .113 5.7
1960 28 WSH AL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .338 .000 .405 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1960 28 CLE AL 521 345 69 5.4 99 .293 .290 .260 .364 .333 .403 .398 .767 .730 111 .583 8.1 0.8 .719 .235 .113 5.7
1961 29 TOT AL 354 252 30 3.2 110 .237 .224 .273 .314 .349 .302 .424 .616 .774 61 .333 -17.1 -1.7 .543 .205 .078 .0
1961 29 LAA AL 276 193 24 3.3 113 .237 .223 .276 .322 .353 .290 .430 .612 .783 59 .351 -14.3 -1.4 .547 .206 .067 .0
1961 29 CLE AL 78 59 6 2.7 101 .235 .229 .260 .286 .335 .343 .405 .629 .740 70 .271 -2.8 -0.3 .526 .200 .114
1962 30 TOT MLB 123 90 9 2.7 100 .270 .252 .265 .325 .332 .290 .404 .615 .737 69 .274 -3.7 -0.4 .494 .140 .037
1962 30 CLE AL 35 25 2 2.2 100 .167 .143 .260 .286 .331 .214 .404 .500 .735 39 .202 -2.0 -0.2 .500 .286 .071
1962 30 MLN NL 88 65 7 2.9 100 .303 .291 .266 .341 .333 .316 .404 .657 .737 81 .301 -1.7 -0.2 .492 .089 .025
1963 31 CHC NL 38 30 2 1.8 94 .167 .147 .261 .237 .323 .235 .390 .472 .713 34 .193 -2.9 -0.3 .400 .206 .088
7 Seasons 1691 1191 168 3.8 101 .264 .249 .263 .330 .336 .338 .404 .668 .739 82 .425 -32.7 -3.3 .589 .211 .089 10.2
162 Game Avg. 577 406 57 3.8 101 .264 .249 .263 .330 .336 .338 .404 .668 .739 82 .425 -32.7 -3.3 .589 .211 .089 3
WSH (3 yrs) 540 397 46 3.1 97 .257 .233 .260 .307 .330 .324 .396 .631 .725 75 .351 -16.0 -1.6 .536 .200 .091 4.2
CLE (3 yrs) 634 429 77 4.8 99 .279 .275 .260 .350 .333 .386 .399 .736 .732 102 .531 3.3 0.3 .680 .233 .111 5.7
BOS (2 yrs) 115 77 12 4.2 104 .274 .245 .270 .374 .342 .298 .407 .672 .750 82 .482 -1.1 -0.1 .618 .255 .053
MLN (1 yr) 88 65 7 2.9 100 .303 .291 .266 .341 .333 .316 .404 .657 .737 81 .302 -1.7 -0.2 .492 .089 .025
CHC (1 yr) 38 30 2 1.8 94 .167 .147 .261 .237 .323 .235 .390 .472 .713 34 .194 -2.9 -0.3 .400 .206 .088
LAA (1 yr) 276 193 24 3.3 113 .237 .223 .276 .322 .353 .290 .430 .612 .783 59 .350 -14.3 -1.4 .547 .206 .067 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1565 1096 159 3.9 101 .264 .249 .263 .332 .336 .342 .404 .673 .740 83 .437 -28.1 -2.8 .600 .218 .093 10.2
NL (2 yrs) 126 95 9 2.5 99 .264 .248 .265 .310 .330 .292 .400 .602 .730 67 .271 -4.5 -0.5 .462 .124 .044

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 25 BOS AL 96 0.0% 10.4% 17.7% 5.2% 24% 0.59 7.8 19.5 0.92 72%
1958 26 TOT AL 301 1.7% 9.6% 9.3% 5.0% 25% 1.04 9.3 53.8 10.0 1.20 78%
1958 26 BOS AL 19 0.0% 5.3% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 0.33 16.0 1.33 79%
1958 26 WSH AL 282 1.8% 9.9% 8.9% 5.3% 26% 1.12 9.0 50.6 9.4 1.20 78%
1959 27 WSH AL 255 0.8% 15.3% 10.2% 5.5% 26% 1.50 5.8 112.5 16.1 0.95 73%
1960 28 TOT AL 524 1.9% 6.3% 10.1% 5.9% 23% 0.62 14.0 46.2 9.6 1.15 81%
1960 28 WSH AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1960 28 CLE AL 521 1.9% 6.1% 10.2% 6.0% 23% 0.60 14.3 45.9 9.6 1.16 81%
1961 29 TOT AL 354 0.6% 6.8% 11.0% 5.4% 28% 0.62 12.8 154.0 16.2 1.41 80%
1961 29 LAA AL 276 0.7% 7.6% 12.0% 4.4% 23% 0.64 11.3 119.0 17.0 1.39 78%
1961 29 CLE AL 78 0.0% 3.9% 7.7% 9.0% 44% 0.50 23.3 14.0 1.50 87%
1962 30 TOT MLB 123 0.0% 8.1% 9.8% 3.3% 15% 0.83 10.7 13.4 1.31 81%
1962 30 CLE AL 35 0.0% 14.3% 17.1% 5.7% 50% 0.83 5.6 28.0 0.90 69%
1962 30 MLN NL 88 0.0% 5.7% 6.8% 2.3% 9% 0.83 15.8 11.3 1.50 86%
1963 31 CHC NL 38 0.0% 10.5% 10.5% 7.9% 60% 1.00 8.5 8.5 1.88 79%
7 Seasons 1691 1.1% 8.8% 10.6% 5.4% 25% 0.83 10.0 78.1 12.0 1.19 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 25 BOS AL 0 0 24% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36% 7 4 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1958 26 TOT AL 5 0 12% 95 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 11 5 6 1 0 1 3 0 3
1958 26 BOS AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 WSH AL 5 0 13% 87 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 64% 10 5 5 1 0 1 3 0 3
1959 27 WSH AL 5 0 37% 102 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 54% 12 6 6 3 2 0 9 2 7
1960 28 TOT AL 10 0 31% 247 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 16 46% 30 20 8 12 7 5 23 6 17
1960 28 WSH AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 CLE AL 10 0 31% 247 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 16 46% 30 20 8 12 7 5 23 6 17
1961 29 TOT AL 7 0 30% 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 48% 13 5 7 7 6 1 9 3 6
1961 29 LAA AL 6 0 31% 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 52% 10 4 5 6 5 1 7 1 6
1961 29 CLE AL 1 0 23% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0
1962 30 TOT MLB 4 0 38% 57 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 11 7 4 1 1 0 4 2 2
1962 30 CLE AL 1 0 40% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 30 MLN NL 3 0 37% 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1963 31 CHC NL 3 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
7 Seasons 34 0 28% 693 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 19 42 48% 86 49 32 25 16 8 53 15 38
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 25 BOS AL 92 18% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 10 3 30% 42 4 10% 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 4
1958 26 TOT AL 301 30% 59 9 2 0 1 1.60 5 0 8 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 100% 60 11 18% 23 5 22% 176 24 14% 11 4 36% 14 1 7% 0
1958 26 BOS AL 19 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1958 26 WSH AL 282 32% 57 9 2 0 1 1.60 5 0 8 5 0 0 5 0 2 2 100% 56 10 18% 21 5 24% 168 24 14% 11 4 36% 12 1 8% 0
1959 27 WSH AL 255 15% 55 5 0 0 0 0.43 2 0 7 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 100% 52 9 17% 18 4 22% 132 14 11% 6 4 67% 11 4 36% 0
1960 28 TOT AL 523 18% 133 6 0 0 0 1.58 10 0 7 5 5 5 5 0 5 4 80% 99 11 11% 41 13 32% 282 40 14% 17 12 71% 22 8 36% 0
1960 28 WSH AL 3 100% 0 3 0 0 0 0.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 CLE AL 520 18% 133 3 0 0 0 2.39 10 0 7 5 5 5 5 0 5 4 80% 98 11 11% 41 13 32% 280 40 14% 17 12 71% 22 8 36% 0
1961 29 TOT AL 350 23% 69 4 1 0 0 2.73 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 100% 75 8 11% 31 12 39% 197 18 9% 15 5 33% 17 3 18% 4
1961 29 LAA AL 272 21% 53 4 1 0 0 2.73 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 56 5 9% 26 9 35% 145 13 9% 10 3 30% 14 3 21% 4
1961 29 CLE AL 78 32% 16 0 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 19 3 16% 5 3 60% 52 5 10% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
1962 30 TOT MLB 122 25% 27 22 5 0 3 1.42 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 6 19% 14 5 36% 98 10 10% 15 6 40% 8 2 25% 1
1962 30 CLE AL 35 31% 4 9 1 0 1 1.32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 29 1 3% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 0
1962 30 MLN NL 87 22% 23 13 4 0 2 1.49 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 6 24% 10 4 40% 69 9 13% 11 5 45% 5 2 40% 1
1963 31 CHC NL 38 39% 5 8 0 0 1 2.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 2 1 50% 23 5 22% 2 1 50% 5 3 60% 0
7 Seasons 1681 22% 369 54 8 0 5 1.58 19 0 33 12 7 8 11 0 14 13 93% 336 49 15% 139 43 31% 950 115 12% 71 33 46% 81 21 26% 9
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 25 24 96 78 9 21 5 0 0 4 0 1 17 10 .269 .396 .333 .729 97 26 3 0 0 1 0
1958 26 122 397 347 24 80 14 1 5 31 1 2 45 39 .231 .319 .320 .639 77 111 14 1 2 2 1
1959 27 192 652 572 55 135 26 1 7 45 3 3 71 78 .236 .320 .322 .642 77 184 23 1 5 3 1
1960 28 313 1176 1034 120 268 46 2 17 93 7 4 124 111 .259 .338 .357 .695 92 369 34 3 9 6 1
1961 29 401 1530 1342 154 337 62 3 19 112 7 4 163 135 .251 .333 .344 .677 84 462 42 5 13 7 2
1962 30 455 1653 1449 169 364 66 3 19 120 7 5 175 145 .251 .332 .340 .673 83 493 48 6 13 10 3
1963 31 475 1691 1483 171 369 69 3 19 124 7 5 179 149 .249 .330 .338 .668 82 501 49 6 13 10 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 25 25 103 83 10 23 5 0 0 4 0 19 11 .277 .408 .337 .745 12 24
1958 26 102 314 282 17 63 10 1 5 31 1 30 30 .223 .299 .319 .619 27 98
1959 27 73 263 235 32 57 12 0 2 15 2 27 41 .243 .319 .319 .639 24 70
1960 28 127 555 492 71 146 22 1 11 52 4 58 35 .297 .371 .413 .784 76 121
1961 29 88 345 305 30 66 15 1 2 17 0 37 24 .216 .304 .292 .596 27 88
1962 30 54 123 107 16 27 4 0 0 8 0 12 10 .252 .325 .290 .615 10 54
1963 31 20 38 34 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 4 4 .147 .237 .235 .472 2 20
7 Seasons 489 1741 1538 178 387 71 3 20 131 7 187 155 .252 .333 .341 .674 178 475
162 Game Avg. 162 577 510 59 128 24 1 7 43 2 62 51 .252 .333 .341 .674 59 475

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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AB per SO s c a p y
1960 AL--14.0--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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