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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 BOS AL 25 2B 24 23 211.2 115 46 65 4 14 .965 -4.6 -26.1 -4.6 -1.7 -2.8 0 4.72 4.63 .980 5.39 4.84
1958 TOT AL 26 2B 78 74 634.0 356 152 191 13 52 .963 -10.9 -20.6 -8.9 -3.7 -5.1 -2 4.87 4.40 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 BOS AL 26 2B 6 5 45.1 21 13 7 1 3 .952 -0.8 -21.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.6 0 3.97 3.33 .981 5.26 4.68
1958 WSH AL 26 2B 72 69 588.2 335 139 184 12 49 .964 -10.1 -20.6 -8.1 -3.6 -4.5 -2 4.94 4.49 .978 5.26 4.68
1958 WSH AL 26 3B 11 5 62.0 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -3.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0 2.76 1.73 .947 3.11 2.59
1958 WSH AL 26 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.20
1959 WSH AL 27 2B 52 49 410.0 248 101 137 10 25 .960 -0.6 -1.8 1.4 3.1 -1.7 -2 5.22 4.58 .976 5.29 4.73
1959 WSH AL 27 SS 12 9 89.0 45 15 27 3 5 .933 -2.2 -29.7 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 0 4.25 3.50 .960 4.87 3.97
1959 WSH AL 27 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 10.00 10.00 .990 9.80 8.30
1959 WSH AL 27 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1959 WSH AL 27 OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
1960 CLE AL 28 2B 80 78 701.2 417 192 215 10 63 .976 5.7 9.7 3.7 -0.7 4.4 2 5.22 5.09 .979 5.46 4.66
1960 CLE AL 28 3B 36 35 291.0 111 46 53 12 8 .892 -9.7 -40.0 -9.7 -5.1 -4.5 0 3.06 2.75 .955 3.14 2.72
1961 TOT AL 29 2B 83 75 688.0 445 185 246 14 63 .969 7.2 12.6 6.2 3.7 2.6 1 5.64 5.19 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 LAA AL 29 2B 62 61 537.0 363 156 196 11 55 .970 6.1 13.6 5.1 2.1 3.0 1 5.90 5.68 .978 5.24 4.72
1961 CLE AL 29 2B 21 14 151.0 82 29 50 3 8 .963 1.1 8.7 1.1 1.6 -0.4 0 4.71 3.76 .978 5.24 4.72
1962 TOT MLB 30 2B 18 14 129.2 69 34 35 0 8 1.000 -1.3 -12.0 -1.3 -0.6 -0.8 0 4.79 3.83 .975 5.29 4.74
1962 TOT MLB 30 3B 9 7 70.0 31 12 17 2 2 .935 -0.6 -10.3 -0.6 -1.2 0.6 0 3.73 3.22 .952 2.98 2.64
1962 CLE AL 30 2B 6 3 35.0 16 10 6 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -30.9 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 4.11 2.67 .981 5.25 4.87
1962 CLE AL 30 3B 3 2 19.0 9 3 5 1 1 .889 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.79 2.67 .956 3.08 2.80
1962 MLN NL 30 2B 12 11 94.2 53 24 29 0 6 1.000 -0.4 -5.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 0 5.04 4.42 .974 5.30 4.68
1962 MLN NL 30 3B 6 5 51.0 22 9 12 1 1 .955 -0.6 -14.1 -0.6 -1.1 0.5 0 3.71 3.50 .950 2.95 2.57
1963 CHC NL 31 2B 7 6 58.0 41 14 25 2 4 .951 -0.1 -2.1 0.9 -0.3 1.3 -1 6.05 5.57 .976 5.21 4.59
1963 CHC NL 31 1B 2 0 5.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 10.80 3.00 .983 9.72 8.35
7 Seasons 2B 342 319 2833.0 1691 724 914 53 229 .969 -4.6 -1.9 -2.6 -0.2 -2.1 -2 5.20 4.79 .978 5.32 4.71
3 Seasons 3B 56 47 423.0 161 64 83 14 11 .913 -10.5 -29.8 -10.5 -6.4 -3.9 0 3.13 2.63 .953 3.11 2.68
2 Seasons SS 13 9 91.0 46 16 27 3 5 .935 -2.2 -29.0 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 0 4.25 3.31 .961 4.88 3.98
2 Seasons 1B 3 1 14.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.29 5.33 .988 9.77 8.33
1 Season LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
7 Seasons TOT 415 376 3365.0 1915 820 1025 70 245 .963 -17.1 -6.1 -15.1 -7.2 -7.4 0 -2 4.93 4.45 .939 5.04 4.43
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 BOS AL 25 24 23 24 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 26 92 74 92 92 0 0 0 72 11 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
1958 BOS AL 26 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 27 70 59 70 70 0 0 1 52 0 12 1 0 0 1 5 2
1960 CLE AL 28 117 113 117 117 0 0 0 80 36 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1960 WSH AL 28 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1961 LAA AL 29 66 61 66 66 0 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1961 CLE AL 29 22 14 22 22 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 MLN NL 30 34 16 34 34 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1962 CLE AL 30 20 5 20 20 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
1963 CHC NL 31 20 6 20 20 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 475 376 475 475 0 0 3 342 56 13 1 0 0 1 66 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 BOS AL 25 902 61% 78% 29% 72 92% 1 46 18 20 8 58 44 12 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 14 6 2 5 0 13 5 8 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 26 2681 59% 79% 26% 220 90% 0 138 48 67 23 179 151 23 0 3 12 1 11 0 9 48 17 7 9 2 40 14 26 5 2 3
1958 BOS AL 26 192 66% 78% 27% 11 100% 0 13 6 5 2 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 27 1818 63% 80% 30% 178 92% 2 101 42 45 16 137 112 20 1 3 10 3 6 1 6 25 5 4 9 3 23 12 11 1 0 1
1960 CLE AL 28 3123 63% 77% 24% 268 91% 1 190 68 97 25 219 180 33 1 2 10 1 6 3 6 63 26 12 16 3 60 20 39 2 1 1
1961 LAA AL 29 2437 63% 73% 27% 217 91% 0 157 49 81 27 191 153 32 0 2 11 0 8 3 9 55 24 10 13 1 51 15 35 4 3 1
1961 CLE AL 29 678 54% 79% 22% 57 96% 0 30 11 14 5 49 40 8 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 9 3 0 4 0 7 4 3 2 0 1
1962 MLN NL 30 426 65% 81% 23% 38 92% 1 24 11 8 5 29 27 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 30 153 62% 78% 19% 9 100% 0 10 4 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 31 235 61% 80% 34% 29 86% 0 14 3 5 6 25 20 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 12645 62% 77% 26% 1099 92% 5 723 260 346 119 900 736 137 2 15 53 7 36 10 36 229 87 37 60 9 206 74 130 14 6 7
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 WSH AL 26 280 72% 77% 24% 24 92% 0 8 7 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 28 1308 66% 80% 23% 109 80% 2 46 41 1 4 50 34 11 1 3 12 0 9 3 10 8 3 0 5 2 1 1 7 43%
1962 MLN NL 30 232 68% 82% 30% 24 83% 0 8 8 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 30 83 72% 81% 24% 9 89% 0 3 3 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1903 67% 80% 24% 166 83% 2 65 59 2 4 82 57 20 1 3 14 0 11 3 11 12 5 1 9 2 1 1 7 43%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 WSH AL 26 9 78% 67% 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 27 415 58% 78% 29% 39 90% 0 15 9 5 2 29 24 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons 424 58% 78% 29% 39 90% 0 15 9 5 2 29 24 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 WSH AL 27 41 76% 78% 27% 1 100% 0 10 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 31 23 52% 74% 26% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 64 67% 77% 27% 2 100% 0 15 1 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 44% 72% 28% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 44% 72% 28% 1 100%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 61% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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