Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 21, 1963 in Hanford, CA
School: San Jose State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1987
Final Game: October 7, 2001
Died: October 10, 2004 in New York, NY
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 HOU NL 24 3B 61 51 469.2 156 50 98 8 11 .949 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -4.7 3.6 1 2.84 2.43 .951 2.82 2.34
1988 HOU NL 25 3B 28 20 194.0 58 12 43 3 2 .948 -1.2 -7.4 -1.2 0.0 -1.2 0 2.55 1.96 .947 2.77 2.35
1989 HOU NL 26 3B 160 159 1414.2 483 126 335 22 27 .954 22.9 19.4 22.9 10.5 12.4 0 2.93 2.88 .942 2.71 2.25
1990 HOU NL 27 3B 149 140 1249.1 382 118 243 21 22 .945 1.6 1.5 1.6 -2.5 4.1 0 2.60 2.42 .947 2.73 2.31
1991 HOU NL 28 3B 152 150 1308.2 445 129 293 23 29 .948 5.6 5.1 4.6 0.7 3.9 1 2.90 2.78 .950 2.74 2.31
1992 HOU NL 29 3B 129 128 1140.2 323 102 210 11 19 .966 1.9 2.0 1.9 0.3 1.6 0 2.46 2.42 .951 2.67 2.29
1993 HOU NL 30 3B 143 142 1237.0 411 123 264 24 23 .942 -3.9 -3.8 -3.9 -4.7 0.8 0 2.82 2.71 .945 2.70 2.31
1994 HOU NL 31 3B 108 103 924.1 288 79 200 9 17 .969 13.2 17.1 13.2 4.1 9.1 0 2.72 2.58 .950 2.65 2.24 AS
1995 SDP NL 32 3B 143 142 1226.0 424 102 295 27 28 .936 -11.6 -11.4 -10.6 -3.3 -7.3 -1 2.91 2.78 .946 2.77 2.33 GG
1996 SDP NL 33 3B 145 142 1274.0 433 103 310 20 28 .954 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 -0.1 0 2.92 2.85 .948 2.71 2.21 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1997 SDP NL 34 3B 133 133 1117.0 405 90 291 24 20 .941 -11.2 -12.0 -9.2 -4.8 -4.4 -2 3.07 2.86 .946 2.66 2.19 AS,GG
1998 SDP NL 35 3B 126 126 1049.0 305 77 207 21 16 .931 -11.3 -12.9 -10.3 -6.7 -3.6 -1 2.44 2.25 .958 2.73 2.37
1999 HOU NL 36 3B 75 73 629.0 205 52 139 14 17 .932 -3.9 -7.4 -4.9 -2.0 -2.9 1 2.73 2.55 .954 2.68 2.30
2000 HOU NL 37 3B 58 56 475.2 129 37 81 11 8 .915 -5.3 -13.4 -4.3 -2.7 -1.6 -1 2.23 2.03 .952 2.64 2.18
2001 TOT MLB 38 3B 66 63 543.2 180 51 118 11 13 .939 -4.3 -9.5 -4.3 -5.3 1.1 0 2.80 2.56 .948 2.70 2.36
2001 TEX AL 38 3B 53 51 441.2 150 42 99 9 10 .940 -4.4 -12.0 -4.4 -4.8 0.5 0 2.87 2.66 .947 2.73 2.41
2001 ATL NL 38 1B 33 33 247.2 260 240 14 6 19 .977 -5.6 -27.1 -5.6 -0.1 -5.6 0 9.23 7.70 .993 9.26 7.84
2001 ATL NL 38 3B 13 12 102.0 30 9 19 2 3 .933 0.1 1.2 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 2.47 2.15 .950 2.57 2.17
2001 ATL NL 38 DH 1
15 Seasons 3B 1676 1628 14252.2 4627 1251 3127 249 280 .946 -4.6 -0.4 -2.6 -18.0 15.5 -2 2.76 2.61 .948 2.71 2.29
1 Season 1B 33 33 247.2 260 240 14 6 19 .977 -5.6 -27.1 -5.6 -0.1 -5.6 0 9.23 7.70 .993 9.26 7.84
1 Season DH 1
15 Seasons TOT 1709 1661 14500.1 4887 1491 3141 255 299 .948 -10.2 -0.8 -8.2 -18.1 9.9 -2 2.87 2.71 .899 2.82 2.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1987 HOU NL 24 63 51 63 61 0 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1988 HOU NL 25 30 20 30 28 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 HOU NL 26 161 159 161 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 HOU NL 27 153 140 153 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1991 HOU NL 28 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 HOU NL 29 135 128 135 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1993 HOU NL 30 143 142 143 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 HOU NL 31 111 103 111 108 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995 SDP NL 32 143 142 143 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SDP NL 33 146 142 146 145 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 SDP NL 34 137 133 137 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 SDP NL 35 131 126 131 127 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 HOU NL 36 78 73 78 75 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2000 HOU NL 37 59 56 59 58 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 ATL NL 38 64 46 64 46 0 0 33 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0
2001 TEX AL 38 54 51 54 53 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Seasons 1760 1662 1760 1710 0 0 33 0 1677 0 0 0 0 0 1 80 0
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 -- 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%
1987 HOU NL 24 2121 52% 77% 28% 142 90% 0 50 31 6 13 99 87 9 0 6 8 0 7 1 5 11 5 2 8 2 0 1 3 33%
1988 HOU NL 25 830 60% 77% 32% 64 83% 0 12 9 0 3 44 36 7 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 83%
1989 HOU NL 26 6304 53% 77% 29% 491 89% 3 123 101 11 11 334 281 46 3 10 22 0 12 10 17 27 16 2 21 5 4 1 27 70%
1990 HOU NL 27 5538 49% 79% 30% 383 87% 3 117 98 4 15 241 200 28 4 7 21 0 12 9 17 22 15 2 19 3 2 1 19 68%
1991 HOU NL 28 5915 44% 74% 30% 440 87% 4 129 98 8 24 292 240 39 3 15 23 1 11 11 19 29 18 1 23 4 4 0 19 84%
1992 HOU NL 29 5100 47% 76% 30% 329 89% 4 102 83 7 12 209 159 42 2 8 11 0 4 7 8 19 13 2 16 3 1 1 14 86%
1993 HOU NL 30 5413 53% 75% 31% 405 88% 2 123 95 11 17 264 221 31 1 15 24 0 8 16 18 22 13 1 17 3 1 2 21 86%
1994 HOU NL 31 4110 55% 75% 33% 295 86% 4 79 58 7 14 200 156 33 3 6 10 0 2 8 8 17 9 3 13 4 4 0 18 83%
1995 SDP NL 32 5469 59% 72% 31% 426 85% 14 103 72 7 24 293 240 33 4 10 27 1 11 15 20 28 12 2 19 2 1 1 28 68%
1996 SDP NL 33 5601 58% 74% 33% 432 89% 5 104 73 14 17 309 261 42 3 3 20 0 15 5 18 27 13 6 20 5 3 2 14 79%
1997 SDP NL 34 5143 54% 74% 33% 403 87% 7 89 68 7 14 289 232 43 3 4 24 1 14 9 18 20 13 2 15 3 2 0 17 65%
1998 SDP NL 35 4551 55% 72% 33% 333 79% 4 74 58 4 12 207 162 39 3 7 21 0 18 3 16 16 12 1 14 2 1 1 11 82%
1999 HOU NL 36 2803 60% 72% 31% 218 83% 0 52 39 4 9 140 111 29 0 4 14 1 13 0 11 17 11 1 13 2 1 1 13 54%
2000 HOU NL 37 2191 57% 74% 27% 123 89% 1 37 29 3 5 81 61 17 2 1 11 0 4 7 9 8 5 0 7 0 0 0 6 33%
2001 TEX AL 38 2090 60% 77% 28% 146 90% 0 42 33 6 3 99 76 20 2 2 9 0 4 5 8 10 6 1 8 1 0 1 5 20%
2001 ATL NL 38 427 58% 75% 31% 26 92% 0 9 4 3 2 19 14 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 63606 53% 75% 31% 4656 87% 51 1245 949 102 195 3120 2537 463 34 101 250 4 139 107 197 278 166 26 218 39 24 12 223 72%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 87% 64%

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%
2001 ATL NL 38 1092 60% 77% 32% 44 86% 0 240 11 226 5 14 14 11 3 0 0 6 2 4 0 3 19 1 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 6 83%
1 Season 1092 60% 77% 32% 44 86% 0 240 11 226 5 14 14 11 3 0 0 6 2 4 0 3 19 1 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 6 83%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 84%

* 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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