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Ken Dayley
Kenneth Grant Dayley
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 25, 1959 in Jerome, ID
Schools: University of Portland
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1982
Final Game: April 14, 1993
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 23 ATL NL 5 6 .455 4.54 20 11 3 0 0 0 71.1 79 39 36 9 25 2 34 0 0 2 313 83 1.458 10.0 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.36
1983 24 ATL NL 5 8 .385 4.30 24 16 3 0 0 0 104.2 100 59 50 12 39 2 70 2 0 3 436 91 1.328 8.6 1.0 3.4 6.0 1.79
1984 25 TOT NL 0 5 .000 7.99 7 6 1 0 0 0 23.2 44 28 21 6 11 1 10 1 0 0 124 47 2.324 16.7 2.3 4.2 3.8 0.91
1984 25 ATL NL 0 3 .000 5.30 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.2 28 18 11 5 6 1 10 1 0 0 92 72 1.821 13.5 2.4 2.9 4.8 1.67
1984 25 STL NL 0 2 .000 18.00 3 2 1 0 0 0 5.0 16 10 10 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 20 4.200 28.8 1.8 9.0 0.0 0.00
1985 26 STL NL 4 4 .500 2.76 57 0 27 0 0 11 65.1 65 24 20 2 18 9 62 0 0 4 271 129 1.270 9.0 0.3 2.5 8.5 3.44
1986 27 STL NL 0 3 .000 3.26 31 0 13 0 0 5 38.2 42 19 14 1 11 3 33 1 0 0 170 113 1.371 9.8 0.2 2.6 7.7 3.00
1987 28 STL NL 9 5 .643 2.66 53 0 29 0 0 4 61.0 52 21 18 2 33 8 63 2 0 5 260 157 1.393 7.7 0.3 4.9 9.3 1.91
1988 29 STL NL 2 7 .222 2.77 54 0 21 0 0 5 55.1 48 20 17 2 19 7 38 1 0 2 226 126 1.211 7.8 0.3 3.1 6.2 2.00
1989 30 STL NL 4 3 .571 2.87 71 0 28 0 0 12 75.1 63 26 24 3 30 10 40 0 1 2 310 126 1.235 7.5 0.4 3.6 4.8 1.33
1990 31 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.56 58 0 17 0 0 2 73.1 63 32 29 5 30 7 51 0 0 6 307 107 1.268 7.7 0.6 3.7 6.3 1.70
1991 32 TOR AL 0 0 6.23 8 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 26 68 2.769 14.5 0.0 10.4 6.2 0.60
1993 34 TOR AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 7.500 13.5 0.0 54.0 27.0 0.50
11 Seasons 33 45 .423 3.64 385 33 145 0 0 39 573.2 564 273 232 42 225 49 406 8 1 26 2450 103 1.375 8.8 0.7 3.5 6.4 1.80
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .423 3.64 63 5 24 0 0 6 93 92 44 38 7 37 8 66 1 0 4 399 103 1.375 8.8 0.7 3.5 6.4 1.80
STL (7 yrs) 23 28 .451 3.18 327 2 136 0 0 39 374.0 349 152 132 16 146 44 287 4 1 19 1576 117 1.324 8.4 0.4 3.5 6.9 1.97
ATL (3 yrs) 10 17 .370 4.48 48 31 6 0 0 0 194.2 207 116 97 26 70 5 114 3 0 5 841 86 1.423 9.6 1.2 3.2 5.3 1.63
TOR (2 yrs) 0 0 5.40 10 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 3 0 9 0 5 1 0 2 33 78 3.400 14.4 0.0 16.2 9.0 0.56
NL (9 yrs) 33 45 .423 3.62 375 33 142 0 0 39 568.2 556 268 229 42 216 49 401 7 1 24 2417 104 1.358 8.8 0.7 3.4 6.3 1.86
AL (2 yrs) 0 0 5.40 10 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 3 0 9 0 5 1 0 2 33 78 3.400 14.4 0.0 16.2 9.0 0.56

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 26 STL NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 2 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 20 0.500 3.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
1985 26 STL NL WS L KCR 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 22 0.667 1.5 0.0 4.5 7.5 1.67
1987 28 STL NL NLCS W SFG 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 14 0.750 2.3 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1987 28 STL NL WS L MIN 0 0 1.93 4 0 1 0 0 1 4.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 0.429 3.9 1.9 0.0 5.8
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.44 16 0 8 0 0 5 20.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 15 1 0 0 72 0.581 2.6 0.4 2.6 6.5 2.50
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 8 0 5 0 0 4 10.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 34 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 6.3 2.33
2 WS 1 0 1.000 0.84 8 0 3 0 0 1 10.2 3 1 1 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 38 0.563 2.5 0.8 2.5 6.8 2.67
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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
1982 23 ATL NL 20 23 20 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 9 .250 .318 .250 .568 59 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 24 ATL NL 25 41 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .219 .306 .219 .524 44 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1984 25 TOT NL 8 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1984 25 ATL NL 5 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 25 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1985 26 STL NL 57 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 125 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 STL NL 32 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 28 STL NL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 29 STL NL 54 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 STL NL 71 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 STL NL 58 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 378 95 81 4 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 32 .210 .273 .210 .483 34 17 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 41 35 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .210 .273 .210 .483 34 7 0 0 3 0 0
STL (7 yrs) 328 27 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .120 .154 .120 .274 -22 3 0 0 1 0 0
ATL (3 yrs) 50 68 56 4 14 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 22 .250 .323 .250 .573 58 14 0 0 6 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 26 STL NL NLCS LAD W 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1987 28 STL NL WS MIN L 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 16 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 ATL NL 23 P 20 11 71.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.01 0.40 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 ATL NL 24 P 24 16 104.2 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.60 0.29 .943 1.92 0.68
1984 TOT NL 25 P 7 6 23.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.71 .960 1.86 0.67
1984 ATL NL 25 P 4 4 18.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.41 1.25 .960 1.88 0.68
1984 STL NL 25 P 3 2 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.67
1985 STL NL 26 P 57 0 65.1 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.76 0.35 .950 1.91 0.68
1986 STL NL 27 P 31 0 38.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.86 0.26 .950 1.93 0.66
1987 STL NL 28 P 53 0 61.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.03 0.13 .957 1.90 0.62
1988 STL NL 29 P 54 0 55.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.17 .956 1.95 0.69
1989 STL NL 30 P 71 0 75.1 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 0.84 0.10 .950 1.86 0.63
1990 STL NL 31 P 58 0 73.1 14 5 8 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.22 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 TOR AL 32 P 8 0 4.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.25 .950 1.87 0.57
1993 TOR AL 34 P 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.55
11 Seasons P 385 33 573.2 88 23 63 2 2 .977 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.22 .952 1.90 0.65
11 Seasons TOT 385 33 573.2 88 23 63 2 2 .977 0.0 0.0 1.35 0.22 .930 1.90 0.65

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1989 NL--71--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (755), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

June 15, 1984: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Mike Jorgensen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Oberkfell.

December 17, 1986: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 15, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 20, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

June 22, 1993: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$325,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$610,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$925,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$925,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$1,983,333
1993Toronto Blue Jays$1,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,018,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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