Ken Gables

Kenneth Harlin Gables (Coral)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 31, 1919 in Walnut Grove, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1945
Team: Pirates 1945-1947

Final Game: April 20, 1947
Died: January 2, 1960 in Walnut Grove, MO
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Willard, MO
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	23	NYY-min	A	9	9	.500	3.17	27	19					159.0	145	67	56		84							1.440	8.2		4.8			BNG · EL
1944	25	NYY-min	AA	5	9	.357	6.10	25	11		5	1		93.0	104	85	63		60	62	3	0	1			1.763	10.1		5.8	6.0	1.03	OLD,KCY · PCL,AA
1945	26	PIT	NL	11	7	.611	4.15	29	16	10	6	0	1	138.2	139	69	64	5	46	49	4	1	2	599	95	1.334	9.0	0.3	3.0	3.2	1.07
1946	27	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	5.27	32	7	10	0	0	1	100.2	113	64	59	3	52	39	1	0	0	463	67	1.639	10.1	0.3	4.6	3.5	0.75
1947	28	PIT-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	4.70	33	9	6	4	1		155.0	172	101	81		63	44	4	0	0			1.516	10.0		3.7	2.6	0.70	ATA,INA · SOUA,AA
1947	28	PIT	NL	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	9.000	81.0	27.0	0.0	0.0
1948	29	SFR	AAA	6	7	.462	4.97	34			3	0		96.0	98	56	53		37	61	3	0	2			1.406	9.2		3.5	5.7	1.65	SFR · PCL
1949	30	CHC-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.16	51	3		0	0		132.2	144	93	76		54	56	3	0	5			1.492	9.8		3.7	3.8	1.04	SFR,LOS · PCL
1950	31	CHW-CHC-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.30	43			0	0		73.0	88	52	43		33	35	0	5	4			1.658	10.8		4.1	4.3	1.06	SAC,LOS · PCL
1951	32	CHW-min	AAA	11	13	.458	3.53	32	30		18	2		237.0	229	104	93		75	101	3	2	5			1.283	8.7		2.8	3.8	1.35	SAC · PCL
1952	33	SAC	Opn	9	11	.450	2.55	35	25		13	2		205.0	158	75	58		76	92	2	0	4			1.141	6.9		3.3	4.0	1.21	SAC · PCL
1953	34	SAC	Opn	9	17	.346	3.01	35	32		14	4		230.1	205	96	77	13	82	100	2	0	2			1.246	8.0	0.5	3.2	3.9	1.22	SAC · PCL
1954	35	SAC	Opn	3	7	.300	5.28	35	10		1	0		105.2	140	90	62	9	38	42	4	0	5			1.685	11.9	0.8	3.2	3.6	1.11	SAC · PCL
3 Yrs				13	11	.542	4.69	62	23	20	6	0	2	239.2	255	135	125	9	98	88	5	1	2	1066	81	1.473	9.6	0.3	3.7	3.3	0.90
162 Game Avg.				10	9	.542	4.69	50	18	16	5	0	2	192	204	108	100	7	78	70	4	1	2	853	81	1.473	9.6	0.3	3.7	3.3	0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1945	26	PIT	NL	138.2	29	16	69	4.48	4.44	-0.09	104.4	4.73	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.4	18	.511	.502	$
1946	27	PIT	NL	100.2	32	7	64	5.72	4.12	-0.25	102.4	4.48	-14	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.452	.491	$
1947	28	PIT	NL	0.1	1	0	2	54.00	4.48	-0.43	108.0	5.32	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.342	.499	$
3 Seasons				239.2	62	23	135	5.07	4.30	-0.16	103.6	4.62	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.2	0.6	12	.478	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1945	26	PIT	NL	597	0.8%	8.2%	7.7%	2.2%	9%	82%
1946	27	PIT	NL	463	0.7%	8.4%	11.2%			77%
1947	28	PIT	NL	4	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			75%
3 Yrs				1064	0.9%	8.3%	9.2%	1.2%	5%	79%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.4%	9.2%	2.8%	12%	78%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1945	26	11	7	.611	4.15	29	16	10	6	1	138.2	139	69	64	5	46	49	4	1	2	599	95	1.334	9.0	0.3	3.0	3.2	1.07	95
1946	27	13	11	.542	4.63	61	23	20	6	2	239.1	252	133	123	8	98	88	5	1	2	1062	82	1.462	9.5	0.3	3.7	3.3	0.90	82
1947	28	13	11	.542	4.69	62	23	20	6	2	239.2	255	135	125	9	98	88	5	1	2	1066	81	1.473	9.6	0.3	3.7	3.3	0.90	81

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1945	26	8	8	.500	3.91	145.0	141	70	63	5	47	51	4	1.297	8.8	2.9	3.2	1.09	0.3	29
1946	27	3	8	.273	5.97	101.0	123	74	67	3	57	39	1	1.782	11.0	5.1	3.5	0.68	0.3	32
1947	28	0	0		18.00	1.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
3 Yrs		11	16	.407	4.81	247.0	264	146	132	8	104	90	5	1.490	9.6		3.3	0.87	0.3	62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1945 NL .611 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1945 NL .611 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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