Ken Gerhart

Harold Kenneth Gerhart

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 19, 1961 in Charleston, SC
School: Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1986
Team: Orioles 1986-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Batting

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	21	BAL-min	Rk	66	277	228	57	59	13	0	12	43	36	4	37	57	.259	.356	.474	.830		108		2	2	8	1		BLD · APPY
1983	22	BAL-min	A	130	599	501	131	137	29	8	31	86	45	8	85	129	.273	.384	.549	.932		275		7	2	4	2		HGR · CARL
1984	23	BAL-min	AA,A	132	503	432	79	107	26	6	19	61	19	8	61	118	.248	.341	.468	.808		202		2	4	4	2		CHR,HGR · SOUL,CARL
1985	24	BAL-min	AA	68	278	222	55	61	16	1	17	52	20	4	48	46	.275	.407	.586	.993		130		3	3	2	2		CHR · SOUL
1986	25	BAL-min	AAA	124	497	453	73	124	18	3	28	72	8	9	39	105	.274	.334	.512	.846		232		3	0	2	2		ROC · IL
1986	25	BAL	AL	20	75	69	4	16	2	0	1	7	0	1	4	18	.232	.267	.304	.571	57	21	1	0	0	2	0	8/7
1987	26	BAL	AL	92	310	284	41	69	10	2	14	34	9	2	17	53	.243	.286	.440	.726	92	125	7	1	6	2	0	78/D
1988	27	BAL-min	AA	3	15	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	.154	.267	.385	.651		5		0	0	0	0		CHR · SOUL
1988	27	BAL	AL	103	291	262	27	51	10	1	9	23	7	3	21	57	.195	.256	.344	.600	69	90	3	2	2	4	0	879/D
1989	28	SFG-min	AAA,AA	109	358	329	33	64	8	4	8	37	11	6	21	79	.195	.245	.316	.561		104		1	7	0	2		PHX,SHV · PCL,TL
1990	29	CLE-min	AAA	4	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125		0		0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
3 Yrs				215	676	615	72	136	22	3	24	64	16	6	42	128	.221	.271	.384	.655	78	236	11	3	8	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	509	463	54	102	17	2	18	48	12	5	32	96	.221	.271	.384	.655	78	178	8	2	6	6	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1986	25	BAL	AL	20	75	-4	-1	0	-2	-0	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.464	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	8/7
1987	26	BAL	AL	92	310	-4	1	0	-1	-2	-6	-0.5	9	4	0.4	.494	.496	0.5	-0.2	4	$62,500	78/D
1988	27	BAL	AL	103	291	-11	-1	1	-3	-2	-16	-1.5	9	-6	-0.7	.484	.490	-0.4	-0.4	-4	$83,000	879/D
3 Seasons				215	676	-18	-1	1	-6	-5	-28	-2.7	21	-8	-0.8	.486	.494	-0.2	-0.8	-2	$145,500

Advanced Batting

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
1986	25	BAL	AL	75	57	6	2.8	99	.288	.232	.259	.267	.327	.304	.404	.571	.731	57	.283	-4.1	-0.4	.436	.116	.072	.0
1987	26	BAL	AL	310	232	35	4.0	103	.251	.243	.262	.286	.329	.440	.420	.726	.749	92	.404	-4.6	-0.4	.670	.282	.197	11.0
1988	27	BAL	AL	291	223	24	2.9	92	.210	.195	.256	.256	.320	.344	.385	.600	.706	69	.314	-11.2	-1.1	.539	.244	.149	7.9
3 Yrs				676	512	65	3.4	98	.238	.221	.259	.271	.325	.384	.403	.655	.729	78	.355	-19.9	-2.0	.587	.247	.163	19.2
162 Game Avg.				509	386	49	3.4	98	.238	.221	.259	.271	.325	.384	.403	.655	.729	78	.355	-19.9	-2.0	.587	.247	.163	14

Ratio Batting*

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
1986	25	BAL	AL	75	1.3%	24.0%	5.3%	4.0%	19%	4.50	3.8	69.0	9.9		0.48	69%
1987	26	BAL	AL	310	4.5%	17.1%	5.5%	8.4%	38%	3.12	5.4	20.3	8.4		0.85	71%
1988	27	BAL	AL	291	3.1%	19.6%	7.2%	6.9%	39%	2.71	4.6	29.1	11.4	0.59	0.64	69%	10%	19.1%	62%
3 Yrs				676	3.6%	18.9%	6.2%	7.3%	36%	3.05	4.8	25.6	9.6	0.59	0.71	70%	10%	19.1%	62%
MLB Averages					2.4%	15.2%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	1.76	5.9	37.5	8.2	0.80	1.07	72%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	25	BAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	77	-0.6	1.0	-1.7	1.13	-0.4	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.97	-5.1	3.25	1
1987	26	BAL	AL	-4.6	-0.4	323	-1.1	4.9	-6.0	1.02	-0.6	-0.5	-11.0	-1.1	0.94	-6.3	1.72	3
1988	27	BAL	AL	-11.2	-1.1	303	-1.3	3.9	-5.2	.95	-0.6	-0.7	-13.2	-1.4	0.91	-9.3	2.47	8
3 Yrs				-19.9	-2.0	703	-3.0	9.8	-12.8	1.00	-1.7	-1.3	-28.4	-2.8	0.93	-20.7	2.35	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	25	BAL	AL	1	16%	30	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	33%	6	4	2	1	1	0	2	1	1
1987	26	BAL	AL	4	37%	96	9	2	82%	6	1	3	1	1	2	7	55%	14	8	6	3	2	1	5	0	5
1988	27	BAL	AL	3	28%	95	7	3	70%	5	3	2	0	1	1	4	33%	24	18	6	1	1	0	8	3	5
3 Yrs				8	31%	221	16	6	73%	11	5	5	1	2	3	12	41%	44	30	14	5	4	1	15	4	11

Situational Hitting*

						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
1986	25	BAL	AL	75	40%	16			1	0	0	1	3.25	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	7	2	29%	45	6	13%	6	3	50%	1	0	0%	0
1987	26	BAL	AL	310	45%	69			3	1	0	0	1.72	14	0	5	10	4	5	9	0	8	6	75%	66	7	11%	35	12	34%	181	21	12%	11	6	55%	15	7	47%	0
1988	27	BAL	AL	291	61%	51	10	2	8	2	0	0	2.47	9	0	4	4	5	5	4	0	3	2	67%	58	3	5%	25	7	28%	159	15	9%	10	6	60%	2	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				676	51%	136	10	2	12	3	0	1	2.35	24	0	11	14	10	11	13	0	12	8	67%	137	11	8%	67	21	31%	385	42	11%	27	15	56%	18	7	39%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			34%			15%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	BAL	AL	291	1042	3.58	686	66%	21%	19%	29%	31%	79%	0%	52%	76%	39%	4%	11	2	11%	32	13	7%	21	11	25%	0	0	0
1 Yr				291	1042	3.58	686	66%	21%	19%	29%	31%	79%	0%	52%	76%	39%	4%	11	2	11%	32	13	7%	21	11	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

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
1986	25	20	75	69	4	16	2	0	1	7	0	1	4	18	.232	.267	.304	.571	57	21	1	0	0	2
1987	26	112	385	353	45	85	12	2	15	41	9	3	21	71	.241	.282	.414	.696	85	146	8	1	6	4
1988	27	215	676	615	72	136	22	3	24	64	16	6	42	128	.221	.271	.384	.655	78	236	11	3	8	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	25	20	75	69	4	16	2	0	1	7	0	4	18	.232	.267	.304	.571	6	20
1987	26	92	309	283	40	68	10	2	14	33	9	17	53	.240	.284	.438	.722	35	92
1988	27	103	297	266	31	55	11	1	10	26	8	23	57	.207	.271	.368	.640	26	103
3 Yrs		215	681	618	75	139	23	3	25	66	17	44	128	.225	.276	.393	.670	67	215
162 Game Avg.		162	513	466	57	105	17	2	19	50	13	33	96	.225	.276	.393	.670	50	215

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