Ken Gerhart
Harold Kenneth Gerhart
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 19, 1961 in Charleston, SC
School: Middle Tennessee State University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1986
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Batting

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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
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
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
3 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 Seasons 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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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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 3.04 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 13 1 8% 7 2 29% 45 6 13% 6 3 50% 4 2 50% 0
1987 26 BAL AL 310 45% 69 3 1 0 0 1.74 14 0 5 10 4 5 9 0 8 6 75% 66 7 11% 35 12 34% 181 21 12% 11 6 55% 13 3 23% 0
1988 27 BAL AL 291 61% 51 10 2 6 2 0 0 2.52 9 0 4 4 5 5 4 0 3 2 67% 58 3 5% 25 7 28% 159 15 9% 10 6 60% 11 2 18% 0
3 Seasons 676 51% 136 10 2 10 3 0 1 2.34 24 0 11 14 10 11 13 0 12 8 67% 137 11 8% 67 21 31% 385 42 11% 27 15 56% 28 7 25% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Season 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

Cumulative Batting

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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 IBB
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 0
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 0
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 0

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 8 0 4 18 .232 .267 .304 .571 6 20
1987 26 92 303 283 41 68 10 2 14 34 9 17 53 .240 .284 .438 .722 35 92
1988 27 103 296 267 30 56 11 1 10 26 8 23 57 .210 .274 .371 .644 27 103
3 Seasons 215 674 619 75 140 23 3 25 68 17 44 128 .226 .277 .394 .672 68 215
162 Game Avg. 162 508 466 57 105 17 2 19 51 13 33 96 .226 .277 .394 .672 51 215

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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