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Ken Hamlin

Kenneth Lee Hamlin

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 18, 1935 in Detroit, MI
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1957
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Angels/Pirates 1957-1966

Final Game: September 26, 1966
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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
1957	22	PIT-min	A	84	240	240		61	8	3	3						.254	.254	.350	.604		84							LIN · WL
1957	22	PIT	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6

1958	23	PIT-min	AAA,AA	34	157	146	27	43	9	6	0	12	2		9	20	.295	.333	.438	.772		64		0	1	1	0		CLB,MCT · IL,MEX
1959	24	PIT-min	AAA	148	596	522	53	131	19	10	10	69	7		54	74	.251	.318	.383	.701		200		1	11	8	5		CLB · IL
1959	24	PIT	NL	3	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1960	25	KCA	AL	140	483	428	51	96	10	2	2	24	1	1	44	48	.224	.297	.271	.568	55	116	13	1	8	2	1	*6
1961	26	TTO	AAA	97	394	360	46	96	16	3	3	41	2		34	27	.267	.330	.353	.683		127							TTO · IL
1961	26	LAA	AL	42	105	91	4	19	3	0	1	5	0	1	11	9	.209	.298	.275	.573	49	25	6	1	1	1	2	6
1962	27	WSA	AL	98	317	292	29	74	12	0	3	22	7	7	22	22	.253	.303	.325	.628	70	95	6	0	1	3	0	6/4

1963	28	BAL-min	AAA	151	634	591	63	147	29	8	13	50	13	4	43	59	.249	.300	.391	.691		231							ROC · IL
1964	29	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	144	551	512	43	119	21	3	7	44	4	4	34	50	.232	.281	.326	.607		167		1	2	2			TTO · IL
1965	30	WSA	AL	117	405	362	45	99	21	1	4	22	8	2	33	45	.273	.333	.370	.703	102	134	6	1	6	3	1	46/5
1966	31	WSA	AL	66	180	158	13	34	7	1	1	16	1	0	13	21	.215	.267	.291	.558	62	46	7	0	4	5	1	4/5
7 Yrs				468	1501	1340	143	323	53	4	11	89	17	11	125	146	.241	.304	.311	.616	70	417	38	3	20	14	5
162 Game Avg.				162	520	464	50	112	18	1	4	31	6	4	43	51	.241	.304	.311	.616	70	144	13	1	7	5	2

WSA (3 yrs)				281	902	812	87	207	40	2	8	60	16	9	68	88	.255	.309	.339	.648	82	275	19	1	11	11	2
PIT (2 yrs)				5	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				140	483	428	51	96	10	2	2	24	1	1	44	48	.224	.297	.271	.568	55	116	13	1	8	2	1
LAA (1 yr)				42	105	91	4	19	3	0	1	5	0	1	11	9	.209	.298	.275	.573	49	25	6	1	1	1	2

AL (5 yrs)				463	1490	1331	142	322	53	4	11	89	17	11	123	145	.242	.305	.313	.617	71	416	38	3	20	14	5
NL (2 yrs)				5	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	1	0	0	0	0	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
1957	22	PIT	NL	2	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.478	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6

1959	24	PIT	NL	3	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.475	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/6
1960	25	KCA	AL	140	483	-25	-1	-2	-16	8	-36	-4.0	13	-23	-2.7	.473	.476	-0.9	-1.0	-7	$	*6
1961	26	LAA	AL	42	105	-8	-0	-1	4	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.5	0.6	-5	$	6
1962	27	WSA	AL	98	317	-13	-2	-1	4	4	-8	-1.0	9	1	-0.1	.491	.495	-0.4	0.8	-3	$	6/4

1965	30	WSA	AL	117	405	4	1	0	-12	5	-2	-0.2	11	10	0.9	.498	.499	2.2	-0.8	21	$	46/5
1966	31	WSA	AL	66	180	-8	-0	-1	5	1	-3	-0.5	5	2	0.0	.494	.498	-0.4	0.6	-3	$	4/5
7 Seasons				468	1501	-52	-3	-5	-14	20	-54	-6.2	41	-13	-2.0	.488	.495	-0.1	0.3	2	$

WSA (3 yrs)				281	902	-17	-1	-2	-3	11	-13	-1.7	25	12	0.8	.495	.497	1.4	0.6	15	$
PIT (2 yrs)				5	11	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.476	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
KCA (1 yr)				140	483	-25	-1	-2	-16	8	-36	-4.0	13	-23	-2.7	.473	.476	-0.9	-1.0	-7	$
LAA (1 yr)				42	105	-8	-0	-1	4	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.5	0.6	-5	$

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
1957	22	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.328	.000	.410	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1959	24	PIT	NL	10	7	0	0.0	103	.143	.125	.268	.300	.334	.125	.415	.425	.748	20	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.250	.000
1960	25	KCA	AL	483	356	35	2.6	102	.247	.224	.265	.297	.338	.271	.405	.568	.743	55	.276	-27.5	-2.8	.465	.150	.047	1.3
1961	26	LAA	AL	105	81	7	2.3	112	.220	.209	.275	.298	.352	.275	.428	.573	.780	49	.218	-6.8	-0.7	.456	.176	.066	.0
1962	27	WSA	AL	317	235	28	3.2	103	.263	.253	.263	.303	.335	.325	.410	.628	.745	70	.345	-12.4	-1.2	.506	.147	.072	4.2

1965	30	WSA	AL	405	280	47	4.5	90	.301	.273	.248	.333	.318	.370	.381	.703	.699	102	.552	1.8	0.2	.642	.204	.097	5.3
1966	31	WSA	AL	180	140	12	2.3	89	.234	.215	.247	.267	.314	.291	.381	.558	.695	62	.276	-7.4	-0.8	.458	.165	.076	1.0
7 Yrs				1501	1100	129	3.2	98	.261	.241	.259	.304	.330	.311	.398	.616	.729	70	.361	-53.3	-5.4	.517	.168	.070	13.4
162 Game Avg.				520	381	45	3.2	98	.261	.241	.259	.304	.330	.311	.398	.616	.729	70	.361	-53.3	-5.4	.517	.168	.070	5

WSA (3 yrs)				902	655	87	3.6	94	.274	.255	.253	.309	.323	.339	.391	.648	.715	82	.428	-17.9	-1.8	.555	.176	.084	10.7
PIT (2 yrs)				11	8	0	0.0	103	.125	.111	.267	.273	.333	.111	.414	.384	.747	9	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.375	.222	.000
KCA (1 yr)				483	356	35	2.6	102	.247	.224	.265	.297	.338	.271	.405	.568	.743	55	.276	-27.5	-2.8	.465	.150	.047	1.3
LAA (1 yr)				105	81	7	2.3	112	.220	.209	.275	.298	.352	.275	.428	.573	.780	49	.217	-6.8	-0.7	.456	.176	.066	.0

AL (5 yrs)				1490	1092	129	3.2	98	.262	.242	.259	.305	.330	.313	.398	.617	.728	71	.363	-52.2	-5.3	.518	.168	.071	13.4
NL (2 yrs)				11	8	0	0.0	103	.125	.111	.267	.273	.333	.111	.414	.384	.747	9	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.375	.222	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	22	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1959	24	PIT	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	8.0			0.50	70%
1960	25	KCA	AL	483	0.4%	9.9%	9.1%	2.9%	15%	1.09	8.9	214.0	17.8	0.90	79%
1961	26	LAA	AL	105	1.0%	8.6%	10.5%	3.8%	21%	0.82	10.1	91.0	18.2	1.69	78%
1962	27	WSA	AL	317	1.0%	6.9%	6.9%	4.7%	20%	1.00	13.3	97.3	13.3	0.75	85%

1965	30	WSA	AL	405	1.0%	11.1%	8.2%	6.4%	26%	1.36	8.0	90.5	16.5	0.76	78%
1966	31	WSA	AL	180	0.6%	11.7%	7.2%	5.0%	27%	1.62	7.5	158.0	9.9	1.04	78%
7 Yrs				1501	0.7%	9.7%	8.3%	4.5%	21%	1.17	9.2	121.8	15.1	0.88	80%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.71	6.2	38.7	8.6	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	22	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0.05	1

1959	24	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.89	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.86	-0.8		0
1960	25	KCA	AL	-26.9	-2.7	497	-2.4	6.2	-8.6	.97	-2.3	-0.2	-27.3	-2.7	0.96	-27.0	0.58	1
1961	26	LAA	AL	-6.9	-0.7	107	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	1.03	-0.9	0.1	-11.5	-1.1	0.90	-10.5	1.21	3
1962	27	WSA	AL	-12.4	-1.2	337	-2.3	4.4	-6.7	1.02	-1.4	-0.9	-14.2	-1.4	0.90	-15.5	1.07	6

1965	30	WSA	AL	1.8	0.2	422	0.4	7.1	-6.7	1.00	0.5	-0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.93	3.2	0.95	9
1966	31	WSA	AL	-7.4	-0.8	183	-1.2	2.3	-3.5	1.03	-0.7	-0.6	-9.4	-1.0	0.93	-7.5	1.86	18
7 Yrs				-52.8	-5.4	1557	-6.5	21.6	-28.1	1.00	-4.9	-1.7	-69.9	-7.1	0.93	-58.4	1.39	38

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	22	PIT	NL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	24	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	25	KCA	AL	7	0	35%	176	1	1	50%	0	2	1	0	0	0	6	0	4	6	63%	15	10	5	8	4	4	17	1	16
1961	26	LAA	AL	0	0	10%	43	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	43%	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1962	27	WSA	AL	2	0	28%	133	7	7	50%	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	1	3	9	47%	21	12	9	1	1	0	8	3	5

1965	30	WSA	AL	8	0	32%	195	8	2	80%	7	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	7	7	56%	20	11	9	8	4	4	11	2	9
1966	31	WSA	AL	3	0	26%	69	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	36%	14	11	3	2	2	0	12	4	7
7 Yrs				20	0	30%	623	17	11	61%	13	10	4	3	0	0	12	1	18	29	51%	75	47	28	20	12	8	49	10	38

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
1957	22	PIT	NL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1959	24	PIT	NL	10	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	25	KCA	AL	483	27%	96			1	1	0	0	0.58	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	13	8	62%	88	13	15%	37	15	41%	291	25	9%	21	10	48%	14	8	57%	0
1961	26	LAA	AL	105	27%	19			3	1	0	0	1.21	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	22	6	27%	10	3	30%	59	5	8%	7	3	43%	3	1	33%	0
1962	27	WSA	AL	317	25%	74			6	2	0	0	1.07	3	1	4	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	37	6	16%	22	6	27%	130	20	15%	12	7	58%	7	3	43%	0

1965	30	WSA	AL	405	42%	99			9	2	0	0	0.95	4	0	5	1	3	1	3	0	7	6	86%	72	6	8%	40	13	33%	204	21	10%	12	8	67%	11	4	36%	0
1966	31	WSA	AL	180	68%	34			18	1	0	1	1.86	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	100%	36	7	19%	27	11	41%	102	17	17%	18	12	67%	7	2	29%	0
7 Yrs				1501	35%	323			38	7	0	1	1.39	11	1	19	5	6	6	5	0	26	20	77%	256	38	15%	136	48	35%	790	88	11%	70	40	57%	42	18	43%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

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	IBB
1957	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	24	5	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	25	145	494	437	52	97	10	2	2	24	1	1	46	49	.222	.296	.268	.564	54	117	13	1	8	2	1
1961	26	187	599	528	56	116	13	2	3	29	1	2	57	58	.220	.297	.269	.566	53	142	19	2	9	3	3
1962	27	285	916	820	85	190	25	2	6	51	8	9	79	80	.232	.299	.289	.588	59	237	25	2	10	6	3
1963	28	285	916	820	85	190	25	2	6	51	8	9	79	80	.232	.299	.289	.588	59	237	25	2	10	6	3
1964	29	285	916	820	85	190	25	2	6	51	8	9	79	80	.232	.299	.289	.588	59	237	25	2	10	6	3
1965	30	402	1321	1182	130	289	46	3	10	73	16	11	112	125	.245	.309	.314	.623	71	371	31	3	16	9	4
1966	31	468	1501	1340	143	323	53	4	11	89	17	11	125	146	.241	.304	.311	.616	70	417	38	3	20	14	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1959	24	3	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	3
1960	25	147	506	449	53	100	10	2	2	25	1	46	50	.223	.295	.267	.562	36	140
1961	26	42	103	90	4	18	3	0	1	5	0	10	9	.200	.284	.267	.551	7	42
1962	27	98	318	292	29	74	12	0	3	22	7	22	22	.253	.303	.325	.628	29	98

1965	30	117	416	370	51	107	23	1	4	25	9	36	45	.289	.351	.389	.740	51	117
1966	31	66	184	161	14	36	7	1	1	18	1	14	21	.224	.278	.298	.576	14	66
7 Yrs		475	1538	1371	151	335	55	4	11	95	18	130	148	.244	.308	.314	.623	137	468
162 Game Avg.		162	525	468	51	114	19	1	4	32	6	44	50	.244	.308	.314	.623	47	468

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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