Ken Hamlin
Kenneth Lee Hamlin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 18, 1935 in Detroit, MI
School: Western Michigan University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1957
Final Game: September 26, 1966
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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
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
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 LAA AL 42 105 91 4 19 3 0 1 5 0 1 11 9 .209 .298 .275 .573 48 25 6 1 1 1 2 6
1962 27 WSA AL 98 318 292 29 74 12 0 3 22 7 7 22 22 .253 .303 .325 .628 70 95 6 0 1 3 0 6/4
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 Seasons 468 1502 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) 281 903 812 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 8 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 48 25 6 1 1 1 2
AL (5 yrs) 463 1491 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 8 1 0 0 0 0 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
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 0.0 104 .143 .125 .269 .300 .335 .125 .416 .425 .751 20 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .429 .250 .000
1960 25 KCA AL 483 356 35 2.6 101 .247 .224 .263 .297 .337 .271 .403 .568 .740 55 .276 -26.9 -2.7 .465 .150 .047 1.3
1961 26 LAA AL 105 81 7 2.3 113 .220 .209 .276 .298 .353 .275 .430 .573 .783 48 .217 -7.0 -0.7 .456 .176 .066 .0
1962 27 WSA AL 318 235 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 1.9 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 Seasons 1502 1100 129 3.2 98 .261 .241 .258 .304 .330 .311 .398 .616 .728 70 .361 -52.8 -5.3 .517 .168 .070 13.4
162 Game Avg. 520 381 45 3.2 98 .261 .241 .258 .304 .330 .311 .398 .616 .728 70 .361 -52.8 -5.3 .517 .168 .070 5
WSA (3 yrs) 903 655 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 0.0 104 .125 .111 .268 .273 .334 .111 .415 .384 .750 8 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
KCA (1 yr) 483 356 35 2.6 101 .247 .224 .263 .297 .337 .271 .403 .568 .740 55 .276 -26.9 -2.7 .465 .150 .047 1.3
LAA (1 yr) 105 81 7 2.3 113 .220 .209 .276 .298 .353 .275 .430 .573 .783 48 .217 -7.0 -0.7 .456 .176 .066 .0
AL (5 yrs) 1491 1092 129 3.2 98 .262 .242 .258 .305 .330 .313 .398 .617 .727 71 .363 -51.7 -5.2 .518 .168 .071 13.4
NL (2 yrs) 11 8 0 0.0 104 .125 .111 .268 .273 .334 .111 .415 .384 .750 8 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000

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
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 0.87 79%
1961 26 LAA AL 105 1.0% 8.6% 10.5% 3.8% 21% 0.82 10.1 91.0 18.2 1.50 78%
1962 27 WSA AL 318 0.9% 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 Seasons 1502 0.7% 9.7% 8.3% 4.5% 21% 1.17 9.2 121.8 15.1 0.87 80%
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
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% 42 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 Seasons 20 0 30% 622 17 11 61% 13 10 4 3 0 0 12 1 18 29 51% 75 47 28 20 12 8 49 10 38
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
1957 22 PIT NL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.07 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 479 27% 96 1 1 0 0 0.68 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 13 8 62% 88 13 15% 37 15 41% 288 25 9% 21 10 48% 16 7 44% 4
1961 26 LAA AL 100 26% 19 3 1 0 0 1.21 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 21 6 29% 9 3 33% 56 5 9% 6 3 50% 0 0 5
1962 27 WSA AL 317 25% 74 6 2 0 0 1.12 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 37 6 16% 22 6 27% 130 20 15% 12 7 58% 12 1 8% 0
1965 30 WSA AL 405 42% 99 9 2 0 0 1.04 4 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 7 6 86% 72 6 8% 40 13 33% 204 21 10% 12 8 67% 12 3 25% 0
1966 31 WSA AL 180 68% 34 18 1 0 1 1.91 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 100% 36 7 19% 27 11 41% 102 17 17% 18 12 67% 10 5 50% 0
7 Seasons 1492 35% 323 38 7 0 1 1.44 11 1 19 5 6 6 5 0 26 20 77% 255 38 15% 135 48 36% 784 88 11% 69 40 58% 50 16 32% 9
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
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 8 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 27 285 917 820 85 190 25 2 6 51 8 9 79 80 .232 .299 .289 .588 59 237 25 2 10 6 3
1963 28 285 917 820 85 190 25 2 6 51 8 9 79 80 .232 .299 .289 .588 59 237 25 2 10 6 3
1964 29 285 917 820 85 190 25 2 6 51 8 9 79 80 .232 .299 .289 .588 59 237 25 2 10 6 3
1965 30 402 1322 1182 130 289 46 3 10 73 16 11 112 125 .245 .309 .314 .623 72 371 31 3 16 9 4
1966 31 468 1502 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 25 147 501 451 54 102 11 2 2 25 1 47 50 .226 .299 .273 .572 37 140
1961 26 42 101 89 4 17 3 0 1 5 0 10 9 .191 .277 .258 .536 6 42
1962 27 98 314 290 29 72 12 0 3 22 7 21 22 .248 .296 .321 .617 28 98
1965 30 117 414 373 51 110 23 1 4 25 9 37 45 .295 .357 .394 .752 53 117
1966 31 66 180 161 15 36 7 1 1 19 1 14 21 .224 .278 .298 .576 14 66
7 Seasons 475 1521 1373 153 337 56 4 11 96 18 131 148 .245 .310 .316 .626 138 468
162 Game Avg. 162 519 468 52 115 19 1 4 33 6 45 50 .245 .310 .316 .626 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1962 AL--7--8th

                                         

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