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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 PIT NL 22 SS 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 4.50 4.30
1959 PIT NL 24 SS 3 2 16.2 10 4 6 0 2 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 5.40 3.33 .960 5.13 4.53
1960 KCA AL 25 SS 139 127 1129.2 561 195 341 25 61 .955 -15.9 -16.9 -12.9 -17.2 4.3 -3 4.27 3.86 .960 5.11 4.37
1961 LAA AL 26 SS 39 30 257.2 162 63 93 6 25 .963 4.5 21.0 4.5 5.1 -0.6 0 5.45 4.00 .956 4.84 4.37
1962 WSA AL 27 SS 87 74 666.2 349 126 210 13 47 .963 3.9 7.0 1.9 3.2 -1.3 2 4.54 3.86 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 WSA AL 27 2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.18 4.85
1965 WSA AL 30 2B 77 62 540.1 290 145 138 7 31 .976 -9.9 -22.0 -8.9 -3.9 -5.0 -1 4.71 3.68 .978 5.07 4.38
1965 WSA AL 30 SS 47 31 256.1 117 40 72 5 14 .957 -1.6 -7.5 -1.6 -0.7 -0.9 0 3.93 2.38 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 WSA AL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1966 WSA AL 31 2B 50 40 356.0 216 90 118 8 28 .963 4.8 16.2 2.8 -0.9 3.7 2 5.26 4.16 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 WSA AL 31 3B 1 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 5.40 3.00 .967 3.06 2.80
6 Seasons SS 316 264 2328.0 1201 430 722 49 149 .959 -9.0 -4.6 -8.0 -9.5 1.5 -1 4.45 3.65 .960 4.96 4.40
3 Seasons 2B 129 102 900.1 506 235 256 15 59 .970 -5.4 -7.2 -6.4 -5.1 -1.3 1 4.91 3.81 .977 5.08 4.39
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.50 .967 3.00 2.85
7 Seasons TOT 447 366 3234.1 1710 666 980 64 208 .963 -14.3 -5.3 -14.3 -14.6 0.3 0 4.58 3.68 .928 4.99 4.39

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 PIT NL 22 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
1959 PIT NL 24 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 25 140 127 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 1 1
1961 LAA AL 26 42 30 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 2 5
1962 WSA AL 27 98 74 98 98 0 0 0 2 0 87 0 0 0 0 6 9
1965 WSA AL 30 117 93 117 117 0 0 0 77 1 47 0 0 0 0 11 5
1966 WSA AL 31 66 40 66 66 0 0 0 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
7 Seasons 468 366 468 468 0 0 0 129 2 316 0 0 0 0 42 23
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 PIT NL 22 3 33% 100% 33% 2 100% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 24 81 52% 81% 26% 7 100% 0 4 2 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 25 5064 65% 79% 25% 466 89% 1 191 106 71 15 345 245 91 0 6 25 1 18 6 19 61 33 2 19 3 0 58 35 22 3 2 0
1961 LAA AL 26 1149 63% 72% 25% 118 92% 1 62 27 31 4 91 66 22 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 25 10 3 6 2 0 21 13 8 3 0 3
1962 WSA AL 27 2855 64% 78% 26% 293 91% 1 123 75 37 12 212 148 59 0 0 13 0 11 2 12 47 24 1 11 0 4 41 26 15 5 2 3
1965 WSA AL 30 1130 66% 78% 22% 102 88% 0 39 22 13 4 75 56 14 0 2 5 0 4 1 4 14 7 1 2 1 0 12 8 3 2 2 0
6 Seasons 10282 64% 78% 25% 988 90% 3 421 234 154 35 730 522 186 0 10 49 1 38 10 40 149 74 7 40 6 4 134 82 50 13 6 6
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1962 WSA AL 27 19 47% 79% 16% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 WSA AL 30 2446 60% 76% 23% 188 91% 0 150 56 66 28 136 102 31 0 1 7 1 4 2 5 32 7 10 9 2 32 13 19 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 31 1513 63% 79% 26% 150 93% 0 91 36 39 16 119 97 20 0 1 8 1 5 2 5 28 12 4 8 4 28 12 16 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3978 61% 77% 24% 338 92% 0 241 92 105 44 255 199 51 0 2 15 2 9 4 10 60 19 14 17 6 60 25 35 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 WSA AL 30 3 33% 33% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 31 23 65% 83% 39% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 26 62% 77% 38% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 62%

* 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.

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