Ken Harrelson
Kenneth Smith Harrelson (Hawk)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 4, 1941 in Woodruff, SC
High School: Benedictine (Savannah, GA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1963
Final Game: June 20, 1971
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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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 KCA AL 21 1B 34 31 290.2 305 283 16 6 24 .980 -5.2 -21.5 -5.2 -2.6 -2.5 0 9.26 8.79 .990 9.48 8.59
1963 KCA AL 21 LF 28 26 241.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 -2.4 -11.9 -1.4 -1.5 0.0 -1 1.64 1.57 .976 1.90 1.57
1963 KCA AL 21 OF 28 26 241.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 -2.4 -11.9 -1.4 -1.5 0.0 -1 1.64 1.57 .980 2.16 1.91
1964 KCA AL 22 LF 24 21 182.0 43 40 2 1 0 .977 1.4 9.2 0.4 2.2 -1.8 1 2.08 1.75 .974 1.81 1.46
1964 KCA AL 22 OF 24 21 182.0 43 40 2 1 0 .977 1.4 9.2 0.4 2.2 -1.8 1 2.08 1.75 .979 2.04 1.79
1964 KCA AL 22 1B 15 9 109.1 118 105 13 0 14 1.000 0.5 5.5 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 9.71 7.87 .991 9.43 8.12
1965 KCA AL 23 1B 125 123 1051.0 1123 1044 70 9 93 .992 -2.3 -2.6 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 0 9.54 8.91 .991 8.56 7.88
1965 KCA AL 23 OF 4 3 25.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -0.2 -9.6 -0.2 0.5 -0.8 0 2.16 1.50 .986 2.05 1.78
1965 KCA AL 23 LF 3 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 35.3 0.5 0.5 -0.1 0 2.12 1.33 .975 1.85 1.50
1965 KCA AL 23 RF 1 1 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1966 TOT AL 24 1B 128 126 1113.0 1226 1126 86 14 95 .989 -1.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.7 -1.7 -1 9.80 9.47 .991 9.59 8.18
1966 KCA AL 24 1B 58 58 500.2 541 485 48 8 42 .985 -0.5 -1.2 0.5 1.3 -0.8 -1 9.58 9.19 .991 9.59 8.18
1966 KCA AL 24 LF 3 2 17.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 27.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.56 1.00 .967 1.82 1.47
1966 KCA AL 24 OF 3 2 17.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 27.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.56 1.00 .967 2.08 1.83
1966 WSA AL 24 1B 70 68 612.1 685 641 38 6 53 .991 -0.6 -1.2 -0.6 0.4 -0.9 0 9.98 9.70 .991 9.59 8.18
1967 TOT AL 25 1B 69 62 559.2 596 551 41 4 38 .993 -4.0 -8.6 -4.0 0.3 -4.3 0 9.52 8.58 .991 9.53 8.32
1967 WSA AL 25 1B 23 21 190.2 232 215 16 1 17 .996 -0.4 -2.5 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 0 10.90 10.04 .991 9.53 8.32
1967 KCA AL 25 1B 45 41 367.0 361 333 25 3 21 .992 -3.3 -10.8 -3.3 -0.1 -3.2 0 8.78 7.96 .991 9.53 8.32
1967 BOS AL 25 OF 23 22 178.0 28 25 1 2 0 .929 -3.2 -21.6 -2.2 -0.8 -1.5 -1 1.31 1.13 .982 2.05 1.76
1967 BOS AL 25 RF 23 22 178.0 29 26 1 2 0 .931 -3.2 -21.6 -2.2 -0.8 -1.5 -1 1.37 1.17 .983 1.82 1.56
1967 BOS AL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1968 BOS AL 26 OF 132 127 1138.0 249 241 8 0 1 1.000 0.5 0.5 0.5 -2.6 3.1 0 1.97 1.89 .981 2.08 1.80 AS,MVP-3
1968 BOS AL 26 RF 132 127 1138.0 246 238 8 0 1 1.000 0.5 0.5 0.5 -2.6 3.1 0 1.95 1.86 .976 1.88 1.57 AS,MVP-3
1968 BOS AL 26 1B 19 17 137.0 147 135 9 3 9 .980 -1.0 -8.8 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 0 9.46 7.58 .989 9.59 8.32 AS,MVP-3
1969 TOT AL 27 1B 26 13 148.1 161 145 15 1 21 .994 0.8 6.5 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 9.71 6.15 .992 9.62 8.33
1969 BOS AL 27 1B 10 10 102.0 117 105 11 1 15 .991 0.8 9.4 0.8 1.3 -0.5 0 10.24 11.60 .992 9.63 8.33
1969 CLE AL 27 OF 144 143 1237.0 268 257 7 4 2 .985 -5.9 -5.7 1.1 -0.2 1.3 -7 1.92 1.83 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 CLE AL 27 RF 137 136 1176.0 258 248 7 3 2 .988 -5.9 -6.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 -7 1.95 1.86 .974 1.91 1.60
1969 CLE AL 27 1B 16 3 46.1 44 40 4 0 6 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.5 0 8.55 2.75 .991 9.62 8.33
1969 CLE AL 27 LF 7 7 61.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.8 0 1.92 1.86 .979 1.99 1.60
1970 CLE AL 28 1B 13 13 86.0 87 80 7 0 15 1.000 0.2 2.8 0.2 -0.5 0.7 0 9.10 6.69 .991 9.59 8.14
1971 CLE AL 29 1B 40 39 332.2 338 311 23 4 29 .988 -1.1 -4.0 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 0 9.04 8.35 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 CLE AL 29 OF 7 7 43.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -14.0 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 1.88 1.29 .978 2.24 1.96
1971 CLE AL 29 LF 5 5 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 2.03 1.40 .986 1.92 1.60
1971 CLE AL 29 RF 2 2 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.03 1.70
9 Seasons 1B 469 433 3827.2 4101 3780 280 41 338 .990 -13.2 -4.1 -12.2 -1.5 -10.5 -1 9.55 8.66 .991 9.29 8.15
8 Seasons OF 365 351 3062.0 652 623 20 9 3 .986 -9.9 -3.9 -1.9 -1.7 -0.5 -8 1.89 1.76 .979 2.10 1.82
5 Seasons RF 295 288 2512.0 538 515 17 6 3 .989 -9.6 -4.6 -1.6 -2.8 1.1 -8 1.91 1.80 .976 1.89 1.58
6 Seasons LF 70 63 550.0 116 110 3 3 0 .974 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3 1.1 -1.6 0 1.85 1.61 .976 1.88 1.53
9 Seasons TOT 834 784 6889.2 4753 4403 300 50 341 .989 -23.1 -4.0 -14.1 -3.2 -11.0 -8 -1 6.14 5.64 .979 6.09 5.38
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1963 KCA AL 21 79 57 79 79 0 0 34 0 0 0 28 0 0 28 18 2
1964 KCA AL 22 49 30 49 49 0 0 15 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 14 1
1965 KCA AL 23 150 126 150 150 0 0 125 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 24 0
1966 WSA AL 24 71 68 71 71 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 KCA AL 24 63 60 63 63 0 0 58 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0
1967 KCA AL 25 61 41 61 61 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1967 WSA AL 25 26 21 26 26 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 BOS AL 25 23 22 23 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 1 0
1968 BOS AL 26 150 144 150 150 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 4 0
1969 CLE AL 27 149 146 149 149 0 0 16 0 0 0 7 0 137 144 3 0
1969 BOS AL 27 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 28 17 13 17 17 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 CLE AL 29 52 46 52 52 0 0 40 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 5 0
9 Seasons 900 784 900 900 0 0 469 0 0 0 70 0 295 365 102 3
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 KCA AL 21 1328 55% 75% 22% 62 92% 0 276 16 252 9 25 16 11 5 0 0 6 1 5 0 5 24 0 0 0 23 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1964 KCA AL 22 491 54% 76% 24% 29 97% 0 101 6 95 0 9 15 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 13 1 1 0 1 5 80%
1965 KCA AL 23 4712 55% 77% 23% 263 96% 0 1031 40 975 16 151 67 53 9 0 3 9 1 8 0 6 92 1 0 2 86 3 6 0 5 10 90%
1966 WSA AL 24 2615 68% 77% 26% 155 95% 1 640 45 587 8 70 41 27 6 0 2 6 1 5 0 4 53 0 0 2 47 1 5 2 3 12 83%
1966 KCA AL 24 2194 51% 76% 25% 153 93% 1 489 34 451 4 67 48 33 8 1 3 8 0 8 0 6 42 0 0 0 36 0 5 1 3 6 83%
1967 KCA AL 25 1613 57% 75% 22% 74 96% 0 325 18 304 3 27 27 22 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 21 0 1 1 18 2 3 1 2 7 100%
1967 WSA AL 25 830 61% 79% 28% 43 86% 0 216 7 206 3 18 18 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17 0 0 1 15 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 BOS AL 25 11 64% 82% 18% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 26 608 60% 73% 24% 28 96% 0 138 8 129 3 15 9 3 4 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 10 0 0 2 8 1 2 1 1 0
1969 CLE AL 27 207 63% 78% 23% 10 90% 0 43 1 42 0 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1969 BOS AL 27 463 75% 75% 26% 25 96% 1 105 9 95 1 4 12 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 CLE AL 28 386 65% 72% 24% 19 89% 0 81 2 79 0 9 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 14 2 1 0 1 3 67%
1971 CLE AL 29 1519 64% 72% 24% 73 93% 1 312 22 287 3 24 22 18 3 1 0 4 0 4 0 3 29 1 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 4 75%
9 Seasons 16977 59% 76% 24% 935 94% 4 3760 208 3505 50 425 286 206 49 2 13 41 5 36 0 28 338 4 2 9 309 13 25 6 17 56 86%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 KCA AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 78% 76% 22% 5 40%
1967 BOS AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 3 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 6 33.3% 12 0 0.0% 1 736 58% 76% 26% 65 42%
1968 BOS AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 1 2 34 18 0 37 2 0 11 5 1 13 4 0 17 14 1 112 43 38.4% 67 2 1.8% 6 4979 59% 76% 26% 429 57%
1969 CLE AL 27 3 0 3 0 0 7 1 3 2 1 58 14 1 25 1 0 19 11 0 13 4 1 19 14 0 134 44 32.8% 88 2 1.5% 5 5235 63% 74% 26% 475 53%
1971 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 52 88% 60% 19% 3 67%
5 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 17 1 8 3 3 101 35 1 68 4 0 32 17 1 26 8 1 38 29 1 265 93 35.1% 168 4 1.5% 13 11039 61% 75% 26% 977 54%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 62% 77% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 KCA AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 15 7 46.7% 7 1 6.7% 0 1044 52% 80% 28% 81 54%
1964 KCA AL 22 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 6 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 19 11 57.9% 7 1 5.3% 1 840 63% 77% 26% 79 53%
1965 KCA AL 23 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 0 0 0 84 60% 77% 24% 4 100%
1966 KCA AL 24 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 0 0 0 78 59% 78% 17% 3 100%
1969 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 284 61% 67% 28% 24 54%
1971 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 133 50% 77% 34% 11 64%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 13 11 0 13 1 2 2 1 0 8 2 0 5 5 0 41 20 48.8% 19 2 4.9% 1 2463 57% 77% 27% 202 56%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

* 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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