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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 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
1963 21 KCA AL 79 253 226 16 52 10 1 6 23 1 1 23 58 .230 .299 .363 .662 80 82 10 0 2 2 3 37
1964 22 KCA AL 49 152 139 15 27 5 0 7 12 0 1 13 34 .194 .263 .381 .644 74 53 6 0 0 0 0 73
1965 23 KCA AL 150 556 483 61 115 17 3 23 66 9 7 66 112 .238 .329 .429 .758 115 207 18 1 3 3 3 *3/79
1966 24 TOT AL 134 519 460 49 109 13 1 12 50 13 3 53 112 .237 .317 .348 .665 93 160 11 1 5 0 5 *3/7
1966 24 KCA AL 63 238 210 24 47 5 0 5 22 9 2 27 59 .224 .312 .319 .631 85 67 3 0 1 0 3 3/7
1966 24 WSA AL 71 281 250 25 62 8 1 7 28 4 1 26 53 .248 .321 .372 .693 100 93 8 1 4 0 2 3
1967 25 TOT AL 110 368 333 42 85 15 1 12 54 10 3 29 44 .255 .311 .414 .725 114 138 8 0 1 5 4 39
1967 25 WSA AL 26 89 79 10 16 0 0 3 10 1 0 7 15 .203 .261 .316 .578 73 25 3 0 1 2 1 3
1967 25 KCA AL 61 194 174 23 53 11 0 6 30 8 2 17 17 .305 .361 .471 .832 148 82 3 0 0 3 1 3
1967 25 BOS AL 23 85 80 9 16 4 1 3 14 1 1 5 12 .200 .247 .388 .635 79 31 2 0 0 0 2 9/3
1968 26 BOS AL 150 612 535 79 147 17 4 35 109 2 6 69 90 .275 .356 .518 .874 154 277 18 2 0 6 9 *93 AS,MVP-3
1969 27 TOT AL 159 672 565 89 125 14 4 30 92 17 9 99 102 .221 .336 .419 .756 108 237 19 2 0 6 6 *93/7
1969 27 BOS AL 10 51 46 6 10 1 0 3 8 0 1 4 6 .217 .275 .435 .709 91 20 1 0 0 1 0 3
1969 27 CLE AL 149 621 519 83 115 13 4 27 84 17 8 95 96 .222 .341 .418 .759 109 217 18 2 0 5 6 *93/7
1970 28 CLE AL 17 45 39 3 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 .282 .378 .385 .762 108 15 1 0 0 0 0 3
1971 29 CLE AL 52 187 161 20 32 2 0 5 14 1 0 24 21 .199 .301 .304 .605 66 49 4 0 1 1 3 3/79
9 Seasons 900 3364 2941 374 703 94 14 131 421 53 30 382 577 .239 .325 .414 .740 109 1218 95 6 12 23 33
162 Game Avg. 162 606 529 67 127 17 3 24 76 10 5 69 104 .239 .325 .414 .740 109 219 17 1 2 4 6
KCA (5 yrs) 402 1393 1232 139 294 48 4 47 153 27 13 146 280 .239 .318 .399 .716 103 491 40 1 6 8 10
BOS (3 yrs) 183 748 661 94 173 22 5 41 131 3 8 78 108 .262 .338 .496 .834 141 328 21 2 0 7 11
CLE (3 yrs) 218 853 719 106 158 16 4 33 99 18 8 125 121 .220 .335 .391 .725 100 281 23 2 1 6 9
WSA (2 yrs) 97 370 329 35 78 8 1 10 38 5 1 33 68 .237 .307 .359 .666 94 118 11 1 5 2 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 25 BOS AL WS STL L 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 1 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 AL (3, 37%)
0.37 Career Shares (519th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 AL  .275 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1968 AL  .356 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1968 AL  .518 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1968 AL  .874 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 AL  159 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1968 AL  79 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1968 AL  277 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  23 (9th)
1968 AL  35 (3rd)
1969 AL  30 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1968 AL  109 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL  99 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL  112 (6th)
1966 AL  112 (6th)
1969 AL  102 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1968 AL  154 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1968 AL  94 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  36 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1968 AL  4.0 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1968 AL  56 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1968 AL  218 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1968 AL  .730 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  6 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 AL  18 (6th)
1968 AL  18 (3rd)
1969 AL  19 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1965 AL  12.9 (10th)
1966 AL  12.5 (8th)
1967 AL  10.9 (9th)
1969 AL  21.7 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1965 AL  21.0 (6th)
1968 AL  15.3 (3rd)
Career  22.5 (187th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1969 AL  474 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

June 23, 1966: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Washington Senators for Jim Duckworth.

June 9, 1967: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

August 25, 1967: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

August 28, 1967: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

April 19, 1969: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Azcue, Vicente Romo and Sonny Siebert.

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