Ken Harvey
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: March 1, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Beverley Hills (Beverley Hills, CA)
School: University of Nebraska
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2001
Final Game: May 18, 2005
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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
2001 23 KCR AL 4 12 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 48 4 1 0 0 0 0 /3D
2003 25 KCR AL 135 524 485 50 129 30 0 13 64 2 3 29 94 .266 .313 .408 .721 84 198 15 5 3 2 4 3D
2004 26 KCR AL 120 494 456 47 131 20 1 13 55 1 1 28 89 .287 .338 .421 .759 95 192 14 8 0 2 2 3D/7 AS
2005 27 KCR AL 12 48 45 4 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 13 .222 .271 .356 .626 66 16 0 0 0 0 0 /D3
4 Seasons 271 1078 998 102 273 54 1 27 126 3 5 60 200 .274 .322 .411 .733 88 410 30 13 3 4 6
162 Game Avg. 162 644 597 61 163 32 1 16 75 2 3 36 120 .274 .322 .411 .733 88 245 18 8 2 2 4

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
2001 23 KCR AL 12 11 0 0.0 113 .375 .250 .275 .250 .343 .333 .442 .583 .785 48 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .273 .000 .083
2003 25 KCR AL 524 379 58 4.1 113 .305 .266 .276 .313 .343 .408 .441 .721 .784 84 .406 -12.8 -1.2 .618 .200 .142 3.5
2004 26 KCR AL 494 342 62 4.9 111 .331 .287 .273 .338 .341 .421 .438 .759 .779 95 .470 -4.1 -0.4 .671 .195 .134 1.9
2005 27 KCR AL 48 35 5 3.8 104 .290 .222 .267 .271 .330 .356 .423 .626 .753 66 .387 -2.2 -0.2 .543 .200 .133 .0
4 Seasons 1078 767 125 4.4 112 .317 .274 .274 .322 .342 .411 .439 .733 .781 88 .429 -20.1 -1.9 .633 .195 .137 5.4
162 Game Avg. 644 459 75 4.4 112 .317 .274 .274 .322 .342 .411 .439 .733 .781 88 .429 -20.1 -1.9 .633 .195 .137 3

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 KCR AL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2001 23 KCR AL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 8.3% 33% 3.0 6.0 1.00 4.00 67% 38% 0.0% 25%
2003 25 KCR AL 524 2.5% 17.9% 5.5% 8.2% 33% 3.24 5.2 37.3 7.6 1.43 2.03 73% 15% 8.7% 7%
2004 26 KCR AL 494 2.6% 18.0% 5.7% 6.9% 26% 3.18 5.1 35.1 8.3 1.27 1.85 72% 18% 8.3% 4%
2005 27 KCR AL 48 2.1% 27.1% 6.3% 8.3% 40% 4.33 3.5 45.0 9.0 0.68 0.64 65% 16% 6.3% 16%
4 Seasons 1078 2.5% 18.6% 5.6% 7.6% 30% 3.33 5.0 37.0 7.9 1.31 1.86 72% 17% 8.3% 6%
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
2001 23 KCR AL 1 0 33% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2003 25 KCR AL 11 0 25% 176 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 9 28% 26 19 7 5 4 1 15 7 5
2004 26 KCR AL 5 0 22% 184 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 33% 25 21 4 6 3 2 15 4 9
2005 27 KCR AL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
4 Seasons 17 0 24% 379 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 18 25 29% 53 42 11 11 7 3 35 14 15
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
2001 23 KCR AL 12 58% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 7 2 29% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2003 25 KCR AL 524 32% 129 14 0 4 1 0 1 2.60 13 0 14 6 7 5 8 0 3 3 100% 100 15 15% 32 10 31% 337 51 15% 22 13 59% 27 14 52% 0
2004 26 KCR AL 494 28% 131 16 1 2 0 0 0 1.59 13 0 17 10 3 6 7 0 0 0 99 14 14% 39 13 33% 340 44 13% 24 12 50% 21 11 52% 0
2005 27 KCR AL 48 42% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 30 4 13% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
4 Seasons 1078 31% 273 31 1 6 1 0 1 2.26 27 1 33 16 11 11 16 0 3 3 100% 207 30 14% 75 24 32% 714 101 14% 50 27 54% 52 27 52% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 KCR AL 12 44 3.67 31 70% 16% 29% 29% 26% 84% 0% 59% 65% 58% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 25 KCR AL 524 1734 3.31 1142 66% 24% 16% 25% 35% 76% 2% 50% 78% 31% 5% 27 6 13% 70 32 3% 17 7 23% 0 0 0
2004 26 KCR AL 494 1858 3.76 1192 64% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 1% 49% 76% 24% 3% 17 1 15% 72 32 7% 34 22 19% 0 0 0
2005 27 KCR AL 48 172 3.58 112 65% 25% 21% 26% 29% 75% 0% 49% 73% 25% 2% 1 0 10% 5 2 6% 3 1 23% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1078 3808 3.53 2477 65% 24% 18% 26% 32% 76% 2% 49% 77% 28% 4% 45 7 14% 147 66 5% 54 30 21% 0 0 0
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
2001 23 4 12 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 48 4 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 4 12 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 48 4 1 0 0 0 0
2003 25 139 536 497 51 132 31 0 13 66 2 4 29 98 .266 .311 .406 .718 83 202 16 5 3 2 4
2004 26 259 1030 953 98 263 51 1 26 121 3 5 57 187 .276 .324 .413 .738 89 394 30 13 3 4 6
2005 27 271 1078 998 102 273 54 1 27 126 3 5 60 200 .274 .322 .411 .733 88 410 30 13 3 4 6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 4 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2003 25 135 509 475 46 119 28 0 12 59 2 27 94 .251 .297 .385 .682 53 135
2004 26 120 484 448 43 123 19 1 12 50 1 26 89 .275 .324 .402 .726 57 120
2005 27 12 49 46 4 11 3 0 1 6 0 3 13 .239 .286 .370 .655 5 12
4 Seasons 271 1054 981 93 253 50 1 25 115 3 56 200 .258 .306 .387 .693 115 271
162 Game Avg. 162 630 586 56 151 30 1 15 69 2 33 120 .258 .306 .387 .693 69 271

* 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

All-Star Games
2004 *

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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