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 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
2001 KCR AL 23 1B 3 3 17.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -21.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 6.35 4.00 .992 9.37 8.27
2001 KCR AL 23 DH 1
2003 KCR AL 25 1B 99 94 816.1 896 805 80 11 78 .988 -0.2 -0.3 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 1 9.76 8.94 .993 9.55 8.29
2003 KCR AL 25 DH 32
2004 KCR AL 26 1B 73 73 630.0 666 610 52 4 73 .994 -8.5 -16.2 -8.5 -6.1 -2.4 0 9.46 9.07 .994 9.31 8.01 AS
2004 KCR AL 26 DH 41 AS
2004 KCR AL 26 LF 4 4 30.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 .975 2.04 1.72 AS
2004 KCR AL 26 OF 4 4 30.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 .975 2.31 2.05 AS
2005 KCR AL 27 DH 7
2005 KCR AL 27 1B 5 5 37.0 41 41 0 0 2 1.000 -0.8 -25.9 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.97 8.20 .995 9.61 8.12
4 Seasons 1B 180 175 1500.1 1615 1467 133 15 154 .991 -9.8 -7.8 -10.8 -6.1 -4.7 1 9.60 8.89 .993 9.45 8.17
4 Seasons DH 81
1 Season LF 4 4 30.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 .975 2.04 1.72
1 Season OF 4 4 30.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 .975 2.31 2.05
4 Seasons TOT 184 179 1530.1 1619 1471 133 15 154 .991 -10.3 -8.1 -11.3 -6.6 -4.7 0 1 9.43 8.72 .984 9.30 8.03

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
2001 KCR AL 23 4 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003 KCR AL 25 135 126 135 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 0
2004 KCR AL 26 120 118 120 77 0 0 73 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 41 2 0
2005 KCR AL 27 12 12 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
4 Seasons 271 260 271 184 0 0 180 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 81 7 0
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%
2001 KCR AL 23 85 55% 66% 19% 3 100% 0 11 1 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 KCR AL 25 3686 53% 77% 30% 224 91% 2 804 58 729 17 69 81 59 17 1 6 11 0 8 3 9 78 5 4 0 71 9 7 2 5 17 65%
2004 KCR AL 26 2851 61% 78% 31% 146 91% 3 610 48 558 4 42 52 35 7 1 1 4 1 2 1 3 73 2 1 0 72 3 1 1 0 6 83%
2005 KCR AL 27 155 53% 72% 30% 4 75% 0 41 2 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
4 Seasons 6777 56% 77% 31% 377 91% 5 1466 109 1335 22 113 134 95 24 2 7 15 1 10 4 12 154 7 5 0 145 12 9 3 6 23 70%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 95% 81%

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%
2004 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 141 72% 67% 42% 12 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 141 72% 67% 42% 12 33%
MLB Averages 62.7% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 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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