Rod Kanehl
Roderick Edwin Kanehl (Hot Rod)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 1, 1934 in Wichita, KS
High School: Springfield (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1962
Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: December 14, 2004 in Palm Springs, CA
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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
1962 28 NYM NL 133 378 351 52 87 10 2 4 27 8 6 23 36 .248 .296 .322 .618 66 113 7 1 3 0 2 457/8396
1963 29 NYM NL 109 201 191 26 46 6 0 1 9 6 3 5 26 .241 .268 .288 .556 61 55 7 2 3 0 0 7854/93
1964 30 NYM NL 98 264 254 25 59 7 1 1 11 3 1 7 18 .232 .256 .280 .535 53 71 1 1 2 0 0 485/37
3 Seasons 340 843 796 103 192 23 3 6 47 17 10 35 80 .241 .277 .300 .577 61 239 15 4 8 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 402 379 49 91 11 1 3 22 8 5 17 38 .241 .277 .300 .577 61 114 7 2 4 0 1

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
1962 28 NYM NL 378 280 32 3.1 103 .267 .248 .270 .296 .337 .322 .410 .618 .747 66 .325 -17.4 -1.7 .502 .145 .074 5.3
1963 29 NYM NL 201 158 13 2.2 89 .274 .241 .254 .268 .316 .288 .380 .556 .696 61 .260 -10.1 -1.1 .419 .089 .047 1.7
1964 30 NYM NL 264 199 19 2.6 91 .247 .232 .260 .256 .317 .280 .386 .535 .703 53 .298 -16.1 -1.7 .411 .083 .047 1.5
3 Seasons 843 637 64 2.7 96 .262 .241 .263 .277 .326 .300 .395 .577 .721 61 .301 -43.6 -4.5 .453 .112 .059 8.9
162 Game Avg. 402 304 30 2.7 96 .262 .241 .263 .277 .326 .300 .395 .577 .721 61 .301 -43.6 -4.5 .453 .112 .059 4

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
1962 28 NYM NL 378 1.1% 9.5% 6.1% 4.2% 18% 1.57 9.8 87.8 13.0 1.22 82%
1963 29 NYM NL 201 0.5% 12.9% 2.5% 3.5% 15% 5.20 7.3 191.0 21.2 1.15 82%
1964 30 NYM NL 264 0.4% 6.8% 2.7% 3.4% 15% 2.57 14.1 254.0 23.1 0.98 89%
3 Seasons 843 0.7% 9.5% 4.2% 3.8% 17% 2.29 10.0 132.7 16.9 1.12 84%
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
1962 28 NYM NL 9 0 45% 188 8 6 57% 8 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 16 58% 28 14 14 5 4 1 17 1 14
1963 29 NYM NL 2 0 48% 117 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 36% 13 11 2 2 1 1 7 2 5
1964 30 NYM NL 2 0 36% 111 3 1 75% 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 42% 23 16 6 4 2 2 9 2 7
3 Seasons 13 0 43% 416 17 10 63% 16 8 1 1 0 1 4 0 5 27 48% 64 41 22 11 7 4 33 5 26
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
1962 28 NYM NL 378 27% 87 11 3 0 2 1.43 4 1 8 2 2 4 0 0 7 3 43% 91 7 8% 34 7 21% 228 25 11% 20 9 45% 11 3 27% 0
1963 29 NYM NL 201 54% 46 21 5 0 0 1.50 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 48 7 15% 22 7 32% 109 8 7% 9 3 33% 7 1 14% 0
1964 30 NYM NL 264 28% 59 15 3 0 2 0.73 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 33 1 3% 17 4 24% 127 10 8% 6 4 67% 11 2 18% 0
3 Seasons 843 34% 192 47 11 0 4 1.23 6 1 17 3 3 6 0 0 12 8 67% 172 15 9% 73 18 25% 464 43 9% 35 16 46% 29 6 21% 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
1962 28 133 378 351 52 87 10 2 4 27 8 6 23 36 .248 .296 .322 .618 66 113 7 1 3 0 2
1963 29 242 579 542 78 133 16 2 5 36 14 9 28 62 .245 .286 .310 .596 64 168 14 3 6 0 2
1964 30 340 843 796 103 192 23 3 6 47 17 10 35 80 .241 .277 .300 .577 61 239 15 4 8 0 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1962 28 133 372 349 52 85 10 2 4 27 8 22 36 .244 .290 .318 .608 32 133
1963 29 109 199 192 30 47 6 0 1 10 6 5 26 .245 .271 .292 .563 15 109
1964 30 98 269 260 28 65 8 1 1 12 3 8 18 .250 .275 .300 .575 21 98
3 Seasons 340 840 801 110 197 24 3 6 49 17 35 80 .246 .281 .306 .587 68 340
162 Game Avg. 162 400 382 52 94 11 1 3 23 8 17 38 .246 .281 .306 .587 32 340

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