Ron Karkovice
Ronald Joseph Karkovice (Officer)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 8, 1963 in Union, NJ
High School: William R. Boone (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1986
Final Game: September 26, 1997
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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
1986 22 CHW AL 37 109 97 13 24 7 0 4 13 1 0 9 37 .247 .315 .443 .758 101 43 3 1 1 1 0 2
1987 23 CHW AL 39 95 85 7 6 0 0 2 7 3 0 7 40 .071 .160 .141 .301 -20 12 2 2 1 0 0 2/D
1988 24 CHW AL 46 126 115 10 20 4 0 3 9 4 2 7 30 .174 .228 .287 .515 44 33 1 1 3 0 0 2
1989 25 CHW AL 71 203 182 21 48 9 2 3 24 0 0 10 56 .264 .306 .385 .691 97 70 0 2 7 2 0 2/D
1990 26 CHW AL 68 208 183 30 45 10 0 6 20 2 0 16 52 .246 .308 .399 .707 99 73 1 1 7 1 1 2/D
1991 27 CHW AL 75 193 167 25 41 13 0 5 22 0 0 15 42 .246 .310 .413 .723 101 69 2 1 9 1 1 2/7
1992 28 CHW AL 123 381 342 39 81 12 1 13 50 10 4 30 89 .237 .302 .392 .694 95 134 3 3 4 2 1 *2/9
1993 29 CHW AL 128 453 403 60 92 17 1 20 54 2 2 29 126 .228 .287 .424 .712 91 171 12 6 11 4 1 *2
1994 30 CHW AL 77 248 207 33 44 9 1 11 29 0 3 36 68 .213 .325 .425 .750 93 88 0 0 2 3 2 *2
1995 31 CHW AL 113 382 323 44 70 14 1 13 51 2 3 39 84 .217 .306 .387 .693 83 125 5 5 9 6 0 *2
1996 32 CHW AL 111 389 355 44 78 22 0 10 38 0 0 24 93 .220 .270 .366 .636 63 130 7 1 7 2 2 *2
1997 33 CHW AL 51 161 138 10 25 3 0 6 18 0 0 11 32 .181 .248 .333 .582 53 46 3 3 4 5 0 2
12 Seasons 939 2948 2597 336 574 120 6 96 335 24 14 233 749 .221 .289 .383 .672 81 994 39 26 65 27 8
162 Game Avg. 162 509 448 58 99 21 1 17 58 4 2 40 129 .221 .289 .383 .672 81 171 7 4 11 5 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
1986 22 CHW AL 109 78 13 4.4 104 .351 .247 .266 .315 .335 .443 .415 .758 .750 101 .478 0.1 0.0 .711 .299 .196 1.6
1987 23 CHW AL 95 82 2 0.6 108 .093 .071 .268 .160 .337 .141 .431 .301 .768 -20 .024 -15.5 -1.5 .296 .188 .071 2.4
1988 24 CHW AL 126 101 8 2.1 94 .207 .174 .259 .228 .324 .287 .391 .515 .715 44 .207 -9.1 -0.9 .439 .191 .113 3.4
1989 25 CHW AL 203 143 23 4.3 91 .360 .264 .257 .306 .322 .385 .379 .691 .700 97 .497 -1.1 -0.1 .612 .176 .121 .0
1990 26 CHW AL 208 147 24 4.4 93 .310 .246 .257 .308 .325 .399 .384 .707 .709 99 .498 -0.5 -0.1 .662 .251 .153 3.0
1991 27 CHW AL 193 138 22 4.3 95 .298 .246 .258 .310 .326 .413 .391 .723 .718 101 .474 0.2 0.0 .664 .257 .168 .0
1992 28 CHW AL 381 274 42 4.1 93 .281 .237 .258 .302 .327 .392 .383 .694 .710 95 .470 -3.6 -0.4 .646 .260 .155 11.3
1993 29 CHW AL 453 340 47 3.7 101 .276 .228 .264 .287 .335 .424 .404 .712 .739 91 .381 -7.0 -0.7 .634 .268 .196 3.6
1994 30 CHW AL 248 171 31 4.8 111 .252 .213 .271 .325 .343 .425 .432 .750 .776 93 .455 -2.1 -0.2 .729 .372 .213 .0
1995 31 CHW AL 382 276 40 3.9 106 .246 .217 .265 .306 .339 .387 .419 .693 .758 83 .366 -7.9 -0.7 .644 .288 .170 3.5
1996 32 CHW AL 389 293 35 3.2 111 .268 .220 .271 .270 .343 .366 .435 .636 .778 63 .265 -20.5 -1.8 .546 .214 .146 .0
1997 33 CHW AL 161 125 12 2.6 105 .181 .181 .266 .248 .335 .333 .421 .582 .757 53 .218 -9.5 -0.9 .517 .232 .152 .0
12 Seasons 2948 2168 299 3.7 101 .269 .221 .264 .289 .334 .383 .407 .672 .741 81 .375 -76.6 -7.3 .608 .255 .162 38.4
162 Game Avg. 509 374 52 3.7 101 .269 .221 .264 .289 .334 .383 .407 .672 .741 81 .375 -76.6 -7.3 .608 .255 .162 7

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
1993 29 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 6 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 ALCS 6 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 0 0 2 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
1986 22 CHW AL 109 3.7% 33.9% 8.3% 10.1% 46% 4.11 2.6 24.3 7.5 1.24 52%
1987 23 CHW AL 95 2.1% 42.1% 7.4% 2.1% 33% 5.71 2.1 42.5 12.1 0.90 45%
1988 24 CHW AL 126 2.4% 23.8% 5.6% 5.6% 35% 4.29 3.8 38.3 12.8 0.45 0.74 65% 25% 8.6% 36%
1989 25 CHW AL 203 1.5% 27.6% 4.9% 6.9% 29% 5.60 3.3 60.7 7.6 0.62 0.84 62% 16% 5.4% 21%
1990 26 CHW AL 208 2.9% 25.0% 7.7% 7.7% 36% 3.25 3.5 30.5 9.2 0.47 0.60 61% 20% 10.3% 30%
1991 27 CHW AL 193 2.6% 21.8% 7.8% 9.3% 44% 2.80 4.0 33.4 7.6 0.58 0.94 63% 19% 8.3% 22%
1992 28 CHW AL 381 3.4% 23.4% 7.9% 6.8% 32% 2.97 3.8 26.3 6.8 0.63 0.78 64% 19% 12.1% 30%
1993 29 CHW AL 453 4.4% 27.8% 6.4% 8.4% 41% 4.34 3.2 20.2 7.5 0.49 0.70 58% 17% 14.2% 23%
1994 30 CHW AL 248 4.4% 27.4% 14.5% 8.5% 48% 1.89 3.0 18.8 7.1 0.64 0.85 53% 19% 15.9% 20%
1995 31 CHW AL 382 3.4% 22.0% 10.2% 7.3% 40% 2.15 3.8 24.8 6.3 0.47 0.66 61% 19% 10.1% 20%
1996 32 CHW AL 389 2.6% 23.9% 6.2% 8.2% 41% 3.88 3.8 35.5 9.3 0.63 0.84 65% 19% 8.2% 24%
1997 33 CHW AL 161 3.7% 19.9% 6.8% 5.6% 36% 2.91 4.3 23.0 7.7 0.86 1.19 65% 17% 13.6% 23%
12 Seasons 2948 3.3% 25.4% 7.9% 7.5% 39% 3.21 3.5 27.1 7.8 0.57 0.80 60% 19% 11.0% 24%
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
1986 22 CHW AL 3 0 30% 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 50% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
1987 23 CHW AL 2 0 39% 33 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 24 CHW AL 1 0 28% 40 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 40% 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
1989 25 CHW AL 3 0 32% 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 41% 17 14 3 0 0 0 12 3 9
1990 26 CHW AL 1 0 43% 80 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 44% 12 7 5 2 0 2 11 7 4
1991 27 CHW AL 3 0 39% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 41% 14 11 3 1 0 1 7 2 5
1992 28 CHW AL 1 0 26% 157 10 4 71% 9 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 11 35% 25 20 4 4 3 1 11 2 9
1993 29 CHW AL 6 0 37% 148 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 58% 19 12 7 3 2 1 18 3 15
1994 30 CHW AL 2 0 32% 76 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 29% 13 9 4 1 1 0 10 6 3
1995 31 CHW AL 5 0 31% 103 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 4 50% 21 11 9 2 1 1 13 4 8
1996 32 CHW AL 5 0 37% 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 30% 11 8 3 5 4 1 11 6 4
1997 33 CHW AL 0 0 12% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 8 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0
12 Seasons 32 0 33% 992 24 14 63% 23 14 0 0 1 0 8 1 24 58 42% 157 107 48 19 12 7 102 37 62
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
1986 22 CHW AL 109 37% 24 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 1 33% 24 3 13% 12 3 25% 67 9 13% 7 4 57% 6 2 33% 0
1987 23 CHW AL 95 47% 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 13 2 15% 10 2 20% 51 7 14% 7 2 29% 4 0 0% 0
1988 24 CHW AL 126 46% 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 5 3 60% 16 1 6% 11 5 45% 61 6 10% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
1989 25 CHW AL 203 49% 48 12 9 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 12 7 58% 37 0 0% 21 8 38% 127 22 17% 17 8 47% 16 4 25% 0
1990 26 CHW AL 208 36% 45 10 5 3 1 0 0 3.96 6 1 6 4 2 0 6 1 12 7 58% 38 1 3% 17 8 47% 135 15 11% 11 6 55% 15 6 40% 0
1991 27 CHW AL 193 36% 41 16 3 4 0 0 0 1.39 5 0 8 2 3 0 5 0 10 9 90% 40 2 5% 26 13 50% 136 18 13% 8 3 38% 7 3 43% 0
1992 28 CHW AL 381 32% 81 40 3 4 0 0 0 2.50 13 0 10 9 4 5 8 0 4 4 100% 63 3 5% 40 11 28% 246 38 15% 26 7 27% 27 9 33% 0
1993 29 CHW AL 453 30% 92 15 4 2 0 0 0 1.15 20 1 9 13 7 6 14 0 15 11 73% 97 12 12% 55 22 40% 285 36 13% 21 10 48% 23 7 30% 0
1994 30 CHW AL 248 40% 44 4 1 6 0 0 0 1.07 11 1 9 5 6 6 5 0 3 2 67% 37 0 0% 25 6 24% 180 18 10% 17 4 24% 23 5 22% 0
1995 31 CHW AL 382 32% 70 11 5 4 1 0 1 1.40 13 1 17 11 2 5 8 0 14 9 64% 65 5 8% 38 17 45% 282 40 14% 25 12 48% 34 12 35% 0
1996 32 CHW AL 389 25% 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 16 8 2 5 5 0 7 7 100% 81 7 9% 36 14 39% 251 28 11% 18 6 33% 16 5 31% 0
1997 33 CHW AL 161 40% 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 4 2 4 2 0 5 4 80% 29 3 10% 19 9 47% 99 12 12% 10 6 60% 10 4 40% 0
12 Seasons 2948 35% 574 115 31 23 2 0 1 1.82 96 5 86 63 33 34 62 1 91 65 71% 540 39 7% 310 118 38% 1920 249 13% 173 70 40% 185 58 31% 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
1988 24 CHW AL 123 460 3.74 297 65% 17% 22% 32% 29% 83% 0% 53% 74% 37% 3% 4 0 11% 13 5 9% 11 7 13% 3 0 0
1989 25 CHW AL 203 707 3.48 474 67% 17% 27% 28% 28% 83% 0% 56% 68% 43% 2% 5 0 9% 18 9 5% 10 7 21% 0 1 0
1990 26 CHW AL 187 675 3.61 421 62% 20% 23% 27% 30% 79% 2% 49% 71% 45% 2% 4 0 12% 23 17 5% 10 6 24% 21 0 3
1991 27 CHW AL 193 740 3.83 445 60% 24% 18% 28% 30% 76% 0% 46% 77% 26% 6% 11 0 17% 32 18 7% 14 10 24% 0 0 0
1992 28 CHW AL 381 1365 3.58 845 62% 22% 21% 26% 31% 78% 1% 48% 73% 36% 5% 19 1 14% 53 22 8% 32 17 27% 0 0 0
1993 29 CHW AL 442 1623 3.67 1038 64% 18% 26% 29% 27% 82% 1% 52% 68% 39% 5% 20 1 14% 61 31 9% 38 26 25% 11 0 0
1994 30 CHW AL 242 963 3.98 565 59% 21% 26% 28% 25% 79% 2% 46% 67% 31% 8% 19 1 17% 42 20 7% 17 10 23% 6 0 0
1995 31 CHW AL 376 1437 3.82 860 60% 20% 22% 29% 29% 80% 0% 48% 73% 31% 6% 22 0 21% 79 39 9% 32 18 13% 6 0 0
1996 32 CHW AL 332 1151 3.47 747 65% 20% 21% 27% 31% 79% 2% 51% 73% 32% 7% 22 2 15% 49 20 7% 23 16 21% 57 0 5
1997 33 CHW AL 146 511 3.50 317 62% 17% 19% 31% 33% 83% 0% 51% 78% 39% 3% 4 0 13% 19 11 6% 9 7 21% 15 0 0
10 Seasons 2625 9632 3.67 6009 62% 20% 23% 28% 29% 80% 1% 50% 71% 35% 5% 130 5 15% 389 192 7% 196 124 22% 119 1 8
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
1986 22 37 109 97 13 24 7 0 4 13 1 0 9 37 .247 .315 .443 .758 101 43 3 1 1 1 0
1987 23 76 204 182 20 30 7 0 6 20 4 0 16 77 .165 .243 .302 .545 44 55 5 3 2 1 0
1988 24 122 330 297 30 50 11 0 9 29 8 2 23 107 .168 .237 .296 .533 44 88 6 4 5 1 0
1989 25 193 533 479 51 98 20 2 12 53 8 2 33 163 .205 .263 .330 .593 63 158 6 6 12 3 0
1990 26 261 741 662 81 143 30 2 18 73 10 2 49 215 .216 .276 .349 .625 73 231 7 7 19 4 1
1991 27 336 934 829 106 184 43 2 23 95 10 2 64 257 .222 .283 .362 .644 78 300 9 8 28 5 2
1992 28 459 1315 1171 145 265 55 3 36 145 20 6 94 346 .226 .288 .371 .659 83 434 12 11 32 7 3
1993 29 587 1768 1574 205 357 72 4 56 199 22 8 123 472 .227 .288 .384 .672 85 605 24 17 43 11 4
1994 30 664 2016 1781 238 401 81 5 67 228 22 11 159 540 .225 .293 .389 .682 86 693 24 17 45 14 6
1995 31 777 2398 2104 282 471 95 6 80 279 24 14 198 624 .224 .295 .389 .684 86 818 29 22 54 20 6
1996 32 888 2787 2459 326 549 117 6 90 317 24 14 222 717 .223 .291 .386 .677 82 948 36 23 61 22 8
1997 33 939 2948 2597 336 574 120 6 96 335 24 14 233 749 .221 .289 .383 .672 81 994 39 26 65 27 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 22 37 108 97 13 24 7 0 4 13 1 9 37 .247 .315 .443 .758 13 37
1987 23 39 96 86 6 7 0 0 2 6 4 8 40 .081 .177 .151 .328 2 39
1988 24 46 124 116 10 21 4 0 3 9 4 7 30 .181 .234 .293 .527 8 46
1989 25 71 203 188 24 54 10 2 3 27 0 11 56 .287 .330 .410 .740 26 71
1990 26 68 208 188 34 50 11 0 7 22 2 18 52 .266 .332 .436 .768 27 68
1991 27 75 188 170 27 44 14 0 5 24 0 16 42 .259 .324 .429 .754 24 75
1992 28 123 388 350 43 89 13 1 14 56 11 33 89 .254 .322 .417 .739 47 123
1993 29 128 442 403 61 92 17 1 20 55 2 29 126 .228 .287 .424 .712 48 128
1994 30 109 347 293 43 61 12 1 15 37 0 50 97 .208 .320 .410 .729 40 77
1995 31 127 423 365 48 80 16 1 15 56 2 45 94 .219 .310 .392 .701 44 113
1996 32 111 377 351 41 74 21 0 9 35 0 23 93 .211 .260 .348 .608 32 111
1997 33 51 158 139 10 26 3 0 6 18 0 11 32 .187 .253 .338 .591 12 51
12 Seasons 985 3062 2746 360 622 128 6 103 358 26 260 788 .227 .297 .390 .687 323 939
162 Game Avg. 162 504 452 59 102 21 1 17 59 4 43 130 .227 .297 .390 .687 53 939

* 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1993 AL--11--8th
1995 AL--9--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2087), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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