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

Born: August 8, 1963 in Union, NJ
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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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

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
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1986 CHW AL 22 C 37 35 300.0 247 227 19 1 4 .996 1.0 4.0 1 7.38 6.65 .989 6.62 5.44 5 12 25 15 38%
1987 CHW AL 23 C 37 31 261.1 170 147 20 3 3 .982 4.0 18.4 4 5.75 4.51 .988 6.74 5.49 2 8 5 10 67%
1987 CHW AL 23 DH 1 0.0
1988 CHW AL 24 C 46 37 336.2 215 190 24 1 4 .995 5.0 17.8 5 5.72 4.65 .989 6.22 5.28 1 10 15 14 48%
1989 CHW AL 25 C 68 55 496.0 351 299 47 5 6 .986 4.0 9.7 4 6.28 5.09 .989 6.24 5.20 4 22 26 24 48%
1989 CHW AL 25 DH 2 0.0
1990 CHW AL 26 C 64 50 478.1 329 296 31 2 4 .994 8.0 20.1 8 6.15 5.11 .991 6.42 5.36 2 9 18 18 50%
1990 CHW AL 26 DH 2 0.0
1991 CHW AL 27 C 69 49 455.1 341 309 28 4 6 .988 6.0 15.8 6 6.66 4.88 .990 6.49 5.28 2 11 25 19 43%
1991 CHW AL 27 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1991 CHW AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1992 CHW AL 28 C 119 98 915.0 592 533 53 6 8 .990 4.0 5.2 4 5.76 4.92 .989 6.20 5.26 6 18 69 33 32%
1992 CHW AL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 2.25 2.20
1992 CHW AL 28 RF 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 2.25 1.90
1993 CHW AL 29 C 127 118 1038.2 837 769 63 5 4 .994 14.0 16.2 14 7.21 6.55 .991 6.56 5.46 9 33 48 56 54%
1994 CHW AL 30 C 76 61 554.2 439 417 19 3 2 .993 3.0 6.5 3 7.07 5.74 .991 6.79 5.73 6 12 31 14 31%
1995 CHW AL 31 C 113 98 867.0 677 629 42 6 2 .991 4.0 5.5 4 6.97 5.94 .990 6.74 5.64 7 29 67 35 34%
1996 CHW AL 32 C 111 99 890.1 730 680 45 5 5 .993 9.0 12.1 9 7.33 6.53 .990 6.91 5.84 4 30 48 33 41%
1997 CHW AL 33 C 51 45 379.1 275 261 13 1 1 .996 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.37 .991 7.15 6.08 2 20 24 10 29%
12 Seasons C 918 776 6972.2 5203 4757 404 42 49 .992 62.0 10.7 62 6.66 5.62 .990 6.59 5.51 50 214 401 281 41%
3 Seasons DH 5 0.0
2 Seasons OF 2 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 .967 2.40 2.10
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 .967 2.25 1.90
12 Seasons TOT 920 776 6975.2 5206 4760 404 42 49 .992 62.3 10.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 62 6.66 5.61 .982 6.58 5.50 50 214 401 281 41%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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 (2131), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2772), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Kevin Elster (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1982.

October 31, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Chicago White Sox$60,000
1987Chicago White Sox$625,000
1989Chicago White Sox$106,000
1990Chicago White Sox$108,000
1991Chicago White Sox$310,000
1992Chicago White Sox$650,000
1993Chicago White Sox$1,566,667
1994Chicago White Sox$1,429,167
1995Chicago White Sox$1,773,615
1996Chicago White Sox$2,225,000
1997Chicago White Sox$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,353,449
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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