Dick Kenworthy

Richard Lee Kenworthy

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 1, 1941 in Red Oak, IA
High School: Paseo HS (Kansas City, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Team: WhiteSox 1962-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: April 22, 2010 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA
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Standard Batting

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
1961	20	CHW-min	D	125	472	472		136	19	13	22						.288	.288	.523	.811		247							CLI · MIDW
1962	21	CHW-min	C,A	112	516	469	88	152	20	6	23	96	13	2	36	69	.324	.375	.539	.914		253		3	6	2	1		VIS,SAV · CALL,SALL
1962	21	CHW	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4

1963	22	CHW-min	A,AA	137	516	511	3	127	23	6	23	4	0	0	5	11	.249	.256	.452	.708		231							TID,EUG,LBG · CARL,NORW,SALL
1964	23	CHW-min	AA	136	597	557	99	174	30	2	29	97	1	1	40	73	.312	.358	.530	.888		295							LBG · SOUL
1964	23	CHW	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	CHW-min	AAA	143	609	574	62	160	24	7	18	62	1	3	20	62	.279	.300	.439	.739		252		0	9	6			INA · PCL
1965	24	CHW	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	114	0	0	1	0	0	0
1966	25	CHW-min	AAA	148	646	596	82	173	29	13	10	94	9	8	41	60	.290	.334	.433	.767		258		1	3	5			INA · PCL
1966	25	CHW	AL	9	25	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1967	26	CHW-min	AAA	24	99	96	8	31	1	1	0	17	1	3	0	4	.323	.323	.354	.677		34		1	0	2			INA · PCL
1967	26	CHW	AL	50	103	97	9	22	4	1	4	11	0	2	4	17	.227	.262	.412	.675	102	40	2	1	0	1	0	5
1968	27	CHW-min	AAA	29	101	93	12	24	4	1	3	17	2	1	6	11	.258	.300	.419	.719		39		0	1	1			HAW · PCL
1968	27	CHW	AL	58	127	122	2	27	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	21	.221	.252	.238	.490	46	29	2	0	0	0	0	5
1969	28	CHW-min	AAA	139	553	504	49	125	21	3	3	60	3	6	41	43	.248	.302	.319	.622		161		0	4	4			TUC · PCL
1970	29	CHW-min	AAA	106	409	367	37	97	14	8	4	44	3	2	35	49	.264	.328	.379	.706		139		1	3	3			TUC · PCL
1971	30	CIN-min	AAA	92	263	238	26	58	11	0	6	38	1	3	22	47	.244	.308	.366	.674		87		1	0	2			INA · AA
1972	31	CIN-min	AAA	33	76	71	2	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	11	.211	.253	.225	.479		16		0	1	0			INA · AA
6 Yrs				125	264	251	12	54	6	1	4	13	0	3	10	42	.215	.250	.295	.545	63	74	4	2	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	342	325	16	70	8	1	5	17	0	4	13	54	.215	.250	.295	.545	63	96	5	3	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	21	CHW	AL	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/4

1964	23	CHW	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.471	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1965	24	CHW	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.515	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
1966	25	CHW	AL	9	25	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.462	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/5
1967	26	CHW	AL	50	103	2	-1	-0	-0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.4	-0.1	4	$	5
1968	27	CHW	AL	58	127	-8	-0	-0	-1	1	-9	-1.2	4	-5	-0.8	.480	.493	-0.7	-0.1	-5	$	5
6 Seasons				125	264	-11	-2	0	-2	1	-12	-1.6	7	-5	-0.9	.488	.498	-0.6	-0.2	-3	$

Advanced Batting

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	21	CHW	AL	4	4	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.263	.000	.335	.000	.410	.000	.745	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1964	23	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.252	.000	.320	.000	.392	.000	.712	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	CHW	AL	3	1	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.243	.667	.311	.000	.372	.667	.683	114	.000	0.4	0.0	2.000	1.000	.000
1966	25	CHW	AL	25	20	1	1.4	84	.200	.200	.240	.200	.306	.200	.370	.400	.676	19	.125	-2.6	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1967	26	CHW	AL	103	80	9	3.0	80	.234	.227	.237	.262	.305	.412	.355	.675	.660	102	.406	-0.2	-0.0	.544	.206	.186	.0
1968	27	CHW	AL	127	98	7	1.9	84	.267	.221	.243	.252	.313	.238	.360	.490	.673	46	.249	-8.3	-1.0	.337	.049	.016
6 Yrs				264	205	17	2.2	82	.243	.215	.241	.250	.310	.295	.360	.545	.670	63	.288	-12.4	-1.4	.407	.108	.080	.0
162 Game Avg.				342	266	22	2.2	82	.243	.215	.241	.250	.310	.295	.360	.545	.670	63	.288	-12.4	-1.4	.407	.108	.080

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	21	CHW	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	25%

1964	23	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1965	24	CHW	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	33%
1966	25	CHW	AL	25	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.86	100%
1967	26	CHW	AL	103	3.9%	16.5%	3.9%	8.7%	41%	4.25	5.7	24.3	8.8	1.00	75%
1968	27	CHW	AL	127	0.0%	16.5%	3.9%	1.6%	7%	4.20	5.8		61.0	1.00	80%
6 Yrs				264	1.5%	15.9%	3.8%	4.2%	20%	4.20	6.0	62.8	19.3	1.07	78%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.0%	6.1%	28%	1.93	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	21	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.98	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.94	-1.1	0.62	1

1964	23	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	1.01	2
1965	24	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	3	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.77	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.54	0.5	0.77	1
1966	25	CHW	AL	-2.6	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.07	-0.3	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-2.0	1.25	3
1967	26	CHW	AL	-0.1	-0.0	105	-0.0	1.8	-1.9	.91	0.3	-0.4	3.3	0.4	0.86	4.8	1.19	15
1968	27	CHW	AL	-8.4	-1.0	128	-1.0	1.4	-2.4	1.00	-1.0	-0.1	-8.9	-1.0	0.88	-9.8	1.14	18
6 Yrs				-12.4	-1.4	268	-1.4	3.6	-4.9	.97	-1.0	-0.4	-7.5	-0.8	0.86	-7.9	1.14	40

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	21	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	23	CHW	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	24	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	25	CHW	AL	0	0	20%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1967	26	CHW	AL	3	0	22%	29	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	27	CHW	AL	0	0	6%	39	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				3	0	13%	82	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0%	9	9	0	2	2	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						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	21	CHW	AL	4	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1964	23	CHW	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	1.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1965	24	CHW	AL	3	67%	0			1	0	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1966	25	CHW	AL	25	64%	5			3	1	0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1967	26	CHW	AL	103	68%	22			15	0	0	0	1.19	4	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	0	0		13	2	15%	6	1	17%	44	9	20%	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	0
1968	27	CHW	AL	127	41%	27			18	5	0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	2	11%	9	0	0%	64	2	3%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
6 Yrs				264	55%	54			40	6	0	0	1.14	4	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	0	0		36	4	11%	18	2	11%	114	11	10%	4	1	25%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
1962	21	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1963	22	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1964	23	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1965	24	8	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	-31	0	0	1	0
1966	25	17	34	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.156	.206	.156	.362	8	5	0	1	0
1967	26	67	137	129	10	27	4	1	4	11	2	5	21	.209	.248	.349	.597	78	45	2	2	1
1968	27	125	264	251	12	54	6	1	4	13	3	10	42	.215	.250	.295	.545	63	74	4	2	1

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
1962	21	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1964	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1965	24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	3
1966	25	9	25	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	9
1967	26	50	107	100	11	25	5	1	5	14	0	5	17	.250	.290	.470	.760	13	50
1968	27	58	131	125	2	30	2	0	0	2	0	6	21	.240	.275	.256	.531	9	58
6 Yrs		125	272	257	14	60	7	1	5	16	0	12	42	.233	.272	.327	.599	23	125
162 Game Avg.		162	353	333	18	78	9	1	6	21	0	16	54	.233	.272	.327	.599	30	125

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