Ken Kravec
Kenneth Peter Kravec
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1951 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Midpark (Middleburgh Heights, OH)
School: Ashland University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 6.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 3 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 22 63 2.077 2.1 0.0 16.6 2.1 0.13
1976 24 CHW AL 1 5 .167 4.89 9 8 0 1 0 0 49.2 49 28 27 3 32 0 38 1 1 3 226 73 1.631 8.9 0.5 5.8 6.9 1.19
1977 25 CHW AL 11 8 .579 4.10 26 25 0 6 1 0 166.2 161 87 76 12 57 0 125 6 1 4 718 100 1.308 8.7 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.19
1978 26 CHW AL 11 16 .407 4.08 30 30 0 7 2 0 203.0 188 104 92 22 95 1 154 10 1 7 890 94 1.394 8.3 1.0 4.2 6.8 1.62
1979 27 CHW AL 15 13 .536 3.74 36 35 1 10 3 1 250.0 208 115 104 20 111 3 132 14 1 3 1041 114 1.276 7.5 0.7 4.0 4.8 1.19
1980 28 CHW AL 3 6 .333 6.94 20 15 1 0 0 0 81.2 100 71 63 13 44 3 37 5 1 5 394 58 1.763 11.0 1.4 4.8 4.1 0.84
1981 29 CHC NL 1 6 .143 5.06 24 12 2 0 0 0 78.1 80 48 44 5 39 6 50 4 1 2 356 73 1.519 9.2 0.6 4.5 5.7 1.28
1982 30 CHC NL 1 1 .500 6.12 13 2 2 0 0 0 25.0 27 20 17 3 18 2 20 0 0 1 123 61 1.800 9.7 1.1 6.5 7.2 1.11
8 Seasons 43 56 .434 4.47 160 128 6 24 6 1 858.2 814 476 426 78 404 15 557 40 6 25 3770 90 1.418 8.5 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.38
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .434 4.47 38 30 1 6 1 0 203 192 112 101 18 95 4 132 9 1 6 890 90 1.418 8.5 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.38
CHW (6 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.35 123 114 2 24 6 1 755.1 707 408 365 70 347 7 487 36 5 22 3291 93 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.8 1.40
CHC (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 5.31 37 14 4 0 0 0 103.1 107 68 61 8 57 8 70 4 1 3 479 70 1.587 9.3 0.7 5.0 6.1 1.23
AL (6 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.35 123 114 2 24 6 1 755.1 707 408 365 70 347 7 487 36 5 22 3291 93 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.8 1.40
NL (2 yrs) 2 7 .222 5.31 37 14 4 0 0 0 103.1 107 68 61 8 57 8 70 4 1 3 479 70 1.587 9.3 0.7 5.0 6.1 1.23

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 23 CHW AL 2 22 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 .071 .409 .071 .481 .077 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 CHW AL 9 226 191 28 49 8 2 3 3 3 32 38 .257 .366 .366 .733 .307 70 3 1 2 0 0
1977 25 CHW AL 26 718 643 87 161 32 8 12 12 4 57 125 .250 .317 .381 .698 .294 245 8 6 11 1 0
1978 26 CHW AL 30 890 767 104 188 31 7 22 25 9 95 154 .245 .334 .390 .724 .279 299 11 10 14 4 1
1979 27 CHW AL 36 1041 894 115 208 35 1 20 16 17 111 132 .233 .323 .341 .664 .249 305 21 14 10 12 3
1980 28 CHW AL 20 394 336 71 100 17 2 13 9 1 44 37 .298 .382 .476 .858 .299 160 4 5 4 5 3
1981 29 CHC NL 24 356 298 48 80 18 6 5 10 5 39 50 .268 .355 .419 .775 .302 125 3 4 10 5 6
1982 30 CHC NL 13 123 101 20 27 4 0 3 6 0 18 20 .267 .375 .396 .771 .304 40 1 0 3 1 2
8 Seasons 160 3770 3244 476 814 145 26 78 81 39 404 557 .251 .339 .384 .722 .279 1245 51 40 54 28 15
162 Game Avg. 38 890 766 112 192 34 6 18 19 9 95 132 .251 .339 .384 .722 .279 294 12 9 13 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 23 CHW AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 3 3 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.3
1976 24 CHW AL 9 8 1 5 2 0 1 2 6 .250 0 0 1 0 4 50% 49 67 16 9 5 0 1 3.0 2.3 6.0
1977 25 CHW AL 26 25 11 8 6 2 3 15 10 .600 2 3 6 1 14 56% 52 83 14 24 9 8 9 5.3 5.3 6.7
1978 26 CHW AL 30 30 11 16 3 2 6 12 18 .400 2 1 7 2 16 53% 52 88 23 30 12 7 11 3.3 3.6 6.8
1979 27 CHW AL 36 35 15 13 7 3 4 16 19 .457 5 0 10 3 21 60% 54 89 16 26 13 7 13 4.5 4.7 7.1
1980 28 CHW AL 20 15 3 6 6 2 1 7 8 .467 3 2 0 0 4 27% 41 78 17 31 10 1 8 4.1 5.0 4.9
1981 29 CHC NL 24 12 1 5 6 0 2 2 10 .167 1 1 0 0 4 33% 49 73 17 19 9 5 5 2.4 2.8 4.8
1982 30 CHC NL 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 47 56 37 8 4 0 2 4.5 5.4 5.5
8 Seasons 160 128 42 54 32 9 17 55 73 .430 13 8 24 6 64 50% 51 89 14 150 65 28 50 4.0 4.3 6.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 23 CHW AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.273 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1976 24 CHW AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.011 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1977 25 CHW AL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 8 0.876 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1979 27 CHW AL 36 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 1.014 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1980 28 CHW AL 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.980 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 3 0 4.6
1981 29 CHC NL 24 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 6 0.903 0 2 10 0 1 11 5 7 9 1 9 1 5.1
1982 30 CHC NL 13 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 5 0.667 2 2 7 0 2 9 4 7 5 4 6 0 3.8
7 Seasons 130 32 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 0 19 10 53% 0.948 5 6 20 3 4 25 13 19 18 8 20 1 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 23 CHW AL 22 64% 0.0% 4.6% 36.4% 0.0% 0% 1.00 59% 6 0 0%
1976 24 CHW AL 226 85% 1.3% 16.8% 14.2% 5.8% 27% 0.70 66% 42 3 7%
1977 25 CHW AL 718 74% 1.7% 17.4% 7.9% 7.2% 32% 0.84 71% 111 8 7%
1978 26 CHW AL 890 79% 2.5% 17.3% 10.7% 6.7% 32% 0.85 67% 162 11 7%
1979 27 CHW AL 1041 78% 1.9% 12.7% 10.7% 5.4% 27% 0.84 72% 220 21 10%
1980 28 CHW AL 394 75% 3.3% 9.4% 11.2% 8.1% 32% 0.93 74% 72 4 6%
1981 29 CHC NL 356 74% 1.4% 14.0% 11.0% 8.2% 36% 1.54 70% 59 3 5%
1982 30 CHC NL 123 67% 2.4% 16.3% 14.6% 5.7% 26% 0.93 64% 22 1 5%
8 Seasons 3770 77% 2.1% 14.8% 10.7% 6.6% 31% 0.90 70% 694 51 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 23 CHW AL 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 CHW AL 226 49 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 8 1 4 13% 2 3 0 94 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 2 6 0
1977 25 CHW AL 718 161 12 0 8 7 5 5 7 32 15 9 47% 12 4 1 263 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0
1978 26 CHW AL 890 188 22 0 6 18 4 9 13 42 19 10 45% 16 7 0 352 25 9 74% 25 8 0 1 0 0 4 1 14 0
1979 27 CHW AL 1041 208 20 2 20 15 5 13 7 39 26 5 67% 10 3 1 405 16 17 48% 12 12 4 4 0 1 7 6 24 0
1980 28 CHW AL 394 100 13 0 10 9 4 5 8 28 17 2 61% 5 5 0 143 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1981 29 CHC NL 356 80 5 0 8 5 0 3 2 24 16 3 67% 6 2 0 136 10 5 67% 8 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 0
1982 30 CHC NL 123 27 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 12 5 4 42% 3 1 1 47 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Seasons 3770 814 78 2 65 60 18 39 39 186 99 37 53% 54 25 3 1449 81 39 68% 72 31 8 6 1 2 20 12 81 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 23 0 1 .000 6.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 3 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 22 63 2.077 2.1 0.0 16.6 2.1 0.13 63
1976 24 1 6 .143 5.00 11 9 0 1 0 0 54.0 50 31 30 3 40 0 39 1 1 3 248 72 1.667 8.3 0.5 6.7 6.5 0.98 72
1977 25 12 14 .462 4.32 37 34 0 7 1 0 220.2 211 118 106 15 97 0 164 7 2 7 966 92 1.396 8.6 0.6 4.0 6.7 1.69 92
1978 26 23 30 .434 4.21 67 64 0 14 3 0 423.2 399 222 198 37 192 1 318 17 3 14 1856 93 1.395 8.5 0.8 4.1 6.8 1.66 93
1979 27 38 43 .469 4.03 103 99 1 24 6 1 673.2 607 337 302 57 303 4 450 31 4 17 2897 100 1.351 8.1 0.8 4.0 6.0 1.49 100
1980 28 41 49 .456 4.35 123 114 2 24 6 1 755.1 707 408 365 70 347 7 487 36 5 22 3291 93 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.8 1.40 93
1981 29 42 55 .433 4.42 147 126 4 24 6 1 833.2 787 456 409 75 386 13 537 40 6 24 3647 91 1.407 8.5 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.39 91
1982 30 43 56 .434 4.47 160 128 6 24 6 1 858.2 814 476 426 78 404 15 557 40 6 25 3770 90 1.418 8.5 0.8 4.2 5.8 1.38 90

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 23 0 0 0.00 5.0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1.600 0.0 14.4 1.8 0.13 0.0 2
1976 24 2 3 .400 6.07 46.0 53 34 31 3 35 35 1 1.913 10.4 6.8 6.8 1.00 0.6 9
1977 25 8 10 .444 4.31 163.0 164 87 78 12 58 122 6 1.362 9.1 3.2 6.7 2.10 0.7 26
1978 26 9 12 .429 4.76 193.0 200 113 102 23 101 146 11 1.560 9.3 4.7 6.8 1.45 1.1 30
1979 27 13 13 .500 3.93 238.0 208 116 104 20 111 126 14 1.340 7.9 4.2 4.8 1.14 0.8 36
1980 28 2 6 .250 7.42 80.0 104 73 66 14 46 36 5 1.875 11.7 5.2 4.1 0.78 1.6 20
1981 29 4 8 .333 5.56 115.0 126 79 71 8 61 73 6 1.626 9.9 4.8 5.7 1.20 0.6 24
1982 30 1 1 .500 6.48 25.0 28 20 18 3 19 20 0 1.880 10.1 6.8 7.2 1.05 1.1 13
8 Seasons 39 53 .424 4.89 865.0 883 522 470 83 439 559 43 1.528 9.2 5.8 1.27 0.9 160

* 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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL--7.488--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL--6.750--7th
1978 AL--6.828--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1979 AL--250.0--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1978 AL--154--8th
1979 AL--132--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1979 AL--35--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1979 AL--3--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--95--5th
1979 AL--111--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1977 AL--2.193--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL--.648--6th

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL--16--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 AL--10--1st
1979 AL--14--1st
1981 NL--4--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 AL--1041--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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