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Ken Landreaux

Kenneth Francis Landreaux

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 22, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Dominguez HS (Compton, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1977
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Twins/Angels 1977-1987

Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Cousin of Enos Cabell
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1242. Bill Keister… #1243. Ray Grimes… #1244. Albie Pearson… #1245. KEN LANDREAUX… #1246. Mark Reynolds… #1247. Leo Durocher… #1248. Jim Lefebvre… 

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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
1977 22 CAL AL 23 81 76 6 19 5 1 0 5 1 1 5 15 .250 .296 .342 .638 77 26 0 0 0 0 1 8
1978 23 CAL AL 93 283 260 37 58 7 5 5 23 7 3 20 20 .223 .284 .346 .630 80 90 5 2 1 0 4 978/D
1979 24 MIN AL 151 623 564 81 172 27 5 15 83 10 3 37 57 .305 .347 .450 .798 111 254 13 4 10 8 4 *87/D
1980 25 MIN AL 129 536 484 56 136 23 11 7 62 8 6 39 42 .281 .334 .417 .751 100 202 13 2 6 5 4 *87/D AS
1981 26 LAD NL 99 421 390 48 98 16 4 7 41 18 4 25 42 .251 .297 .367 .664 91 143 6 1 3 1 3 *8
1982 27 LAD NL 129 518 461 71 131 23 7 7 50 31 10 39 54 .284 .341 .410 .751 112 189 7 4 8 6 2 *8/7
1983 28 LAD NL 141 524 481 63 135 25 3 17 66 30 11 34 52 .281 .328 .451 .779 115 217 9 2 2 5 5 *8/79
1984 29 LAD NL 134 477 438 39 110 11 5 11 47 10 9 29 35 .251 .295 .374 .670 89 164 7 1 3 6 3 *89/7
1985 30 LAD NL 147 527 482 70 129 26 2 12 50 15 5 33 37 .268 .311 .405 .716 103 195 9 1 3 8 2 *87/9
1986 31 LAD NL 103 310 283 34 74 13 2 4 29 10 5 22 39 .261 .313 .364 .677 93 103 5 1 0 4 3 87/9
1987 32 LAD NL 115 204 182 17 37 4 0 6 23 5 3 16 28 .203 .269 .324 .593 58 59 4 1 3 2 2 97/8
11 Yrs 1264 4504 4101 522 1099 180 45 91 479 145 60 299 421 .268 .317 .400 .718 99 1642 78 19 39 45 33
162 Game Avg. 162 577 526 67 141 23 6 12 61 19 8 38 54 .268 .317 .400 .718 99 210 10 2 5 6 4
LAD (7 yrs) 868 2981 2717 342 714 118 23 64 306 119 47 198 287 .263 .312 .394 .706 98 1070 47 11 22 32 20
MIN (2 yrs) 280 1159 1048 137 308 50 16 22 145 18 9 76 99 .294 .341 .435 .776 106 456 26 6 16 13 8
CAL (2 yrs) 116 364 336 43 77 12 6 5 28 8 4 25 35 .229 .287 .345 .632 79 116 5 2 1 0 5
NL (7 yrs) 868 2981 2717 342 714 118 23 64 306 119 47 198 287 .263 .312 .394 .706 98 1070 47 11 22 32 20
AL (4 yrs) 396 1523 1384 180 385 62 22 27 173 26 13 101 134 .278 .328 .413 .741 100 572 31 8 17 13 13

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 Awards
1977 22 CAL AL 23 81 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .491 .499 0.0 0.1 0 $ 8
1978 23 CAL AL 93 283 -8 3 0 -2 -3 -10 -1.0 9 -0 -0.1 .489 .493 0.1 -0.5 1 $21,000 978/D
1979 24 MIN AL 151 623 10 5 2 -17 -3 -4 -0.2 20 17 1.7 .498 .498 3.4 -1.9 34 $ *87/D
1980 25 MIN AL 129 536 -3 -1 0 -13 -4 -20 -1.8 16 -4 -0.4 .484 .487 1.0 -1.6 10 $ *87/D AS
1981 26 LAD NL 99 421 -7 4 0 -3 -0 -6 -0.5 13 7 0.7 .493 .496 0.9 -0.3 10 $ *8
1982 27 LAD NL 129 518 7 4 1 2 -0 13 1.6 16 29 3.1 .511 .509 2.8 0.2 27 $ *8/7
1983 28 LAD NL 141 524 7 5 1 -0 -0 12 1.4 16 28 2.9 .510 .508 2.9 -0.0 29 $ *8/79
1984 29 LAD NL 134 477 -6 -2 0 -19 -1 -28 -2.9 15 -13 -1.5 .477 .481 0.5 -2.1 6 $ *89/7
1985 30 LAD NL 147 527 0 2 1 -2 -1 1 0.2 16 17 1.8 .501 .501 1.9 -0.2 19 $537,500 *87/9
1986 31 LAD NL 103 310 -3 1 1 -1 -1 -3 -0.3 10 7 0.7 .497 .498 0.8 -0.2 8 $637,500 87/9
1987 32 LAD NL 115 204 -11 -0 0 2 -2 -12 -1.2 6 -6 -0.6 .489 .492 -0.8 -0.0 -8 $737,500 97/8
11 Seasons 1264 4504 -15 20 7 -53 -17 -57 -4.9 140 83 8.4 .495 .497 13.5 -6.5 135 $1,933,500
LAD (7 yrs) 868 2981 -12 14 4 -21 -7 -22 -1.8 91 69 7.1 .497 .498 9.0 -2.6 91 $1,912,500
MIN (2 yrs) 280 1159 7 4 3 -30 -7 -23 -2.0 37 13 1.3 .491 .493 4.4 -3.5 44 $
CAL (2 yrs) 116 364 -10 3 1 -1 -4 -12 -1.2 12 0 0.0 .489 .496 0.1 -0.4 1 $21,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1981 26 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 5 22 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .250 .450 5 0 0 2 0 0
1981 26 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 13 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .100 .308 .200 .508 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 LAD NL WS NYY W 5 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 0 0 0 0 1
1985 30 LAD NL NLCS STL L 5 19 18 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .389 .421 .556 .977 10 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 24 75 68 6 15 6 0 0 4 1 0 5 9 .221 .274 .309 .583 21 0 0 2 0 1
1 NLDS 5 22 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .250 .450 5 0 0 2 0 0
3 NLCS 14 47 42 4 10 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 6 .238 .319 .333 .652 14 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 5 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CAL AL 22 CF 22 21 19 180.1 66 59 5 2 2 .970 1 4 3.19 2.91 .983 2.83 2.81
1977 CAL AL 22 OF 22 21 19 180.1 66 59 5 2 2 .970 1 4 3.19 2.91 .978 2.34 2.32
1978 CAL AL 23 OF 83 57 43 560.2 146 138 6 2 0 .986 -2 -3 2.31 1.73 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 CAL AL 23 RF 35 26 20 237.2 63 57 4 2 0 .968 -2 -11 2.31 1.74 .978 2.24 2.22
1978 CAL AL 23 LF 31 12 9 159.2 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 1.92 1.10 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 CAL AL 23 CF 23 19 14 163.1 51 51 0 0 0 1.000 2 12 2.81 2.22 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 CAL AL 23 DH 1 0
1979 MIN AL 24 OF 147 139 135 1246.1 308 292 10 6 1 .981 -17 -17 2.18 2.05 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 MIN AL 24 CF 98 90 87 813.1 197 191 4 2 1 .990 -19 -28 2.16 1.99 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 MIN AL 24 LF 49 49 48 433.0 113 102 6 5 1 .956 2 4 2.24 2.20 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 MIN AL 24 DH 1 0
1980 MIN AL 25 OF 120 117 103 1024.0 245 231 8 6 0 .976 -13 -15 2.10 1.99 .979 2.47 2.46 AS
1980 MIN AL 25 CF 68 66 55 573.2 147 143 2 2 0 .986 -7 -14 2.27 2.13 .983 2.92 2.91 AS
1980 MIN AL 25 LF 55 51 48 450.1 100 90 6 4 0 .960 -6 -17 1.92 1.75 .980 2.35 2.35 AS
1980 MIN AL 25 DH 8 4 AS
1981 LAD NL 26 CF 95 94 86 831.2 219 214 5 0 0 1.000 -3 -4 2.37 2.31 .987 2.80 2.81
1981 LAD NL 26 OF 95 94 86 831.2 214 210 4 0 0 1.000 -3 -4 2.32 2.25 .980 2.33 2.34
1982 LAD NL 27 OF 117 111 97 996.1 288 281 3 4 1 .986 2 2 2.57 2.43 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 LAD NL 27 CF 116 111 97 995.1 291 284 3 4 1 .986 2 2 2.60 2.47 .983 2.66 2.67
1982 LAD NL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1983 LAD NL 28 OF 137 125 90 1069.1 306 299 4 3 1 .990 -0 -0 2.55 2.21 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 LAD NL 28 CF 131 124 90 1046.1 304 296 4 4 1 .987 -1 -1 2.58 2.29 .983 2.78 2.77
1983 LAD NL 28 LF 8 1 0 19.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.86 0.50 .978 2.05 2.02
1983 LAD NL 28 RF 2 0 0 3.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 131 4.91 1.00 .980 1.96 2.00
1984 LAD NL 29 OF 129 107 89 995.0 218 212 3 3 2 .986 -19 -23 1.94 1.67 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 LAD NL 29 CF 105 87 74 807.1 174 171 2 1 1 .994 -18 -27 1.93 1.65 .987 2.71 2.70
1984 LAD NL 29 RF 18 16 11 144.0 40 37 1 2 1 .950 1 9 2.38 2.11 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 LAD NL 29 LF 9 4 4 43.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -49 0.62 0.33 .970 2.04 2.02
1985 LAD NL 30 OF 140 115 90 1046.2 278 267 4 7 1 .975 -2 -2 2.33 1.94 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 LAD NL 30 CF 126 108 86 974.0 252 243 3 6 1 .976 -3 -4 2.27 1.95 .981 2.66 2.66
1985 LAD NL 30 LF 11 3 2 40.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.99 0.82 .977 1.93 1.92
1985 LAD NL 30 RF 4 4 2 32.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 2 64 3.38 3.00 .977 2.00 2.00
1986 LAD NL 31 OF 85 62 49 579.0 157 145 5 7 0 .955 -1 -2 2.33 1.76 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 LAD NL 31 CF 69 54 41 479.0 120 111 4 5 0 .958 -4 -11 2.16 1.67 .984 2.59 2.59
1986 LAD NL 31 LF 20 7 7 92.0 32 30 1 1 0 .969 3 39 3.03 1.55 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 LAD NL 31 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0 1.12 1.00 .975 2.02 2.00
1987 LAD NL 32 OF 63 34 25 351.1 81 72 5 4 3 .951 2 6 1.97 1.22 .981 2.19 2.18
1987 LAD NL 32 RF 45 27 19 265.1 61 57 2 2 2 .967 1 5 2.00 1.31 .976 2.00 1.99
1987 LAD NL 32 LF 15 4 4 55.0 13 9 2 2 0 .846 0 9 1.80 0.73 .981 2.05 2.03
1987 LAD NL 32 CF 6 3 2 31.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0 15 2.32 1.33 .984 2.53 2.52
11 Seasons OF 1138 982 826 8880.2 2307 2206 57 44 11 .981 -53 -7 2.29 1.99 .979 2.32 2.31
11 Seasons CF 859 777 651 6895.1 1829 1770 33 26 8 .986 -50 -9 2.35 2.10 .984 2.76 2.75
9 Seasons LF 199 131 122 1294.2 308 278 18 12 1 .961 -5 -4 2.06 1.49 .979 2.22 2.17
6 Seasons RF 105 74 53 690.2 181 166 7 8 3 .956 2 4 2.25 1.65 .977 2.10 2.08
11 Seasons TOT 1138 982 826 8880.2 2307 2206 57 44 11 .981 -53 -7 2.29 1.99 .979 2.32 2.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 *

Triples s c a p y
1980 AL  11 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (9th)
1985 NL  8 (4th)

SB % s c a p y
1981 NL  81.82 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL  10.1 (7th)
1983 NL  21.7 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1985 NL  13.0 (6th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  5 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 NL  126 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 NL  6 (5th)
1986 NL  5 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 NL  3 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  .990 (4th)
1981 NL  1.000 (1st)
1982 NL  .986 (5th)
1983 NL  .987 (4th)
1984 NL  .994 (1st)
Career  .986 (97th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1981 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1065), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1591), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (216th), 8.4 career WAR/11.0 7yr-peak WAR/9.7 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Terrence Long (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Terrence Long (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cleon Jones (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Coco Crisp (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bobby Tolan (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197823California Angels$21,0002/10/79 TSN
198530Los Angeles Dodgers$537,5001985 USA Today survey
198631Los Angeles Dodgers$637,5001986 USA Today survey
198732Los Angeles Dodgers$737,5001987 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,933,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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