Ken Macha
Kenneth Edward Macha
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 217 lb.

Born: September 29, 1950 in Monroeville, PA
School: University of Pittsburgh
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Final Game: September 30, 1981
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Newhouser
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1974 PIT NL 23 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.40 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 26 3B 17 17 116.0 28 5 22 1 0 .964 -1.5 -15.5 -1.5 -2.1 0.7 0 2.09 1.59 .957 2.98 2.54
1977 PIT NL 26 1B 11 4 62.1 69 66 3 0 5 1.000 0.4 7.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 9.96 6.27 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 PIT NL 26 OF 4 1 30.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -48.0 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 0.30 0.25 1.000 2.25 1.92
1977 PIT NL 26 LF 3 1 27.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -26.7 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.33 0.33 1.000 1.93 1.50
1977 PIT NL 26 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1978 PIT NL 27 3B 21 15 132.0 33 11 21 1 3 .970 -2.4 -21.8 -2.4 -0.5 -1.8 0 2.18 1.52 .952 3.00 2.53
1979 MON NL 28 3B 13 5 75.0 30 12 18 0 1 1.000 1.8 28.8 1.8 0.9 0.9 0 3.60 2.31 .950 2.89 2.50
1979 MON NL 28 1B 2 0 8.0 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.5 -0.1 0 13.50 6.00 .992 9.90 8.60
1979 MON NL 28 OF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1979 MON NL 28 RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.85
1979 MON NL 28 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.30 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 29 3B 33 24 237.0 67 18 43 6 3 .910 -4.5 -22.8 -4.5 -0.9 -3.6 0 2.32 1.85 .951 2.87 2.39
1980 MON NL 29 1B 2 1 12.0 12 12 0 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -50.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 9.00 6.00 .992 10.12 8.95
1980 MON NL 29 C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 1 0 0%
1980 MON NL 29 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1980 MON NL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1981 TOR AL 30 3B 19 14 118.1 37 5 28 4 2 .892 1.6 16.2 1.6 0.5 1.0 0 2.51 1.74 .954 2.95 2.52
1981 TOR AL 30 1B 16 9 91.1 103 94 8 1 8 .990 -1.6 -21.0 -1.6 -0.4 -1.2 0 10.05 6.38 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 TOR AL 30 DH 2
1981 TOR AL 30 C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3B 103 75 678.1 195 51 132 12 9 .938 -5.0 -8.8 -5.0 -2.1 -2.8 0 2.43 1.78 .952 2.93 2.48
4 Seasons 1B 31 14 173.2 196 184 11 1 16 .995 -1.4 -9.7 -1.4 0.3 -1.6 0 10.11 6.29 .992 10.00 8.50
3 Seasons OF 7 1 34.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -56.5 -1.6 -0.9 -0.6 0 0.26 0.14 1.000 2.25 1.96
4 Seasons C 4 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 6.00 5.18 0 0 1 0 0%
3 Seasons RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -171.4 -1.0 -0.9 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.80
1 Season LF 3 1 27.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -26.7 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.33 0.33 1.000 1.93 1.50
1 Season DH 2
6 Seasons TOT 145 90 892.0 394 238 143 13 25 .967 -8.0 -10.8 -8.0 -2.7 -5.0 0 0 0 3.84 2.63 .940 4.30 3.82 0 0 1 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 PIT NL 23 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 PIT NL 26 35 22 35 29 0 0 11 0 17 0 3 0 1 4 0 7 1
1978 PIT NL 27 29 15 29 21 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
1979 MON NL 28 25 5 25 18 0 1 2 0 13 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 1
1980 MON NL 29 49 25 49 36 0 1 2 0 33 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 1
1981 TOR AL 30 37 25 37 34 0 1 16 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
6 Seasons 180 92 180 139 0 4 31 0 104 0 3 0 4 7 2 47 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 PIT NL 26 491 77% 78% 25% 33 73% 0 5 3 1 1 22 18 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1978 PIT NL 27 567 65% 80% 25% 29 90% 0 12 5 2 5 21 18 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 100%
1979 MON NL 28 320 63% 80% 21% 35 91% 2 12 10 1 1 21 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1980 MON NL 29 1036 50% 79% 27% 61 89% 0 17 11 1 5 43 38 4 0 3 5 1 4 0 4 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 6 83%
1981 TOR AL 30 523 53% 79% 27% 40 85% 1 5 4 1 0 30 25 3 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2937 59% 79% 26% 198 86% 3 51 33 6 12 137 116 13 2 6 11 1 10 0 9 9 5 0 6 3 1 1 9 78%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 PIT NL 26 252 73% 80% 32% 10 100% 0 66 3 63 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 MON NL 28 34 59% 82% 32% 5 80% 0 12 0 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 29 67 30% 73% 18% 3 100% 0 12 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 30 429 54% 80% 22% 18 94% 0 93 7 85 1 6 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 782 58% 80% 25% 36 94% 0 183 11 171 1 16 9 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1974 PIT NL 23 5 18.00 18.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 28 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 29 13 4.50 9.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 30 7 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 29 4.50 6.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 4.23 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1974 PIT NL 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MON NL 29 0 0 5 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.71
1981 TOR AL 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 8 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.71
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 26 42% 77% 12% 2 0%
1979 MON NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 75% 38% 0
1980 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 13 38% 69% 8% 3 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 47 45% 74% 15% 5 0%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 75% 79% 35% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 75% 79% 35% 2 50%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

* 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.

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