Ken MacKenzie

Kenneth Purvis MacKenzie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 10, 1934 in Gore Bay, Ontario, CAN
School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1960
Teams (by GP): Mets/Astros/Braves/Giants/Cardinals 1960-1965

Final Game: August 4, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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
1957	23	ATL-min	AA	14	6	.700	3.26	43	27					204.0	174	82	74	19	64								1.167	7.7	0.8	2.8			ATA · SOUA
1958	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	15	12	.556	3.63	38	26					191.0	195	89	77	25	52								1.293	9.2	1.2	2.5			ATA,WCH · SOUA,AA
1959	25	ATL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.82	51	1		0	0		80.0	81	37	34	8	28	6	52	1	0	1			1.362	9.1	0.9	3.2	5.8	1.86	LOU · AA
1960	26	ATL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	2.40	23	6					75.0	66	25	20	2	11								1.027	7.9	0.2	1.3			LOU · AA
1960	26	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	6.48	9	0	6	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	6	2	3	2	9	0	0	0	37	56	1.440	9.7	2.2	3.2	9.7	3.00
1961	27	ATL-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.62	30	2					82.0	78	38	33	9	22								1.220	8.6	1.0	2.4			LOU · AA
1961	27	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	5.14	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	4	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	31	76	1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50
1962	28	NYM	NL	5	4	.556	4.95	42	1	16	0	0	1	80.0	87	47	44	10	34	3	51	3	0	0	355	84	1.513	9.8	1.1	3.8	5.7	1.50
1963	29	TOT	NL	3	1	.750	4.84	42	0	21	0	0	3	67.0	72	41	36	12	15	3	48	2	0	0	291	73	1.299	9.7	1.6	2.0	6.4	3.20
1963	29	NYM	NL	3	1	.750	4.97	34	0	17	0	0	3	58.0	63	35	32	11	12	2	41	2	0	0	252	70	1.293	9.8	1.7	1.9	6.4	3.42
1963	29	STL	NL	0	0		4.00	8	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	9	6	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	39	93	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	2.33
1964	30	SFG-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.26	23	7		3	1		69.0	69	27	25	8	9	1	60	0	0	0			1.130	9.0	1.0	1.2	7.8	6.67	TAC · PCL
1964	30	SFG	NL	0	0		5.00	10	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	9	7	5	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	41	74	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1965	31	HOU-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.00	7	5		1	0		36.0	27	14	12	0	7	0	29	0	0	0			0.944	6.8	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.14	OKC · PCL
1965	31	HOU	NL	0	3	.000	3.89	21	0	10	0	0	0	37.0	46	22	16	7	6	0	26	0	0	1	161	87	1.405	11.2	1.7	1.5	6.3	4.33
6 Yrs				8	10	.444	4.80	129	1	57	0	0	5	208.1	231	129	111	33	63	8	142	6	0	1	916	78	1.411	10.0	1.4	2.7	6.1	2.25
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.444	4.80	67	1	30	0	0	3	109	121	67	58	17	33	4	74	3	0	1	479	78	1.411	10.0	1.4	2.7	6.1	2.25

NYM (2 yrs)				8	5	.615	4.96	76	1	33	0	0	4	138.0	150	82	76	21	46	5	92	5	0	0	607	78	1.420	9.8	1.4	3.0	6.0	2.00
MLN (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.87	14	0	7	0	0	0	15.1	17	12	10	3	5	2	14	1	0	0	68	64	1.435	10.0	1.8	2.9	8.2	2.80
SFG (1 yr)				0	0		5.00	10	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	9	7	5	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	41	74	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.00	8	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	9	6	4	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	39	93	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	2.33
HOU (1 yr)				0	3	.000	3.89	21	0	10	0	0	0	37.0	46	22	16	7	6	0	26	0	0	1	161	87	1.405	11.2	1.7	1.5	6.3	4.33

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1960	26	MLN	NL	8.1	9	0	7	7.56	4.44	-0.06	-0.19	93.1	4.02	-3	-0.3	1.7	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.461	.498	$
1961	27	MLN	NL	7.0	5	0	5	6.43	4.82	0.39	-0.20	84.5	3.58	-2	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.1	-1	.456	.499	$
1962	28	NYM	NL	80.0	42	1	47	5.29	4.78	-0.48	-0.19	104.0	5.26	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.5	9	.498	.500	$
1963	29	NYM	NL	57.2	34	0	35	5.46	3.88	-0.46	-0.16	105.5	4.41	-7	-0.8	.9	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.476	.495	$
1963	29	STL	NL	8.2	8	0	6	6.23	3.71	0.18	-0.16	101.9	3.44	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.461	.498	$
1964	30	SFG	NL	9.0	10	0	7	7.00	4.41	-0.06	-0.19	100.2	4.29	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.469	.498	$
1965	31	HOU	NL	37.1	21	0	22	5.30	4.20	-0.41	-0.17	95.2	4.22	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.497	$
6 Seasons				208.0	129	1	129	5.58	4.35	-0.37	-0.18	101.5	4.61	-24	-2.6	1.0	-0.3	-0.9	-0	.480	.498	$

NYM (2 yrs)				137.2	76	1	82	5.36	4.40	-0.47	-0.18	104.6	4.90	-8	-0.9	.9	-0.2	0.2	8	.488	.497	$
MLN (2 yrs)				15.1	14	0	12	7.04	4.62	0.14	-0.19	89.2	3.82	-6	-0.6	1.4	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.459	.498	$
SFG (1 yr)				9.0	10	0	7	7.00	4.41	-0.06	-0.19	100.2	4.29	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.469	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				8.2	8	0	6	6.23	3.71	0.18	-0.16	101.9	3.44	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.461	.498	$
HOU (1 yr)				37.1	21	0	22	5.30	4.20	-0.41	-0.17	95.2	4.22	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1960	26	MLN	NL	9	37	32	7	9	1	1	2	0	0	3	9	.281	.333	.563	.896	.318	18	0	0	1	1	2	0
1961	27	MLN	NL	5	31	27	5	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	.296	.367	.444	.811	.333	12	1	1	1	0	0	1
1962	28	NYM	NL	42	354	310	47	87	16	5	10	4	5	34	51	.281	.354	.461	.816	.306	143	9	3	4	3	3	8
1963	29	TOT	NL	42	291	271	41	72	13	1	12	3	2	15	48	.266	.308	.454	.762	.283	123	2	2	1	1	3	8
1963	29	NYM	NL	34	252	235	35	63	12	1	11	3	2	12	41	.268	.308	.468	.776	.283	110	2	2	1	1	2	7
1963	29	STL	NL	8	39	36	6	9	1	0	1	0	0	3	7	.250	.308	.361	.669	.286	13	0	0	0	0	1	1
1964	30	SFG	NL	10	41	34	7	9	3	0	1	0	0	3	3	.265	.308	.441	.749	.250	15	1	0	2	2	0	3
1965	31	HOU	NL	21	162	155	22	46	4	3	7	0	1	6	26	.297	.323	.497	.820	.320	77	2	0	1	0	0	1
6 Yrs				129	916	829	129	231	38	10	33	7	8	63	142	.279	.331	.468	.800	.300	388	15	6	10	7	8	21
162 Game Avg.				67	479	434	67	121	20	5	17	4	4	33	74	.279	.331	.468	.800	.300	203	8	3	5	4	4	11
MLB Averages																.252	.318	.383	.701	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1960	26	MLN	NL	-3.0	-0.3	38	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	1.43	0.0	-0.5	-5.8	-0.6	1.43	-1.8	4	1	3
1961	27	MLN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	31	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.84	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.1	0.84	-0.3	1	1	3
1962	28	NYM	NL	-5.3	-0.5	365	0.1	5.3	-5.2	.83	-0.9	1.0	-9.6	-0.9	0.83	-12.8	7	7	27
1963	29	TOT	NL	-9.0	-1.0	295	-1.5	2.2	-3.7	.51	-1.0	-1.8	-14.2	-1.5	0.51	-15.2	9	2	30
1963	29	NYM	NL	-8.2	-0.9	256	-1.2	1.7	-3.0	.47	-1.0	-1.7	-10.0	-1.0	0.47	-13.0	8	2	24
1963	29	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	39	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.81	-0.1	-0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.81	-2.2	1	0	6
1964	30	SFG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	41	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.27	-0.0	0.6	-2.0	-0.2	0.27	-3.5	3	2	5
1965	31	HOU	NL	-4.1	-0.4	166	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	.40	-0.7	-0.9	-9.9	-1.1	0.40	-8.0	4	4	13
6 Yrs				-24.4	-2.5	936	-3.0	9.7	-12.6	.66	-2.6	-1.9	-42.4	-4.3	0.65	-41.6	28	17	81

Starting Pitching*

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
1962	28	NYM	NL	42	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.0	33	33	6	4	1	0	0.0	0.0	1.7
1 Yr				42	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33	33	33	6	4	1	0	0.0	0.0	1.7
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	116	-14					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1960	26	MLN	NL	9	9	6	0	1	1	0	1	0%	2	0	13	7	54%	8	1.433	4	1	3	2	2	5	6	3	2	4	3	2	2.8
1961	27	MLN	NL	5	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	3	1	33%	3	.843	1	1	3	1	0	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	4.2
1962	28	NYM	NL	42	41	16	5	3	4	1	3	25%	4	0	28	15	54%	7	.832	7	7	27	5	5	31	14	27	23	8	26	3	5.7
1963	29	TOT	NL	42	42	21	3	1	6	3	3	50%	6	0	34	17	50%		.514	9	2	30	6	3	33	18	24	21	11	22	7	4.7
1963	29	NYM	NL	34	34	17	3	1	5	3	2	60%	5	0	26	12	46%	8	.467	8	2	24	5	3	26	13	21	17	7	18	7	5.1
1963	29	STL	NL	8	8	4	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	5	63%	7	.814	1	0	6	1	0	7	5	3	4	4	4	0	3.3
1964	30	SFG	NL	10	10	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	8	1	13%	7	.266	3	2	5	2	2	6	4	6	3	6	3	2	2.7
1965	31	HOU	NL	21	21	10	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	19	8	42%	8	.404	4	4	13	0	3	18	10	11	10	5	12	3	5.3
6 Yrs				129	128	57	8	9	13	5	8	38%	15	1	105	49	47%		.654	28	17	81	16	15	97	54	74	60	35	67	18	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	26	MLN	NL	37	35%	5.4%	24.3%	8.1%	10.8%	44%	1.00	59%	8	0	0%
1961	27	MLN	NL	31	35%	3.2%	16.1%	6.5%	6.5%	25%	1.50	68%	9	1	11%
1962	28	NYM	NL	354	32%	2.8%	14.4%	9.6%	8.8%	36%	0.79	71%	92	9	10%
1963	29	TOT	NL	291	33%	4.1%	16.5%	5.2%	8.9%	36%	0.64	73%	58	2	3%
1963	29	NYM	NL	252	34%	4.4%	16.3%	4.8%	9.5%	38%	0.65	73%	50	2	4%
1963	29	STL	NL	39	28%	2.6%	18.0%	7.7%	5.1%	22%	0.64	72%	8	0	0%
1964	30	SFG	NL	41	29%	2.4%	7.3%	7.3%	9.8%	44%	0.50	78%	11	1	9%
1965	31	HOU	NL	162	34%	4.3%	16.1%	3.7%	8.6%	30%	1.15	75%	22	2	9%
6 Yrs				916	33%	3.6%	15.5%	6.9%	8.8%	35%	0.80	72%	200	15	8%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.07	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1960	26	MLN	NL	37	9			2	1	5	1	1	0	2	7	4	1	57%	0	0	1	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1961	27	MLN	NL	31	8			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	NYM	NL	354	87			10	0	10	7	3	7	3	31	14	4	45%	8	0	0	153	4	5	44%	4	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0
1963	29	TOT	NL	291	72			12	0	10	9	3	5	7	18	7	4	39%	8	0	1	118	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1963	29	NYM	NL	252	63			11	0	10	9	2	5	6	14	6	3	43%	7	0	1	98	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1963	29	STL	NL	39	9			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	25%	1	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	30	SFG	NL	41	9			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	3	0	60%	3	0	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1965	31	HOU	NL	162	46			7	0	2	4	3	1	6	6	4	0	67%	1	1	2	57	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				916	231			33	1	28	23	10	15	18	68	33	9	49%	21	1	4	375	7	8	47%	6	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1960	26	0	1	.000	6.48	9	0	6	0	8.1	9	7	6	2	3	2	9	0	0	37	56	1.440	9.7	2.2	3.2	9.7	3.00	56
1961	27	0	2	.000	5.87	14	0	7	0	15.1	17	12	10	3	5	2	14	1	0	68	64	1.435	10.0	1.8	2.9	8.2	2.80	64
1962	28	5	6	.455	5.10	56	1	23	1	95.1	104	59	54	13	39	5	65	4	0	423	80	1.500	9.8	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67	80
1963	29	8	7	.533	4.99	98	1	44	4	162.1	176	100	90	25	54	8	113	6	0	714	77	1.417	9.8	1.4	3.0	6.3	2.09	77
1964	30	8	7	.533	4.99	108	1	47	5	171.1	185	107	95	26	57	8	116	6	0	755	77	1.412	9.7	1.4	3.0	6.1	2.04	77
1965	31	8	10	.444	4.80	129	1	57	5	208.1	231	129	111	33	63	8	142	6	1	916	78	1.411	10.0	1.4	2.7	6.1	2.25	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1960	26	0	0		7.00	9.0	10	8	7	2	3	9	0	1.444	10.0	3.0	9.0	3.00	2.0	9
1961	27	0	0		6.43	7.0	9	6	5	1	2	5	1	1.571	11.6	2.6	6.4	2.50	1.3	5
1962	28	3	5	.375	4.85	78.0	85	47	42	10	33	50	3	1.513	9.8	3.8	5.8	1.52	1.2	42
1963	29	3	4	.429	5.32	66.0	75	43	39	12	16	47	2	1.379	10.2	2.2	6.4	2.94	1.6	42
1964	30	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	10	7	6	1	3	3	0	1.444	10.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1.0	10
1965	31	1	2	.333	4.89	35.0	49	21	19	7	6	25	0	1.571	12.6	1.5	6.4	4.17	1.8	21
6 Yrs		7	12	.368	5.21	204.0	238	132	118	33	63	139	6	1.475	10.5		6.1	2.21	1.5	129

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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