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Ken Oberkfell
Kenneth Ray Oberkfell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1977
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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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 21 STL NL 9 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1978 22 STL NL 24 54 50 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .120 .170 .140 .310 -12 7 1 0 1 0 0 4/5
1979 23 STL NL 135 435 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 4 1 57 35 .301 .396 .388 .784 114 143 9 4 1 4 9 *45/6
1980 24 STL NL 116 486 422 58 128 27 6 3 46 4 4 51 23 .303 .377 .417 .794 119 176 11 1 9 3 8 45
1981 25 STL NL 102 420 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 13 5 37 28 .293 .353 .372 .725 104 140 11 0 3 4 6 *5/6
1982 26 STL NL 137 516 470 55 136 22 5 2 34 11 9 40 31 .289 .345 .370 .715 100 174 11 1 3 2 6 *5/4
1983 27 STL NL 151 557 488 62 143 26 5 3 38 12 6 61 27 .293 .371 .385 .756 110 188 12 1 4 3 5 *54/6
1984 28 TOT NL 100 362 324 38 87 19 2 1 21 2 5 31 27 .269 .331 .349 .680 90 113 7 1 3 3 3 5/46
1984 28 STL NL 50 169 152 17 47 11 1 0 11 1 2 16 10 .309 .379 .395 .773 120 60 3 1 0 0 2 5/46
1984 28 ATL NL 50 193 172 21 40 8 1 1 10 1 3 15 17 .233 .289 .308 .598 64 53 4 0 3 3 1 5/4
1985 29 ATL NL 134 472 412 30 112 19 4 3 35 1 2 51 38 .272 .359 .359 .718 98 148 10 6 1 2 6 *54
1986 30 ATL NL 151 596 503 62 136 24 3 5 48 7 4 83 40 .270 .373 .360 .733 100 181 11 2 4 4 6 *54
1987 31 ATL NL 135 566 508 59 142 29 2 3 48 3 3 48 29 .280 .342 .362 .704 84 184 13 2 5 3 5 *54
1988 32 TOT NL 140 529 476 49 129 22 4 3 42 4 5 37 34 .271 .321 .353 .674 92 168 8 2 6 8 7 *54/63
1988 32 ATL NL 120 469 422 42 117 20 4 3 40 4 5 32 28 .277 .325 .365 .690 95 154 6 2 5 8 6 *5/4
1988 32 PIT NL 20 60 54 7 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .222 .288 .259 .547 60 14 2 0 1 0 1 4/653
1989 33 TOT NL 97 173 156 19 42 6 1 2 17 0 1 10 10 .269 .316 .359 .675 96 56 4 2 2 3 0 534
1989 33 PIT NL 14 44 40 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .125 .163 .150 .313 -8 6 0 0 1 1 0 /34
1989 33 SFG NL 83 129 116 17 37 5 1 2 15 0 1 8 8 .319 .367 .431 .798 131 50 4 2 1 2 0 5/34
1990 34 HOU NL 77 168 150 10 31 6 1 1 12 1 1 15 17 .207 .281 .280 .561 58 42 2 1 1 1 1 534
1991 35 HOU NL 53 84 70 7 16 4 0 0 14 0 0 14 8 .229 .357 .286 .643 90 20 0 0 0 0 4 3/5
1992 36 CAL AL 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2 4/D3
16 Seasons 1602 5528 4874 558 1354 237 44 29 446 62 47 546 356 .278 .351 .362 .713 97 1766 112 23 43 42 68
162 Game Avg. 162 559 493 56 137 24 4 3 45 6 5 55 36 .278 .351 .362 .713 97 179 11 2 4 4 7
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
STL (8 yrs) 724 2646 2336 295 682 118 28 11 210 45 27 265 158 .292 .364 .381 .744 107 889 58 8 21 16 36
ATL (5 yrs) 590 2296 2017 214 547 100 14 15 181 16 17 229 152 .271 .346 .357 .703 92 720 44 12 18 20 24
PIT (2 yrs) 34 104 94 9 17 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 8 .181 .235 .213 .448 31 20 2 0 2 1 1
HOU (2 yrs) 130 252 220 17 47 10 1 1 26 1 1 29 25 .214 .307 .282 .589 68 62 2 1 1 1 5
SFG (1 yr) 83 129 116 17 37 5 1 2 15 0 1 8 8 .319 .367 .431 .798 131 50 4 2 1 2 0
CAL (1 yr) 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2
NL (15 yrs) 1561 5427 4783 552 1330 236 44 29 436 62 46 538 351 .278 .351 .364 .715 98 1741 110 23 43 40 66
AL (1 yr) 41 101 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 0 1 8 5 .264 .317 .275 .592 68 25 2 0 0 2 2

Postseason Batting

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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
1982 26 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 15 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 STL NL WS MIL W 7 26 24 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 .292 .346 .333 .679 8 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL WS OAK L 4 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .333 .556 .333 .889 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 54 49 6 12 1 0 0 3 2 0 5 1 .245 .315 .265 .580 13 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 11 35 30 5 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 .300 .400 .333 .733 10 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 STL NL 21 2B 6 1 13.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -83.1 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 4.85 1.17 .971 5.26 4.47
1978 STL NL 22 2B 17 14 121.1 79 30 48 1 8 .987 3.4 33.6 3.4 2.6 0.9 0 5.79 4.59 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 STL NL 22 3B 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -120.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.52
1979 STL NL 23 2B 117 96 875.1 544 213 323 8 65 .985 3.0 4.1 4.0 -0.2 4.2 -1 5.51 4.58 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 STL NL 23 3B 17 7 84.1 30 10 19 1 2 .967 0.9 12.8 0.9 -0.4 1.3 0 3.09 1.71 .950 2.89 2.50
1979 STL NL 23 SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.50
1980 STL NL 24 2B 101 101 871.1 539 223 310 6 62 .989 3.4 4.7 3.4 -2.6 6.0 0 5.51 5.28 .980 5.49 4.71
1980 STL NL 24 3B 16 12 109.2 35 4 30 1 2 .971 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 0 2.79 2.13 .946 2.87 2.39
1981 STL NL 25 3B 102 101 906.1 338 77 246 15 23 .956 6.4 8.5 5.4 2.6 2.8 1 3.21 3.17 .948 2.84 2.47
1981 STL NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40
1982 STL NL 26 3B 135 131 1133.1 393 78 304 11 23 .972 8.0 8.5 9.0 4.7 4.3 -1 3.03 2.83 .950 2.77 2.43
1982 STL NL 26 2B 1 0 4.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -83.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.23 3.00 .967 5.40 4.80
1983 STL NL 27 3B 127 107 946.1 323 79 231 13 27 .960 4.2 5.3 2.2 -0.1 2.3 2 2.95 2.44 .948 2.70 2.29
1983 STL NL 27 2B 32 21 199.1 125 51 69 5 16 .960 -2.5 -15.1 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 -1 5.42 3.75 .978 5.34 4.46
1983 STL NL 27 SS 1 0 3.1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -72.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 13.50 5.00 .960 4.86 4.20
1984 TOT NL 28 3B 91 84 726.0 235 60 167 8 15 .966 1.9 3.1 1.9 0.7 1.2 0 2.81 2.49 .942 2.79 2.36
1984 TOT NL 28 2B 6 3 26.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -36.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.2 0 3.38 1.67 .980 5.40 4.70
1984 STL NL 28 3B 46 39 343.2 123 29 90 4 7 .967 4.2 14.7 4.2 1.5 2.7 0 3.12 2.59 .941 2.79 2.36
1984 STL NL 28 2B 2 0 4.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -102.9 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1984 STL NL 28 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
1984 ATL NL 28 3B 45 45 382.1 112 31 77 4 8 .964 -2.3 -7.2 -2.3 -0.8 -1.5 0 2.54 2.40 .942 2.79 2.36
1984 ATL NL 28 2B 4 3 22.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -21.8 -0.4 -0.7 0.2 0 3.27 2.00 .975 5.40 4.70
1985 ATL NL 29 3B 117 101 922.0 301 70 220 11 19 .963 4.4 5.7 3.4 2.5 0.9 1 2.83 2.48 .947 2.88 2.47
1985 ATL NL 29 2B 16 12 91.2 56 18 37 1 7 .982 0.2 2.6 0.2 1.1 -0.9 0 5.40 3.44 .982 5.47 4.82
1986 ATL NL 30 3B 130 119 1020.0 331 65 258 8 24 .976 10.0 11.8 9.0 6.1 2.9 1 2.85 2.48 .944 2.72 2.20
1986 ATL NL 30 2B 41 19 216.1 131 51 77 3 15 .977 -2.7 -15.0 -2.7 -3.7 1.1 0 5.33 3.12 .980 5.21 4.54
1987 ATL NL 31 3B 126 120 1038.1 331 76 248 7 20 .979 -2.6 -3.0 -1.6 -2.3 0.7 -1 2.81 2.57 .950 2.82 2.34
1987 ATL NL 31 2B 11 5 65.2 30 13 17 0 3 1.000 -1.1 -20.1 -1.1 -0.4 -0.7 0 4.11 2.73 .983 5.19 4.44
1988 TOT NL 32 3B 115 111 972.1 311 84 212 15 21 .952 -11.1 -13.7 -11.1 -5.6 -5.5 0 2.74 2.57 .947 2.77 2.35
1988 TOT NL 32 2B 12 10 79.0 40 16 24 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 0 4.56 3.33 .980 5.22 4.58
1988 ATL NL 32 3B 113 109 956.1 305 83 207 15 21 .951 -11.5 -14.4 -11.5 -5.4 -6.1 0 2.73 2.57 .947 2.77 2.35
1988 ATL NL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1988 PIT NL 32 2B 11 10 78.0 39 15 24 0 3 1.000 0.2 3.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 4.50 3.55 .979 5.22 4.58
1988 PIT NL 32 SS 3 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0 1.29 0.33 1.000 4.63 4.00
1988 PIT NL 32 3B 2 2 16.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 3.38 3.00 .950 2.76 2.35
1988 PIT NL 32 1B 1 1 7.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 7.00 .986 9.90 8.60
1989 TOT NL 33 1B 16 12 107.0 118 110 7 1 8 .992 0.9 10.1 0.9 -0.4 1.3 0 9.84 7.31 .992 9.75 8.38
1989 TOT NL 33 2B 10 5 40.0 30 13 15 2 2 .933 -1.0 -30.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 6.30 2.80 .983 5.13 4.43
1989 PIT NL 33 1B 9 9 73.0 81 75 5 1 4 .988 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 0.6 0 9.86 8.89 .993 9.75 8.38
1989 PIT NL 33 2B 3 2 13.0 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 6.92 3.33 .980 5.12 4.43
1989 SFG NL 33 3B 38 8 118.2 34 8 25 1 1 .971 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 -0.9 -1 2.50 0.87 .941 2.71 2.25
1989 SFG NL 33 1B 7 3 34.0 37 35 2 0 4 1.000 0.9 31.8 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 9.79 5.29 .992 9.74 8.39
1989 SFG NL 33 2B 7 3 27.0 20 8 10 2 1 .900 -1.4 -62.2 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 6.00 2.57 .985 5.13 4.43
1990 HOU NL 34 3B 24 18 142.0 46 12 31 3 3 .935 0.2 1.7 0.2 2.0 -1.8 0 2.73 1.79 .948 2.73 2.31
1990 HOU NL 34 1B 11 7 64.2 77 69 7 1 7 .987 0.5 9.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 10.58 6.91 .992 9.59 7.88
1990 HOU NL 34 2B 11 7 66.2 26 12 14 0 6 1.000 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 3.51 2.36 .985 5.01 4.28
1991 HOU NL 35 1B 13 7 68.2 74 66 8 0 6 1.000 1.0 17.5 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 9.70 5.69 .992 9.79 8.44
1991 HOU NL 35 3B 4 4 36.1 11 4 5 2 0 .818 -0.8 -26.4 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 2.23 2.25 .955 2.75 2.30
1992 CAL AL 36 2B 21 17 147.2 69 34 34 1 4 .986 -1.3 -10.6 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -1 4.14 3.24 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 CAL AL 36 DH 5
1992 CAL AL 36 1B 2 1 12.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 4.50 .989 9.68 8.35
14 Seasons 3B 1046 923 8161.2 2719 627 1996 96 180 .965 20.8 3.1 18.8 12.2 6.6 2 2.89 2.51 .947 2.78 2.36
14 Seasons 2B 402 311 2818.1 1689 683 979 27 192 .984 -0.8 -0.3 2.2 -5.2 7.4 -3 5.31 4.13 .980 5.38 4.58
5 Seasons 1B 43 28 259.1 285 261 22 2 21 .993 2.4 11.1 2.4 0.4 2.0 0 9.82 6.58 .992 9.72 8.27
5 Seasons SS 8 0 14.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -16.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0 5.02 1.00 .975 4.77 4.20
1 Season DH 5
16 Seasons TOT 1499 1262 11253.2 4701 1573 3003 125 394 .973 22.2 2.4 23.2 7.1 16.0 -1 3.66 3.05 .935 3.60 3.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1986 NL--.373--10th

Triples s c a p y
1981 NL--6--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL--83--4th

Singles s c a p y
1981 NL--90--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL--6--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 NL--8--7th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--68--223rd

AB per SO s c a p y
1982 NL--15.161--6th
1983 NL--18.074--4th
1986 NL--12.575--3rd
1987 NL--17.517--2nd
1988 NL--14.000--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL--born 1956-05-04--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1171), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (958), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Scott Fletcher (913)
  6. Jerry Lumpe (913)
  7. Jody Reed (911)
  8. Frankie Gustine (911)
  9. Woody English (908)
  10. Rey Sanchez (907)
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  3. Lou Chiozza (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Gardner (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jimmie Wilson (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Gardner (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bernie Friberg (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bernie Friberg (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bernie Friberg (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bernie Friberg (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rick Burleson (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jimmie Wilson (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jose Vizcaino (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 4, 1975: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1984: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Ken Dayley and Mike Jorgensen.

August 28, 1988: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Tommy Gregg (September 1, 1988) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

May 10, 1989: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Roger Samuels.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 27, 1991: Released by the Houston Astros.

February 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$616,667
1986Atlanta Braves$825,000
1987Atlanta Braves$725,000
1988Atlanta Braves$725,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$725,000
1990Houston Astros$625,000
1991Houston Astros$675,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,916,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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