Ken Phelps
Kenneth Allen Phelps (Digger)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: August 6, 1954 in Seattle, WA
High School: Ingraham (Seattle, WA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1980
Final Game: September 8, 1990
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 KCR AL 25 1B 2 1 8.0 14 14 0 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 15.75 7.00 .993 10.01 8.40
1981 KCR AL 26 DH 4
1981 KCR AL 26 1B 2 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 15.00 2.50 1.000 10.20 8.55
1983 SEA AL 28 1B 22 20 175.0 180 164 16 0 11 1.000 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -1.2 1.1 0 9.26 8.18 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 SEA AL 28 DH 19
1984 SEA AL 29 DH 84
1984 SEA AL 29 1B 9 9 79.0 77 72 4 1 7 .987 0.6 9.1 0.6 1.0 -0.3 0 8.66 8.44 .991 9.75 8.24
1985 SEA AL 30 DH 25
1985 SEA AL 30 1B 8 4 41.0 33 31 2 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -2.9 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 7.24 4.13 .991 9.77 8.68
1986 SEA AL 31 1B 55 53 464.2 530 487 34 9 58 .983 -10.9 -28.1 -10.9 -6.6 -4.4 0 10.09 9.47 .991 9.42 8.62
1986 SEA AL 31 DH 52
1987 SEA AL 32 DH 114
1987 SEA AL 32 1B 1 1 7.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 .988 9.64 8.50
1988 TOT AL 33 DH 92
1988 TOT AL 33 1B 4 3 24.0 21 18 2 1 2 .952 -0.2 -10.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.50 5.00 .990 9.60 8.40
1988 SEA AL 33 DH 68
1988 SEA AL 33 1B 3 3 23.0 21 18 2 1 2 .952 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.83 6.67 .990 9.59 8.40
1988 NYY AL 33 DH 24
1988 NYY AL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
1989 TOT AL 34 DH 56
1989 TOT AL 34 1B 9 5 47.0 49 47 1 1 4 .980 0.4 10.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.19 5.33 .994 9.79 8.36
1989 NYY AL 34 DH 55
1989 NYY AL 34 1B 8 4 38.0 49 47 1 1 4 .980 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 11.37 6.00 .994 9.78 8.35
1989 NYY AL 34 RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.30 1.90
1989 OAK AL 34 1B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 0.00 0.00 9.80 8.40
1989 OAK AL 34 DH 1
1990 TOT AL 35 DH 21
1990 TOT AL 35 1B 19 14 117.0 122 111 10 1 7 .992 0.6 6.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 9.31 6.37 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 OAK AL 35 DH 15
1990 OAK AL 35 1B 5 3 20.0 28 24 3 1 3 .964 -0.5 -30.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 12.15 5.40 .993 9.63 8.36
1990 CLE AL 35 1B 14 11 97.0 94 87 7 0 4 1.000 1.1 13.6 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 8.72 6.71 .991 9.63 8.36
1990 CLE AL 35 DH 6
9 Seasons DH 467
10 Seasons 1B 131 110 965.2 1039 956 70 13 96 .987 -9.4 -11.7 -9.4 -6.8 -2.6 0 9.56 7.83 .991 9.61 8.47
1 Season RF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.30 1.90
11 Seasons TOT 131 110 965.2 1039 956 70 13 96 .987 -9.4 -11.7 -9.4 -6.8 -2.6 0 9.56 7.83 .979 9.61 8.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1980 KCR AL 25 3 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 KCR AL 26 21 2 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 0
1982 MON NL 27 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1983 SEA AL 28 50 33 50 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15 1
1984 SEA AL 29 101 84 101 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 17 0
1985 SEA AL 30 61 26 61 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 35 0
1986 SEA AL 31 125 103 125 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 22 0
1987 SEA AL 32 120 105 120 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 15 0
1988 SEA AL 33 72 58 72 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 14 0
1988 NYY AL 33 45 28 45 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 17 0
1989 NYY AL 34 86 46 86 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41 38 0
1989 OAK AL 34 11 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1990 OAK AL 35 32 17 32 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0
1990 CLE AL 35 24 17 24 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0
11 Seasons 761 521 761 131 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 410 230 1
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 -- 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%
1980 KCR AL 25 35 80% 83% 37% 1 100% 0 14 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
1981 KCR AL 26 11 45% 91% 45% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA AL 28 801 55% 75% 24% 40 95% 0 164 11 148 5 13 17 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1984 SEA AL 29 339 55% 74% 21% 20 95% 0 72 5 65 2 10 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
1985 SEA AL 30 194 56% 76% 21% 7 100% 0 31 1 29 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
1986 SEA AL 31 2135 56% 78% 29% 103 91% 0 489 23 457 8 43 30 21 4 1 3 9 1 6 2 6 57 1 0 0 56 1 1 1 0 10 60%
1987 SEA AL 32 25 36% 72% 32% 3 100% 0 8 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SEA AL 33 110 33% 81% 26% 5 100% 0 18 1 17 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 33 4 50% 50% 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
1989 NYY AL 34 170 74% 74% 31% 8 100% 0 34 3 32 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 OAK AL 34 37 57% 68% 35% 2 100% 0 9 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE AL 35 455 60% 74% 26% 28 93% 0 86 10 76 0 9 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1990 OAK AL 35 74 58% 89% 47% 6 83% 0 23 1 22 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4390 57% 76% 27% 224 93% 0 952 57 878 17 91 68 49 8 2 4 13 2 9 2 8 95 1 1 0 90 2 5 3 2 12 67%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

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%
1989 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 54 57% 87% 57% 4 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 54 57% 87% 57% 4 50%
MLB Averages 43.7% 2.9% 56% 78% 30% 56%

* 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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