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Ken Raffensberger
Kenneth David Raffensberger

Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 8, 1917 in York, PA
High School: William Penn (York, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1939
Final Game: June 2, 1954
Died: November 10, 2002 in York, PA
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Standard Batting

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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
1939	21	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1940	22	CHC	NL	43	32	30	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	18	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	5	0	0	2			1
1941	23	CHC	NL	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1			1
1943	25	PHI	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1944	26	PHI	NL	38	96	80	1	11	0	0	0	3	0		3	38	.138	.169	.138	.306	-12	11	1	0	13			1	AS
1945	27	PHI	NL	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1946	28	PHI	NL	39	71	60	5	10	3	0	0	1	0		2	23	.167	.194	.217	.410	18	13	2	0	9			1
1947	29	TOT	NL	29	55	52	3	10	0	0	0	5	0		1	29	.192	.208	.192	.400	8	10	0	0	2			1
1947	29	PHI	NL	10	15	15	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.267	.267	.267	.533	44	4	0	0	0			1
1947	29	CIN	NL	19	40	37	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		1	22	.162	.184	.162	.346	-7	6	0	0	2			1
1948	30	CIN	NL	40	67	62	2	7	1	0	0	0	0		2	27	.113	.141	.129	.270	-26	8	2	0	3			1
1949	31	CIN	NL	41	105	90	7	16	4	0	1	3	0		2	31	.178	.204	.256	.460	22	23	1	1	12			1	MVP-19
1950	32	CIN	NL	38	89	82	7	11	2	0	1	9	0		4	21	.134	.174	.195	.370	-3	16	2	0	3			1
1951	33	CIN	NL	42	92	82	4	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	31	.122	.163	.146	.309	-17	12	2	0	6			1	MVP-18
1952	34	CIN	NL	38	88	75	5	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	32	.107	.130	.160	.290	-20	12	0	0	11			1	MVP-23
1953	35	CIN	NL	26	65	57	2	8	3	0	1	8	0	1	0	22	.140	.140	.246	.386	-2	14	3	0	8			1
1954	36	CIN	NL	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0		/1
15 Seasons				397	779	688	38	97	16	0	4	31	0	1	20	280	.141	.166	.182	.348	-5	125	13	1	70	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	318	281	16	40	7	0	2	13	0		8	114	.141	.166	.182	.348	-5	51	5	0	29
				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
CIN (8 yrs)				250	548	487	28	67	13	0	4	27	0	1	15	187	.138	.165	.189	.354	-5	92	10	1	45	0
PHI (5 yrs)				93	193	166	8	25	3	0	0	4	0		5	73	.151	.175	.169	.344	-2	28	3	0	22
CHC (2 yrs)				53	38	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	20	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	5	0	0	3
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1940	22	CHC	NL	32	27	1	1.0	96	.417	.167	.269	.167	.334	.167	.388	.333	.721	-7	.063	-4.4	-0.4	.200	.000	.000
1941	23	CHC	NL	6	6	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.261	.000	.331	.000	.368	.000	.699	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1943	25	PHI	NL	3	3	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.353	.000	.681	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1944	26	PHI	NL	96	83	2	0.6	92	.262	.138	.264	.169	.331	.138	.371	.306	.702	-12	.032	-11.9	-1.3	.200	.038	.000
1945	27	PHI	NL	8	8	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.270	.000	.339	.000	.372	.000	.711	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1946	28	PHI	NL	71	61	3	1.3	90	.270	.167	.259	.194	.334	.217	.362	.410	.696	18	.114	-6.5	-0.7	.288	.083	.050
1947	29	TOT	NL	55	44	2	1.2	104	.435	.192	.272	.208	.347	.192	.403	.400	.749	8	.079	-7.0	-0.7	.262	.019	.000
1947	29	PHI	NL	15	11	1	2.4	102	.500	.267	.269	.267	.344	.267	.399	.533	.743	44	.232	-1.2	-0.1	.364	.000	.000
1947	29	CIN	NL	40	33	1	0.8	105	.400	.162	.273	.184	.348	.162	.404	.346	.752	-7	.039	-5.8	-0.6	.226	.027	.000
1948	30	CIN	NL	67	60	1	0.4	99	.200	.113	.265	.141	.339	.129	.393	.270	.732	-26	.014	-11.0	-1.1	.175	.048	.016
1949	31	CIN	NL	105	87	5	1.5	105	.259	.178	.272	.204	.345	.256	.406	.460	.752	22	.120	-10.3	-1.0	.347	.100	.078	.0
1950	32	CIN	NL	89	76	3	1.0	108	.167	.134	.270	.174	.346	.195	.418	.370	.764	-3	.060	-12.6	-1.2	.274	.110	.061	.0
1951	33	CIN	NL	92	80	2	0.7	105	.196	.122	.270	.163	.344	.146	.409	.309	.753	-17	.029	-13.9	-1.4	.216	.073	.024
1952	34	CIN	NL	88	78	2	0.7	97	.167	.107	.261	.130	.335	.160	.389	.290	.724	-20	.036	-12.5	-1.3	.209	.080	.053	.0
1953	35	CIN	NL	65	61	2	0.9	110	.206	.140	.274	.140	.345	.246	.427	.386	.773	-2	.042	-8.6	-0.8	.245	.088	.105	.0
1954	36	CIN	NL	2	1	1	26.8	111	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.428	1.000	.776	161	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
15 Seasons				779	675	24	1.0	101	.230	.141	.267	.166	.340	.182	.397	.348	.737	-5	.056	-102.9	-10.3	.240	.068	.041	.0
162 Game Avg.				318	275	10	1.0	101	.230	.141	.267	.166	.340	.182	.397	.348	.737	-5	.056	-102.9	-10.3	.240	.068	.041
CIN (8 yrs)				548	476	17	1.0	104	.213	.138	.269	.165	.343	.189	.407	.354	.750	-5	.054	-74.5	-7.4	.248	.080	.051	.0
PHI (5 yrs)				193	166	6	1.0	92	.269	.151	.263	.175	.333	.169	.370	.344	.704	-2	.065	-22.6	-2.4	.229	.048	.018
CHC (2 yrs)				38	33	1	0.8	96	.333	.143	.268	.143	.333	.143	.385	.286	.718	-20	.045	-5.7	-0.5	.167	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	PHI	NL	26		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1940	22	CHC	NL	32	0.0%	56.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7					38%
1941	23	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5					50%
1943	25	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					33%
1944	26	PHI	NL	96	0.0%	39.6%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	12.67	2.1		26.7			44%
1945	27	PHI	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7					63%
1946	28	PHI	NL	71	0.0%	32.4%	2.8%	4.2%	30%	11.50	2.6		60.0			52%
1947	29	TOT	NL	55	0.0%	52.7%	1.8%	0.0%	0%	29.00	1.8		10.4			42%
1947	29	PHI	NL	15	0.0%	46.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1					53%
1947	29	CIN	NL	40	0.0%	55.0%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	22.00	1.7		7.4			38%
1948	30	CIN	NL	67	0.0%	40.3%	3.0%	1.5%	14%	13.50	2.3					52%
1949	31	CIN	NL	105	1.0%	29.5%	1.9%	4.8%	31%	15.50	2.9	90.0	30.0			55%
1950	32	CIN	NL	89	1.1%	23.6%	4.5%	3.4%	27%	5.25	3.9	82.0	9.1			67%
1951	33	CIN	NL	92	0.0%	33.7%	4.4%	2.2%	20%	7.75	2.6					55%
1952	34	CIN	NL	88	1.1%	36.4%	2.3%	2.3%	25%	16.00	2.3	75.0	75.0			48%
1953	35	CIN	NL	65	1.5%	33.9%	0.0%	6.2%	50%		2.6	57.0	7.1			52%
1954	36	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		2.0			50%
15 Seasons				779	0.5%	35.9%	2.6%	2.6%	21%	14.00	2.5	172.0	22.2			52%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1954	36	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Seasons				0	0	30%	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	36	CIN	NL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
15 Seasons				2	50%	97			0	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70		0	13		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1940	22	44	32	30	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	5	0	0	2	0	0
1941	23	54	38	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	5	0	0	3	0	0
1942	24	54	38	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	5	0	0	3	0	0
1943	25	55	41	38	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	.132	.132	.132	.263	-26	5	0	0	3	0	0
1944	26	93	137	118	3	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	60	.136	.157	.136	.293	-16	16	1	0	16	0	0
1945	27	98	145	126	3	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	63	.127	.147	.127	.274	-22	16	1	0	16	0	0
1946	28	137	216	186	8	26	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	86	.140	.162	.156	.318	-9	29	3	0	25	0	0
1947	29	166	271	238	11	36	3	0	0	9	0	0	6	115	.151	.172	.164	.336	-5	39	3	0	27	0	0
1948	30	206	338	300	13	43	4	0	0	9	0	0	8	142	.143	.166	.157	.322	-10	47	5	0	30	0	0
1949	31	247	443	390	20	59	8	0	1	12	0	0	10	173	.151	.175	.179	.354	-2	70	6	1	42	0	0
1950	32	285	532	472	27	70	10	0	2	21	0	0	14	194	.148	.175	.182	.357	-2	86	8	1	45	0	0
1951	33	327	624	554	31	80	12	0	2	21	0	0	18	225	.144	.173	.177	.350	-4	98	10	1	51	0	0
1952	34	365	712	629	36	88	13	0	3	22	0	0	20	257	.140	.168	.175	.343	-6	110	10	1	62	0	0
1953	35	391	777	686	38	96	16	0	4	30	0	1	20	279	.140	.165	.181	.346	-6	124	13	1	70	0	0
1954	36	397	779	688	38	97	16	0	4	31	0	1	20	280	.141	.166	.182	.348	-5	125	13	1	70	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1940	22	45	32	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	43
1941	23	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1943	25	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1944	26	39	87	84	1	12	0	0	0	3	0	3	39	.143	.172	.143	.315	2	38
1945	27	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1946	28	41	66	64	6	12	4	0	0	1	0	2	24	.188	.212	.250	.462	3	39
1947	29	30	55	54	3	10	0	0	0	5	0	1	30	.185	.200	.185	.385	2	29
1948	30	42	66	64	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	28	.109	.136	.125	.261	1	40
1949	31	43	96	93	6	16	4	0	1	3	0	2	32	.172	.198	.247	.445	4	41
1950	32	40	90	86	8	12	2	0	1	10	0	4	22	.140	.178	.198	.375	3	38
1951	33	44	90	86	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	4	32	.128	.167	.151	.318	2	42
1952	34	40	82	80	7	10	1	0	1	1	0	2	33	.125	.146	.175	.321	2	38
1953	35	27	59	59	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	23	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	26
1954	36	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
14 Seasons		413	741	720	42	90	14	0	3	33	0	20	290	.125	.150	.157	.307	22	396
162 Game Avg.		162	291	282	16	35	5	0	1	13	0	8	114	.125	.150	.157	.307	9	396

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1944 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1949-NL-19-2% 1951-NL-18-2% 1952-NL-23-2% 0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1944 NL--13--8th 1949 NL--12--6th 1952 NL--11--5th

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters   View Player Links in Pop-up  Compare Stats to Similars Johnny Schmitz (988) Bill Gullickson (987) George Blaeholder (985) Jim Lonborg (984) Jon Lieber (983) Flint Rhem (983) Bob Walk (982) John Smiley (982) Don Wilson (982) Shane Reynolds (981)

Most Similar by Ages   View Player Links in Pop-up  Hold mouse over #'s to see names Johnny Schmitz (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jim Lonborg (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Johnny Schmitz (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jim Lonborg (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer

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