Ken Rudolph

Kenneth Victor Rudolph

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 29, 1946 in Rockford, IL
High School: Cathedral HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1969
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Giants/Orioles 1969-1977

Final Game: September 7, 1977
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Standard Batting

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
1969 22 CHC NL 27 40 34 7 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 6 11 .206 .325 .324 .649 74 11 1 0 0 0 0 2/7
1970 23 CHC NL 20 43 40 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .100 .122 .125 .247 -36 5 1 0 2 0 1 2
1971 24 CHC NL 25 86 76 5 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 20 .197 .265 .237 .502 36 18 3 1 3 0 0 2
1972 25 CHC NL 42 116 106 10 25 1 1 2 9 1 2 6 14 .236 .283 .321 .604 65 34 4 1 3 0 0 2
1973 26 CHC NL 64 182 170 12 35 8 1 2 17 1 4 7 25 .206 .239 .300 .539 45 51 6 1 2 2 0 2
1974 27 SFG NL 57 181 158 11 41 3 0 0 10 0 0 21 15 .259 .350 .278 .628 75 44 6 1 1 0 5 2
1975 28 STL NL 44 83 80 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 10 .200 .229 .263 .491 34 21 4 0 0 0 0 2
1976 29 STL NL 27 51 50 1 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .160 .176 .220 .396 12 11 2 0 0 0 0 2
1977 30 TOT MLB 22 30 29 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .241 .267 .276 .543 50 8 0 0 0 0 1 2
1977 30 SFG NL 11 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 23 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
1977 30 BAL AL 11 14 14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .357 .643 79 5 0 0 0 0 0 2
9 Yrs 328 812 743 55 158 23 2 6 64 2 6 52 121 .213 .267 .273 .540 47 203 27 4 11 2 7
162 Game Avg. 162 401 367 27 78 11 1 3 32 1 3 26 60 .213 .267 .273 .540 47 100 13 2 5 1 3
CHC (5 yrs) 178 467 426 35 86 14 2 5 41 2 6 26 82 .202 .252 .279 .531 43 119 15 3 10 2 1
SFG (2 yrs) 68 197 173 12 44 3 0 0 10 0 0 22 18 .254 .342 .272 .614 70 47 6 1 1 0 6
STL (2 yrs) 71 134 130 6 24 5 0 1 11 0 0 4 17 .185 .209 .246 .455 26 32 6 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 11 14 14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .357 .643 79 5 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 317 798 729 53 154 22 2 6 62 2 6 52 117 .211 .267 .272 .538 47 198 27 4 11 2 7
AL (1 yr) 11 14 14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .357 .643 79 5 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 22 CHC NL 27 40 -1 -0 -0 -1 0 -1 -0.2 1 0 0.0 .494 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 2/7
1970 23 CHC NL 20 43 -8 -0 -0 2 1 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .467 .496 -0.8 0.3 -7 $ 2
1971 24 CHC NL 25 86 -5 0 -0 8 1 4 0.4 2 6 0.7 .517 .503 -0.3 1.1 -2 $ 2
1972 25 CHC NL 42 116 -4 -0 0 2 2 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.5 1 $ 2
1973 26 CHC NL 64 182 -12 -2 -0 3 3 -8 -0.9 5 -3 -0.4 .485 .494 -0.7 0.7 -6 $ 2
1974 27 SFG NL 57 181 -6 -0 -1 0 3 -4 -0.4 5 2 0.1 .493 .497 0.1 0.3 1 $ 2
1975 28 STL NL 44 83 -7 -0 -0 -2 1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .480 .494 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 2
1976 29 STL NL 27 51 -5 -0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .475 .496 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ 2
1977 30 SFG NL 11 16 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 2
1977 30 BAL AL 11 14 -0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .501 0.0 0.2 0 $ 2
9 Seasons 328 812 -50 -4 -2 13 13 -30 -3.3 24 -6 -0.8 .490 .498 -2.4 3.1 -20 $
CHC (5 yrs) 178 467 -30 -3 -1 14 7 -13 -1.3 14 1 0.1 .492 .498 -1.6 2.5 -13 $
SFG (2 yrs) 68 197 -8 -0 -1 1 3 -4 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.0 0.5 0 $
STL (2 yrs) 71 134 -12 -0 -0 -3 2 -14 -1.6 4 -10 -1.1 .478 .495 -0.8 -0.1 -7 $
BAL (1 yr) 11 14 -0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .501 0.0 0.2 0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1969 22 CHC NL 40 28 4 3.8 105 .273 .206 .274 .325 .346 .324 .406 .649 .752 74 .461 -1.2 -0.1 .607 .294 .118 .0
1970 23 CHC NL 43 39 1 0.7 112 .143 .100 .280 .122 .354 .125 .427 .247 .781 -36 .030 -8.2 -0.8 .162 .050 .025
1971 24 CHC NL 86 67 5 2.0 102 .268 .197 .274 .265 .342 .237 .401 .502 .744 36 .215 -6.7 -0.7 .391 .118 .039
1972 25 CHC NL 116 90 8 2.4 100 .256 .236 .268 .283 .337 .321 .395 .604 .733 65 .277 -5.6 -0.6 .460 .132 .085 1.3
1973 26 CHC NL 182 149 10 1.8 102 .228 .206 .270 .239 .341 .300 .402 .539 .743 45 .171 -13.6 -1.4 .386 .118 .094 1.3
1974 27 SFG NL 181 124 15 3.3 99 .287 .259 .268 .350 .341 .278 .388 .628 .728 75 .381 -4.9 -0.5 .537 .152 .019
1975 28 STL NL 83 68 4 1.6 99 .217 .200 .270 .229 .342 .263 .390 .491 .732 34 .138 -7.6 -0.8 .353 .100 .063 .0
1976 29 STL NL 51 44 2 1.2 93 .186 .160 .264 .176 .330 .220 .376 .396 .706 12 .098 -5.9 -0.6 .273 .080 .060
1977 30 TOT MLB 30 22 2 2.4 99 .318 .241 .264 .267 .329 .276 .402 .543 .731 50 .238 -2.1 -0.2 .409 .069 .034
1977 30 SFG NL 16 12 1 2.2 102 .250 .200 .268 .250 .336 .200 .409 .450 .744 23 .211 -1.7 -0.2 .333 .067 .000
1977 30 BAL AL 14 10 1 2.7 95 .400 .286 .259 .286 .322 .357 .394 .643 .716 79 .268 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .071 .071
9 Yrs 812 631 51 2.2 101 .246 .213 .270 .267 .340 .273 .396 .540 .737 47 .228 -55.7 -5.8 .413 .125 .061 3.0
162 Game Avg. 401 312 25 2.2 101 .246 .213 .270 .267 .340 .273 .396 .540 .737 47 .228 -55.7 -5.8 .413 .125 .061 1
CHC (5 yrs) 467 373 28 2.0 103 .238 .202 .272 .252 .342 .279 .403 .531 .745 43 .207 -35.2 -3.6 .399 .129 .077 2.9
SFG (2 yrs) 197 136 16 3.2 99 .284 .254 .268 .342 .340 .272 .389 .614 .730 70 .366 -6.5 -0.7 .519 .145 .017
STL (2 yrs) 134 112 6 1.4 97 .205 .185 .268 .209 .337 .246 .385 .455 .722 26 .123 -13.5 -1.4 .321 .092 .062 .0
BAL (1 yr) 14 10 1 2.7 95 .400 .286 .259 .286 .322 .357 .394 .643 .716 79 .268 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .071 .071
NL (9 yrs) 798 621 50 2.2 101 .243 .211 .270 .267 .341 .272 .396 .538 .737 47 .227 -55.3 -5.7 .411 .126 .060 3.0
AL (1 yr) 14 10 1 2.7 95 .400 .286 .259 .286 .322 .357 .394 .643 .716 79 .268 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .071 .071

Ratio Batting*

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
1969 22 CHC NL 40 2.5% 27.5% 15.0% 5.0% 29% 1.83 3.1 34.0 5.7 0.60 55%
1970 23 CHC NL 43 0.0% 27.9% 2.3% 2.3% 25% 12.00 3.3 20.0 1.17 65%
1971 24 CHC NL 86 0.0% 23.3% 7.0% 3.5% 20% 3.33 3.8 10.9 1.37 65%
1972 25 CHC NL 116 1.7% 12.1% 5.2% 3.5% 16% 2.33 7.6 53.0 11.8 1.18 78%
1973 26 CHC NL 182 1.1% 13.7% 3.9% 6.0% 31% 3.57 6.8 85.0 10.0 1.33 80%
1974 27 SFG NL 181 0.0% 8.3% 11.6% 1.7% 7% 0.71 10.5 15.8 1.26 79%
1975 28 STL NL 83 1.2% 12.1% 3.6% 3.6% 19% 3.33 8.0 80.0 13.3 0.87 83%
1976 29 STL NL 51 0.0% 13.7% 2.0% 5.9% 38% 7.00 7.1 10.0 1.00 84%
1977 30 TOT MLB 30 0.0% 23.3% 3.3% 3.3% 14% 7.00 4.1 14.5 0.88 73%
1977 30 SFG NL 16 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.0 0.80 75%
1977 30 BAL AL 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 7.1% 25% 3.5 7.0 1.00 71%
9 Yrs 812 0.7% 14.9% 6.4% 3.8% 20% 2.33 6.1 123.8 11.6 1.15 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.9% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 1.59 6.4 45.3 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 22 CHC NL -1.2 -0.1 40 0.2 1.1 -0.9 1.34 0.0 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.05 0.0 1.57 10
1970 23 CHC NL -8.2 -0.8 43 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 .77 -0.6 0.3 -6.9 -0.7 0.92 -7.8 1.12 3
1971 24 CHC NL -6.7 -0.7 86 -0.5 1.3 -1.7 1.14 -0.6 0.2 -3.1 -0.3 1.03 -5.5 0
1972 25 CHC NL -5.6 -0.6 119 0.1 1.8 -1.7 .92 -0.4 0.5 -4.3 -0.4 0.97 -5.7 1.34 1
1973 26 CHC NL -13.6 -1.4 187 -1.5 2.3 -3.8 1.02 -1.1 -0.4 -14.9 -1.5 0.95 -13.9 0
1974 27 SFG NL -4.9 -0.5 184 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 1.03 -0.5 -0.1 -5.3 -0.5 0.96 -5.0 0.04 0
1975 28 STL NL -7.6 -0.8 84 -1.0 0.6 -1.7 .92 -0.7 -0.4 -7.9 -0.8 1.00 -7.3 1.31 14
1976 29 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 51 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 1.24 -0.6 0.3 -4.5 -0.5 0.96 -5.8 2.43 13
1977 30 TOT MLB -2.1 -0.2 30 0.0 0.5 -0.4 .89 -0.2 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.92 -2.3 0.08 1
1977 30 SFG NL -1.7 -0.2 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .67 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.77 -2.2 0.08 1
1977 30 BAL AL -0.4 -0.0 14 0.1 0.4 -0.2 1.13 -0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.10 -0.0 0
9 Yrs -55.7 -5.8 824 -3.9 11.7 -15.6 1.02 -4.7 0.9 -48.9 -4.9 0.97 -53.3 1.68 42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1969 22 CHC NL 1 0 50% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1970 23 CHC NL 1 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1971 24 CHC NL 2 0 23% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1972 25 CHC NL 2 0 27% 28 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1973 26 CHC NL 3 0 24% 52 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 60% 5 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 3
1974 27 SFG NL 2 0 18% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 36% 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 3
1975 28 STL NL 1 0 22% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1976 29 STL NL 1 0 11% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1977 30 TOT MLB 0 0 38% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
1977 30 SFG NL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 30 BAL AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
9 Yrs 13 0 24% 250 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 9 43% 27 19 8 4 3 1 25 9 15

Situational Hitting*

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
1969 22 CHC NL 40 40% 7 10 3 0 2 1.57 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 2 0 0% 35 5 14% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1970 23 CHC NL 43 37% 4 3 0 0 0 1.12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 3 2 67% 29 2 7% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1971 24 CHC NL 86 28% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 22 3 14% 13 3 23% 61 8 13% 5 4 80% 1 0 0% 0
1972 25 CHC NL 116 32% 25 1 0 0 0 1.34 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 60% 24 4 17% 12 9 75% 73 11 15% 7 7 100% 11 8 73% 0
1973 26 CHC NL 182 36% 35 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 100% 30 6 20% 18 9 50% 110 17 15% 9 5 56% 9 7 78% 0
1974 27 SFG NL 181 41% 41 0 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 31 6 19% 12 5 42% 120 11 9% 7 2 29% 8 5 63% 0
1975 28 STL NL 83 73% 16 14 1 0 1 1.31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 4 17% 10 2 20% 62 5 8% 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 0
1976 29 STL NL 51 76% 8 13 4 0 1 2.43 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 2 1 50% 32 6 19% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
1977 30 TOT MLB 30 30% 7 1 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 18 2 11% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1977 30 SFG NL 16 38% 3 1 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1977 30 BAL AL 14 21% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 812 42% 158 42 8 0 4 1.68 6 0 22 4 2 4 2 0 13 11 85% 169 27 16% 73 31 42% 540 67 12% 40 23 58% 39 25 64% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1969 22 27 40 34 7 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 6 11 .206 .325 .324 .649 74 11 1 0 0 0 0
1970 23 47 83 74 8 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 7 23 .149 .222 .216 .438 15 16 2 0 2 0 1
1971 24 72 169 150 13 26 5 0 1 15 0 0 13 43 .173 .244 .227 .471 26 34 5 1 5 0 1
1972 25 114 285 256 23 51 6 1 3 24 1 2 19 57 .199 .260 .266 .526 42 68 9 2 8 0 1
1973 26 178 467 426 35 86 14 2 5 41 2 6 26 82 .202 .252 .279 .531 43 119 15 3 10 2 1
1974 27 235 648 584 46 127 17 2 5 51 2 6 47 97 .217 .279 .279 .559 52 163 21 4 11 2 6
1975 28 279 731 664 51 143 19 2 6 57 2 6 50 107 .215 .274 .277 .551 50 184 25 4 11 2 6
1976 29 306 782 714 52 151 22 2 6 62 2 6 51 114 .211 .267 .273 .540 47 195 27 4 11 2 6
1977 30 328 812 743 55 158 23 2 6 64 2 6 52 121 .213 .267 .273 .540 47 203 27 4 11 2 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1969 22 27 38 33 6 6 1 0 1 5 0 5 11 .182 .289 .303 .593 3 27
1970 23 20 44 41 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 12 .122 .143 .146 .289 1 20
1971 24 25 87 77 5 16 3 0 0 8 0 6 20 .208 .274 .247 .521 5 25
1972 25 44 122 112 11 27 1 1 2 10 1 6 15 .241 .286 .321 .607 10 42
1973 26 64 182 170 12 35 8 1 2 17 1 7 25 .206 .239 .300 .539 12 64
1974 27 57 181 158 11 41 3 0 0 10 0 21 15 .259 .350 .278 .628 15 57
1975 28 44 83 80 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 3 10 .200 .229 .263 .491 5 44
1976 29 27 51 50 1 8 3 0 0 5 0 1 7 .160 .176 .220 .396 2 27
1977 30 22 30 29 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .241 .267 .276 .543 2 22
9 Yrs 330 818 750 56 161 23 2 6 66 2 51 122 .215 .268 .275 .542 55 328
162 Game Avg. 162 402 368 27 79 11 1 3 32 1 25 60 .215 .268 .275 .542 27 328

* 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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