Ken Rudolph
Kenneth Victor Rudolph
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 29, 1946 in Rockford, IL
High School: Cathedral (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1969
Final Game: September 7, 1977
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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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 .743 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 .387 .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 .408 .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 Seasons 812 631 51 2.2 101 .246 .213 .270 .267 .340 .273 .396 .540 .737 47 .228 -55.8 -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 -55.8 -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 -13.6 -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*

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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
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 1.15 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 Seasons 812 0.7% 14.9% 6.4% 3.8% 20% 2.33 6.1 123.8 11.6 1.15 76%
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
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 Seasons 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
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
1969 22 CHC NL 40 40% 7 10 3 0 2 1.63 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 7% 2 0 0% 35 5 14% 1 1 100% 3 3 100% 0
1970 23 CHC NL 43 37% 4 3 0 0 0 1.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 3 2 67% 29 2 7% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 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% 6 1 17% 0
1972 25 CHC NL 115 32% 25 1 0 0 0 1.48 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 75% 23 4 17% 11 8 73% 71 11 15% 7 7 100% 6 4 67% 1
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% 15 5 33% 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% 11 4 36% 0
1975 28 STL NL 83 73% 16 14 1 0 1 1.39 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 2.51 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 2 1 50% 32 6 19% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1977 30 TOT MLB 30 30% 7 1 0 0 0 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 18 2 11% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1977 30 SFG NL 16 38% 3 1 0 0 0 0.10 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% 1 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 811 42% 158 42 8 0 4 1.75 6 0 22 4 2 4 2 0 12 11 92% 168 27 16% 72 30 42% 538 67 12% 40 23 58% 50 20 40% 1
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
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

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 22 27 40 34 7 7 1 0 1 6 0 6 11 .206 .325 .324 .649 4 27
1970 23 20 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .024 .000 .024 0 20
1971 24 25 84 77 5 16 3 0 0 7 0 6 20 .208 .274 .247 .521 5 25
1972 25 44 117 110 11 25 1 1 2 10 1 6 15 .227 .274 .309 .583 9 42
1973 26 64 175 166 12 31 7 1 2 17 1 6 25 .187 .217 .277 .494 10 64
1974 27 57 182 159 11 42 3 0 0 10 0 22 15 .264 .357 .283 .640 16 57
1975 28 44 81 78 5 14 2 0 1 6 0 3 10 .179 .210 .244 .453 4 44
1976 29 27 51 50 1 8 3 0 0 6 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 Seasons 330 801 743 55 150 21 2 6 64 2 52 122 .202 .257 .260 .517 52 328
162 Game Avg. 162 393 365 27 74 10 1 3 31 1 26 60 .202 .257 .260 .517 26 328

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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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