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 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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 CHC NL 22 C 11 6 60.0 43 39 3 1 0 .977 -1.0 -20.0 -1 6.30 3.82 .988 7.06 6.25 0 2 3 0 0%
1969 CHC NL 22 LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 1.70 1.30
1969 CHC NL 22 OF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.00 1.73
1970 CHC NL 23 C 16 9 93.0 73 67 6 0 1 1.000 2.0 25.8 2 7.06 4.56 .986 6.85 5.94 1 4 2 5 71%
1971 CHC NL 24 C 25 24 214.0 169 153 16 0 1 1.000 8.0 44.9 8 7.11 6.76 .988 6.34 5.63 1 0 3 13 81%
1972 CHC NL 25 C 41 32 283.2 208 178 23 7 2 .966 2.0 8.5 2 6.38 4.90 .988 6.61 5.87 4 7 13 15 54%
1973 CHC NL 26 C 64 52 443.0 296 259 28 9 4 .970 3.0 8.1 3 5.83 4.48 .987 6.34 5.58 2 11 28 20 42%
1974 SFG NL 27 C 56 53 443.2 279 253 25 1 4 .996 0.0 0.0 0 5.64 4.96 .985 6.12 5.37 4 7 35 11 24%
1975 STL NL 28 C 31 15 162.2 107 93 11 3 1 .972 -2.0 -14.8 -2 5.75 3.35 .985 6.03 5.24 3 7 14 6 30%
1976 STL NL 29 C 14 8 93.0 67 61 2 4 1 .940 -1.0 -12.9 -1 6.10 4.50 .987 5.96 5.16 0 7 7 4 36%
1977 TOT MLB 30 C 22 9 92.2 78 66 10 2 4 .974 2.0 25.9 2 7.38 3.45 .986 6.25 5.30 1 0 7 6 46%
1977 SFG NL 30 C 11 5 47.0 37 30 5 2 3 .946 1.0 25.5 1 6.70 3.18 .986 6.49 5.54 0 0 2 3 60%
1977 BAL AL 30 C 11 4 45.2 41 36 5 0 1 1.000 1.0 26.3 1 8.08 3.73 .985 6.01 5.06 1 0 5 3 38%
9 Seasons C 280 208 1885.2 1320 1169 124 27 18 .980 13.0 8.3 13 6.17 4.62 .987 6.33 5.55 16 45 112 80 42%
1 Season LF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 1.70 1.30
1 Season OF 3 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.00 1.73
9 Seasons TOT 283 209 1894.2 1322 1171 124 27 18 .980 13.2 8.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 13 6.15 4.58 .966 6.31 5.51 16 45 112 80 42%

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
1969 CHC NL 22 27 7 27 27 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 2
1970 CHC NL 23 20 9 20 20 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1971 CHC NL 24 25 24 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 25 42 32 42 42 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1973 CHC NL 26 64 52 64 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SFG NL 27 57 53 57 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 STL NL 28 44 15 44 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1976 STL NL 29 27 8 27 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1977 BAL AL 30 11 4 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SFG NL 30 11 5 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 328 209 328 301 0 280 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 47 4
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1969 CHC NL 22 263 3.60 4.50 4 100% 0 0 39 1 1 0 37 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 CHC NL 23 415 3.87 4.06 6 100% 0 0 65 5 0 3 57 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1971 CHC NL 24 958 4.16 5.00 10 100% 0 0 153 5 0 2 146 16 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 CHC NL 25 1268 3.97 4.54 17 100% 0 0 176 11 2 3 160 24 6 0 0 2 7 0 3 4 0 2 0 1 2 3 100%
1973 CHC NL 26 1950 3.31 3.84 25 92% 1 0 259 14 3 11 231 27 9 0 0 1 9 1 1 7 0 4 0 1 1 3 67%
1974 SFG NL 27 1957 3.63 4.32 29 100% 0 0 256 22 1 3 230 23 7 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 7 100%
1975 STL NL 28 728 2.71 3.38 7 100% 0 1 95 5 0 2 88 10 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 29 436 5.61 5.90 5 60% 0 0 61 3 2 0 56 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
1977 BAL AL 30 207 3.94 4.93 6 83% 0 0 36 4 0 0 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 SFG NL 30 209 4.02 4.98 2 50% 0 0 31 1 3 1 26 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
9 Seasons 8391 3.71 4.34 111 95% 1 1 1171 71 12 25 1063 121 30 2 1 8 27 1 9 17 0 18 1 4 7 20 95%
MLB Averages 3.66 4.14 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1969 CHC NL 22 0 2 93 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.21
1970 CHC NL 23 1 4 154 2 5 4 71% 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 10 4 1.38 0.89
1971 CHC NL 24 1 0 370 3 13 11 81% 3 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 14 1.39 1.51
1972 CHC NL 25 4 7 462 13 15 15 54% 12 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 16 1.41 1.17
1973 CHC NL 26 2 11 722 28 20 16 42% 27 18 1 1 0 1 1 0 56 24 1.10 1.10
1974 SFG NL 27 4 7 734 35 11 11 24% 31 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 53 14 1.61 1.21
1975 STL NL 28 3 7 279 14 6 6 30% 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 1.09 1.81
1976 STL NL 29 0 7 175 7 4 2 36% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 1.04 0.75
1977 BAL AL 30 1 0 87 5 3 3 38% 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 1.11 1.10
1977 SFG NL 30 0 0 75 2 3 3 60% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.99 1.38
9 Seasons 16 45 3151 112 80 71 42% 102 70 10 7 0 3 4 2 217 89 1.31 1.23
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1969 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 67% 74% 26% 3 67%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 67% 74% 26% 3 67%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.8% 60% 78% 26% 47%

* 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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