Ken Schrom
Kenneth Marvin Schrom
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 23, 1954 in Grangeville, ID
High School: Grangeville (Grangeville, ID)
School: University of Idaho
Drafted by the California Angels in the 17th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1980
Final Game: October 3, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 25 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 5.23 17 0 6 0 0 1 31.0 32 18 18 2 19 3 13 0 0 0 140 83 1.645 9.3 0.6 5.5 3.8 0.68
1982 27 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 5.87 6 0 1 0 0 0 15.1 13 11 10 3 15 3 8 0 0 1 71 77 1.826 7.6 1.8 8.8 4.7 0.53
1983 28 MIN AL 15 8 .652 3.71 33 28 2 6 1 0 196.1 196 92 81 14 80 3 80 9 1 2 843 115 1.406 9.0 0.6 3.7 3.7 1.00
1984 29 MIN AL 5 11 .313 4.47 25 21 1 3 0 0 137.0 156 75 68 15 41 2 49 1 0 2 596 94 1.438 10.2 1.0 2.7 3.2 1.20
1985 30 MIN AL 9 12 .429 4.99 29 26 1 6 0 0 160.2 164 95 89 28 59 2 74 0 0 2 679 87 1.388 9.2 1.6 3.3 4.1 1.25
1986 31 CLE AL 14 7 .667 4.54 34 33 1 3 1 0 206.0 217 118 104 34 49 3 87 12 1 2 883 91 1.291 9.5 1.5 2.1 3.8 1.78 AS
1987 32 CLE AL 6 13 .316 6.50 32 29 0 4 1 0 153.2 185 126 111 29 57 1 61 3 2 4 695 69 1.575 10.8 1.7 3.3 3.6 1.07
7 Seasons 51 51 .500 4.81 176 137 12 22 3 1 900.0 963 535 481 125 320 17 372 25 4 13 3907 89 1.426 9.6 1.3 3.2 3.7 1.16
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 4.81 38 30 3 5 1 0 196 209 116 104 27 70 4 81 5 1 3 849 89 1.426 9.6 1.3 3.2 3.7 1.16
MIN (3 yrs) 29 31 .483 4.34 87 75 4 15 1 0 494.0 516 262 238 57 180 7 203 10 1 6 2118 99 1.409 9.4 1.0 3.3 3.7 1.13
CLE (2 yrs) 20 20 .500 5.38 66 62 1 7 2 0 359.2 402 244 215 63 106 4 148 15 3 6 1578 80 1.412 10.1 1.6 2.7 3.7 1.40
TOR (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 5.44 23 0 7 0 0 1 46.1 45 29 28 5 34 6 21 0 0 1 211 81 1.705 8.7 1.0 6.6 4.1 0.62

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 CLE AL 31

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 TOR AL 17 140 117 18 32 5 1 2 2 0 19 13 .274 .372 .385 .757 .291 45 1 0 3 1 3
1982 27 TOR AL 6 71 56 11 13 1 0 3 2 0 15 8 .232 .394 .411 .805 .222 23 3 0 0 0 3
1983 28 MIN AL 33 843 738 92 196 50 1 14 16 12 80 80 .266 .341 .393 .734 .279 290 18 9 7 9 3
1984 29 MIN AL 25 596 548 75 156 30 1 15 9 5 41 49 .285 .333 .425 .759 .289 233 8 1 2 4 2
1985 30 MIN AL 29 679 603 95 164 33 3 28 9 11 59 74 .272 .333 .476 .809 .267 287 8 0 9 8 2
1986 31 CLE AL 34 883 802 118 217 40 3 34 23 4 49 87 .271 .318 .455 .773 .264 365 17 12 8 12 3
1987 32 CLE AL 32 695 620 126 185 37 3 29 12 6 57 61 .298 .357 .508 .865 .291 315 10 3 9 6 1
7 Seasons 176 3907 3484 535 963 196 12 125 73 38 320 372 .276 .338 .447 .785 .277 1558 65 25 38 40 17
162 Game Avg. 38 849 757 116 209 43 3 27 16 8 70 81 .276 .338 .447 .785 .277 338 14 5 8 9 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 28 MIN AL 33 28 14 8 6 1 2 17 11 .607 3 2 6 1 19 68% 50 74 16 30 8 15 5 4.5 5.0 6.6
1984 29 MIN AL 25 21 5 11 5 0 5 8 13 .381 3 1 3 0 13 62% 47 72 26 27 9 3 7 3.9 3.5 6.0
1985 30 MIN AL 29 26 9 12 5 4 3 12 14 .462 4 3 6 0 9 35% 47 82 22 25 13 8 12 4.2 4.6 5.8
1986 31 CLE AL 34 33 14 7 12 5 2 22 11 .667 3 2 3 1 16 48% 48 87 13 33 14 1 14 5.3 5.7 6.2
1987 32 CLE AL 32 29 6 13 10 1 1 11 18 .379 2 3 4 1 8 28% 40 80 10 34 13 2 12 4.6 5.0 5.0
5 Seasons 153 137 48 51 38 11 13 70 67 .511 15 11 22 3 65 47% 46 87 10 149 57 29 50 4.6 4.9 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 25 TOR AL 17 17 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 2 10% 9 0.774 5 3 8 2 3 12 10 7 8 5 10 2 5.5
1982 27 TOR AL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 3 0.334 1 1 4 1 0 5 5 1 5 1 6 0 7.7
1983 28 MIN AL 33 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 5 1.045 0 2 3 0 1 4 3 2 3 1 3 0 7.2
1984 29 MIN AL 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 1 0.986 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 7.5
1985 30 MIN AL 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0.900 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 10.3
1986 31 CLE AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.946 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1987 32 CLE AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 75% 3 0.992 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.3
7 Seasons 176 39 12 3 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 51 15 29% 0.956 8 9 21 4 4 31 25 14 24 9 27 2 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 25 TOR AL 140 40% 1.4% 9.3% 13.6% 5.7% 25% 0.98 74% 29 1 3%
1982 27 TOR AL 71 55% 4.2% 11.3% 21.1% 5.6% 31% 0.81 63% 22 3 14%
1983 28 MIN AL 843 55% 1.7% 9.5% 9.5% 7.7% 33% 0.90 77% 155 18 12%
1984 29 MIN AL 596 57% 2.5% 8.2% 6.9% 7.7% 30% 0.68 82% 117 8 7%
1985 30 MIN AL 679 54% 4.1% 10.9% 8.7% 9.4% 39% 0.79 75% 106 8 8%
1986 31 CLE AL 883 55% 3.9% 9.9% 5.6% 8.7% 36% 0.64 78% 162 17 10%
1987 32 CLE AL 695 52% 4.2% 8.8% 8.2% 9.9% 37% 0.66 77% 133 10 8%
7 Seasons 3907 54% 3.2% 9.5% 8.2% 8.5% 35% 0.74 77% 724 65 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 25 TOR AL 140 32 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 10 4 1 40% 0 0 0 60 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 27 TOR AL 71 13 3 1 4 2 1 0 3 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 36 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 28 MIN AL 843 196 14 0 19 3 11 9 5 37 20 3 54% 6 2 3 321 16 12 57% 15 9 1 3 0 0 1 1 20 0
1984 29 MIN AL 596 156 15 0 9 6 9 6 9 29 18 3 62% 8 2 0 217 9 5 64% 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1985 30 MIN AL 679 164 28 0 6 13 15 21 7 32 20 4 63% 4 2 0 221 9 11 45% 9 9 0 2 0 0 3 0 11 0
1986 31 CLE AL 883 217 34 0 9 17 17 16 18 43 28 1 65% 14 2 1 313 23 4 85% 21 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 0
1987 32 CLE AL 695 185 29 0 17 12 17 16 13 40 28 2 70% 11 4 1 247 12 6 67% 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
7 Seasons 3907 963 125 1 70 54 71 69 56 195 121 14 62% 44 13 5 1415 73 38 66% 67 32 5 5 1 1 5 1 81 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 25 1 0 1.000 5.23 17 0 6 0 0 1 31.0 32 18 18 2 19 3 13 0 0 0 140 83 1.645 9.3 0.6 5.5 3.8 0.68 83
1981 26 1 0 1.000 5.23 17 0 6 0 0 1 31.0 32 18 18 2 19 3 13 0 0 0 140 83 1.645 9.3 0.6 5.5 3.8 0.68 83
1982 27 2 0 1.000 5.44 23 0 7 0 0 1 46.1 45 29 28 5 34 6 21 0 0 1 211 81 1.705 8.7 1.0 6.6 4.1 0.62 81
1983 28 17 8 .680 4.04 56 28 9 6 1 1 242.2 241 121 109 19 114 9 101 9 1 3 1054 106 1.463 8.9 0.7 4.2 3.7 0.89 106
1984 29 22 19 .537 4.20 81 49 10 9 1 1 379.2 397 196 177 34 155 11 150 10 1 5 1650 102 1.454 9.4 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.97 102
1985 30 31 31 .500 4.43 110 75 11 15 1 1 540.1 561 291 266 62 214 13 224 10 1 7 2329 97 1.434 9.3 1.0 3.6 3.7 1.05 97
1986 31 45 38 .542 4.46 144 108 12 18 2 1 746.1 778 409 370 96 263 16 311 22 2 9 3212 95 1.395 9.4 1.2 3.2 3.8 1.18 95
1987 32 51 51 .500 4.81 176 137 12 22 3 1 900.0 963 535 481 125 320 17 372 25 4 13 3907 89 1.426 9.6 1.3 3.2 3.7 1.16 89

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 25 1 2 .333 5.10 30.0 31 19 17 2 18 13 0 1.633 9.3 5.4 3.9 0.72 0.6 17
1982 27 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 13 10 9 3 15 7 0 2.000 8.4 9.6 4.5 0.47 1.9 6
1983 28 10 10 .500 3.92 186.0 195 90 81 14 80 76 9 1.478 9.4 3.9 3.7 0.95 0.7 33
1984 29 6 8 .429 4.70 132.0 158 77 69 15 42 47 1 1.515 10.8 2.9 3.2 1.12 1.0 25
1985 30 6 10 .375 5.15 152.0 163 97 87 28 59 70 0 1.461 9.7 3.5 4.1 1.19 1.7 29
1986 31 9 13 .409 4.84 199.0 224 119 107 35 51 84 12 1.382 10.1 2.3 3.8 1.65 1.6 34
1987 32 5 11 .313 6.32 151.0 183 118 106 29 56 60 3 1.583 10.9 3.3 3.6 1.07 1.7 32
7 Seasons 37 55 .402 4.96 864.0 967 530 476 126 321 357 25 1.491 10.1 3.7 1.11 1.3 176

* 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
1986

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 AL--.652--8th
1986 AL--.667--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL--2.141--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL--28--9th
1986 AL--34--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL--.642--8th

Losses s c a p y
1987 AL--13--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--111--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL--9--3rd
1986 AL--12--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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