Ken Suarez

Kenneth Raymond Suarez

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 12, 1943 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians/Athletics 1966-1973

Final Game: September 22, 1973
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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
1965	22	OAK-min	A,AA	98	315	285	20	72	17	1	13	20	0	0	30	34	.253	.324	.456	.780		130							LEW,BIR · NORW,SOUL
1966	23	OAK-min	AA	9	26	16	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	5	.125	.462	.125	.587		2							MOB · SOUL
1966	23	KCA	AL	35	85	69	5	10	0	1	0	2	2	0	15	26	.145	.298	.174	.472	42	12	1	0	1	0	0	2
1967	24	OAK-min	AA	16	55	40	8	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	15	9	.250	.455	.325	.780		13							BIR · SOUL
1967	24	KCA	AL	39	82	63	7	15	5	0	2	9	1	0	16	21	.238	.388	.413	.800	139	26	1	0	2	1	1	2
1968	25	CLE	AL	17	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	2/457
1969	26	CLE-min	AAA	49	186	155	22	37	4	2	2	10	0	0	28	17	.239	.357	.329	.686		51		1	1	1			POR · PCL
1969	26	CLE	AL	36	102	85	7	25	5	0	1	9	1	0	15	12	.294	.400	.388	.788	119	33	5	0	2	0	5	2

1970	27	CLE-min	AAA	84	307	269	24	81	22	0	3	28	0	0	35	28	.301	.381	.416	.797		112		1	0	2			WCH · AA
1971	28	CLE	AL	50	146	123	10	25	7	0	1	9	0	1	18	15	.203	.310	.285	.595	64	35	2	2	1	2	3	2
1972	29	TEX-min	AAA	35	101	91	6	31	3	0	1	6	0	0	9	3	.341	.406	.407	.813		37		1	0	0			DEN · AA
1972	29	TEX	AL	25	36	33	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	.152	.167	.182	.348	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	2
1973	30	TEX	AL	93	323	278	25	69	11	0	1	27	1	2	33	16	.248	.334	.299	.633	84	83	10	5	3	4	0	2
7 Yrs				295	785	661	57	150	29	1	5	60	5	3	99	97	.227	.330	.297	.626	81	196	21	7	9	9	9
162 Game Avg.				162	431	363	31	82	16	1	3	33	3	2	54	53	.227	.330	.297	.626	81	108	12	4	5	5	5

CLE (3 yrs)				103	259	218	18	51	12	0	2	18	1	1	34	30	.234	.340	.317	.656	82	69	8	2	3	2	8
KCA (2 yrs)				74	167	132	12	25	5	1	2	11	3	0	31	47	.189	.341	.288	.629	88	38	2	0	3	1	1
TEX (2 yrs)				118	359	311	27	74	12	0	1	31	1	2	34	20	.238	.317	.286	.604	76	89	11	5	3	6	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
1966	23	KCA	AL	35	85	-4	-0	0	-1	2	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	2
1967	24	KCA	AL	39	82	3	-1	-0	3	1	6	0.7	2	9	1.0	.519	.505	0.6	0.5	6	$8,500	2
1968	25	CLE	AL	17	11	-1	-0	-0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$8,500	2/457
1969	26	CLE	AL	36	102	4	0	-1	2	2	7	0.7	3	10	1.0	.521	.505	0.8	0.4	8	$	2

1971	28	CLE	AL	50	146	-7	-0	0	1	2	-3	-0.4	5	2	0.1	.493	.498	0.0	0.4	1	$15,000	2
1972	29	TEX	AL	25	36	-4	-0	-0	1	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.486	.498	-0.4	0.2	-3	$18,000	2
1973	30	TEX	AL	93	323	-2	-2	-1	2	5	2	0.4	10	12	1.3	.502	.501	1.1	0.9	10	$20,000	2
7 Seasons				295	785	-12	-3	-1	8	13	4	0.4	24	28	2.6	.501	.500	1.9	2.3	20	$70,000

CLE (3 yrs)				103	259	-4	0	-1	3	4	2	0.2	8	10	0.9	.502	.500	0.7	0.8	8	$23,500
KCA (2 yrs)				74	167	-2	-1	0	2	3	2	0.2	5	7	0.7	.504	.501	0.5	0.5	5	$8,500
TEX (2 yrs)				118	359	-6	-2	-1	3	5	-1	0.0	12	11	1.0	.499	.500	0.7	1.0	8	$38,000

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
1966	23	KCA	AL	85	61	5	2.2	87	.233	.145	.245	.298	.311	.174	.378	.472	.689	42	.260	-4.7	-0.5	.483	.275	.029	.0
1967	24	KCA	AL	82	52	12	6.2	83	.317	.238	.241	.388	.310	.413	.362	.800	.672	139	.718	4.3	0.5	.878	.444	.175	1.3
1968	25	CLE	AL	11	10	0	0.0	79	.143	.100	.237	.182	.306	.100	.351	.282	.657	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.200	.100	.000
1969	26	CLE	AL	102	67	13	5.2	97	.333	.294	.258	.400	.335	.388	.389	.788	.724	119	.598	3.0	0.3	.754	.282	.094	1.0

1971	28	CLE	AL	146	104	12	3.1	99	.220	.203	.265	.310	.338	.285	.393	.595	.732	64	.383	-5.3	-0.6	.535	.220	.081	.0
1972	29	TEX	AL	36	31	1	0.9	80	.161	.152	.242	.167	.310	.182	.350	.348	.660	6	.068	-3.7	-0.4	.241	.061	.030
1973	30	TEX	AL	323	228	29	3.4	89	.257	.248	.254	.334	.322	.299	.373	.633	.694	84	.391	-3.6	-0.4	.543	.165	.050	1.0
7 Yrs				785	553	72	3.5	91	.255	.227	.253	.330	.323	.297	.377	.626	.700	81	.427	-11.4	-1.2	.568	.222	.070	5.0
162 Game Avg.				431	304	40	3.5	91	.255	.227	.253	.330	.323	.297	.377	.626	.700	81	.427	-11.4	-1.2	.568	.222	.070	3

CLE (3 yrs)				259	181	25	3.7	98	.261	.234	.261	.340	.336	.317	.390	.656	.725	82	.458	-3.6	-0.4	.597	.239	.083	1.3
KCA (2 yrs)				167	113	17	4.1	85	.274	.189	.243	.341	.310	.288	.370	.629	.680	88	.527	-0.4	-0.0	.661	.356	.098	2.4
TEX (2 yrs)				359	259	30	3.1	88	.247	.238	.252	.317	.320	.286	.370	.604	.691	76	.359	-7.3	-0.8	.508	.154	.048	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	23	KCA	AL	85	0.0%	30.6%	17.7%	1.2%	10%	1.73	2.7		34.5	1.27	51%
1967	24	KCA	AL	82	2.4%	25.6%	19.5%	8.5%	47%	1.31	3.0	31.5	7.0	0.41	50%
1968	25	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.3			1.33	64%
1969	26	CLE	AL	102	1.0%	11.8%	14.7%	5.9%	24%	0.80	7.1	85.0	9.4	1.36	71%

1971	28	CLE	AL	146	0.7%	10.3%	12.3%	5.5%	32%	0.83	8.2	123.0	13.7	0.81	75%
1972	29	TEX	AL	36	0.0%	11.1%	2.8%	2.8%	20%	4.00	8.3		8.3	1.25	86%
1973	30	TEX	AL	323	0.3%	5.0%	10.2%	3.7%	17%	0.48	17.4	278.0	10.3	1.31	82%
7 Yrs				785	0.6%	12.4%	12.6%	4.5%	23%	0.98	6.8	132.2	11.0	1.10	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.0%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.77	6.0	44.3	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	23	KCA	AL	-4.7	-0.5	87	-0.2	1.1	-1.3	.99	-0.3	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	0.91	-3.4	3.26	1
1967	24	KCA	AL	4.4	0.5	84	0.3	1.5	-1.2	1.02	0.3	0.0	3.7	0.4	1.06	3.4	0.83	3
1968	25	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.53	-0.1	-0.1	-1.4	-0.2	0.91	-1.5	0.25	3
1969	26	CLE	AL	3.0	0.3	107	0.4	2.1	-1.7	1.07	0.4	0.1	4.0	0.4	1.00	3.5		0

1971	28	CLE	AL	-5.3	-0.6	149	-0.3	2.1	-2.4	1.00	-0.3	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.92	-3.7	0.16	2
1972	29	TEX	AL	-3.7	-0.4	36	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.10	-0.4	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.05	-3.5	1.76	11
1973	30	TEX	AL	-3.6	-0.4	331	-0.6	5.2	-5.8	1.05	-0.7	0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.97	-7.4	1.79	4
7 Yrs				-11.3	-1.2	805	-0.9	12.3	-13.2	1.03	-1.2	0.3	-7.8	-0.9	0.97	-12.6	1.39	24

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	23	KCA	AL	1	0	20%	30	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1967	24	KCA	AL	0	0	17%	35	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	25%	4	3	1	2	1	0	2	1	1
1968	25	CLE	AL	0	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	CLE	AL	4	0	15%	62	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	33%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	0	2

1971	28	CLE	AL	1	0	21%	48	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	36%	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	1	2
1972	29	TEX	AL	0	0	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1973	30	TEX	AL	6	0	23%	145	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	43%	26	19	7	4	2	2	12	2	9
7 Yrs				12	0	21%	328	5	3	63%	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	15	37%	47	36	11	7	4	2	24	5	16

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
1966	23	KCA	AL	85	55%	10			1	0	0	0	3.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	4	1	25%	44	2	5%	4	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1967	24	KCA	AL	82	28%	15			3	0	0	0	0.83	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	18	1	6%	8	3	38%	55	7	13%	6	3	50%	5	4	80%	0
1968	25	CLE	AL	11	45%	1			3	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	CLE	AL	102	51%	25			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	23	5	22%	9	3	33%	61	8	13%	6	2	33%	5	2	40%	0

1971	28	CLE	AL	146	34%	25			2	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	22	2	9%	11	6	55%	81	9	11%	5	3	60%	4	4	100%	0
1972	29	TEX	AL	36	72%	5			11	1	0	2	1.76	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	3	60%	26	4	15%	5	4	80%	1	1	100%	0
1973	30	TEX	AL	323	36%	69			4	1	0	0	1.79	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	56	10	18%	24	12	50%	209	27	13%	19	12	63%	9	6	67%	0
7 Yrs				785	41%	150			24	2	0	2	1.39	5	0	17	3	2	1	4	0	9	9	100%	144	21	15%	62	28	45%	484	57	12%	45	24	53%	25	18	72%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

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
1966	23	35	85	69	5	10	0	1	0	2	2	0	15	26	.145	.298	.174	.472	42	12	1	0	1	0	0
1967	24	74	167	132	12	25	5	1	2	11	3	0	31	47	.189	.341	.288	.629	88	38	2	0	3	1	1
1968	25	91	178	142	13	26	5	1	2	11	3	0	32	50	.183	.331	.275	.606	81	39	3	0	3	1	1
1969	26	127	280	227	20	51	10	1	3	20	4	0	47	62	.225	.356	.317	.674	96	72	8	0	5	1	6
1970	27	127	280	227	20	51	10	1	3	20	4	0	47	62	.225	.356	.317	.674	96	72	8	0	5	1	6
1971	28	177	426	350	30	76	17	1	4	29	4	1	65	77	.217	.340	.306	.646	84	107	10	2	6	3	9
1972	29	202	462	383	32	81	18	1	4	33	4	1	66	81	.211	.327	.295	.622	78	113	11	2	6	5	9
1973	30	295	785	661	57	150	29	1	5	60	5	3	99	97	.227	.330	.297	.626	81	196	21	7	9	9	9

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
1966	23	35	87	70	6	11	0	1	0	2	2	16	26	.157	.314	.186	.500	4	35
1967	24	39	86	65	8	17	6	0	2	11	1	18	21	.262	.417	.446	.863	12	39
1968	25	17	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	17
1969	26	36	104	86	7	26	5	0	1	10	1	16	12	.302	.412	.395	.807	14	36

1971	28	50	149	125	10	26	7	0	1	9	0	19	15	.208	.318	.288	.606	11	50
1972	29	26	37	34	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	4	.147	.162	.176	.339	1	25
1973	30	93	334	285	29	76	12	0	1	32	1	36	16	.267	.356	.319	.676	32	93
7 Yrs		296	808	675	62	161	31	1	5	68	5	107	97	.239	.345	.310	.655	74	295
162 Game Avg.		162	442	369	34	88	17	1	3	37	3	59	53	.239	.345	.310	.655	41	295

* 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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