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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1966 KCA AL 23 C 34 26 17 233.0 173 145 20 8 7 .954 -1 -5 6.37 4.85 .988 6.86 6.85 4 7 18 12 40% 38% 0
1967 KCA AL 24 C 36 22 18 201.0 194 170 20 4 2 .979 3 18 8.51 5.28 .989 7.22 7.23 2 5 9 11 55% 41% 2
1968 CLE AL 25 C 12 1 1 26.1 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.86 1.92 .990 6.97 6.94 0 1 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 2B 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.10
1968 CLE AL 25 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1968 CLE AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1968 CLE AL 25 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1969 CLE AL 26 C 36 29 22 267.2 213 191 20 2 3 .991 2 9 7.09 5.86 .987 6.65 6.65 4 11 9 11 55% 36% 0
1971 CLE AL 28 C 48 39 33 357.0 284 268 14 2 3 .993 1 3 7.11 5.88 .988 6.37 6.34 1 15 15 13 46% 39% 0
1972 TEX AL 29 C 17 6 3 67.1 57 53 2 2 0 .965 1 18 7.35 3.24 .985 6.48 6.46 0 0 1 3 75% 39% 0
1973 TEX AL 30 C 90 88 78 755.1 551 501 44 6 4 .989 2 3 6.49 6.06 .985 6.05 6.02 3 27 50 32 39% 38% 1
7 Seasons C 273 211 172 1907.2 1495 1350 121 24 19 .984 8 5 6.94 5.39 .987 6.44 6.49 14 66 102 82 45% 38% 3
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.10
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
7 Seasons TOT 276 211 172 1909.2 1496 1350 122 24 19 .984 8 5 6.94 5.33 .987 6.44 6.46 14 66 102 82 45% 38% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1966 KCA AL 23 C -1 -5 -1
1967 KCA AL 24 C 3 18 3
1968 CLE AL 25 C 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 2B 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 LF -0 -240 -0 -0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 26 C 2 9 2
1971 CLE AL 28 C 1 3 1
1972 TEX AL 29 C 1 18 1
1973 TEX AL 30 C 2 3 2
7 Seasons C 8 5 8
1 Season 2B 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season LF -0 -240 -0 -0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT 8 5 -0 -0 0 0 8

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 KCA AL 23 35 26 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 KCA AL 24 39 22 39 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 CLE AL 25 17 1 17 13 0 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0
1969 CLE AL 26 36 29 36 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CLE AL 28 50 39 50 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 TEX AL 29 25 6 25 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1973 TEX AL 30 93 88 93 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Seasons 295 211 295 273 0 271 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 27 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1966 KCA AL 23 986 4.02 4.52 12 83% 0 0 146 8 0 6 132 21 2 0 0 2 8 0 2 6 2 6 0 1 1 1 100%
1967 KCA AL 24 878 4.75 5.24 12 92% 0 0 170 3 0 7 160 20 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 CLE AL 25 110 1.71 2.05 2 100% 0 0 23 1 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 26 1192 3.80 4.67 18 100% 0 1 190 9 3 3 175 21 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 5 100%
1971 CLE AL 28 1561 4.11 4.56 20 90% 0 0 269 16 0 7 246 15 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 100%
1972 TEX AL 29 287 4.14 4.68 6 100% 0 0 53 5 1 3 44 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 30 3389 4.89 5.64 33 91% 0 0 501 23 2 15 461 44 7 0 1 1 6 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 2 5 100%
7 Seasons 8403 4.40 5.04 103 92% 0 1 1352 65 6 42 1239 123 22 2 2 4 24 2 7 15 3 18 1 3 5 14 100%
MLB Averages 3.49 3.96 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1966 KCA AL 23 4 7 346 18 12 11 40% 16 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 44 16 1.13 0.77
1967 KCA AL 24 2 5 332 9 11 11 55% 6 11 2 0 1 0 2 0 24 13 1.02 1.15
1968 CLE AL 25 0 1 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 CLE AL 26 4 11 476 9 11 11 55% 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 32 14 1.51 0.95
1971 CLE AL 28 1 15 579 15 13 13 46% 14 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 51 16 1.22 1.21
1972 TEX AL 29 0 0 97 1 3 2 75% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1.82 0.49
1973 TEX AL 30 4 27 1330 50 32 30 39% 48 30 2 1 0 1 1 1 103 35 1.19 1.31
7 Seasons 15 66 3212 102 82 78 45% 93 72 7 8 2 2 3 1 256 97 1.20 1.12
MLB Averages 38% 1.29 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 CLE AL 25 2 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 CLE AL 25 1 100% 100% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 100% 100% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1968 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 71% 0% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 71% 0% 2 0%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.9% 64% 79% 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1966 AL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1973 AL  6.49 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1973 AL  6.06 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1973 AL  .989 (4th)

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