Ken Suarez
Kenneth Raymond Suarez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 12, 1943 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jesuit (Tampa, FL)
School: Florida State University
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Final Game: September 22, 1973
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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
1966 KCA AL 23 C 34 26 233.0 173 145 20 8 7 .954 -1.0 -5.2 -1 6.37 4.85 .988 6.86 5.86 4 7 18 12 40%
1967 KCA AL 24 C 36 22 201.0 194 170 20 4 2 .979 3.0 17.9 3 8.51 5.28 .989 7.22 6.15 2 5 9 11 55%
1968 CLE AL 25 C 12 1 26.1 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.86 1.92 .991 6.97 6.01 0 1 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 2B 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.30
1968 CLE AL 25 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1968 CLE AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1968 CLE AL 25 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1969 CLE AL 26 C 36 29 267.2 213 191 20 2 3 .991 2.0 9.0 2 7.09 5.86 .987 6.65 5.59 4 11 9 11 55%
1971 CLE AL 28 C 48 39 357.0 284 268 14 2 3 .993 1.0 3.4 1 7.11 5.88 .988 6.37 5.63 1 15 15 13 46%
1972 TEX AL 29 C 17 6 67.1 57 53 2 2 0 .965 1.0 17.8 1 7.35 3.24 .986 6.48 5.66 0 0 1 3 75%
1973 TEX AL 30 C 90 88 755.1 551 501 44 6 4 .989 2.0 3.2 2 6.49 6.06 .985 6.05 5.29 3 27 50 32 39%
7 Seasons C 273 211 1907.2 1495 1350 121 24 19 .984 8.0 5.0 8 6.94 5.39 .987 6.44 5.63 14 66 102 82 45%
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.30
1 Season 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
7 Seasons TOT 276 211 1909.2 1496 1350 122 24 19 .984 7.8 4.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 8 6.94 5.33 .971 6.44 5.60 14 66 102 82 45%

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
1966 KCA AL 23 35 26 35 35 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 KCA AL 24 39 22 39 39 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 CLE AL 25 17 1 17 17 0 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1969 CLE AL 26 36 29 36 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CLE AL 28 50 39 50 50 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 TEX AL 29 25 6 25 25 0 17 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 295 211 295 292 0 273 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 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%
1966 KCA AL 23 1030 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 24 907 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 25 111 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 1230 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 1612 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 29 291 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 3510 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 8691 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*

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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
1966 KCA AL 23 4 7 346 18 12 11 40% 16 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 44 16 1.07 0.81
1967 KCA AL 24 2 5 332 9 11 11 55% 6 11 2 0 1 0 2 0 24 13 1.09 1.12
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 1.47 1.00
1971 CLE AL 28 1 15 579 15 13 13 46% 14 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 51 16 1.15 1.21
1972 TEX AL 29 0 0 97 1 3 2 75% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1.42 0.62
1973 TEX AL 30 4 27 1330 50 32 30 39% 48 30 2 1 0 1 1 1 103 35 1.20 1.31
7 Seasons 15 66 3212 102 82 78 45% 93 72 7 8 2 2 3 1 256 97 1.19 1.13
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 62% 77% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

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%
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 8 63% 63% 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 8 63% 63% 0% 2 0%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 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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