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Ken Tatum

Kenneth Ray Tatum

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 25, 1944 in Alexandria, LA
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1969
Teams (by GP): Angels/RedSox/WhiteSox 1969-1974

Final Game: July 1, 1974
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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
1969 25 CAL AL 45 24 21 3 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 .286 .318 .619 .937 164 13 0 1 2 0 0 1 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 26 CAL AL 62 11 11 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .455 .636 73 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 27 BOS AL 36 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .300 .417 .600 1.017 177 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 28 BOS AL 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 29 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 30 CHW AL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 176 51 45 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 17 .244 .306 .533 .839 134 24 0 1 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 47 41 6 10 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 16 .244 .306 .533 .839 134 22 0 1 2 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 59 15 12 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .250 .400 .500 .900 149 6 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 107 35 32 5 8 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 13 .250 .273 .563 .835 133 18 0 1 2 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1969 25 CAL AL 45 24 2 0 0 0 3 5 0.5 1 5 0.5 .511 .503 0.5 -0.0 5 $11,000 1 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 26 CAL AL 62 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $20,000 1
1971 27 BOS AL 36 12 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $35,000 1
1972 28 BOS AL 22 3 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1973 29 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $35,000 /1
1974 30 CHW AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $35,000 1
6 Seasons 176 51 3 -0 0 0 6 9 1.0 2 10 1.0 .506 .501 1.0 -0.0 10 $136,000
BOS (3 yrs) 59 15 1 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 -0.0 3 $70,000
CAL (2 yrs) 107 35 2 0 0 0 4 6 0.7 1 7 0.7 .506 .502 0.7 -0.0 7 $31,000
CHW (1 yr) 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $35,000

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
1969 25 CAL AL 24 17 4 6.4 90 .364 .286 .247 .318 .323 .619 .373 .937 .696 164 .679 1.5 0.2 .933 .333 .333 .0
1970 26 CAL AL 11 9 1 3.0 94 .200 .182 .253 .182 .327 .455 .387 .636 .713 73 .340 -0.6 -0.1 .556 .273 .273 .0
1971 27 BOS AL 12 7 3 11.5 99 .400 .300 .264 .417 .337 .600 .392 1.017 .729 177 .873 1.0 0.1 1.143 .500 .300 .0
1972 28 BOS AL 3 2 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .253 .333 .323 .000 .366 .333 .688 3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1974 30 CHW AL 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .376 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 51 36 8 6.0 93 .292 .244 .253 .306 .327 .533 .380 .839 .708 134 .661 1.6 0.2 .824 .356 .289 .0
162 Game Avg. 47 33 7 6.0 93 .292 .244 .253 .306 .327 .533 .380 .839 .708 134 .661 1 0 .824 .356 .289
BOS (3 yrs) 15 9 3 9.0 97 .286 .250 .262 .400 .334 .500 .387 .900 .722 149 .818 0.9 0.1 1.000 .500 .250 .0
CAL (2 yrs) 35 26 5 5.2 91 .313 .250 .249 .273 .324 .563 .378 .835 .702 133 .590 1.0 0.1 .792 .313 .313 .0
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .376 .000 .703 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 25 CAL AL 24 8.3% 33.3% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 2.6 10.5 10.5 2.00 46%
1970 26 CAL AL 11 9.1% 45.5% 0.0% 9.1% 50% 2.2 11.0 3.7 2.00 45%
1971 27 BOS AL 12 8.3% 33.3% 16.7% 8.3% 33% 2.00 2.5 10.0 10.0 2.00 42%
1972 28 BOS AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 67%
1974 30 CHW AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
6 Yrs 51 7.8% 33.3% 5.9% 9.8% 46% 5.67 2.6 11.3 7.5 1.83 47%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.3% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.2 44.3 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 25 CAL AL 1.5 0.2 24 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .69 0.2 -0.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.82 2.4 0
1970 26 CAL AL -0.6 -0.1 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .59 -0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.90 0.2 0
1971 27 BOS AL 1.0 0.1 12 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .56 0.1 -0.3 -1.4 -0.1 0.94 1.0 0
1972 28 BOS AL -0.2 -0.0 3 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .66 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.77 -0.0 0
1973 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1974 30 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .28 0.0 -0.0 0.7 0.1 1.12 0.6 0
6 Yrs 1.6 0.2 51 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 .63 0.3 -0.7 0.5 0.1 0.87 4.1 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 25 CAL AL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1970 26 CAL AL 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 BOS AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 28 BOS AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 CHW AL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2 0 27% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

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
1969 25 CAL AL 24 33% 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 CAL AL 11 18% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 10 2 20% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 BOS AL 12 17% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1972 28 BOS AL 3 33% 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
1974 30 CHW AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 51 27% 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 2 67% 9 0 0% 7 1 14% 30 2 7% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 11% 31% 14% 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
1969 25 45 24 21 3 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 .286 .318 .619 .937 164 13 0 1 2 0 0
1970 26 107 35 32 5 8 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 13 .250 .273 .563 .835 133 18 0 1 2 0 0
1971 27 143 47 42 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 2 17 .262 .311 .571 .883 145 24 0 1 2 0 0
1972 28 165 50 44 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 17 .250 .313 .545 .858 139 24 0 1 2 0 0
1973 29 166 50 44 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 17 .250 .313 .545 .858 139 24 0 1 2 0 0
1974 30 176 51 45 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 17 .244 .306 .533 .839 134 24 0 1 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 25 45 24 21 3 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 8 .286 .318 .619 .937 4 45
1970 26 62 11 11 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 .182 .182 .455 .636 1 62
1971 27 36 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .300 .417 .600 1.017 3 36
1972 28 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 22
1974 30 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
5 Yrs 176 51 45 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 3 17 .244 .306 .533 .839 8 175
162 Game Avg. 162 47 41 6 10 1 0 4 6 0 3 16 .244 .306 .533 .839 7 175

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

                                          

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