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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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Angels/RedSox/WhiteSox 1969-1974

Final Game: July 1, 1974 (Age 30)
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Standard Pitching

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
1969 25 CAL AL 7 2 .778 1.36 45 0 33 0 0 22 86.1 51 13 13 1 39 5 65 4 0 5 342 256 1.042 5.3 0.1 4.1 6.8 1.67 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 26 CAL AL 7 4 .636 2.94 62 0 33 0 0 17 88.2 68 35 29 12 26 5 50 5 0 6 364 123 1.060 6.9 1.2 2.6 5.1 1.92
1971 27 BOS AL 2 4 .333 4.19 36 1 22 0 0 9 53.2 50 27 25 3 25 7 21 8 0 3 235 89 1.398 8.4 0.5 4.2 3.5 0.84
1972 28 BOS AL 0 2 .000 3.07 22 0 14 0 0 4 29.1 32 12 10 3 15 3 15 2 0 2 133 107 1.602 9.8 0.9 4.6 4.6 1.00
1973 29 BOS AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 49 2.250 13.5 4.5 6.8 0.0 0.00
1974 30 CHW AL 0 0 4.79 10 1 3 0 0 0 20.2 23 12 11 3 9 0 5 0 0 2 94 80 1.548 10.0 1.3 3.9 2.2 0.56
6 Yrs 16 12 .571 2.93 176 2 105 0 0 52 282.2 230 103 92 24 117 20 156 19 0 18 1186 122 1.228 7.3 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.33
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .571 2.93 67 1 40 0 0 20 108 88 39 35 9 45 8 60 7 0 7 453 122 1.228 7.3 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.33
BOS (3 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.03 59 1 36 0 0 13 87.0 88 43 39 8 43 10 36 10 0 5 386 90 1.506 9.1 0.8 4.4 3.7 0.84
CAL (2 yrs) 14 6 .700 2.16 107 0 66 0 0 39 175.0 119 48 42 13 65 10 115 9 0 11 706 164 1.051 6.1 0.7 3.3 5.9 1.77
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 4.79 10 1 3 0 0 0 20.2 23 12 11 3 9 0 5 0 0 2 94 80 1.548 10.0 1.3 3.9 2.2 0.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1969 25 CAL AL 86.1 45 0 13 1.36 4.20 0.14 -0.17 95.2 3.70 23 2.7 1.7 0.8 4.3 30 .559 .516 $11,000 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 26 CAL AL 88.2 62 0 35 3.55 4.27 0.36 -0.17 98.4 3.67 2 0.2 2.0 -0.1 1.0 9 .503 .501 $20,000
1971 27 BOS AL 53.2 36 1 27 4.53 3.93 0.11 -0.17 111.7 4.08 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 0.0 2 .491 .498 $35,000
1972 28 BOS AL 29.1 22 0 12 3.68 3.44 -0.30 -0.15 104.4 3.76 0 0.1 1.3 -0.0 0.3 2 .502 .500
1973 29 BOS AL 4.0 1 0 4 9.00 4.74 0.36 -0.39 112.0 4.47 -2 -0.2 .8 0.0 -0.1 -2 .317 .499 $35,000
1974 30 CHW AL 20.2 10 1 12 5.23 4.29 -0.27 -0.30 108.6 4.64 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .485 .499 $35,000
6 Seasons 282.2 176 2 103 3.28 4.10 0.13 -0.18 101.5 3.85 19 2.3 1.7 0.5 5.5 42 .513 .502 $136,000
BOS (3 yrs) 87.0 59 1 43 4.45 3.80 -0.02 -0.17 109.3 3.99 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.2 3 .493 .499 $70,000
CAL (2 yrs) 175.0 107 0 48 2.47 4.23 0.25 -0.17 96.8 3.68 25 2.9 1.9 0.7 5.3 39 .527 .509 $31,000
CHW (1 yr) 20.2 10 1 12 5.23 4.29 -0.27 -0.30 108.6 4.64 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .485 .499 $35,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1969 25 CAL AL 45 342 296 13 51 9 1 1 5 0 39 65 .172 .276 .220 .495 .216 65 9 4 1 2 5 2
1970 26 CAL AL 62 363 326 35 68 10 2 12 4 2 26 50 .209 .275 .362 .637 .210 118 6 5 3 3 5 8
1971 27 BOS AL 36 235 196 27 50 9 3 3 4 0 25 21 .255 .358 .378 .735 .269 74 7 8 3 3 7 1
1972 28 BOS AL 22 134 114 12 32 7 0 3 1 1 15 15 .281 .374 .421 .795 .302 48 4 2 3 0 3 0
1973 29 BOS AL 1 18 13 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .462 .529 .923 1.452 .333 12 2 0 1 1 0 0
1974 30 CHW AL 10 94 84 12 23 2 1 3 1 0 9 5 .274 .340 .429 .769 .260 36 3 0 0 1 0 3
6 Yrs 176 1186 1029 103 230 37 7 24 15 3 117 156 .224 .311 .343 .655 .240 353 31 19 11 10 20 14
162 Game Avg. 67 453 393 39 88 14 3 9 6 1 45 60 .224 .311 .343 .655 .240 135 12 7 4 4 8 5
MLB Averages .252 .321 .370 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 25 CAL AL 22.1 2.4 355 4.6 11.2 -6.5 1.74 2.1 0.5 29.7 3.3 1.74 25.0 23 13 9
1970 26 CAL AL 5.8 0.6 376 -1.3 8.4 -9.7 1.34 -0.0 -0.9 -4.5 -0.5 1.34 0.3 34 12 16
1971 27 BOS AL -2.1 -0.2 242 -1.9 3.7 -5.7 1.18 -0.1 -1.5 -4.0 -0.4 1.18 -2.9 15 5 14
1972 28 BOS AL 0.4 0.0 138 -1.1 2.0 -3.0 .96 -0.9 -0.2 -4.9 -0.5 0.96 -7.8 10 1 9
1973 29 BOS AL -1.7 -0.2 18 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .38 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2 0.38 -2.7 0 1 0
1974 30 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 97 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .26 -0.5 -0.8 -4.1 -0.4 0.26 -4.8 1 2 5
6 Yrs 22.5 2.4 1226 -0.1 25.7 -25.8 1.28 0.3 -0.5 9.6 1.3 1.28 7.1 83 34 53

Starting Pitching*

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
1971 27 BOS AL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 7 0 0 0 3.0 0.3
1974 30 CHW AL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.0 35 35 5 1 0 1 11.0 21.0 2.7
2 Yrs 46 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 35 28 12 1 0 1 7.0 21.0 1.5
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1969 25 CAL AL 45 45 33 7 2 23 22 1 96% 26 2 46 11 24% 8 1.744 23 13 9 26 9 10 25 20 31 5 32 10 5.8
1970 26 CAL AL 62 62 33 7 4 25 17 8 68% 29 3 51 22 43% 8 1.339 34 12 16 29 15 18 29 33 30 21 30 13 4.3
1971 27 BOS AL 36 35 22 2 3 12 9 3 75% 14 2 39 11 28% 9 1.184 15 5 14 14 4 17 20 15 16 12 17 5 4.6
1972 28 BOS AL 22 22 14 0 2 6 4 2 67% 6 0 16 6 38% 7 .964 10 1 9 6 4 12 8 14 10 6 11 2 4.0
1973 29 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 .378 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.0
1974 30 CHW AL 10 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 6 46% 6 .265 1 2 5 1 0 8 6 3 5 3 6 1 6.0
6 Yrs 176 174 105 16 11 66 52 14 79% 76 8 166 57 34% 1.283 83 34 53 76 32 66 89 85 93 47 97 31 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1969 25 CAL AL 342 56% 0.3% 19.0% 11.4% 3.2% 22% 0.68 68% 69 9 13%
1970 26 CAL AL 363 62% 3.3% 13.8% 7.2% 6.6% 35% 0.89 74% 67 6 9%
1971 27 BOS AL 235 65% 1.3% 8.9% 10.6% 6.4% 30% 1.14 74% 56 7 13%
1972 28 BOS AL 134 57% 2.2% 11.2% 11.2% 7.5% 31% 1.25 72% 33 4 12%
1973 29 BOS AL 18 100% 11.1% 0.0% 16.7% 11.1% 33% 1.00 67% 6 2 33%
1974 30 CHW AL 94 63% 3.2% 5.3% 9.6% 6.4% 26% 1.38 82% 23 3 13%
6 Yrs 1186 61% 2.0% 13.2% 9.9% 5.7% 30% 0.94 72% 254 31 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.4% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1969 25 CAL AL 342 51 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 20 8 4 40% 2 5 2 141 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1970 26 CAL AL 363 68 12 0 9 4 8 4 8 22 15 2 68% 8 6 1 137 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1971 27 BOS AL 235 50 3 0 18 1 2 2 1 34 14 0 41% 1 3 0 89 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 28 BOS AL 134 32 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 6 3 0 50% 0 2 0 66 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 29 BOS AL 18 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 30 CHW AL 94 23 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 7 5 0 71% 3 2 0 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Yrs 1186 230 24 0 52 13 11 11 13 90 46 6 51% 14 18 3 483 15 3 83% 13 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 41 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1969 25 7 2 .778 1.36 45 0 33 0 0 22 86.1 51 13 13 1 39 5 65 4 0 5 342 256 1.042 5.3 0.1 4.1 6.8 1.67 256
1970 26 14 6 .700 2.16 107 0 66 0 0 39 175.0 119 48 42 13 65 10 115 9 0 11 706 164 1.051 6.1 0.7 3.3 5.9 1.77 164
1971 27 16 10 .615 2.64 143 1 88 0 0 48 228.2 169 75 67 16 90 17 136 17 0 14 941 136 1.133 6.7 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.51 136
1972 28 16 12 .571 2.69 165 1 102 0 0 52 258.0 201 87 77 19 105 20 151 19 0 16 1074 132 1.186 7.0 0.7 3.7 5.3 1.44 132
1973 29 16 12 .571 2.78 166 1 102 0 0 52 262.0 207 91 81 21 108 20 151 19 0 16 1092 128 1.202 7.1 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.40 128
1974 30 16 12 .571 2.93 176 2 105 0 0 52 282.2 230 103 92 24 117 20 156 19 0 18 1186 122 1.228 7.3 0.8 3.7 5.0 1.33 122

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1969 25 7 1 .875 1.69 80.0 55 17 15 1 42 60 4 1.213 6.2 4.7 6.8 1.43 0.1 45
1970 26 5 4 .556 3.31 87.0 71 36 32 13 27 49 5 1.126 7.3 2.8 5.1 1.81 1.3 62
1971 27 2 3 .400 4.86 50.0 52 30 27 3 26 20 8 1.560 9.4 4.7 3.6 0.77 0.5 36
1972 28 1 2 .333 4.18 28.0 37 14 13 3 17 14 2 1.929 11.9 5.5 4.5 0.82 1.0 22
1973 29 0 0 12.00 3.0 6 4 4 2 3 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 6.0 1
1974 30 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 24 13 12 3 9 5 0 1.650 10.8 4.1 2.3 0.56 1.4 10
6 Yrs 16 11 .593 3.46 268.0 245 114 103 25 124 148 19 1.377 8.2 5.0 1.19 0.8 176

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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 (1521st)

Games Played s c a p y
1970 AL  62 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1969 AL  22 (2nd)
1970 AL  17 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL  8 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1969 AL  33 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 AL  22 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 AL  2.4 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1969 AL  29.69 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.6 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1969 AL  3.3 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1706), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (445th), 6.5 career WAR/6.5 7yr-peak WAR/6.5 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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