Ken Tatum
Kenneth Ray Tatum
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 25, 1944 in Alexandria, LA
School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1969
Final Game: July 1, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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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 5 342 254 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 2 133 106 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 45 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 79 1.548 10.0 1.3 3.9 2.2 0.56
6 Seasons 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 89 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 11 706 163 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 79 1.548 10.0 1.3 3.9 2.2 0.56

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1970 26 CAL AL 62 363 326 35 68 10 2 12 4 3 26 50 .209 .275 .362 .637 .210 118 6 5 3 3 5
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 176 1186 1029 103 230 37 7 24 15 4 117 156 .224 .311 .343 .655 .240 353 31 19 11 10 20
162 Game Avg. 67 453 393 39 88 14 3 9 6 2 45 60 .224 .311 .343 .655 .240 135 12 7 4 4 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 35 35 5 1 0 1 11.0 21.0 2.7
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.816 24 15 6 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 1.414 35 13 14 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 1.220 16 4 15 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 1.046 10 3 7 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 0.408 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 0.296 1 2 5 1 0 8 6 3 5 3 6 1 6.0
6 Seasons 176 174 105 16 11 66 52 14 79% 76 8 166 57 34% 1.346 86 38 47 76 32 66 89 85 93 47 97 31 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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 44% 0.3% 19.0% 11.4% 3.2% 22% 0.68 68% 69 9 13%
1970 26 CAL AL 363 38% 3.3% 13.8% 7.2% 6.6% 35% 0.89 74% 67 6 9%
1971 27 BOS AL 235 35% 1.3% 8.9% 10.6% 6.4% 30% 1.14 74% 56 7 13%
1972 28 BOS AL 134 43% 2.2% 11.2% 11.2% 7.5% 31% 1.25 72% 33 4 12%
1973 29 BOS AL 18 0% 11.1% 0.0% 16.7% 11.1% 33% 1.00 67% 6 2 33%
1974 30 CHW AL 94 37% 3.2% 5.3% 9.6% 6.4% 26% 1.38 82% 23 3 13%
6 Seasons 1186 39% 2.0% 13.2% 9.9% 5.7% 30% 0.94 72% 254 31 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 57% 4 3 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 Seasons 1186 230 24 0 52 13 11 11 13 90 46 6 51% 14 18 3 483 15 4 79% 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 41 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 5 342 254 1.042 5.3 0.1 4.1 6.8 1.67 254
1970 26 14 6 .700 2.16 107 0 66 0 0 39 175.0 119 48 42 13 65 10 115 9 0 11 706 163 1.051 6.1 0.7 3.3 5.9 1.77 163
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

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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 8 1 .889 1.67 81.0 54 17 15 1 41 61 4 1.173 6.0 4.6 6.8 1.49 0.1 45
1970 26 5 4 .556 3.35 86.0 73 36 32 13 28 48 5 1.174 7.6 2.9 5.0 1.71 1.4 62
1971 27 2 3 .400 4.68 50.0 51 29 26 3 26 20 8 1.540 9.2 4.7 3.6 0.77 0.5 36
1972 28 2 1 .667 3.86 28.0 37 13 12 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 25 13 12 3 10 5 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 2.3 0.50 1.4 10
6 Seasons 18 10 .643 3.39 268.0 246 112 101 25 125 148 19 1.384 8.3 5.0 1.18 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 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.

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 (1469th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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