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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

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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 5 342 256 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 (v2.1): 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 94.7 3.68 23 2.7 1.7 0.8 4.2 30 .559 .517 $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 0.9 10 .503 .501 $20,000
1971 27 BOS AL 53.2 36 1 27 4.53 3.94 0.11 -0.17 110.0 4.03 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 2 .491 .498 $35,000
1972 28 BOS AL 29.1 22 0 12 3.68 3.44 -0.30 -0.15 103.4 3.72 0 0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.3 3 .502 .500
1973 29 BOS AL 4.0 1 0 4 9.00 4.74 0.36 -0.39 110.0 4.39 -2 -0.2 .8 0.0 -0.1 -2 .315 .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 4.11 0.13 -0.18 100.9 3.83 19 2.3 1.7 0.5 5.2 44 .513 .502 $136,000
BOS (3 yrs) 87.0 59 1 43 4.45 3.81 -0.02 -0.17 107.8 3.94 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.2 0.1 3 .492 .499 $70,000
CAL (2 yrs) 175.0 107 0 48 2.47 4.23 0.25 -0.17 96.6 3.68 25 2.9 1.9 0.7 5.1 40 .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

Standard Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1969 CAL AL 25 P 45 0 0 86.1 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.29 .951 1.88 1.88 5 0 0% 36% 1 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 CAL AL 26 P 62 0 0 88.2 20 4 15 1 0 .950 1.93 0.31 .951 1.86 1.85 4 2 33% 40% 0
1971 BOS AL 27 P 36 1 0 53.2 13 2 11 0 2 1.000 2.18 0.36 .958 1.98 1.97 4 0 0% 39% 0
1972 BOS AL 28 P 22 0 0 29.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.53 0.23 .950 1.87 1.85 1 1 50% 38% 0
1973 BOS AL 29 P 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 30 P 10 1 0 20.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.05 0.70 .947 1.83 1.80 1 0 0% 38% 0
6 Seasons P 176 2 0 282.2 59 10 47 2 3 .966 1.81 0.32 .952 1.88 1.88 15 3 17% 38% 1
6 Seasons TOT 176 2 0 282.2 59 10 47 2 3 .966 1.81 0.32 .952 1.88 1.88 15 3 17% 38% 1
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.2 (8th)

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 (1680), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1719), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (408th), 6.2 career WAR/6.2 7yr-peak WAR/6.2 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196925California Angels$11,0003/7/70 TSN
197026California Angels$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database3/7/70 TSN: $22,000
197127Boston Red Sox$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197329Boston Red Sox$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197430Chicago White Sox$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$136,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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