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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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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

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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
1974 30 CHW AL 1 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 Seasons 166 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 50 44 7 11 1 0 4 6 0 0 3 17 .244 .306 .533 .839 134 23 0 1 2 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 58 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) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 CAL AL 25 P 45 0 86.1 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.29 .946 1.88 0.69 MVP-29,RoY-4
1970 CAL AL 26 P 62 0 88.2 20 4 15 1 0 .950 1.93 0.31 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 BOS AL 27 P 36 1 53.2 13 2 11 0 2 1.000 2.18 0.36 .954 1.98 0.77
1972 BOS AL 28 P 22 0 29.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.53 0.23 .950 1.87 0.75
1973 BOS AL 29 P 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.90
1974 CHW AL 30 P 10 1 20.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.05 0.70 .943 1.83 0.83
6 Seasons P 176 2 282.2 59 10 47 2 3 .966 1.81 0.32 .949 1.88 0.72
6 Seasons TOT 176 2 282.2 59 10 47 2 3 .966 1.81 0.32 .915 1.88 0.72

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 (1456th)

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

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 29, 1966: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

October 11, 1970: Traded by the California Angels with Doug Griffin and Jarvis Tatum to the Boston Red Sox for Tony Conigliaro, Ray Jarvis and Jerry Moses.

October 26, 1973: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Reggie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise.

April 27, 1974: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Alvarado.

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