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Ken Dayley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 171lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 25, 1959 in Jerome, ID us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Portland (Portland, OR).

High School: The Dalles HS (The Dalles, OR)

School: University of Portland (Portland, OR)

Debut: May 13, 1982 (Age 23-077d, 14,607th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: April 14, 1993 (Age 34-048d)
vs. SEA 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Kenneth Grant Dayley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

3.64

385

573.2

406

WHIP

1.375

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1980	21	ATL-min	AA	8	3	.727	2.57	16	16		3	0	0	105.0	86	38	30	8	54	1	104	6	1	4				1.333	7.4	0.7	4.6	8.9	1.93	SAV SOUL
1981	22	ATL-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.33	31	31	0	4	1	0	200.0	180	82	74	14	117	0	162	3	4	6				1.485	8.1	0.6	5.3	7.3	1.38	RMD IL
1982	23	ATL-min	AAA	8	3	.727	3.11	13	13	0	6	0	0	98.1	89	43	34	6	47	0	79	1	0	4				1.383	8.1	0.5	4.3	7.2	1.68	RMD IL
1982	23	ATL	NL	5	6	.455	4.54	20	11	3	0	0	0	71.1	79	39	36	9	25	2	34	0	0	2	313	83	4.46	1.458	10.0	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.36
1983	24	ATL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	3.28	14	14	0	4	1	0	90.2	79	39	33	7	49	0	74	0	0	4				1.412	7.8	0.7	4.9	7.3	1.51	RMD IL
1983	24	ATL	NL	5	8	.385	4.30	24	16	3	0	0	0	104.2	100	59	50	12	39	2	70	2	0	3	436	91	4.08	1.328	8.6	1.0	3.4	6.0	1.79
1984	25	STL-ATL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.57	22	22	0	5	1	0	158.2	152	73	63	12	46	1	124	2	2	7				1.248	8.6	0.7	2.6	7.0	2.70	LOU,RMD AA,IL
1984	25	TOT	NL	0	5	.000	7.99	7	6	1	0	0	0	23.2	44	28	21	6	11	1	10	1	0	0	124	49	6.74	2.324	16.7	2.3	4.2	3.8	0.91
1984	25	ATL	NL	0	3	.000	5.30	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.2	28	18	11	5	6	1	10	1	0	0	92	74	6.30	1.821	13.5	2.4	2.9	4.8	1.67
1984	25	STL	NL	0	2	.000	18.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	5.0	16	10	10	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	32	21	8.37	4.200	28.8	1.8	9.0	0.0	0.00
1985	26	STL	NL	4	4	.500	2.76	57	0	27	0	0	11	65.1	65	24	20	2	18	9	62	0	0	4	271	130	2.01	1.270	9.0	0.3	2.5	8.5	3.44
1986	27	STL	NL	0	3	.000	3.26	31	0	13	0	0	5	38.2	42	19	14	1	11	3	33	1	0	0	170	113	2.33	1.371	9.8	0.2	2.6	7.7	3.00
1987	28	STL-min	A,AAA	0	0		1.59	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1				0.706	3.2	0.0	3.2	6.4	2.00	SPR,LOU MIDW,AA
1987	28	STL	NL	9	5	.643	2.66	53	0	29	0	0	4	61.0	52	21	18	2	33	8	63	2	0	5	260	158	2.95	1.393	7.7	0.3	4.9	9.3	1.91
1988	29	STL	NL	2	7	.222	2.77	54	0	21	0	0	5	55.1	48	20	17	2	19	7	38	1	0	2	226	127	2.95	1.211	7.8	0.3	3.1	6.2	2.00
1989	30	STL	NL	4	3	.571	2.87	71	0	28	0	0	12	75.1	63	26	24	3	30	10	40	0	1	2	310	127	3.41	1.235	7.5	0.4	3.6	4.8	1.33
1990	31	STL	NL	4	4	.500	3.56	58	0	17	0	0	2	73.1	63	32	29	5	30	7	51	0	0	6	307	107	3.53	1.268	7.7	0.6	3.7	6.3	1.70
1991	32	TOR-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	6.75	13	2	2	0	0	1	20.0	27	16	15	2	13	0	15	0	0	2	100			2.000	12.2	0.9	5.9	6.8	1.15	SYR,DUN IL,FLOR
1991	32	TOR	AL	0	0		6.23	8	0	3	0	0	0	4.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	3	1	0	2	26	73	5.63	2.769	14.5	0.0	10.4	6.2	0.60

1992	33	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		17.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	7	7	1	6	0	4	2	0	0	23			2.455	7.4	2.5	14.7	9.8	0.67	SYR IL
1993	34	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		12.19	9	1	0	0	0	0	10.1	14	15	14	1	12	1	9	0	1	5	55			2.516	12.2	0.9	10.5	7.8	0.75	ABQ PCL
1993	34	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	7		14.99	7.500	13.5	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50
11 Yrs				33	45	.423	3.64	385	33	145	0	0	39	573.2	564	273	232	42	225	49	406	8	1	26	2450	104	3.52	1.375	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.4	1.80
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.423	3.64	63	5	24	0	0	6	93	92	44	38	7	37	8	66	1	0	4	399	104	3.52	1.375	8.8	0.7	3.5	6.4	1.80

STL (7 yrs)				23	28	.451	3.18	327	2	136	0	0	39	374.0	349	152	132	16	146	44	287	4	1	19	1576	118	3.00	1.324	8.4	0.4	3.5	6.9	1.97
ATL (3 yrs)				10	17	.370	4.48	48	31	6	0	0	0	194.2	207	116	97	26	70	5	114	3	0	5	841	86	4.43	1.423	9.6	1.2	3.2	5.3	1.63
TOR (2 yrs)				0	0		5.40	10	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	3	0	9	0	5	1	0	2	33	90	6.87	3.400	14.4	0.0	16.2	9.0	0.56

NL (9 yrs)				33	45	.423	3.62	375	33	142	0	0	39	568.2	556	268	229	42	216	49	401	7	1	24	2417	104	3.49	1.358	8.8	0.7	3.4	6.3	1.86
AL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.40	10	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	3	0	9	0	5	1	0	2	33	90	6.87	3.400	14.4	0.0	16.2	9.0	0.56