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Ken Harrelson

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Full Name: Kenneth Smith Harrelson Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190 First Game: June 9, 1963
Birthdate: September 4, 1941 Final Game: June 20, 1971
Birthplace: Woodruff, South Carolina MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ken Harrelson (Kenneth Smith Harrelson) was born on September 4, 1941 in Woodruff, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on June 9, 1963 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 6 home runs and 23 RBI. Harrelson played for the Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 9 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Ken Harrelson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1968, when he slugged 35 home runs, hit for a .275 average and knocked in 109 runs. However, others believe that it was 1969, when he slugged 30 home runs and knocked in 92 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1963 KC A 79 226 16 52 6 23 .230 .299 .363 10 1 23 58 0 2 1 3 10
1964 KC A 49 139 15 27 7 12 .194 .263 .381 5 0 13 34 0 0 0 0 6
1965 KC A 150 483 61 115 23 66 .238 .329 .429 17 3 66 112 1 3 9 3 18
1966 WAS A 71 250 25 62 7 28 .248 .321 .372 8 1 26 53 1 4 4 2 8
1966 KC A 63 210 24 47 5 22 .224 .312 .319 5 0 27 59 0 1 9 3 3
1966 TOT A 134 460 49 109 12 50 .237 .317 .348 13 1 53 112 1 5 13 5 11
1967 WAS A 26 79 10 16 3 10 .203 .261 .316 0 0 7 15 0 1 1 1 3
1967 KC A 61 174 23 53 6 30 .305 .361 .471 11 0 17 17 0 0 8 1 3
1967 BOS A 23 80 9 16 3 14 .200 .247 .387 4 1 5 12 0 0 1 2 2
1967 TOT A 110 333 42 85 12 54 .255 .311 .414 15 1 29 44 0 1 10 4 8
1968 BOS A 150 535 79 147 35 109 .275 .356 .518 17 4 69 90 2 0 2 9 18
1969 CLE A 149 519 83 115 27 84 .222 .341 .418 13 4 95 96 2 0 17 6 18
1969 BOS A 10 46 6 10 3 8 .217 .275 .435 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 1
1969 TOT A 159 565 89 125 30 92 .221 .336 .419 14 4 99 102 2 0 17 6 19
1970 CLE A 17 39 3 11 1 1 .282 .378 .385 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 1
1971 CLE A 52 161 20 32 5 14 .199 .301 .304 2 0 24 21 0 1 1 3 4
Total 900 2941 374 703 131 421 .239 .325 .414 94 14 382 577 6 12 53 33 95

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1963 KC A OF 28 26 241.2 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1963 KC A 1B 34 31 290.2 283 16 6 24 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1963 KC A LF 28 26 241.2 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1964 KC A 1B 14 9 109.1 105 13 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 KC A OF 24 21 182 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1964 KC A LF 24 21 182 40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1965 KC A LF 3 2 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 KC A 1B 125 123 1051 1044 70 9 93 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1965 KC A RF 1 1 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1965 KC A OF 4 3 25 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1966 WAS A 1B 70 68 612.1 641 38 6 53 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1966 KC A 1B 58 58 500.2 485 48 8 42 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1966 KC A LF 3 2 17.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 KC A OF 3 2 17.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 TOT A 1B 128 126 1113 1126 86 14 95 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1967 WAS A 1B 23 21 190.2 215 16 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1967 KC A 1B 45 41 367 333 25 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1967 BOS A OF 23 22 178 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1967 BOS A RF 23 22 178 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1967 BOS A 1B 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 TOT A 1B 69 62 559.2 551 41 4 38 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1968 BOS A OF 132 127 1138 241 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 BOS A RF 132 127 1138 238 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 BOS A 1B 19 17 137 135 9 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1969 CLE A 1B 16 3 46.1 40 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 CLE A OF 144 143 1237 257 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1969 CLE A LF 7 7 61 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1969 CLE A RF 137 136 1176 248 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1969 BOS A 1B 10 10 102 105 11 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1969 TOT A 1B 26 13 148.1 145 15 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1970 CLE A 1B 13 13 86 80 7 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CLE A 1B 40 39 332.2 311 23 4 29 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1971 CLE A RF 2 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CLE A OF 7 7 43 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CLE A LF 5 5 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 365 351 3062 623 20 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total 1B 468 433 3827.2 3780 280 41 338 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total RF 295 288 2512 515 17 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total LF 70 63 550 110 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1959).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Washington Senators in exchange for Jim Duckworth (June 23, 1966).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics (June 9, 1967).
  • Released by Kansas City Athletics (August 25, 1967).
  • Signed by Boston Red Sox (August 28, 1967).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Juan Pizarro and Dick Ellsworth to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Sonny Siebert, Joe Azcue and Vicente Romo (April 19, 1969).

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