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Ken Hamlin
Kenneth Lee Hamlin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School Western Michigan University

Debut June 17, 1957
  vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 26, 1966
Born May 18, 1935 in Detroit, MI

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 22 PIT NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 24 PIT NL   3    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .125  .300  .125   20    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 25 KCA AL 140  428   51   96  10  2   2   24   1  1  44  48  .224  .297  .271   55  116   8   2   1   1  13
 1961 26 LAA AL  42   91    4   19   3  0   1    5   0  1  11   9  .209  .298  .275   48   25   1   1   2   1   6
 1962 27 WSA AL  98  292   29   74  12  0   3   22   7  7  22  22  .253  .303  .325   70   95   1   3   0   0   6
 1965 30 WSA AL 117  362   45   99  21  1   4   22   8  2  33  45  .273  .333  .370  102  134   6   3   1   1   6
 1966 31 WSA AL  66  158   13   34   7  1   1   16   1  0  13  21  .215  .267  .291   62   46   4   5   1   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      468 1340  143  323  53  4  11   89  17 11 125 146  .241  .304  .311   70  417  20  14   5   3  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        464   50  112  18  1   4   31   6  4  43  51  .241  .304  .311   70  144   7   5   2   1  13
 Career High    140  428   51   99  21  2   4   24   8  7  44  48  .273  .333  .370  102  134   8   5   2   1  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 22 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .265| .000  .328| .000  .410| .000  .738|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1959 24 PIT NL   10    7    0   0.0   104| .125  .269| .300  .335| .125  .416| .425  .751|  20  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1960 25 KCA AL  483  356   35   2.6   101| .224  .263| .297  .337| .271  .403| .568  .740|  55  .276 -26.9  -2.7  50%
 1961 26 LAA AL  105   81    7   2.3   113| .209  .276| .298  .353| .275  .430| .573  .783|  48  .217  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1962 27 WSA AL  318  235   28   3.2   103| .253  .263| .303  .335| .325  .410| .628  .745|  70  .345 -12.4  -1.2  50%
 1965 30 WSA AL  405  280   47   4.5    90| .273  .248| .333  .318| .370  .381| .703  .699| 102  .552   1.9   0.2  80%
 1966 31 WSA AL  180  140   12   2.3    89| .215  .247| .267  .314| .291  .381| .558  .695|  62  .276  -7.4  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1502 1100  129   3.2    98| .241  .258| .304  .330| .311  .398| .615  .728|  70  .361 -52.8  -5.3  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 22 PIT NL SS 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.30 18.00 4.50 0 1.0 1959 24 PIT NL SS 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 3.33 4.53 5.39 5.12 2 16.7 1960 25 KCA AL SS 139 195 341 25 61 .955 .960 3.86 4.37 4.27 5.11 127 1129.7 1961 26 LAA AL SS 39 63 93 6 25 .963 .956 4.00 4.37 5.45 4.84 30 257.7 1962 27 WSA AL SS 87 126 210 13 47 .963 .962 3.86 4.47 4.54 4.84 74 666.7 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.85 0.00 5.17 0 4.0 1965 30 WSA AL 2B 77 145 138 7 31 .976 .978 3.68 4.38 4.71 5.07 62 540.3 SS 47 40 72 5 14 .957 .962 2.38 4.38 3.93 4.74 31 256.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1966 31 WSA AL 2B 50 90 118 8 28 .963 .975 4.16 4.38 5.26 5.09 40 356.0 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.80 5.40 3.06 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 27 WSA AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.85 0.00 5.17 0 4.0 1965 30 WSA AL 2B 77 145 138 7 31 .976 .978 3.68 4.38 4.71 5.07 62 540.3 1966 31 WSA AL 2B 50 90 118 8 28 .963 .975 4.16 4.38 5.26 5.09 40 356.0 1965 30 WSA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1966 31 WSA AL 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.80 5.40 3.06 0 5.0 1957 22 PIT NL SS 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.30 18.00 4.50 0 1.0 1959 24 PIT NL SS 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 3.33 4.53 5.39 5.12 2 16.7 1960 25 KCA AL SS 139 195 341 25 61 .955 .960 3.86 4.37 4.27 5.11 127 1129.7 1961 26 LAA AL SS 39 63 93 6 25 .963 .956 4.00 4.37 5.45 4.84 30 257.7 1962 27 WSA AL SS 87 126 210 13 47 .963 .962 3.86 4.47 4.54 4.84 74 666.7 1965 30 WSA AL SS 47 40 72 5 14 .957 .962 2.38 4.38 3.93 4.74 31 256.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 316 430 722 49 149 .959 .960 3.65 4.40 4.45 4.96 264 2328.0 2B* 129 235 256 15 59 .970 .977 3.81 4.39 4.91 5.08 102 900.3 3B* 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.85 4.50 3.00 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 447 666 980 64 208 .963 .965 3.68 4.39 4.58 4.99 366 3234
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Caught Stealing
1962 AL-7-8

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Transactions 

June 3, 1957: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1959: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with a player to be named later and Dick Hall to the Kansas City Athletics for Hal Smith. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1960 expansion draft.

June 22, 1961: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels with Russ Heman to the Toronto (International) for Billy Moran.

November 27, 1961: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Toronto (International) in the 1961 rule 5 draft.


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