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Ken Suarez
Kenneth Raymond Suarez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.
School Florida State University

Debut April 14, 1966
  vs. MIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 22, 1973
Born April 12, 1943 in Tampa, FL

Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 23 KCA AL  35   69    5   10   0  1   0    2   2  0  15  26  .145  .298  .174   42   12   1   0   0   0   1
 1967 24 KCA AL  39   63    7   15   5  0   2    9   1  0  16  21  .238  .388  .413  140   26   2   1   1   0   1
 1968 25 CLE AL  17   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .100  .182  .100  -12    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1969 26 CLE AL  36   85    7   25   5  0   1    9   1  0  15  12  .294  .400  .388  119   33   2   0   5   0   5
 1971 28 CLE AL  50  123   10   25   7  0   1    9   0  1  18  15  .203  .310  .285   64   35   1   2   3   2   2
 1972 29 TEX AL  25   33    2    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   1   4  .152  .167  .182    6    6   0   2   0   0   1
 1973 30 TEX AL  93  278   25   69  11  0   1   27   1  2  33  16  .248  .334  .299   84   83   3   4   0   5  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      295  661   57  150  29  1   5   60   5  3  99  97  .227  .330  .297   81  196   9   9   9   7  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        363   31   82  16  1   3   33   3  2  54  53  .227  .330  .297   81  108   5   5   5   4  12
 Career High     93  278   25   69  11  1   2   27   2  2  33  26  .248  .334  .299   84   83   3   4   5   5  10
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 23 KCA AL   85   61    5   2.2    87| .145  .245| .298  .311| .174  .378| .472  .689|  42  .260  -4.7  -0.5 100%
 1967 24 KCA AL   82   52   12   6.2    82| .238  .240| .388  .308| .413  .360| .801  .668| 140  .718   4.4   0.5 100%
 1968 25 CLE AL   11   10    0   0.0    79| .100  .237| .182  .306| .100  .351| .282  .657| -12  .000  -1.4  -0.2   0%
 1969 26 CLE AL  102   67   13   5.2    97| .294  .258| .400  .335| .388  .389| .788  .724| 119  .597   3.0   0.3 100%
 1971 28 CLE AL  146  104   12   3.1    99| .203  .265| .310  .338| .285  .393| .595  .732|  64  .383  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1972 29 TEX AL   36   31    1   0.9    80| .152  .242| .167  .310| .182  .349| .349  .659|   6  .068  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1973 30 TEX AL  323  228   29   3.4    89| .248  .254| .334  .322| .299  .373| .633  .694|  84  .391  -3.6  -0.4  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       785  553   72   3.5    91| .227  .253| .330  .323| .297  .376| .627  .700|  81  .427 -11.2  -1.3  62%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1966 23 KCA AL C 34 145 20 8 7 .954 .988 4.85 5.86 6.37 6.86 26 233.0 4 7 18 12 1967 24 KCA AL C 36 170 20 4 2 .979 .989 5.28 6.15 8.51 7.22 22 201.0 2 5 9 11 1968 25 CLE AL C 12 22 1 0 0 1.000 .991 1.92 6.01 7.87 6.98 1 26.3 0 1 0 0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1969 26 CLE AL C 36 191 20 2 3 .991 .987 5.86 5.59 7.09 6.65 29 267.7 4 11 9 11 1971 28 CLE AL C 48 268 14 2 3 .993 .988 5.88 5.63 7.11 6.37 39 357.0 1 15 15 13 1972 29 TEX AL C 17 53 2 2 0 .965 .986 3.24 5.66 7.36 6.49 6 67.3 0 0 1 3 1973 30 TEX AL C 90 501 44 6 4 .989 .985 6.06 5.29 6.49 6.05 88 755.3 3 27 50 32
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1968 25 CLE AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 1968 25 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1966 23 KCA AL C 34 145 20 8 7 .954 .988 4.85 5.86 6.37 6.86 26 233.0 4 7 18 12 1967 24 KCA AL C 36 170 20 4 2 .979 .989 5.28 6.15 8.51 7.22 22 201.0 2 5 9 11 1968 25 CLE AL C 12 22 1 0 0 1.000 .991 1.92 6.01 7.87 6.98 1 26.3 0 1 0 0 1969 26 CLE AL C 36 191 20 2 3 .991 .987 5.86 5.59 7.09 6.65 29 267.7 4 11 9 11 1971 28 CLE AL C 48 268 14 2 3 .993 .988 5.88 5.63 7.11 6.37 39 357.0 1 15 15 13 1972 29 TEX AL C 17 53 2 2 0 .965 .986 3.24 5.66 7.36 6.49 6 67.3 0 0 1 3 1973 30 TEX AL C 90 501 44 6 4 .989 .985 6.06 5.29 6.49 6.05 88 755.3 3 27 50 32 1968 25 CLE AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1968 25 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 273 1350 121 24 19 .984 .987 5.39 5.63 6.94 6.44 211 1907.7 14 66 102 82 2B* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 276 1350 122 24 19 .984 .987 5.33 5.60 6.94 6.44 211 1910
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Transactions 

Before 1965 Season: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1967: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Oakland Athletics in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Rich Hand, and Mike Paul to the Texas Rangers for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley, and Gary Jones.

February 12, 1974: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Leo Cardenas.

September 12, 1974: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Rusty Torres and cash to the California Angels for Frank Robinson.


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