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Ken Oberkfell
Kenneth Ray Oberkfell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 22, 1977
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 21 STL NL   9    9    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .111  .111  .111  -40    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 22 STL NL  24   50    7    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   1  .120  .170  .140  -12    7   1   0   0   0   1
 1979 23 STL NL 135  369   53  111  19  5   1   35   4  1  57  35  .301  .396  .388  114  143   1   4   9   4   9
 1980 24 STL NL 116  422   58  128  27  6   3   46   4  4  51  23  .303  .377  .417  119  176   9   3   8   1  11
 1981 25 STL NL 102  376   43  110  12  6   2   45  13  5  37  28  .293  .353  .372  104  140   3   4   6   0  11
 1982 26 STL NL 137  470   55  136  22  5   2   34  11  9  40  31  .289  .345  .370  100  174   3   2   6   1  11
 1983 27 STL NL 151  488   62  143  26  5   3   38  12  6  61  27  .293  .371  .385  110  188   4   3   5   1  12
 1984 28 TOT NL 100  324   38   87  19  2   1   21   2  5  31  27  .269  .331  .349   90  113   3   3   3   1   7
         STL NL  50  152   17   47  11  1   0   11   1  2  16  10  .309  .379  .395  120   60   0   0   2   1   3
         ATL NL  50  172   21   40   8  1   1   10   1  3  15  17  .233  .289  .308   64   53   3   3   1   0   4
 1985 29 ATL NL 134  412   30  112  19  4   3   35   1  2  51  38  .272  .359  .359   98  148   1   2   6   6  10
 1986 30 ATL NL 151  503   62  136  24  3   5   48   7  4  83  40  .270  .373  .360  100  181   4   4   6   2  11
 1987 31 ATL NL 135  508   59  142  29  2   3   48   3  3  48  29  .280  .342  .362   84  184   5   3   5   2  13
 1988 32 TOT NL 140  476   49  129  22  4   3   42   4  5  37  34  .271  .321  .353   92  168   6   8   7   2   8
         ATL NL 120  422   42  117  20  4   3   40   4  5  32  28  .277  .325  .365   95  154   5   8   6   2   6
         PIT NL  20   54    7   12   2  0   0    2   0  0   5   6  .222  .288  .259   60   14   1   0   1   0   2
 1989 33 TOT NL  97  156   19   42   6  1   2   17   0  1  10  10  .269  .316  .359   96   56   2   3   0   2   4
         PIT NL  14   40    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   2  .125  .163  .150   -8    6   1   1   0   0   0
         SFG NL  83  116   17   37   5  1   2   15   0  1   8   8  .319  .367  .431  131   50   1   2   0   2   4
 1990 34 HOU NL  77  150   10   31   6  1   1   12   1  1  15  17  .207  .281  .280   58   42   1   1   1   1   2
 1991 35 HOU NL  53   70    7   16   4  0   0   14   0  0  14   8  .229  .357  .286   90   20   0   0   4   0   0
 1992 36 CAL AL  41   91    6   24   1  0   0   10   0  1   8   5  .264  .317  .275   68   25   0   2   2   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1602 4874  558 1354 237 44  29  446  62 47 546 356  .278  .351  .362   97 1766  43  42  68  23 112
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        493   56  137  24  4   3   45   6  5  55  36  .278  .351  .362   97  179   4   4   7   2  11
 Career High    151  508   62  143  29  6   5   48  13  9  83  40  .303  .396  .417  119  188   9   8   9   6  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 21 STL NL    9    8    0   0.0   102| .111  .268| .111  .336| .111  .408| .222  .744| -40  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1978 22 STL NL   54   46    1   0.6    94| .120  .261| .170  .328| .140  .384| .310  .712| -12  .026  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1979 23 STL NL  435  273   60   5.9   101| .301  .271| .396  .337| .388  .403| .784  .740| 114  .632  10.5   1.1  80%
 1980 24 STL NL  486  321   66   5.6    98| .303  .271| .377  .334| .417  .394| .794  .728| 119  .622  12.4   1.3  50%
 1981 25 STL NL  420  289   49   4.6    94| .293  .266| .353  .332| .372  .381| .725  .713| 104  .549   2.1   0.2  72%
 1982 26 STL NL  516  359   58   4.4    95| .289  .267| .345  .330| .370  .388| .715  .718| 100  .515   0.2   0.0  55%
 1983 27 STL NL  557  370   71   5.2    97| .293  .264| .371  .333| .385  .392| .756  .725| 110  .589   8.5   0.9  66%
 1984 28 TOT NL  362  255   37   3.9    96| .269  .266| .331  .332| .349  .387| .680  .719|  90  .468  -3.6  -0.4  28%
         STL NL  169  110   22   5.4    92| .309  .261| .379  .326| .395  .380| .774  .705| 120  .613   4.8   0.5  33%
         ATL NL  193  145   15   2.8    99| .233  .271| .289  .337| .308  .394| .597  .732|  64  .322  -8.4  -0.9  25%
 1985 29 ATL NL  472  315   54   4.6    99| .272  .266| .359  .334| .359  .396| .718  .730|  98  .543   0.4   0.0  33%
 1986 30 ATL NL  596  390   72   5.0   102| .270  .267| .373  .338| .360  .403| .733  .741| 100  .566   3.3   0.3  63%
 1987 31 ATL NL  566  390   63   4.3   109| .280  .274| .342  .344| .362  .426| .704  .770|  84  .459 -10.7  -1.0  50%
 1988 32 TOT NL  529  374   55   4.0    92| .271  .260| .321  .324| .353  .382| .674  .706|  92  .498  -4.9  -0.5  44%
         ATL NL  469  329   51   4.2    93| .277  .261| .325  .325| .365  .383| .690  .708|  95  .521  -2.2  -0.2  44%
         PIT NL   60   45    4   2.4    88| .222  .254| .288  .317| .259  .373| .547  .690|  60  .282  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1989 33 TOT NL  173  124   19   4.1    88| .269  .250| .316  .317| .359  .373| .675  .690|  96  .509  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL   44   37    1   0.7    87| .125  .249| .163  .316| .150  .371| .313  .687|  -8  .041  -5.5  -0.6   0%
         SFG NL  129   87   18   5.6    88| .319  .250| .367  .317| .431  .373| .798  .690| 131  .642   4.8   0.5   0%
 1990 34 HOU NL  168  124   12   2.6    95| .207  .261| .281  .327| .280  .392| .561  .718|  58  .276  -8.5  -0.9  50%
 1991 35 HOU NL   84   54    8   4.0    88| .229  .250| .357  .316| .286  .374| .643  .690|  90  .476  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1992 36 CAL AL  101   72    8   3.0    94| .264  .259| .317  .328| .275  .385| .592  .713|  68  .330  -3.7  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     5528 3764  633   4.5    98| .278  .266| .351  .333| .362  .394| .713  .727|  97  .527  -4.3  -0.5  56%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1977 21 STL NL 2B 6 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 1.17 4.47 4.85 5.26 1 13.0 1978 22 STL NL 2B 17 30 48 1 8 .987 .977 4.59 4.34 5.79 5.30 14 121.3 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.52 0.00 3.00 0 6.0 1979 23 STL NL 2B 117 213 323 8 65 .985 .979 4.58 4.55 5.51 5.42 96 875.3 3B 17 10 19 1 2 .967 .951 1.71 2.50 3.10 2.89 7 84.3 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.50 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1980 24 STL NL 2B 101 223 310 6 62 .989 .980 5.28 4.71 5.51 5.49 101 871.3 3B 16 4 30 1 2 .971 .947 2.12 2.39 2.79 2.87 12 109.7 1981 25 STL NL 3B 102 77 246 15 23 .956 .948 3.17 2.47 3.21 2.84 101 906.3 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1982 26 STL NL 3B 135 78 304 11 23 .972 .951 2.83 2.43 3.03 2.77 131 1133.3 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80 6.28 5.44 0 4.3 1983 27 STL NL 3B 127 79 231 13 27 .960 .949 2.44 2.29 2.95 2.70 107 946.3 2B 32 51 69 5 16 .960 .978 3.75 4.46 5.42 5.34 21 199.3 SS 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.20 13.64 4.91 0 3.3 1984 28 TOT NL 3B 91 60 167 8 15 .966 .943 2.49 2.36 2.81 2.79 84 726.0 TOT NL 2B 6 4 6 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 4.70 3.37 5.39 3 26.7 STL NL 3B 46 29 90 4 7 .967 .943 2.59 2.36 3.12 2.79 39 343.7 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 3.83 5.36 0 4.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 ATL NL 3B 45 31 77 4 8 .964 .943 2.40 2.36 2.54 2.79 45 382.3 2B 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.70 3.27 5.40 3 22.0 1985 29 ATL NL 3B 117 70 220 11 19 .963 .948 2.48 2.47 2.83 2.88 101 922.0 2B 16 18 37 1 7 .982 .982 3.44 4.82 5.40 5.47 12 91.7 1986 30 ATL NL 3B 130 65 258 8 24 .976 .946 2.48 2.20 2.85 2.72 119 1020.0 2B 41 51 77 3 15 .977 .980 3.12 4.54 5.33 5.21 19 216.3 1987 31 ATL NL 3B 126 76 248 7 20 .979 .951 2.57 2.34 2.81 2.82 120 1038.3 2B 11 13 17 0 3 1.000 .984 2.73 4.44 4.11 5.19 5 65.7 1988 32 TOT NL 3B 115 84 212 15 21 .952 .947 2.57 2.35 2.74 2.77 111 972.3 TOT NL 2B 12 16 24 0 3 1.000 .980 3.33 4.58 4.56 5.22 10 79.0 ATL NL 3B 113 83 207 15 21 .951 .947 2.57 2.35 2.73 2.77 109 956.3 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 PIT NL 2B 11 15 24 0 3 1.000 .980 3.55 4.58 4.50 5.22 10 78.0 SS 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 4.00 1.29 4.63 0 7.0 3B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.35 3.38 2.76 2 16.0 1B 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 1 7.0 1989 33 TOT NL 1B 16 110 7 1 8 .992 .992 7.31 8.38 9.84 9.75 12 107.0 TOT NL 2B 10 13 15 2 2 .933 .982 2.80 4.43 6.30 5.13 5 40.0 PIT NL 1B 9 75 5 1 4 .988 .993 8.89 8.38 9.86 9.75 9 73.0 2B 3 5 5 0 1 1.000 .980 3.33 4.43 6.92 5.12 2 13.0 SFG NL 3B 38 8 25 1 1 .971 .943 0.87 2.25 2.50 2.71 8 118.7 1B 7 35 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.29 8.39 9.79 9.74 3 34.0 2B 7 8 10 2 1 .900 .984 2.57 4.43 6.00 5.13 3 27.0 1990 34 HOU NL 3B 24 12 31 3 3 .935 .947 1.79 2.31 2.73 2.73 18 142.0 1B 11 69 7 1 7 .987 .992 6.91 7.88 10.57 9.58 7 64.7 2B 11 12 14 0 6 1.000 .985 2.36 4.28 3.51 5.01 7 66.7 1991 35 HOU NL 1B 13 66 8 0 6 1.000 .992 5.69 8.44 9.69 9.79 7 68.7 3B 4 4 5 2 0 .818 .947 2.25 2.30 2.23 2.75 4 36.3 1992 36 CAL AL 2B 21 34 34 1 4 .986 .983 3.24 4.60 4.14 5.25 17 147.7 DH 5 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 8.35 6.75 9.68 1 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 32 PIT NL 1B 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 7.00 8.60 9.00 9.90 1 7.0 1989 33 TOT NL 1B 16 110 7 1 8 .992 .992 7.31 8.38 9.84 9.75 12 107.0 PIT NL 1B 9 75 5 1 4 .988 .993 8.89 8.38 9.86 9.75 9 73.0 SFG NL 1B 7 35 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.29 8.39 9.79 9.74 3 34.0 1990 34 HOU NL 1B 11 69 7 1 7 .987 .992 6.91 7.88 10.57 9.58 7 64.7 1991 35 HOU NL 1B 13 66 8 0 6 1.000 .992 5.69 8.44 9.69 9.79 7 68.7 1992 36 CAL AL 1B 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 8.35 6.75 9.68 1 12.0 1977 21 STL NL 2B 6 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 1.17 4.47 4.85 5.26 1 13.0 1978 22 STL NL 2B 17 30 48 1 8 .987 .977 4.59 4.34 5.79 5.30 14 121.3 1979 23 STL NL 2B 117 213 323 8 65 .985 .979 4.58 4.55 5.51 5.42 96 875.3 1980 24 STL NL 2B 101 223 310 6 62 .989 .980 5.28 4.71 5.51 5.49 101 871.3 1982 26 STL NL 2B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80 6.28 5.44 0 4.3 1983 27 STL NL 2B 32 51 69 5 16 .960 .978 3.75 4.46 5.42 5.34 21 199.3 1984 28 TOT NL 2B 6 4 6 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 4.70 3.37 5.39 3 26.7 STL NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 3.83 5.36 0 4.7 ATL NL 2B 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.70 3.27 5.40 3 22.0 1985 29 ATL NL 2B 16 18 37 1 7 .982 .982 3.44 4.82 5.40 5.47 12 91.7 1986 30 ATL NL 2B 41 51 77 3 15 .977 .980 3.12 4.54 5.33 5.21 19 216.3 1987 31 ATL NL 2B 11 13 17 0 3 1.000 .984 2.73 4.44 4.11 5.19 5 65.7 1988 32 TOT NL 2B 12 16 24 0 3 1.000 .980 3.33 4.58 4.56 5.22 10 79.0 ATL NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 PIT NL 2B 11 15 24 0 3 1.000 .980 3.55 4.58 4.50 5.22 10 78.0 1989 33 TOT NL 2B 10 13 15 2 2 .933 .982 2.80 4.43 6.30 5.13 5 40.0 PIT NL 2B 3 5 5 0 1 1.000 .980 3.33 4.43 6.92 5.12 2 13.0 SFG NL 2B 7 8 10 2 1 .900 .984 2.57 4.43 6.00 5.13 3 27.0 1990 34 HOU NL 2B 11 12 14 0 6 1.000 .985 2.36 4.28 3.51 5.01 7 66.7 1992 36 CAL AL 2B 21 34 34 1 4 .986 .983 3.24 4.60 4.14 5.25 17 147.7 1978 22 STL NL 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.52 0.00 3.00 0 6.0 1979 23 STL NL 3B 17 10 19 1 2 .967 .951 1.71 2.50 3.10 2.89 7 84.3 1980 24 STL NL 3B 16 4 30 1 2 .971 .947 2.12 2.39 2.79 2.87 12 109.7 1981 25 STL NL 3B 102 77 246 15 23 .956 .948 3.17 2.47 3.21 2.84 101 906.3 1982 26 STL NL 3B 135 78 304 11 23 .972 .951 2.83 2.43 3.03 2.77 131 1133.3 1983 27 STL NL 3B 127 79 231 13 27 .960 .949 2.44 2.29 2.95 2.70 107 946.3 1984 28 TOT NL 3B 91 60 167 8 15 .966 .943 2.49 2.36 2.81 2.79 84 726.0 STL NL 3B 46 29 90 4 7 .967 .943 2.59 2.36 3.12 2.79 39 343.7 ATL NL 3B 45 31 77 4 8 .964 .943 2.40 2.36 2.54 2.79 45 382.3 1985 29 ATL NL 3B 117 70 220 11 19 .963 .948 2.48 2.47 2.83 2.88 101 922.0 1986 30 ATL NL 3B 130 65 258 8 24 .976 .946 2.48 2.20 2.85 2.72 119 1020.0 1987 31 ATL NL 3B 126 76 248 7 20 .979 .951 2.57 2.34 2.81 2.82 120 1038.3 1988 32 TOT NL 3B 115 84 212 15 21 .952 .947 2.57 2.35 2.74 2.77 111 972.3 ATL NL 3B 113 83 207 15 21 .951 .947 2.57 2.35 2.73 2.77 109 956.3 PIT NL 3B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.35 3.38 2.76 2 16.0 1989 33 SFG NL 3B 38 8 25 1 1 .971 .943 0.87 2.25 2.50 2.71 8 118.7 1990 34 HOU NL 3B 24 12 31 3 3 .935 .947 1.79 2.31 2.73 2.73 18 142.0 1991 35 HOU NL 3B 4 4 5 2 0 .818 .947 2.25 2.30 2.23 2.75 4 36.3 1992 36 CAL AL DH 5 1979 23 STL NL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.50 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1981 25 STL NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1983 27 STL NL SS 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.20 13.64 4.91 0 3.3 1984 28 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1988 32 PIT NL SS 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 4.00 1.29 4.63 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1046 627 1996 96 180 .965 .948 2.51 2.36 2.89 2.78 923 8161.7 2B* 402 683 979 27 192 .984 .980 4.13 4.58 5.31 5.38 311 2818.3 1B* 43 261 22 2 21 .993 .992 6.58 8.27 9.82 9.72 28 259.3 SS* 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.20 5.03 4.78 0 14.3 DH 5 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1499 1573 3003 125 394 .973 .962 3.05 3.13 3.66 3.60 1262 11254
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  STL ATL     W   3  15   1   3  0  0  0   2   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL MIL     W   7  24   4   7  1  0  0   1   2   1  .292  .346  .333   2  0   0   0   0 
 1989   NLCS  SFG CHC     W   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SFG OAK     L   4   6   1   2  0  0  0   0   3   0  .333  .556  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   6  19   1   3  0  0  0   2   0   0  .158  .158  .158   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1  11  30   5   9  1  0  0   1   5   1  .300  .400  .333   2  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1  17  49   6  12  1  0  0   3   5   1  .245  .315  .265   2  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

On-base %
1986 NL-.373-10

Triples
1981 NL-6-10

Bases on Balls
1986 NL-83-4

Singles
1981 NL-90-8

Hit By Pitch
1985 NL-6-6

Sac. Flies
1988 NL-8-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1982 NL-15.2-6
1983 NL-18.1-4
1986 NL-12.6-3
1987 NL-17.5-2
1988 NL-14.0-3

Youngest Player
1977 NL-21-8

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  9. Woody English (908)
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Transactions 

May 4, 1975: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1984: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Mike Jorgensen and Ken Dayley.

August 28, 1988: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Tommy Gregg (September 1, 1988) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

May 10, 1989: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Roger Samuels.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

July 27, 1991: Released by the Houston Astros.

February 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 30, 1992: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Atlanta Braves$616,667
1986Atlanta Braves$825,000
1987Atlanta Braves$725,000
1988Atlanta Braves$725,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$725,000
1990Houston Astros$625,000
1991Houston Astros$675,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,916,667

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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