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Ken Oberkfell
Kenneth Ray Oberkfell

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

MLB Debut August 22, 1977
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL (age 67)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 23 SLN NL  125  405   44  124  19   6   2   29   4   1   45   32  .306  .383  .398  .780   109   161   0   1   2   6  10  
 1980 24 SLN NL  125  465   70  150  34   8   5   51   3   1   30   33  .323  .365  .462  .827   115   215   4   2   2   2  10  
 1981 25 SLN NL  153  549   74  157  19   5   6   59  11   6   46   63  .286  .339  .372  .710   102   204   4   4   3   0  12  
 1982 26 SLN NL  141  456   56  125  26   5   2   44  10   5   38   33  .274  .327  .366  .693    98   167   4   5   5   0  14  
 1983 27 SLN NL  143  484   66  124  21   1   3   28   9   0   66   43  .256  .344  .322  .666    95   156  10   3   8   0  11  
 1984 28 ATN NL  104  334   33   92  21   4   0   37   0   2   29   32  .275  .331  .362  .693    98   121   2   3   1   0   5  
 1985 29 ATN NL  125  392   46   93  19   1   5   38   0   2   66   42  .237  .351  .329  .680    95   129   0   1   2   3  10  
 1986 30 ATN NL  123  377   43   92  18   3   3   30   0   2   55   25  .244  .339  .332  .670    92   125   0   6   0   2   9  
 1987 31 ATN NL  144  537   71  150  29   7   1   43   2   0   44   41  .279  .338  .365  .703    92   196   1   1   1   4  17  
 1988 32 ATN NL  129  497   60  117  28   3   1   39   0   1   25   36  .235  .272  .310  .582    82   154   4   6   1   2  10  
 1989 33 PIN NL  105  157   20   54   8   2   4   21   0   1   15   10  .344  .394  .497  .891   131    78   1   3   1   0   1  
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 35 CIN NL   45   70    6   13   5   0   0    6   0   0    9   10  .186  .278  .257  .536    76    18   0   0   0   0   2  
 1992 36 SDN NL   38  138   15   36   8   0   0   10   0   0   11   10  .261  .315  .319  .634    88    44   0   0   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1500 4861  604 1327 255  45  32  435  39  21  479  410  .273  .338  .364  .702        1768  30  35  26  19 114
 Per 600 PA           538   67  147  28   5   4   48   4   2   53   45                                 196   3   4   3   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      687 2359  310  680 119  25  18  211  37  13  225  204  .288  .350  .383  .733         903  22  15  20   8  57
   With ATN      625 2137  253  544 115  18  10  187   2   7  219  176  .255  .325  .339  .664         725   7  17   5  11  51
   With PIN      105  157   20   54   8   2   4   21   0   1   15   10  .344  .394  .497  .891          78   1   3   1   0   1
   With CIN       45   70    6   13   5   0   0    6   0   0    9   10  .186  .278  .257  .536          18   0   0   0   0   2
   With SDN       38  138   15   36   8   0   0   10   0   0   11   10  .261  .315  .319  .634          44   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1602 4874  558 1354 237  44  29  446  62  47  546  356  .278  .351  .362  .713        1766  43  42  68  23 112
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1979 23 SLN NL  25   63   5.8  18   5   0  .278   7  112   75  .670    0    0  .000  2B   3e14       -3   
 1980 24 SLN NL  34   77   6.3   9   2   0  .222   6   92   57  .620    0    0  .000  2B   3e10       33   
 1981 25 SLN NL  28   69   4.5   9   4   1  .444  14   69   50  .725    0    0  .000  3B   2e25      -14   
 1982 26 SLN NL  22   53   4.0  15   3   0  .200   6   59   48  .814    0    0  .000  3B   2e14      -22   
 1983 27 SLN NL  27   58   4.1   2   1   0  .500  13   58   36  .621    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -90   
 1984 28 ATN NL  26   40   4.3   3   1   0  .333  12   47   34  .723    0    0  .000  3B   2e16       13   
 1985 29 ATN NL  21   47   4.1  17   1   0  .059   8   53   45  .849    0    0  .000  3B   2e17      -38   
 1986 30 ATN NL  18   44   4.0  20   2   0  .100  11   53   40  .755    0    0  .000  3B   2e11      -63   
 1987 31 ATN NL  38   64   4.3  13   1   0  .077   7   65   49  .754    0    0  .000  3B   3e10       -2   
 1988 32 ATN NL  43   41   2.8   4   1   0  .250  18   51   29  .569    0    0  .000  3B   3e22      -93   
 1989 33 PIN NL   8   31   7.9  52  21   2  .404   4   19   11  .579    0    0  .000  3B   3e12      216   
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 35 CIN NL   6    5   2.4  13   2   0  .154   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e65     -107   
 1992 36 SDN NL   3   13   3.6   0   0   0  .000   4   30   16  .533    0    0  .000  2B   4e10       43   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          610   4.4 175  44   3  .251 112  712  492  .691    0    0  .000                 -20   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 20.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1979 23 SLN NL  2B   107   344   286    7   72   .989    99   918.2   6.17
 1980 24 SLN NL  2B    88   231   207    6   54   .986    84   762.2   5.17
                 3B    29    33    38    0    3  1.000    25   233.2   2.73
 1981 25 SLN NL  3B   143   164   257   14   25   .968   138  1218.0   3.11
                 SS     2     2     2    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   7.20
 1982 26 SLN NL  3B   126   108   210    6   26   .981   116  1062.0   2.69  GG
                 2B     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1983 27 SLN NL  3B   141   121   240   13   19   .965   139  1239.0   2.62
 1984 28 ATN NL  3B   102    74   161   12   12   .951    87   798.2   2.65
 1985 29 ATN NL  3B   110    59   197    8   15   .970   104   929.1   2.48
                 2B     3     2     2    0    1  1.000     0     7.0   5.14
 1986 30 ATN NL  3B    94    73   137   10   12   .955    90   803.1   2.35
                 2B     8    19    19    1    4   .974     6    53.2   6.37
 1987 31 ATN NL  3B   131    89   207    7   16   .977   124  1094.2   2.43
                 2B     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1988 32 ATN NL  3B   120    88   175   18   14   .936   116  1047.1   2.26
                 2B     3     2     2    0    1  1.000     0     4.0   9.00
                 1B     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  15.00
 1989 33 PIN NL  3B    56    34    49    1    2   .988    16   233.2   3.20
                 1B     5    18     4    0    0  1.000     3    23.2   8.37
                 2B     5     1     1    3    0   .400     0     8.0   2.25
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 35 CIN NL  3B    13     8    12    2    2   .909    13    98.2   1.82
                 1B    18    35     2    0    2  1.000     0    37.0   9.00
 1992 36 SDN NL  2B    37    77   107    4   22   .979    37   309.0   5.36
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1065   851  1683   91  146   .965   968  8758.1   2.60
                 2B   255   677   627   21  154   .984   226  2070.0   5.67
                 1B    24    57     7    0    2  1.000     3    63.2   9.05
                 SS     2     2     2    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   7.20
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1979  SLN   73-89   Rob Tomlinson
 1980  SLN   88-74   Rob Tomlinson
 1981  SLN   74-88   Rob Tomlinson
 1982  SLN   86-76   Rob Tomlinson, Mike Rescigno
 1983  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1984  ATN   77-85   Rick Field
 1985  ATN   61-101  Rick Field
 1986  ATN   50-112  Rick Field
 1987  ATN   64-98   Rick Field
 1988  ATN   63-99   Rick Field
 1989  PIN   86-76   Mike Mashanic
 1991  CIN   94-68   Alan Boodman
 1992  SDN  104-58   Mike Tomeo

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