RF Ken Mays #42
Chicago Traders MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/16/1976
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RF KEN MAYS #42 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
107 147 38 4 5 0 22 12 19 .259 .311 .354 10 1.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 55 50 50
Gap 50 55 50 60
Power 35 40 35 45
Eye 50 50 50 50
Avoid K's 55 60 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 70
Errors: - 30 55
Arm: 20 40 50
Turn DP: - 30 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 75
1st Base: - Center Field: 60
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 70
Stealing Aggressiveness: 60
Stealing Ability: 65
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/24/1976 @ STL Loss, 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1976 @ STL Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1976 @ WAS Loss, 4-7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/19/1976 @ MIL Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/18/1976 @ MIL Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1976 STL Win, 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1976 STL Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1976 STL Win, 8-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/1976 WAS Win, 6-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/08/1976 MIL Win, 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Money motivates Mays.
High: Financial Ambition
Birthday:12/08/1948
Born in:San Francisco, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$104,000
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 22 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 24th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 107 147 38 4 5 0 22 14 12 19 .259 .311 .354 .664 .303 .095 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 162 0 0 0 4 1 2 52 9 10 1 90.9 17.2 3.97 1.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   34 9 1 1 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0 .265 .342 .353 .695
Versus Right   113 29 3 4 0 18 9 8 14 2 1 0 .257 .301 .354 .655
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   23 8 2 0 0 7 3 1 3 1 0 0 .348 .360 .435 .795
May   32 11 0 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 .344 .364 .469 .832
June   31 5 1 1 0 1 3 6 6 0 0 0 .161 .297 .258 .555
July   33 6 0 2 0 5 2 3 4 0 1 0 .182 .250 .303 .553
August   14 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .312 .286 .598
September   14 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Spring Training   45 15 2 2 0 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 .333 .362 .467 .828
Last Year   185 52 7 2 0 17 18 13 27 3 3 1 .281 .327 .341 .667
2 Years Ago   355 95 17 4 6 35 45 31 33 5 4 2 .268 .326 .389 .714
Career   841 222 30 11 6 83 94 69 101 10 9 4 .264 .319 .347 .666
Home   72 23 2 1 0 14 6 7 10 0 0 0 .319 .380 .375 .755
Road   75 15 2 4 0 8 8 5 9 2 1 0 .200 .244 .333 .577
Grass   145 37 4 4 0 22 13 12 19 2 1 0 .255 .308 .338 .646
Turf   2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
Day   89 27 1 4 0 12 9 7 13 2 0 0 .303 .347 .404 .751
Night   58 11 3 1 0 10 5 5 6 0 1 0 .190 .254 .276 .530
As Starter   74 19 2 3 0 15 9 2 8 2 1 0 .257 .269 .365 .634
As Reliever / Substitution   73 19 2 2 0 7 5 10 11 0 0 0 .260 .349 .342 .692
Pinch Hitting   59 15 2 2 0 6 4 8 10 0 0 0 .254 .343 .356 .699
Close/Late   76 18 2 3 0 10 5 7 12 0 0 0 .237 .301 .342 .643
Inning 1-3   24 4 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 2 1 0 .167 .154 .167 .321
Inning 4-6   29 8 1 0 0 5 3 1 3 0 0 0 .276 .300 .310 .610
Inning 7-9   85 26 3 5 0 12 9 11 9 0 0 0 .306 .385 .459 .844
Extra Innings   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   47 9 1 1 0 2 3 3 8 0 0 0 .191 .240 .255 .495
1 Outs   52 16 2 2 0 9 8 4 7 2 1 0 .308 .345 .423 .768
2 Outs   48 13 1 2 0 11 2 5 4 0 0 0 .271 .340 .375 .715
Scoring Position   44 12 2 2 0 20 4 4 6 2 1 0 .273 .320 .409 .729
Bases Empty   76 22 1 2 0 0 8 4 12 0 0 0 .289 .325 .355 .680
Runner on 1st   27 4 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 .148 .258 .259 .517
Runner on 2nd   12 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 .083 .154 .167 .321
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 .286 .250 .429 .679
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 5 0 1 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 .714 .700 1.000 1.700
Bases Loaded   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Two Strikes   47 7 2 1 0 5 2 6 19 0 0 0 .149 .245 .234 .479
First Pitch   25 9 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 .360 .346 .440 .786
Count 0-1   21 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .227 .333 .561
Count 0-2   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-0   13 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .615 .923
Count 1-1   20 8 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .500 .900
Count 1-2   17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 2-1   8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Count 2-2   12 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .556 .200 .756
Full Count   11 4 0 1 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 .364 .588 .545 1.134
Behind in Count   45 6 2 0 0 2 4 0 10 1 0 0 .133 .130 .178 .308
Ahead in Count   34 9 0 2 0 6 3 6 0 0 1 0 .265 .375 .382 .757
Batting Leadoff   8 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 .125 .417 .375 .792
Batting 2nd   5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Batting 3rd   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting 4th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th   11 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 .364 .385 .364 .748
Batting 6th   21 6 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .318 .286 .604
Batting 7th   48 12 2 3 0 10 5 0 6 1 0 0 .250 .245 .417 .662
Batting 8th   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Batting 9th   43 9 2 1 0 4 3 5 8 0 0 0 .209 .292 .302 .594
Low Leverage   51 21 3 3 0 7 9 6 3 0 0 0 .412 .474 .588 1.062
Medium Leverage   49 7 0 0 0 4 2 1 7 1 1 0 .143 .157 .143 .300
High Leverage   47 10 1 2 0 11 2 5 9 1 0 0 .213 .283 .319 .602
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Chicago - MLB 22 25 39 8 1 0 0 3 7 6 0 0 8 3 0 .205 .311 .231 .542 59 50 0.1
1972 Chicago - MLB 23 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 194 195 0.1
1973 Chicago - MLB 24 57 111 27 1 0 0 6 10 7 1 0 13 5 1 .243 .294 .252 .546 52 58 0.1
1974 Chicago - MLB 25 128 355 95 17 4 6 35 45 31 2 5 33 15 5 .268 .326 .389 .714 103 103 3.6
1975 Chicago - MLB 26 86 185 52 7 2 0 17 18 13 1 3 27 8 3 .281 .327 .341 .667 87 88 1.5
1976 Chicago - MLB 27 107 147 38 4 5 0 22 14 12 0 2 19 10 1 .259 .311 .354 .664 89 94 1.3
Total MLB 407 841 222 30 11 6 83 94 69 4 10 101 41 10 .264 .319 .347 .666 89 90 6.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Total - 21 50 218 58 10 6 8 45 49 24 3 1 22 15 7 .266 .346 .477 .823 100 100 1.3
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1975 Chicago - MLB 26 6 24 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .200 .208 .408 14 14 0.7
Total MLB 6 24 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .200 .208 .408 14 14
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1971 Chicago - MLB LF 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 17.1 1.04 -0.0 .977
1971 Chicago - MLB CF 13 10 22 0 0 23 1 .957 74.0 2.68 +0.1 .979
1971 Chicago - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Chicago - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Chicago - MLB LF 31 17 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 167.0 1.89 +1.2 1.062
1973 Chicago - MLB CF 7 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 18.0 2.00 -0.4 1.012
1973 Chicago - MLB RF 6 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 31.0 1.74 +0.1 1.049
1974 Chicago - MLB LF 15 11 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 114.0 1.74 +1.6 1.087
1974 Chicago - MLB CF 12 11 40 0 0 40 0 1.000 102.0 3.53 +1.7 1.030
1974 Chicago - MLB RF 67 60 132 0 0 134 2 .985 535.0 2.22 +8.4 1.081
1975 Chicago - MLB LF 26 18 38 0 0 39 1 .974 156.2 2.18 +2.8 1.089
1975 Chicago - MLB CF 7 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 18.1 2.45 -0.1 1.007
1975 Chicago - MLB RF 27 21 54 5 1 59 0 1.000 186.0 2.85 +4.2 1.105
1976 Chicago - MLB LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.2 2.45 -0.1 1.037
1976 Chicago - MLB CF 16 1 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 48.2 3.88 +1.8 1.115
1976 Chicago - MLB RF 28 22 46 5 0 53 2 .962 190.1 2.41 +1.9 1.032
TOTAL LF 84 46 98 0 0 99 1 .990 459.1 1.92 +5.5 1.076
TOTAL CF 55 23 92 0 0 93 1 .989 261.0 3.17 +3.2 1.033
TOTAL RF 130 106 238 10 1 252 4 .984 944.1 2.36 +14.6 1.075
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 24, 80th overall pick) by the Chicago Traders, out of college Oregon State
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (50).
04/06/1971 Named the #90 prospect in the MLB
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 45 (50).
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
11/06/1973 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
04/08/1974 Outstandingly completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Chicago Traders development complex.
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $65,000.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
06/15/1975 Injured (strained quadriceps),day-to-day for one week.
11/16/1975 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $104,000.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
08/07/1976 Injured (tender shoulder),day-to-day for 4 days.
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