SS Ken Booker #36
Los Angeles Pobladores MLB
Age: 24 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/31/1977
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SS KEN BOOKER #36 - AGE: 24 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
92 322 79 12 1 9 31 31 31 .245 .314 .373 1 -0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 60 55 55
BABIP 45 50 45 45
Avoid K's 70 75 65 70
Gap 40 40 40 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 70 35
Errors: - 55 50
Arm: 20 60 60
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 55
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 60 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 55
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 35
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1977 @ HOU Loss, 4-5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
07/30/1977 @ HOU Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/29/1977 @ CHH Win, 8-6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1977 @ CHH Win, 4-3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
07/27/1977 @ CHH Win, 14-3 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
07/25/1977 SFS Loss, 1-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
07/24/1977 SFS Loss, 2-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/23/1977 SFS Loss, 1-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/22/1977 NYE Loss, 2-7 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/1977 NYE Win, 1-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
He is seldom out-witted.
High: Baseball IQ
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:01/19/1953
Born in:Tampa, FL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$80,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 71 Days
Service This Yr:117 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1971, 4th Pick in Round 4
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 92 322 79 12 1 9 31 36 31 31 .245 .314 .373 .686 .296 .127 82
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 83 363 2 4 0 5 6 2 120 22 1 1 50.0 38.6 4.06 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   86 24 5 0 2 8 10 12 8 0 0 0 .279 .367 .407 .774
Versus Right   236 55 7 1 7 23 26 19 23 2 6 2 .233 .293 .360 .654
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   26 7 1 0 2 3 4 2 4 0 0 0 .269 .321 .538 .860
Last Week   22 6 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 .273 .333 .455 .788
April   28 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 .179 .233 .179 .412
May   104 29 3 0 5 17 12 11 8 0 1 1 .279 .353 .452 .805
June   95 23 6 0 1 7 9 9 12 2 2 1 .242 .308 .337 .645
July   95 22 3 1 3 7 13 9 8 0 3 0 .232 .298 .379 .677
Spring Training   52 14 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 0 1 0 .269 .333 .269 .603
Last Year   125 33 3 0 2 12 9 12 20 0 0 1 .264 .333 .336 .669
2 Years Ago   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career   502 126 15 1 11 46 51 47 61 3 6 4 .251 .318 .351 .669
Home   152 42 5 0 5 18 15 14 13 1 3 0 .276 .335 .408 .743
Road   170 37 7 1 4 13 21 17 18 1 3 2 .218 .295 .341 .636
Grass   322 79 12 1 9 31 36 31 31 2 6 2 .245 .314 .373 .686
Day   177 44 8 1 4 17 21 18 17 2 4 2 .249 .322 .373 .694
Night   145 35 4 0 5 14 15 13 14 0 2 0 .241 .304 .372 .676
As Starter   314 78 12 1 9 31 36 31 28 2 6 2 .248 .318 .379 .697
As Reliever / Substitution   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Pinch Hitting   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Close/Late   86 24 2 1 2 5 7 6 10 2 2 0 .279 .319 .395 .714
Inning 1-3   89 16 5 0 3 11 12 14 8 0 2 2 .180 .305 .337 .642
Inning 4-6   115 30 5 0 2 10 13 8 10 0 2 0 .261 .309 .357 .665
Inning 7-9   112 32 2 1 4 10 10 8 13 2 1 0 .286 .328 .429 .756
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
0 Outs   109 21 3 1 3 4 20 15 12 1 6 1 .193 .294 .321 .615
1 Outs   107 26 5 0 1 9 8 7 7 1 0 0 .243 .287 .318 .605
2 Outs   106 32 4 0 5 18 8 9 12 0 0 1 .302 .362 .481 .843
Scoring Position   74 21 4 0 2 23 9 8 9 2 6 1 .284 .353 .419 .772
Bases Empty   203 46 6 1 6 6 23 21 18 0 0 1 .227 .302 .355 .657
Runner on 1st   45 12 2 0 1 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 .267 .298 .378 .676
Runner on 2nd   21 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 4 0 6 0 .238 .385 .286 .670
Runner on 3rd   8 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125
Runner on 1st & 2nd   25 7 2 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 .280 .333 .480 .813
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .286 .800 1.086
Bases Loaded   7 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .222 .143 .365
Two Strikes   132 33 4 0 5 13 15 22 31 1 0 1 .250 .359 .394 .753
First Pitch   67 14 2 0 1 5 9 3 0 0 4 0 .209 .243 .284 .526
Count 0-1   42 11 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .262 .310 .571
Count 0-2   27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .259 .259 .259 .519
Count 1-0   23 4 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 .174 .167 .435 .601
Count 1-1   23 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304 .333 .348 .681
Count 1-2   43 13 2 0 2 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 .302 .302 .488 .791
Count 2-0   8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Count 2-1   17 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .529 .824
Count 2-2   31 5 1 0 2 4 3 0 7 1 0 0 .161 .156 .387 .543
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .300 .533 .600 1.133
Full Count   31 8 1 0 1 6 8 22 11 0 0 1 .258 .574 .387 .961
Behind in Count   112 31 4 0 2 8 7 0 13 0 0 0 .277 .277 .366 .643
Ahead in Count   58 14 3 1 3 8 8 6 0 1 2 0 .241 .308 .483 .790
Batting Leadoff   54 14 4 0 2 5 8 9 6 1 0 0 .259 .359 .444 .804
Batting 4th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   21 9 0 0 3 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 .429 .478 .857 1.335
Batting 6th   133 28 6 0 2 9 11 10 15 1 5 1 .211 .269 .301 .570
Batting 7th   64 16 0 1 0 2 5 2 4 0 1 1 .250 .284 .281 .565
Batting 8th   40 12 2 0 2 9 7 8 2 0 0 0 .300 .417 .500 .917
Batting 9th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   140 36 6 1 2 8 13 16 12 1 0 0 .257 .331 .357 .688
Medium Leverage   116 25 5 0 3 8 14 11 14 0 4 1 .216 .289 .336 .625
High Leverage   61 16 1 0 3 14 8 4 4 1 2 1 .262 .313 .426 .740
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
1973 Washington - MLB 20 7 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 139 146 0.0
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 21 21 45 10 0 0 0 2 6 4 1 1 9 0 0 .222 .294 .222 .516 53 56 -0.4
1975 Los Angeles - MLB 22 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 91 92 0.0
1976 Los Angeles - MLB 23 39 125 33 3 0 2 12 9 12 1 0 20 0 0 .264 .333 .336 .669 101 97 -0.0
1977 Los Angeles - MLB 24 92 322 79 12 1 9 31 36 31 2 2 31 1 1 .245 .314 .373 .686 84 82 -0.2
Total MLB 165 502 126 15 1 11 46 51 47 4 3 61 1 1 .251 .318 .351 .669 86 84 -0.5
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
1971 Total - 18 34 150 68 20 1 3 43 51 16 3 1 6 1 1 .453 .512 .660 1.172 100 100 3.1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1973 Washington - MLB 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.057
1973 Washington - MLB SS 3 0 1 3 2 5 1 .800 4.0 9.00 -0.5 .698
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 3 3 7 10 2 17 0 1.000 28.0 5.46 -1.4 .792
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.3 .000
1974 Los Angeles - MLB SS 15 7 16 34 6 51 1 .980 82.1 5.47 -1.6 .983
1975 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Los Angeles - MLB SS 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.2 1.056
1976 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 37 37 91 95 16 194 8 .959 325.0 5.15 -2.5 .964
1976 Los Angeles - MLB SS 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 3.1 2.70 +0.1 1.031
1977 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 13 12 25 33 7 61 3 .951 112.0 4.66 +0.1 .979
1977 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 57 56 46 129 7 185 10 .946 491.0 3.21 -6.2 .948
1977 Los Angeles - MLB SS 20 15 18 52 9 75 5 .933 143.0 4.41 -1.5 .928
TOTAL 2B 53 52 123 138 25 272 11 .960 465.0 5.05 -3.8 .953
TOTAL 3B 63 56 46 130 7 186 10 .946 501.0 3.16 -6.5 .948
TOTAL SS 41 22 35 93 18 135 7 .948 235.2 4.89 -3.4 .946
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1971 Drafted in the 1971 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 88th overall pick) by the Washington Eagles, out of high school IMG Academy (IMG Academy; Bradenton, FL).
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (60); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (60); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 35 (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: 40 (60); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
04/09/1974 Released by the Washington Eagles.
06/05/1974 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $248,000 with the Los Angeles Pobladores organization.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
06/20/1975 Injured (cold),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
05/20/1977 Goes 5-6 against the Houston Drillers, with 1 HR, 4 RBI and 2 R.
06/24/1977 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 3 days.
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