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Ken Hamlin

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: May 18, 1935 in Detroit, MI us

School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)

Debut: June 17, 1957 (Age 22-030d, 11,449th in major league history)
vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1966 (Age 31-131d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Kenneth Lee Hamlin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

1340

323

.241

143

RBI

OBP

.304

SLG

.311

OPS

.616

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-30 / in Starts: 9-21
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	59 (32-16-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (34-20-10)

Most Driven In
G Leek	1
E Averill	1
F Throneberry	1
R Bridges	1
Self	1
S Bilko	0
E Sadowski	0
D Rice	0

Most Driven In By
A Pearson	1
L Thomas	1
Self	1
L Wagner	1
F Throneberry	0

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	146	3 (2)	Apr 17	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7						PR SS
2	147	4	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						PR
3	148	7 (2)	Apr 23 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						SS
4	149	8	Apr 23 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	1.24	-0.043	1.75	-0.04%	-0.35	SS
5	150	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	8	.65	-0.036	.84	-0.03%	-0.43	SS
6	151	10	Apr 28	LAA		MIN	W,6-5	10-GF(12)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	9	2.56	0.402	2.67	0.25%	0.74	SS
7	152	11	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.667	1.030	8	.74	0.064	.89	0.05%	0.50	SS
8	153	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.462	.728	8	.54	-0.058	.70	-0.05%	-1.05	SS
9	154	13	Apr 30 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.400	.635	8	.93	-0.052	1.20	-0.04%	-0.43	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	155	14	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.500	.881	8	1.83	0.331	2.16	0.24%	1.67	SS
11	156	15	May 3	LAA		BAL	W,7-6	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.476	.876	8	1.54	0.088	1.66	0.06%	0.49	SS
12	157	21 (5)	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.417	.774	8	.60	-0.052	.63	-0.03%	-0.79	SS
13	158	22	May 10	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	8	2.10	-0.231	2.42	-0.16%	-1.43	SS
14	159	23	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.286	.323	.608	8	.85	-0.066	1.04	-0.05%	-0.54	SS
15	160	24	May 13	LAA	@	MIN	L,6-13	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.263	.303	.566	8	1.45	-0.106	1.49	-0.07%	-0.94	SS
16	161	25	May 14	LAA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.286	.351	.637	7	1.13	-0.012	1.08	-0.01%	-0.16	SS
17	162	26	May 15	LAA	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.195	.261	.317	.578	7	1.94	-0.356	1.47	-0.16%	-2.97	SS
18	163	28 (1)	May 18	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.255	.310	.565	9	2.00	-0.048	1.11	-0.02%	-0.38	PH
19	164	30 (1)	May 19 (2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.255	.289	.544	8	.76	-0.058	.38	-0.02%	-0.86	SS
20	165	31	May 21 (1)	LAA		WSA	L,2-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1	.178	.255	.289	.544	8	2.12	-0.041	1.21	-0.01%	-0.25	PR SS
21	166	36 (4)	May 25	LAA		CLE	L,5-13	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.269	.304	.574	9	.05	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.40	PH
22	167	40 (3)	May 30	LAA	@	WSA	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.259	.292	.551	8	1.27	-0.110	.50	-0.03%	-0.91	SS
23	168	41	May 31	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.250	.280	.530	8	1.05	-0.056	.36	-0.01%	-0.45	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	169	42	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.267	.283	.550	8	.50	0.026	.22	0.01%	0.05	SS
25	170	43	Jun 2	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.266	.268	.533	8	1.20	-0.053	.46	-0.01%	-0.36	SS
26	171	45 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.266	.268	.533	8						SS
27	172	46	Jun 4 (2)	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.254	.254	.508	8	.52	-0.039	.09	0.00%	-0.47	SS
28	173	51 (4)	Jun 8 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.254	.254	.508	9						SS
29	174	52	Jun 8 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	T,4-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.254	.254	.508	9						SS
30	175	53	Jun 9 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.254	.254	.508	8						PR SS
31	176	54	Jun 9 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.239	.238	.478	1	.38	-0.040	.03	0.00%	-0.75	SS
32	177	55	Jun 10	LAA	@	BOS	W,10-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.236	.234	.470	1	.15	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-0.24	PR SS
33	178	57 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.263	.269	.532	8	.80	0.137	.08	0.01%	1.92	SS
34	179	58	Jun 12	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.266	.271	.537	8	.96	-0.048	.07	0.00%	-0.33	SS
35	180	59	Jun 13 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.268	.274	.542	8	.83	-0.022	.04	0.00%	-0.13	SS
36	181	60	Jun 13 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.271	.267	.537	8	.86	0.016	.02	0.00%	-0.04	SS
37	182	61	Jun 14 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.261	.256	.518	8	.87	-0.092	.04	0.00%	-0.86	SS
38	183	62	Jun 14 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.198	.275	.272	.546	8	.42	-0.014	.01	0.00%	0.03	SS
39	184	63	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.195	.287	.268	.556	8	1.05	-0.015	.02	0.00%	-0.18	SS
40	185	64	Jun 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.289	.271	.559	8	.76	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.35	SS
41	186	65	Jun 17	LAA	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.205	.297	.273	.570	8	.72	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.06	SS
42	187	66	Jun 18	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.298	.275	.573	7	1.04	-0.055	.01	0.00%	-0.41	SS
							11-30		105	91	4	19	3	0	1	5	11	2	10	1	1	1	0	6	0	2	.209	.298	.275	.573		1.03	-0.796	.71	-0.13%	-11.34

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