Ken
Pinkerton
 
Nickname: Pinky
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 15, 1884 in Elos
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rick Blast Award 1918   
Rookie of the Year 1909   
Nix Lawngreech Award 1914   
All-Star Selections 1910    1916    1918   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Rick Blast Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1903 18 A   132 435 47 109 18 5 6 37 23 11 29 84 .251 .297 .356 .654 46.0  
1904 19 A   132 541 74 141 28 4 7 42 39 14 40 83 .261 .312 .366 .678 63.1  
1905 20 A   123 470 59 121 22 8 8 70 21 9 29 89 .257 .301 .389 .690 54.4  
1906 21 A   130 568 88 176 26 11 12 68 32 12 48 72 .310 .364 .458 .821 91.5  
1907 22 AA   81 349 53 107 25 2 6 31 17 9 29 60 .307 .360 .441 .801 52.5  
    A   49 213 51 71 18 8 4 32 9 1 25 42 .333 .403 .549 .953 43.7  
1908 23 AAA   131 504 74 146 28 5 9 62 10 8 40 82 .290 .342 .419 .761 68.8  
1909 24 CST NL 135 372 60 107 18 6 9 59 11 6 35 74 .288 .354 .441 .795 55.7 11.5
1910 25 CST NL 148 551 91 178 36 12 13 90 37 20 47 101 .323 .389 .503 .891 98.5 21.8
1911 26 CST NL 147 554 73 170 23 8 10 82 15 13 57 112 .307 .380 .431 .811 86.3 18.1
1912 27 GEO NL 136 524 96 166 28 7 19 86 17 23 40 102 .317 .377 .506 .882 89.0 17.8
1913 28 EDL SL 150 557 96 164 26 5 26 82 41 32 51 146 .294 .370 .499 .869 95.6 16.6
1914 29 EDL SL 149 519 74 138 25 11 22 95 16 13 56 142 .266 .351 .484 .834 85.2 15.3
1915 30 SB NL 131 452 61 122 20 6 17 56 14 17 40 130 .270 .346 .454 .799 63.8 12.0
1916 31 SB NL 147 526 85 150 25 10 22 90 16 12 48 150 .285 .358 .496 .854 87.9 19.6
1917 32 SB NL 149 553 71 148 27 6 23 101 10 9 48 163 .268 .338 .463 .801 82.2 14.6
1918 33 SB NL 144 548 91 173 37 12 22 99 1 7 37 125 .316 .373 .547 .920 98.7 27.0
1919 34 SB NL 150 583 109 167 20 10 22 88 2 4 56 124 .286 .360 .468 .828 92.8 20.2
1920 35 SB NL 147 560 87 166 27 4 19 100 1 5 62 125 .296 .369 .461 .830 91.9 20.4
1921 36 ALC NL 129 231 42 61 13 1 10 36 1 1 37 55 .264 .370 .459 .829 40.6 9.0
1922 37 ALC NL 93 239 32 56 3 3 6 35 1 1 32 53 .234 .326 .347 .673 28.8 3.7
1923 38 ALC NL 27 69 17 16 1 3 1 6 0 0 11 17 .232 .357 .377 .734 10.5 2.0
    AAA   70 253 35 57 8 2 5 31 2 1 33 52 .225 .315 .332 .647 28.5  
15 Years Sim 1982 6838 1085 1982 329 104 241 1105 183 163 657 1619 .290 .363 .474 .837 1107.7 229.6
2 Years AAA 201 757 109 203 36 7 14 93 12 9 73 134 .268 .350 .390 .739 97.3  
1 Years AA 81 349 53 107 25 2 6 31 17 9 29 60 .307 .375 .441 .817 52.5  
5 Years A 566 2227 319 618 112 36 37 249 124 47 171 370 .278 .341 .410 .751 298.8  
8 Years Minors 848 3333 481 928 173 45 57 373 153 65 273 564 .278 .347 .409 .755 448.6  
162 Game Average 558 88 162 26 8 19 90 14 13 53 132 .290 .363 .474 .837 90.5  
Career Highs 150 583 109 178 37 12 26 101 41 32 62 163 .323 .389 .547 .920 98.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5182 863 1546 253 84 188 831 144 125 532 1195 .298 .375 .488 .863 868.5
vs LH   1656 222 436 76 20 53 274 39 38 125 424 .263 .325 .429 .754 215.6
Home 994 3334 561 996 177 53 105 527 80 93 339 766 .299 .373 .478 .851 539.7
Away 988 3504 524 986 152 51 136 578 103 70 318 853 .281 .353 .470 .824 544.4
RISP   1810 0 530 78 27 70 816 0 0 244 423 .293 .382 .482 .864 322.6
Pinch Hitting   245 43 66 14 4 9 41 3 3 37 61 .269 .375 .469 .844 41.7
Close/Late   840 138 242 42 9 36 153 0 1 96 192 .288 .372 .488 .860 143.9
Mar/Apr 276 1003 172 272 41 12 30 142 32 27 102 246 .271 .350 .426 .776 141.3
May 378 1268 197 351 59 25 38 198 32 27 127 315 .277 .354 .453 .807 190.0
June 359 1240 184 324 51 20 45 178 34 28 121 296 .261 .336 .444 .780 176.7
July 319 1108 166 339 54 13 41 203 25 21 90 275 .306 .370 .489 .859 181.5
August 354 1242 193 393 73 21 41 209 42 32 123 269 .316 .387 .508 .895 220.1
Sep/Oct 296 977 173 303 51 13 46 175 18 28 94 218 .310 .383 .530 .913 174.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nix Lawngreech Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1909 24 CST NL LF 112 83 770.3 219 2 2 2 .991 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1910 25 CST NL LF 125 125 1092.7 274 9 10 2 .966 2.33 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 23 18 172.0 52 1 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
1911 26 CST NL LF 144 142 1282.7 340 9 15 3 .959 2.45 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1912 27 GEO NL LF 128 126 1131.3 267 6 10 1 .965 2.17 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1913 28 EDL SL LF 148 137 1225.3 312 2 15 1 .954 2.31 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1914 29 EDL SL LF 135 130 1153.7 307 6 7 1 .978 2.44 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 13 7 79.7 27 0 2 0 .931 3.05 0 0 .000 0  
1915 30 SB NL LF 117 110 983.3 300 6 9 1 .971 2.80 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 7 2 28.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0  
1916 31 SB NL LF 93 89 798.7 217 1 10 0 .956 2.46 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    CF 45 42 385.7 155 1 2 0 .987 3.64 0 0 .000 0  
1917 32 SB NL CF 75 68 624.7 162 3 2 1 .988 2.38 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 68 64 580.7 152 4 5 1 .969 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
1918 33 SB NL LF 138 133 1190.3 295 5 8 3 .974 2.27 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1919 34 SB NL CF 122 111 1013.3 302 8 5 3 .984 2.75 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    LF 24 23 207.0 54 2 1 1 .982 2.43 0 0 .000 0  
1920 35 SB NL LF 124 122 1099.3 243 4 6 0 .976 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 21 12 127.7 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1921 36 ALC NL CF 60 14 232.3 63 0 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 17 16 141.7 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
1922 37 ALC NL CF 35 34 298.7 78 2 3 1 .964 2.41 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 15 15 126.0 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 8 79.7 16 0 2 0 .889 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 38 ALC NL CF 20 13 128.7 34 0 1 0 .971 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 6 5 36.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1394 1320 11818.9 3066 57 98 16 .970 2.38 0 0 .000 0 27.1
  CF 430 321 3109.6 927 16 15 5 .984 2.73 0 0 .000 0 9.8
  RF 11 8 85.7 19 0 2 0 .905 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 0 7.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1839 1649 15024.2 4014 76 115 21 .973 2.45 0 0 .000 1 37.1
Career Highs   149 143 1284.7 372 10 15 4 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1918 33 SB NL 16 76 17 17 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 15 .224 .263 .276 .539
1920 35 SB NL 9 29 4 6 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 6 .207 .281 .414 .695
1921 36 ALC NL 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
1922 37 ALC NL 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 42 119 22 25 7 0 1 12 0 0 6 23 .210 .260 .294 .554
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1910-10-.323
1918-5-.316
On-Base Pct
1910-9-.389
Slugging Pct
1910-7-.503
1912-8-.506
1913-10-.499
1916-5-.496
1917-9-.463
1918-1-.547
1919-7-.468
CAR-25-.474
OPS
1910-6-.891
1912-9-.882
1916-8-.854
1918-1-.920
1919-9-.828
CAR-30-.837
XR
1910-6-98.5
1916-9-87.9
1918-2-98.7
1919-8-92.8
CAR-26-1107.7
Games
1910-9-148
1913-3-150
1914-7-149
1919-5-150
CAR-21-1982
At-Bats
1919-6-583
CAR-32-6838
Runs
1910-10-91
1912-8-96
1913-6-96
1918-5-91
1919-1-109
CAR-24-1085
Hits
1910-9-178
1918-7-173
1920-10-166
CAR-37-1982
Total Bases
1910-6-277
1913-8-278
1916-6-261
1917-6-256
1918-1-300
1919-5-273
CAR-21-3242
Doubles
1910-8-36
1918-5-37
CAR-37-329
Triples
1910-1-12
1911-5-8
1912-5-7
1914-2-11
1915-10-6
1916-2-10
1917-10-6
1918-1-12
1919-3-10
CAR-3-104
Homeruns
1913-4-26
1917-5-23
1918-8-22
1919-8-22
CAR-33-241
RBIs
1910-9-90
1916-7-90
1917-2-101
1918-3-99
1919-8-88
1920-8-100
CAR-22-1105
Stolen Bases
1910-4-37
1913-8-41
Caught Stealing
1910-1-20
1911-8-13
1912-2-23
1913-1-32
1914-10-13
1915-7-17
CAR-15-163
Strikeouts
1910-5-101
1911-9-112
1913-1-146
1914-2-142
1915-3-130
1916-1-150
1917-1-163
1918-4-125
1919-4-124
1920-4-125
CAR-2-1619
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 115    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 139)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 48)
 
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