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Ken Kravec

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: July 29, 1951 in Cleveland, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 29th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Midpark HS (Middleburg Heights, OH) and the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ashland University (Ashland, OH).

High School: Midpark HS (Middleburg Heights, OH)

School: Ashland University (Ashland, OH)

Debut: September 4, 1975 (Age 24-037d, 13,688th in major league history)
vs. KCR 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 7 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 31-066d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Kenneth Peter Kravec

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

4.47

160

128

858.2

557

WHIP

1.418

Summary of 78 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 30 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	70
CHC	8

Platoon
vs RHB	60
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Home	39
Away	39

Outs
0	29
1	28
2	21

20 Opps
TEX	8
NYY	8
BAL	8
DET	8
MIN	6
OAK	5
KCR	5
BOS	5
CLE	5
CAL	4
MIL	3
TOR	3
SEA	2
NYM	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
PHI	1

68 Batters
Graig Nettles	2
Jerry Morales	2
Toby Harrah	2
George Brett	2
Buddy Bell	2
Lou Piniella	2
Andrés Mora	2
Ken Singleton	2
Don Baylor	2
Jim Rice	2
Jack Clark	1
Ray Fosse	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Julio González	1
Bobby Grich	1
Mike O'Berry	1
Tom Grieve	1
Dave Edwards	1
Richie Zisk	1
Gary Alexander	1
Dan Ford	1
Al Bumbry	1
Rick Burleson	1
Dwayne Murphy	1
Rob Picciolo	1
Ken McMullen	1
Roy Smalley	1
Rick Cerone	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Dave Revering	1
Hubie Brooks	1
Bill Robinson	1
John Mayberry	1
Amos Otis	1
Craig Kusick	1
Lee May	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Rico Carty	1
Carlos López	1
Tito Fuentes	1
Mike Hargrove	1
Pat Putnam	1
Jeff Newman	1
Willie Aikens	1
Otto Vélez	1
Rusty Staub	1
Ron Jackson	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Thurman Munson	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Jerry Narron	1
Larry Hisle	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Jim Wohlford	1
George Foster	1
Bob Robertson	1
Bruce Benedict	1
Tim Corcoran	1
Rick Manning	1
Steve Kemp	1
Mike Schmidt	1
John Castino	1
John Ellis	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
Terry Humphrey	1
Lance Parrish	1
Reggie Jackson	1

17 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	34
Arlington St (ARL)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	37
9	17
8	5
78	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	12
3·HR gms	4
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	20
-2-	4
1-3	4
123	2
12-	2
-23	2
--3	1

125 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	43
1 on	25
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	35

Inning
1	10
2	11
3	16
4	15
5	9
6	6
7	3
8	5
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	37
4-6	30
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	7
+2	9
+1	10
Tied	25
-1	7
-2	9
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	29
Tied	25
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	15
LF	12
3B	11
DH	10
1B	9
C	9
CF	5
SS	4
2B	3

OrderPos
5th	13
4th	13
7th	12
3rd	8
1st	8
6th	8
2nd	7
8th	6
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-09-01	Ray Fosse	CLE	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	2	14%	64%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1976-09-06	Dan Ford	MIN		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1976-09-21	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	1--	2	5	7	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Ford Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1977-05-29	Chris Chambliss	NYY		CHW	behind 1-2	b 6	2	1--	2	4	3	36%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores
5	5	2	1	1977-06-03	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-8	t 6	2	1-3	3	7	5	4%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores; R. Jackson Scores
6	6	3	1	1977-06-08	Toby Harrah	TEX		CHW	tied 1-1	b 3	2	-23	3	5	5	25%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Fregosi Scores; W. Horton Scores
7	7	4	2	1977-06-08	Tom Grieve	TEX		CHW	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	1--	2	7	9	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores
8	8	5	1	1977-06-12	Al Bumbry	BAL		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	---	1	1	8	11%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1977-06-22	Terry Humphrey	CAL	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	9	2	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	7	1	1977-07-09	Tito Fuentes	DET		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	4	12%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores
11	11	8	1	1977-07-29	John Mayberry	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	--3	2	5	3	16%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Otis Scores/unER; J. Mayberry Scores/unER
12	12	9	2	1977-07-29	George Brett	KCR	@	CHW	behind 3-6	t 5	1	1-3	3	1	5	24%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Patek Scores; F. White Scores
13	13	10	1	1977-08-11	Buddy Bell	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	2	5	15%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Duffy Scores
14	14	11	1	1977-08-21 (1)	Jim Wohlford	MIL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	9	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	12	2	1977-08-21 (1)	Ken McMullen	MIL		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	1--	2	7	DH	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Brye Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1978-04-11	Rico Carty	TOR	@	CHW	behind 0-4	t 4	1	---	1	4	DH	6%	15%		Home Run
17	17	2	2	1978-04-11	Otto Vélez	TOR	@	CHW	behind 1-4	t 4	2	---	1	6	9	8%	22%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1978-04-24	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	8	5	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	1978-04-29	Lee May	BAL	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	DH	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	1978-05-24	Bobby Grich	CAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	6	2	1978-05-24	Don Baylor	CAL		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	7	1	1978-06-23	Craig Kusick	MIN	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	4	DH	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	8	1	1978-06-28	Bob Robertson	SEA		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	DH	11%	66%		Home Run
24	24	9	1	1978-07-03	Mike Hargrove	TEX	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	10	2	1978-07-03	John Ellis	TEX	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 2	0	1--	2	7	DH	17%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores
26	26	11	1	1978-07-08	Rick Cerone	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	7%	92%		Home Run
27	27	12	1	1978-07-14	Lou Piniella	NYY		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	20%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Munson Scores
28	28	13	2	1978-07-14	Thurman Munson	NYY		CHW	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	3	9	14%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	14	1	1978-08-06	Rusty Staub	DET		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	1--	2	3	DH	11%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores
30	30	15	2	1978-08-06	Steve Kemp	DET		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	12-	3	5	7	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores; R. Staub Scores
31	31	16	1	1978-08-17	Toby Harrah	TEX		CHW	behind 0-4	b 6	1	1--	2	8	6	12%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Zisk Scores
32	32	17	1	1978-09-02 (1)	Andrés Mora	BAL		CHW	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2	7	7	20%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. DeCinces Scores
33	33	18	2	1978-09-02 (1)	Ken Singleton	BAL		CHW	tied 2-2	b 3	2	---	1	3	9	13%	65%		Home Run
34	34	19	3	1978-09-02 (1)	Andrés Mora	BAL		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	1	7	7	11%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	20	4	1978-09-02 (1)	Carlos López	BAL		CHW	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	1--	2	9	8	10%	96%		Home Run; A. Mora Scores
36	36	21	1	1978-09-11	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	1--	2	1	6	19%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Borgmann Scores
37	37	22	1	1978-09-18	Dave Revering	OAK		CHW	behind 2-3	b 4	1	---	1	7	3	15%	53%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1979-04-14	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CHW	behind 3-5	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	11%	38%		Home Run (Pop Fly)
39	39	2	1	1979-05-01	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	---	1	5	2	8%	91%		Home Run
40	40	3	2	1979-05-01	Jerry Morales	DET	@	CHW	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	1	6	9	4%	96%		Home Run
41	41	4	1	1979-05-17	Jeff Newman	OAK		CHW	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	14%	36%		Home Run
42	42	5	1	1979-06-07	Jim Rice	BOS		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	12%	68%		Home Run
43	43	6	1	1979-06-17	Mike O'Berry	BOS	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	2	11%	61%		Home Run
44	44	7	1	1979-06-22	Ron Jackson	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-	3	4	3	20%	85%		Home Run; B. Randall Scores; R. Smalley Scores; R. Jackson Scores
45	45	8	1	1979-07-03	Cliff Johnson	CLE		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	4	6	DH	27%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bonds Scores; A. Thornton Scores; T. Harrah Scores
46	46	9	1	1979-07-07	Amos Otis	KCR		CHW	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---	1	3	8	11%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	10	1	1979-07-13	Jerry Morales	DET	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 8	2	---	1	3	9	28%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	11	1	1979-07-19 (2)	Richie Zisk	TEX		CHW	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2	5	7	17%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ellis Scores; R. Zisk Scores
49	49	12	2	1979-07-19 (2)	Pat Putnam	TEX		CHW	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	3	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Putnam Scores
50	50	13	3	1979-07-19 (2)	Buddy Bell	TEX		CHW	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	12%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bell Scores
51	51	14	1	1979-07-29	Gary Alexander	CLE	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	2	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Cox Scores; G. Alexander Scores
52	52	15	2	1979-07-29	Rick Manning	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 2	1	123	4	2	8	15%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kuiper Scores; T. Veryzer Scores; M. Hargrove Scores; R. Manning Scores
53	53	16	1	1979-08-01	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	18%	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Munson Scores; R. Jackson Scores
54	54	17	2	1979-08-01	Lou Piniella	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	1	5	7	8%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
55	55	18	3	1979-08-01	Jerry Narron	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Narron Scores
56	56	19	1	1979-09-02	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	2	5	9	15%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Cooper Scores
57	57	20	1	1979-09-12	Don Baylor	CAL	@	CHW	behind 1-9	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	DH	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carew Scores; D. Ford Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1980-04-11	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	17%	67%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. Belanger Scores
59	59	2	2	1980-04-11	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 2	0	1--	2	8	2	17%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Ayala Scores
60	60	3	1	1980-04-21	Rick Burleson	BOS		CHW	behind 1-5	b 3	2	---	1	2	6	7%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	4	2	1980-04-21	Jim Rice	BOS		CHW	behind 2-5	b 3	2	1--	2	4	7	18%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
62	62	5	3	1980-04-21	Carlton Fisk	BOS		CHW	behind 4-5	b 3	2	1--	2	6	DH	22%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores
63	63	6	1	1980-05-24	Tom Paciorek	SEA		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	9	24%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Craig Scores; W. Horton Scores
64	64	7	1	1980-05-28	John Castino	MIN		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	8	1	1980-07-06 (2)	Rob Picciolo	OAK	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	6	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	9	2	1980-07-06 (2)	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	1	7	11%	70%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
67	67	10	3	1980-07-06 (2)	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	---	1	2	8	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	11	1	1980-07-23	Willie Aikens	KCR		CHW	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	3	10%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	12	2	1980-07-23	George Brett	KCR		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	5	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	13	1	1980-09-02 (1)	Tim Corcoran	DET		CHW	ahead 10-2	b 7	0	---	1	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1981-08-12	Hubie Brooks	NYM	@	CHC	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	5	15%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
72	72	2	1	1981-08-21	Jack Clark	SFG	@	CHC	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	11%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
73	73	3	1	1981-08-31	Dave Edwards	SDP		CHC	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	13%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
74	74	4	1	1981-09-25	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	CHC	behind 0-2	t 4	0	-2-	2	4	5	18%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Matthews Scores
75	75	5	1	1981-09-29	Bill Robinson	PIT		CHC	tied 2-2	b 3	1	1--	2	5	9	21%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Thompson Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1982-07-15	Bruce Benedict	ATL	@	CHC	ahead 7-4	t 5	1	1--	2	7	2	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Horner Scores
77	77	2	1	1982-08-15 (2)	George Foster	NYM		CHC	behind 2-4	b 5	1	-23	3	4	7	31%	70%		Home Run; M. Wilson Scores; B. Bailor Scores
78	78	3	1	1982-10-03	Julio González	STL	@	CHC	tied 4-4	t 14	0	---	1	1	4	35%	85%		Home Run (LF-CF)