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Ron Karkovice

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: August 8, 1963 in Union, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from William R. Boone HS (Orlando, FL).

High School: William R. Boone HS (Orlando, FL)

Debut: August 17, 1986 (Age 23-009d, 15,217th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1997 (Age 34-049d)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Ronald Joseph Karkovice

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Relatives: Uncle of Jake Brigham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.6

2597

574

.221

336

RBI

335

OBP

.289

SLG

.383

OPS

.672

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-24 / in Starts: 17-20
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 126 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	61 (30-20-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 126 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (36-25-13)

Most Driven In
Self	3
F Manrique	2
O GuillÃ©n	1
R Morman	1
D Hill	1
G Walker	1
S Lyons	0

Most Driven In By
H Baines	3
Self	3
S Lyons	2
G Redus	1
M Woodard	1
D Gallagher	0

1988 Batting Game Log

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1988 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	77	32 (31)	May 13	CHW		TOR	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.56	-0.037	.52	-0.02%	-0.41	C
2	78	33	May 14	CHW		TOR	W,7-5	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.40	-0.020	.45	-0.01%	-0.21	C
3	79	34	May 15	CHW		TOR	W,6-5	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	7	.45	-0.012	.50	-0.01%	-0.43	C
4	80	36 (1)	May 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	9	1.05	-0.054	1.00	-0.03%	-0.54	C
5	81	37	May 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	1.06	0.075	.90	0.04%	0.48	C
6	82	38	May 19	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277	9	1.17	-0.092	.93	-0.04%	-0.55	C
7	83	39	May 20	CHW		DET	L,6-14	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	.28	-0.021	.19	-0.01%	-0.56	C
8	84	43 (3)	May 24	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	9	.71	-0.037	.45	-0.01%	-0.26	C
9	85	45 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.200	.048	.248	9	.82	-0.039	.34	-0.01%	-0.28	C
10	86	47 (1)	May 29	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.125	.339	9	1.43	0.135	.51	0.03%	1.34	C
11	87	48	May 31	CHW	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	.46	-0.034	.12	-0.01%	1.31	C
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
12	88	50 (1)	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	L,2-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.257	.290	.547	9	1.37	-0.103	.35	-0.02%	-0.80	C
13	89	51	Jun 3	CHW		TEX	L,3-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.237	.265	.502	9	.53	-0.040	.11	-0.01%	-0.54	C
14	90	52	Jun 4	CHW		TEX	W,10-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.237	.265	.502	7						C
15	91	53	Jun 5	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.214	.237	.451	9	.26	-0.027	.04	0.00%	-0.52	C
16	92	54	Jun 6	CHW		MIN	L,4-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.205	.225	.430	9	1.18	-0.060	.27	-0.01%	-0.59	C
17	93	55	Jun 7	CHW		MIN	W,10-8	2-GF	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.208	.209	.418	7	.75	-0.035	.15	0.00%	-0.20	PR C
18	94	57 (1)	Jun 10	CHW		MIL	W,1-0	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.196	.196	.392	9	1.02	-0.077	.21	-0.01%	-0.49	C
19	95	58	Jun 11	CHW		MIL	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.196	.196	.392	6						C
20	96	62 (3)	Jun 15	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.185	.184	.369	9	1.52	-0.088	.38	-0.01%	-0.60	C
21	97	66 (3)	Jun 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.207	.226	.433	9	.41	0.024	.06	0.00%	0.36	C
22	98	67	Jun 20	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.140	.210	.228	.438	9	1.67	-0.096	.33	-0.01%	-0.88	C
23	99	69 (1)	Jun 22	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.200	.217	.417	9	.95	-0.072	.12	-0.01%	-0.49	C
24	100	70	Jun 24	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.206	.210	.416	9	1.06	-0.026	.16	0.00%	-0.19	C
25	101	71	Jun 25	CHW	@	TEX	W,10-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.154	.225	.277	.502	9	.37	0.055	.05	0.00%	1.48	C
26	102	72	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.227	.265	.491	9	.22	-0.020	.03	0.00%	-0.04	C
27	103	74 (1)	Jun 28	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.153	.228	.264	.492	9	1.28	-0.010	.25	0.00%	-0.16	C
28	104	75	Jun 29	CHW	@	KCR	L,8-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.232	.267	.498	9	.77	-0.027	.21	0.00%	-0.36	C
29	105	76	Jun 30	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.224	.256	.480	9	1.04	-0.098	.17	-0.01%	-0.98	C
Jul		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
30	106	77	Jul 1	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.239	.296	.535	9	1.07	0.090	.16	0.01%	0.88	C
31	107	78	Jul 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.286	.516	9	.63	-0.047	.08	0.00%	-0.54	C
32	108	79	Jul 3	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.286	.516	8						C
33	109	84 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.333	.578	9	.48	0.083	.07	0.01%	1.22	C
34	110	85	Jul 9 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.189	.247	.333	.581	9	.74	0.004	.09	0.00%	-0.09	C
35	111	88 (2)	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.250	.333	.583	9	1.62	0.039	.19	0.00%	0.04	C
36	112	89	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.250	.333	.583	7						C
37	113	90	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.194	.248	.327	.574	9	.65	-0.004	.08	0.00%	-0.11	C
38	114	91	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.241	.317	.558	9	.60	-0.045	.06	0.00%	-0.48	C
39	115	93 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.245	.314	.559	9	1.01	0.008	.07	0.00%	0.03	C
40	116	94	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.245	.314	.559	9						C
41	117	95	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.239	.305	.544	9	.81	-0.061	.06	0.00%	-0.49	C
42	118	97 (1)	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.306	.547	9	2.08	-0.120	.06	0.00%	-0.86	C
43	119	98	Jul 25	CHW		SEA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.295	.528	9	.43	-0.056	.01	0.00%	-0.93	C
44	120	99	Jul 26	CHW		SEA	W,1-0	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.230	.289	.519	9	1.02	-0.051	.02	0.00%	-0.39	C
45	121	101 (1)	Jul 28	CHW		CAL	L,6-7	6-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.228	.287	.515	6	3.36	-0.098	.12	0.00%	-0.59	PR C
Aug		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
46	122	105 (3)	Aug 1	CHW		OAK	L,2-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.228	.287	.515	6						C
							22-24		126	115	10	20	4	0	3	9	7	0	30	1	3	0	1	1	4	2	.174	.228	.287	.515		.87	-1.094	.23	-0.18%	-7.41

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