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Ralph Kiner League
5-30-2064
Ken Wardle Right Field
Retired (1974, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .803 Status Deceased (2016) Option Years 0  
H 2567 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 11-16-1934
HR 242 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1952)		 Majors Svc Time 18 years
(70 games)
RBI 1344
SB 291
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control B-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 3
1B F  (0.3%) LF A- (79.2%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 7
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 12
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 18 57.00 4 / 7 10 / 10 6 / 8 6 / 8 1 / 11 6 / 8 4 / 5 37 / 57
1953 Minors 19 58.00 10 / 10 9 / 10 2 / 4 6 / 10 0 / 6 3 / 7 7 / 11 37 / 58
1954 Minors 20 54.00 6 / 10 0 / 2 2 / 7 2 / 5 0 / 10 6 / 10 7 / 10 23 / 54
1955 Minors 21 60.00 7 / 11 5 / 9 9 / 12 4 / 6 1 / 10 4 / 7 4 / 5 34 / 60
1956 Minors 22 45.00 3 / 7 6 / 11 2 / 3 1 / 8 1 / 9 2 / 5 0 / 2 15 / 45
1956 Majors 22 10.20 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 3 3 / 10
1957 Majors 23 52.32 2 / 6 2 / 4 2 / 4 6 / 9 3 / 8 4 / 12 3 / 9 22 / 52
1958 Majors 24 57.36 3 / 5 2 / 9 5 / 10 7 / 12 1 / 10 1 / 5 2 / 6 21 / 57
1959 Majors 25 56.29 3 / 8 7 / 14 0 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 12 1 / 7 14 / 56
1960 Majors 26 59.09 6 / 12 2 / 8 0 / 6 3 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 3 2 / 13 14 / 59
1961 Majors 27 59.62 2 / 10 3 / 12 2 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 8 9 / 59
1962 Majors 28 61.48 1 / 8 1 / 12 1 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 7 6 / 61
1963 Majors 29 59.89 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 18 1 / 7 1 / 59
1964 Majors 30 60.89 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 60
1965 Majors 31 61.39 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 61
1966 Majors 32 58.39 0 / 7 0 / 15 1 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 9 1 / 58
1967 Majors 33 63.09 162 139 0 0 / 10 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 14 1 / 63
1968 Majors 34 53.70 137 118 25 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 53
1969 Majors 35 67.17 162 119 0 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 10 1 / 67
1970 Majors 36 65.54 162 114 0 -1 / 7 -6 / 11 -4 / 9 -6 / 12 -10 / 8 -4 / 11 -2 / 7 -33 / 65
1971 Majors 37 62.80 158 136 0 -3 / 11 -5 / 8 -2 / 12 -2 / 11 -7 / 4 -3 / 11 -3 / 5 -25 / 62
1972 Majors 38 53.30 162 104 0 -2 / 15 -2 / 9 -2 / 2 -1 / 13 -10 / 3 -2 / 6 -1 / 5 -20 / 53
1973 Majors 39 65.66 162 118 0 -3 / 13 -6 / 7 -3 / 6 -4 / 15 -7 / 8 -4 / 8 -1 / 8 -28 / 65
1974 Minors 40 11.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 11
1974 Majors 40 18.46 97 20 0 -4 / 3 -4 / 3 -2 / 1 -7 / 2 -3 / 3 -4 / 3 -4 / 3 -28 / 18
Total 1202 868 25 34 / 193 24 / 205 21 / 175 17 / 207 -28 / 183 11 / 179 27 / 181 106 / 1323
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Ken Wardle has retired from the Detroit Tortfeasors
1974-08-15The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Ken Wardle to the major league team.
1974-06-15The Detroit Tortfeasors have acquired Ken Wardle from the waiver wire.
1974-06-11The New York Bronx Bombers have waived Ken Wardle.
1974-06-01The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Ken Wardle for assignment.
1971-04-05The New York Pinstripers have acquired Ken Wardle from the waiver wire.
1971-03-05The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Rags Smith to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Dave Blethen to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have designated Dave Leonard for assignment. The Detroit Tortfeasors have designated Ken Wardle for assignment.
1968-09-03Ken Wardle of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1967-05-22A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tortfeasors. The Detroit Tortfeasors receive Ken Wardle, Pete Pride, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jimmy Bacsik, John Johnson, Bugs Konetchy.
1966-09-20Ken Wardle of the Philadelphia Phillies is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1961-09-11Ken Wardle of the Philadelphia Phillies is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1956-08-25The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Ken Wardle to the major league team.
1952-07-31A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Brooklyn Dodgers receive Bill Brosnan from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ken Wardle.
1952-07-25The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Ken Wardle to the minors.
1952-07-23The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Ken Wardle to the major leagues.