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Ken Widger Third Base
Retired (1984, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .295 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .834 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 2271 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 06-03-1946
HR 277 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1964)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(46 games)
RBI 1060
SB 70
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed C+ Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B+ (75.5%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B C- (33.2%) LF A+ (96.6%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B D- (6.3%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* 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 
1964 Minors 18 55.00 6 / 6 9 / 12 6 / 6 9 / 11 6 / 6 6 / 6 8 / 8 50 / 55
1965 Minors 19 50.00 13 / 16 3 / 3 4 / 5 3 / 5 2 / 2 10 / 11 8 / 8 43 / 50
1966 Minors 20 65.00 9 / 11 5 / 9 2 / 4 4 / 6 9 / 11 10 / 14 9 / 10 48 / 65
1967 Minors 21 57.00 3 / 11 5 / 8 1 / 3 6 / 12 5 / 7 7 / 10 4 / 6 31 / 57
1967 Majors 21 5.30 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 5
1967 Pos (3B) 21 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 6
1968 Minors 22 55.00 4 / 12 3 / 8 6 / 8 6 / 7 4 / 6 1 / 5 3 / 9 27 / 55
1968 Pos (3B) 22 127.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 127
1969 Majors 23 48.16 4 / 9 3 / 10 5 / 8 5 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 0 5 / 7 23 / 48
1970 Majors 24 58.18 4 / 8 1 / 8 4 / 9 2 / 4 1 / 8 2 / 7 4 / 14 18 / 58
1971 Majors 25 65.84 1 / 7 1 / 9 1 / 9 4 / 9 4 / 11 2 / 6 5 / 14 18 / 65
1972 Majors 26 64.60 1 / 6 2 / 12 3 / 13 3 / 9 0 / 5 2 / 8 2 / 11 13 / 64
1973 Majors 27 65.44 3 / 6 1 / 10 2 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 2 4 / 19 5 / 12 15 / 65
1974 Majors 28 51.91 1 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 9 3 / 51
1975 Majors 29 44.30 1 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 44
1976 Majors 30 69.90 0 / 7 1 / 15 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 13 3 / 69
1977 Majors 31 70.50 0 / 15 0 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 8 1 / 70
1978 Majors 32 69.80 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 16 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 69
1979 Majors 33 59.40 1 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 8 1 / 14 0 / 7 0 / 11 2 / 59
1980 Majors 34 52.76 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 52
1981 Majors 35 47.97 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 47
1982 Majors 36 47.84 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 47
1983 Majors 37 19.89 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 19
1984 Majors 38 3.56 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3
Total 0 0 0 51 / 171 35 / 173 35 / 144 44 / 148 35 / 142 44 / 154 55 / 185 315 / 1250
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1984-11-01Ken Widger has retired from the St. Louis Cardinals
1981-08-14Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1980-05-13Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1979-09-03Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1975-07-24Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1975-04-01Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
1974-06-09Ken Widger of the St. Louis Cardinals is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1969-03-25The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Ken Widger to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Mike Owen for assignment.
1968-03-25The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Ken Widger to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Johnny Hale to the minors.
1967-09-16The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Mike Sadecki to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Ken Widger to the major league team.
1964-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have renamed Ken Widner to Ken Widger.