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Name Team Age
Ken Wardle Retired (1974, Age 39) Died (2016, Age 82)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1952)		 RF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League 0 18 years (70 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B- D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 11/16/1934
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 7 12
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
A- (79.2 %) F  (0.3 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1956 PHI 31 112 8 29 5 1 1 10 13 23 7 3 2 .684 .336 .348 .259
1957 PHI 139 515 63 144 24 9 8 60 48 95 18 6 6 .749 .341 .408 .280
1958 PHI 139 519 64 135 25 6 11 78 38 90 15 1 4 .709 .314 .395 .260
1959 PHI 139 501 66 129 20 3 12 71 48 89 17 4 2 .707 .326 .381 .257
1960 PHI 139 511 90 160 29 6 20 99 60 79 23 3 0 .900 .389 .511 .313
1961 PHI 128 514 91 163 21 12 12 79 50 79 25 8 2 .852 .377 .475 .317
1962 PHI 139 505 81 144 26 8 14 100 79 80 26 1 0 .835 .384 .451 .285
1963 PHI 139 540 100 169 24 7 15 102 53 78 21 4 7 .844 .377 .467 .313
1964 PHI 139 546 92 166 28 6 14 112 55 69 29 6 3 .819 .365 .454 .304
1965 PHI 140 540 85 165 22 8 24 107 64 80 17 3 5 .889 .379 .509 .306
1966 PHI 131 510 88 152 36 7 17 93 67 86 20 6 1 .878 .382 .496 .298
1967 PHI-DET 139 542 90 171 22 8 17 73 64 66 16 1 4 .870 .391 .480 .315
1968 DET 118 497 101 165 26 8 19 65 51 70 13 1 1 .925 .394 .531 .332
1969 DET 136 512 107 155 20 7 18 65 53 80 7 2 3 .843 .369 .475 .303
1970 DET 125 502 86 128 20 6 16 57 47 89 3 3 0 .734 .320 .414 .255
1971 NYA 136 536 76 129 24 7 5 57 67 103 19 14 2 .663 .323 .340 .241
1972 NYA 114 413 66 118 17 5 8 57 38 69 7 4 3 .753 .344 .409 .286
1973 NYA 121 459 50 124 19 1 9 49 38 74 7 5 1 .704 .329 .375 .270
1974 NYA-DET 30 86 11 21 3 1 2 10 5 11 1 0 0 .658 .286 .372 .244
Total 2322 8860 1415 2567 411 116 242 1344 938 1410 291 75 46 .803 .359 .444 .290
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.