Ken Suarez
Born: April 12, 1943, Tampa, FL Died: July 29, 2023, Fort Worth, TXHeight: 5'9" Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Florida State
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1966 Kansas City AL 23 35 69 5 10 12 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 15 0 0 26 1 .145 .174 .298 1967 Kansas City AL 24 39 63 7 15 26 5 0 2 9 2 1 1 0 15 1 0 21 1 .238 .413 .388 1968 Cleveland AL 25 17 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .100 .100 .182 1969 Cleveland AL 26 36 85 7 25 33 5 0 1 9 2 0 1 0 10 5 0 12 5 .294 .388 .400 1971 Cleveland AL 28 50 123 10 25 35 7 0 1 9 1 2 0 1 15 3 2 15 2 .203 .285 .310 1972 Texas AL 29 25 33 2 5 6 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .152 .182 .167 1973 Texas AL 30 93 278 25 69 83 11 0 1 27 3 4 1 2 33 0 5 16 10 .248 .299 .334 TOTALS 295 661 57 150 196 29 1 5 60 9 9 5 3 90 9 7 97 21 .227 .297 .330
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1966 Kansas City AL C 233.0 26 8 9 34 145 20 8 7 .954 18 12 4 1967 Kansas City AL C 201.0 22 14 4 36 170 20 4 2 .979 9 11 2 1968 Cleveland AL C 26.1 1 10 0 11 22 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1968 Cleveland AL 3B 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1968 Cleveland AL 2B 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 1968 Cleveland AL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1969 Cleveland AL C 267.2 29 7 7 36 191 20 2 3 .991 9 11 4 1971 Cleveland AL C 357.0 39 9 6 48 268 14 2 3 .993 15 13 1 1972 Texas AL C 67.1 6 10 3 16 53 2 2 0 .965 1 3 0 1973 Texas AL C 755.1 88 2 10 90 501 44 6 4 .989 50 32 3
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Kansas City Athletics (1965).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians from Oakland Athletics in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1967).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Mike Paul and Rich Hand to Texas Rangers in exchange for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones (December 2, 1971).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Leo Cardenas (February 12, 1974).
- Placed on disabled list by Cleveland Indians (May 3, 1971)
- Activated by Cleveland Indians (May 19, 1971)
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with cash and a player to be named later to California Angels in exchange for Frank Robinson (September 12, 1974); California Angels received Rusty Torres (@October 10, 1974).
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