Ken Oberkfell

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL us

High School: Collinsville HS (Collinsville, IL)

School: Southwestern Illinois College (Belleville, IL)

Debut: August 22, 1977 (Age 21-110d, 13,928th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 36-153d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Kenneth Ray Oberkfell

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1982 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.4

4874

1354

.278

558

RBI

446

OBP

.351

SLG

.362

OPS

.713

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 29 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 6 go ahead

4 Tms
ATL	15
STL	11
SFG	2
HOU	1

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	3

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	11

Outs
1	14
0	8
2	7

10 Opps
SDP	7
CIN	5
NYM	4
MON	3
SFG	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CHC	2
PHI	1
LAD	1

25 Pitchers
Ron Darling	2
Chris Welsh	2
LaMarr Hoyt	2
Eric Show	2
Pascual Pérez	1
Mike Bielecki	1
Mario Soto	1
Gene Garber	1
Mike Krukow	1
Bobby Castillo	1
Phil Niekro	1
Ron Robinson	1
Jimmy Jones	1
Elías Sosa	1
Greg Booker	1
Don Schulze	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Chuck Rainey	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Frank Pastore	1
Rick Rhoden	1
John Pacella	1
Lerrin LaGrow	1
Fred Breining	1

10 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	9
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
9	23
89	1
7	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	23
2	2
6	1
1	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	7
12-	3
-2-	3
1-3	1

47 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	15
1 on	10
2 on	4
Any on	14

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	6
4	6
5	2
6	3
7	2
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	11
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+1	5
Tied	6
-1	4
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	3

Ahead	9
Tied	6
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	23
3-2	2
1-0	1
0-0	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	20
2B	8
PH	1

OrderPos
2nd	13
7th	7
6th	6
8th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-05-13	STL		ATL	Phil Niekro	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	1--		2	2	4	0.045	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Vuckovich Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1980-04-27	STL	@	PHI	Lerrin LaGrow	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	1--		2	2	4	0.011	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; G. Templeton Scores/unER; K. Oberkfell Scores/unER
3	3	2	1	1980-07-10	STL	@	MON	Elías Sosa	behind 1-4	t 9	2	1--		2	8	4	0.023	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Kennedy Scores
4	4	3	1	1980-07-12	STL	@	NYM	John Pacella	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---		1	8	4	0.085	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1981-08-29 (1)	STL	@	SDP	Chris Welsh	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---		1	7	5	0.038	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1981-09-03	STL	@	LAD	Bobby Castillo	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--		2	2	5	0.239	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Herr Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1982-07-07	STL	@	ATL	Gene Garber	behind 1-3	t 9	1	---		1	7	5	0.052	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	1	1982-09-22	STL		PIT	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	7	5	0.129	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1983-07-16	STL	@	SFG	Fred Breining	behind 0-3	t 5	0	1--		2	7	5	0.165	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Herr Scores
10	10	2	1	1983-08-28	STL	@	CIN	Frank Pastore	behind 1-2	t 3	0	---		1	2	4	0.119	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	1983-09-10	STL	@	CHC	Chuck Rainey	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---		1	6	5	0.110	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1984-07-12	ATL		NYM	Ron Darling	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-		2	6	5	0.167	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Murphy Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1985-06-14	ATL		CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-		2	2	5	0.133	74%		Home Run; B. Komminsk Scores
14	14	2	1	1985-08-03	ATL		SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 1-7	b 4	1	---		1	6	5	0.028	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1985-08-18 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	1--		2	6	5	0.194	87%		Home Run; G. Perry Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1986-05-15	ATL	@	MON	Dan Schatzeder	tied 4-4	t 10	1	12-		3	6	4	0.386	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Murphy Scores; B. Horner Scores
17	17	2	1	1986-06-04	ATL		PIT	Mike Bielecki	behind 0-4	b 3	1	---		1	2	5	0.067	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	1986-06-07	ATL	@	SDP	LaMarr Hoyt	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	12-		3	2	5	0.213	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line); R. Mahler Scores; O. Moreno Scores
19	19	4	1	1986-06-16	ATL		CIN	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---		1	5	5	0.136	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line)
20	20	5	1	1986-06-21	ATL	@	CIN	Chris Welsh	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---		1	7	5	0.145	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1987-07-20	ATL	@	NYM	Don Schulze	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	5	0.103	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1987-08-04	ATL		SDP	Eric Show	ahead 4-3	b 2	2	1--		2	2	5	0.167	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. James Scores
23	23	3	1	1987-09-07	ATL		SDP	Jimmy Jones	behind 0-5	b 1	1	---		1	2	5	0.053	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1988-04-05	ATL		CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 2-4	b 4	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	2	7	5	0.220	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Griffey Scores
25	25	2	1	1988-05-18	ATL	@	CIN	Ron Robinson	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	8,(3-2) BFBFBFFX	1	7	5	0.105	70%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1988-07-01	ATL	@	MON	Pascual Pérez	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	0.086	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1989-06-09	SFG		SDP	Greg Booker	ahead 8-0	b 6	2	1-3	2,(0-1) .CX	3	6	PH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Mitchell Scores; T. Jones Scores
28	28	2	1	1989-06-25	SFG	@	SDP	Eric Show	behind 1-3	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	2	4	0.105	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1990-05-06 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	Ron Darling	ahead 3-2	t 4	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	4	0.212	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Portugal Scores; E. Yelding Scores