Ken Sears

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: July 6, 1917 in Streator, IL us

Died: July 17, 1968 in Bridgeport, TX

Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: May 2, 1943 (Age 25-300d, 9,450th in major league history)
vs. WSH 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1946 (Age 28-362d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Kenneth Eugene Sears

Nicknames: Ziggy

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1943 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

202

.282

RBI

OBP

.338

SLG

.347

OPS

.684

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-24 / in Starts: 28-16
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 201 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	126 (72-36-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 201 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	129 (66-42-20)

Most Driven In
B Metheny	5
N Etten	4
B Johnson	3
C Keller	3
J Gordon	2
J Lindell	2
Self	2
R Weatherly	1

Most Driven In By
B Johnson	6
N Etten	5
Self	2
A Donald	1
J Lindell	1
R Hemsley	1
J Gordon	1
R Weatherly	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	9 (8)	May 2 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	7	.35	-0.042	1.22	-0.09%	-0.20	C
2	2	11 (1)	May 4	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	7	1.34	0.216	4.56	0.44%	0.82	C
3	3	12	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	7	.60	-0.040	2.02	-0.08%	-0.53	C
4	4	14 (1)	May 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	9	1.25	-0.006	4.72	-0.02%	0.45	PH
5	5	18 (3)	May 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.500	.944	7	1.01	0.152	4.21	0.38%	1.24	C
6	6	20 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.421	.421	.474	.895	9	.33	-0.008	1.27	-0.02%	-0.13	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	36 (15)	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.391	.435	.826	6	1.20	-0.094	4.88	-0.23%	-0.39	C
8	8	38 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-6	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.407	.462	.869	6	1.00	0.208	3.88	0.48%	1.48	C
9	9	39	Jun 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.406	.452	.858	6	.49	0.108	2.25	0.30%	0.48	C
10	10	40	Jun 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.353	.371	.412	.783	6	.77	-0.077	3.74	-0.22%	-0.68	C
11	11	41	Jun 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	GS-7	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.351	.400	.405	.805	6	.15	0.029	.74	0.09%	1.06	C
12	12	42	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.395	.400	.795	6	1.00	0.070	5.24	0.22%	0.35	C
13	13	45 (2)	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.404	.409	.813	6	.84	0.044	4.86	0.15%	1.68	C
14	14	46	Jun 16	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.392	.383	.775	6	.92	-0.018	5.47	-0.06%	-0.39	C
15	15	47	Jun 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS-9	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.393	.385	.777	5	2.11	0.126	12.85	0.46%	0.89	C
16	16	48	Jun 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.339	.383	.375	.758	5	1.27	-0.092	6.91	-0.30%	-0.59	C
17	17	49	Jun 19	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.377	.368	.745	1	9.21	0.085	49.30	0.27%	-0.09	PH
18	18	50	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.369	.361	.730	5	.85	-0.012	5.47	-0.05%	0.36	C
19	19	51	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.364	.355	.718	6	.39	-0.010	2.49	-0.04%	-0.40	C
20	20	52	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.357	.348	.706	5	1.34	-0.035	8.87	-0.14%	-0.39	C
21	21	53	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.338	.329	.666	5	.25	-0.025	1.71	-0.10%	-0.52	C
22	22	56 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.324	.658	7	.84	0.012	4.79	0.04%	0.15	C
23	23	58 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-12	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.325	.658	7	1.21	0.034	7.22	0.12%	-0.58	C
24	24	59	Jun 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.333	.325	.659	7	.99	0.043	5.67	0.15%	0.16	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	25	60	Jul 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.326	.318	.643	7	1.63	-0.077	9.36	-0.27%	-0.38	C
26	26	61	Jul 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.315	.307	.622	5	.21	-0.015	1.24	-0.05%	-0.69	C
27	27	64 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.302	.293	.596	7	.85	-0.084	4.51	-0.27%	-0.75	C
28	28	67 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.274	.303	.295	.598	4	.58	0.063	3.17	0.21%	0.71	C
29	29	69 (1)	Jul 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-0	2-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.276	.304	.296	.600	4	.73	0.024	4.33	0.09%	0.27	PR C
30	30	71 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.282	.308	.301	.609	6	.87	0.028	5.86	0.11%	1.12	C
31	31	74 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.315	.636	6	1.06	0.029	7.22	0.12%	1.61	C
32	32	78 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0			0	0	0	.288	.319	.306	.625	7						C
33	33	85 (6)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.307	.632	7	1.76	0.204	11.12	0.78%	1.12	C
34	34	88 (2)	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	L,2-6	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.331	.308	.638	6	.36	-0.004	1.84	-0.01%	-0.25	C
35	35	89	Jul 29	NYY		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.298	.336	.322	.658	6	.95	0.122	5.43	0.42%	2.02	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	36	93 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.328	.315	.643	6	.78	-0.054	3.98	-0.17%	-0.54	C
37	37	96 (2)	Aug 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.326	.312	.638	9	.34	-0.009	1.37	-0.02%	-0.26	PH
38	38	99 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.331	.317	.648	9	4.61	0.295	16.93	0.65%	1.00	PH
39	39	100	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-10	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.336	.317	.653	6	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.20	C
40	40	101	Aug 11	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-9	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.338	.315	.653	5	.03	-0.001	.11	0.00%	-0.01	C
41	41	102	Aug 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.290	.340	.313	.653	6	.80	-0.040	3.17	-0.10%	-0.49	C
42	42	103	Aug 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.352	.343	.695	6	.47	0.152	1.68	0.33%	1.49	C
43	43	104	Aug 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.356	.348	.704	6	1.06	0.072	3.34	0.14%	0.54	C
44	44	109 (4)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.359	.366	.726	7	.37	0.003	.81	0.00%	1.72	C
45	45	110	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.364	.721	8	2.16	-0.051	6.16	-0.09%	-0.19	PH
46	46	111	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.346	.351	.697	6	1.69	-0.192	5.84	-0.40%	-1.00	C
47	47	115 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.303	.350	.355	.705	6	.87	-0.066	1.84	-0.08%	-0.47	C
48	48	117 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.348	.353	.701	8	1.62	-0.040	2.82	-0.04%	-0.41	PH
49	49	118	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.347	.359	.706	6	1.00	0.049	1.20	0.04%	0.30	C
50	50	120 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.349	.352	.701	6	.53	-0.039	.57	-0.03%	-0.47	C
51	51	121	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.347	.350	.697	9	3.27	-0.080	2.01	-0.03%	-0.21	PH
52	52	123 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.345	.348	.692	6	.86	0.132	.52	0.05%	0.49	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	53	128 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.339	.341	.680	6	.91	-0.066	.30	-0.01%	-0.50	C
54	54	132 (3)	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.286	.337	.339	.676	9	3.91	-0.229	.23	-0.01%	-1.12	PH
55	55	135 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.339	.347	.686	6	.95	-0.035	.02	0.00%	0.01	C
56	56	147 (11)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.340	.362	.702	5	1.39	0.203	.00	0.00%	2.03	C
57	57	148	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.333	.354	.687	5	1.16	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.84	C
58	58	149	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	L,3-11	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.337	.357	.694	9	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
59	59	154 (4)	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.330	.349	.679	5	1.26	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.99	C
60	60	155	Oct 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.328	.348	.676	5						C
							36-24		201	187	22	52	7	0	2	22	11	2	18	3	0		3	3	1	3	.278	.328	.348	.676		.99	0.698	4.00	3.12%	8.68

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