Ken Oberkfell Stats

Ken Oberkfell was born on Friday, May 4, 1956, in Highland, Illinois. Oberkfell was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 22, 1977, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ken Oberkfell baseball stats page.

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"There are so many new faces around here (St. Louis Cardinals in Spring Training [1981]), I thought I'd been traded." - Ken Oberkfell

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Ken Oberkfell Autograph on a 1990 Donruss Baseball Card (#494)

Ken Oberkfell Autograph on a 1990 Donruss Baseball Card (#494)

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Birth Name:   Kenneth Ray Oberkfell
Nickname:   Ken
Born On:   05-04-1956  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Highland, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Collinsville High School (Collinsville, IL)
College:   Belleville Area College (1975)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   08-22-1977 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-04-1992
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent

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Ken Oberkfell Pitching Stats

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Ken Oberkfell Hitting Stats

1977 21 Cardinals 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111
1978 22 Cardinals 24 50 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .120 .170 .140
1979 23 Cardinals 135 369 53 111 19 5 1 0 35 57 9 35 1 4 4 9 .301 .396 .388
1980 24 Cardinals 116 422 58 128 27 6 3 0 46 51 8 23 9 3 1 11 .303 .377 .417
1981 25 Cardinals 102 376 43 110 12 6 2 0 45 37 6 28 3 4 0 11 .293 .353 .372
1982 26 Cardinals 137 470 55 136 22 5 2 0 34 40 6 31 3 2 1 11 .289 .345 .370
1983 27 Cardinals 151 488 62 143 26 5 3 0 38 61 5 27 4 3 1 12 .293 .371 .385
1984 28 Cardinals 50 152 17 47 11 1 0 0 11 16 2 10 0 0 1 3 .309 .379 .395
1984 28 Braves 50 172 21 40 8 1 1 0 10 15 1 17 3 3 0 4 .233 .289 .308
1985 29 Braves 134 412 30 112 19 4 3 0 35 51 6 38 1 2 6 10 .272 .359 .359
1986 30 Braves 151 503 62 136 24 3 5 0 48 83 6 40 4 4 2 11 .270 .373 .360
1987 31 Braves 135 508 59 142 29 2 3 0 48 48 5 29 5 3 2 13 .280 .342 .362
1988 32 Braves 120 422 42 117 20 4 3 0 40 32 6 28 5 8 2 6 .277 .325 .365
1988 32 Pirates 20 54 7 12 2 0 0 0 2 5 1 6 1 0 0 2 .222 .288 .259
1989 33 Pirates 14 40 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .125 .163 .150
1989 33 Giants 83 116 17 37 5 1 2 0 15 8 0 8 1 2 2 4 .319 .367 .431
1990 34 Astros 77 150 10 31 6 1 1 0 12 15 1 17 1 1 1 2 .207 .281 .280
1991 35 Astros 53 70 7 16 4 0 0 0 14 14 4 8 0 0 0 0 .229 .357 .286
1992 36 Angels 41 91 6 24 1 0 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 0 2 .264 .317 .275
16 Years 1,602 4,874 558 1,354 237 44 29 0 446 546 68 356 43 42 23 112 .278 .351 .362

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Ken Oberkfell Fielding Stats

1977 Cardinals 2B 6 1 39 7 1.2 7 3 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.85
1978 Cardinals 2B 17 14 363 79 4.6 78 30 48 1 8 n/a n/a n/a .987 5.80
1978 Cardinals 3B 4 0 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1979 Cardinals 2B 117 96 2,625 544 4.6 536 213 323 8 65 n/a n/a n/a .985 5.51
1979 Cardinals 3B 17 7 252 30 1.8 29 10 19 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 3.11
1979 Cardinals SS 2 0 6 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1980 Cardinals 2B 101 101 2,613 539 5.3 533 223 310 6 62 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.51
1980 Cardinals 3B 16 12 327 35 2.2 34 4 30 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.81
1981 Cardinals 3B 102 101 2,718 338 3.3 323 77 246 15 23 n/a n/a n/a .956 3.21
1981 Cardinals SS 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1982 Cardinals 2B 1 0 12 3 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1982 Cardinals 3B 135 131 3,399 393 2.9 382 78 304 11 23 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.03
1983 Cardinals 2B 32 21 597 125 3.9 120 51 69 5 16 n/a n/a n/a .960 5.43
1983 Cardinals 3B 127 107 2,838 323 2.5 310 79 231 13 27 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.95
1983 Cardinals SS 1 0 9 5 5.0 5 2 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.00
1984 Cardinals 2B 2 0 12 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1984 Cardinals 3B 46 39 1,029 123 2.7 119 29 90 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .967 3.12
1984 Cardinals SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Braves 2B 4 3 66 8 2.0 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.27
1984 Braves 3B 45 45 1,146 112 2.5 108 31 77 4 8 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.54
1985 Braves 2B 16 12 273 56 3.5 55 18 37 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.44
1985 Braves 3B 117 101 2,766 301 2.6 290 70 220 11 19 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.83
1986 Braves 2B 41 19 648 131 3.2 128 51 77 3 15 n/a n/a n/a .977 5.33
1986 Braves 3B 130 119 3,060 331 2.5 323 65 258 8 24 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.85
1987 Braves 2B 11 5 195 30 2.7 30 13 17 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1987 Braves 3B 126 120 3,114 331 2.6 324 76 248 7 20 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.81
1988 Braves 2B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1988 Braves 3B 113 109 2,868 305 2.7 290 83 207 15 21 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.73
1988 Pirates 1B 1 1 21 7 7.0 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1988 Pirates 2B 11 10 234 39 3.5 39 15 24 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1988 Pirates 3B 2 2 48 6 3.0 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1988 Pirates SS 3 0 21 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1989 Pirates 1B 9 9 219 81 9.0 80 75 5 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.86
1989 Pirates 2B 3 2 39 10 3.3 10 5 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.92
1989 Giants 1B 7 3 102 37 5.3 37 35 2 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.79
1989 Giants 2B 7 3 81 20 2.9 18 8 10 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 6.00
1989 Giants 3B 38 8 354 34 0.9 33 8 25 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.52
1990 Astros 1B 11 7 192 77 7.0 76 69 7 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .987 10.69
1990 Astros 2B 11 7 198 26 2.4 26 12 14 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.55
1990 Astros 3B 24 18 426 46 1.9 43 12 31 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.73
1991 Astros 1B 13 7 204 74 5.7 74 66 8 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.79
1991 Astros 3B 4 4 108 11 2.8 9 4 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 2.25
1992 Angels 1B 2 1 36 9 4.5 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1992 Angels 2B 21 17 441 69 3.3 68 34 34 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .986 4.16
3B Totals 1,046 923 24,471 2,719 2.6 2,623 627 1,996 96 180 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.89
2B Totals 402 311 8,439 1,689 4.2 1,662 683 979 27 192 n/a n/a n/a .984 5.32
1B Totals 43 28 774 285 6.6 283 261 22 2 21 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.87
SS Totals 8 0 42 8 1.0 8 2 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.14
16 Years 1,499 1,262 33,726 4,701 3.1 4,576 1,573 3,003 125 394 n/a n/a n/a .973 3.66

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Ken Oberkfell Miscellaneous Stats

1977 Cardinals 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 9.0 - - -
1978 Cardinals 0 0 .000 4 4 n/a 0.0 50.0 0.0 - - -
1979 Cardinals 4 1 .800 14 8 n/a 369.0 10.5 10.5 - - -
1980 Cardinals 4 4 .500 2 1 n/a 140.7 18.3 9.2 - - -
1981 Cardinals 13 5 .722 1 0 n/a 188.0 13.4 8.4 - - -
1982 Cardinals 11 9 .550 2 1 n/a 235.0 15.2 13.8 - - -
1983 Cardinals 12 6 .667 10 5 n/a 162.7 18.1 12.8 - - -
1984 Cardinals 1 2 .333 6 2 n/a 0.0 15.2 13.8 - - -
1984 Braves 1 3 .250 2 0 n/a 172.0 10.1 17.2 - - -
1985 Braves 1 2 .333 10 0 n/a 137.3 10.8 11.8 - - -
1986 Braves 7 4 .636 6 0 n/a 100.6 12.6 10.5 - - -
1987 Braves 3 3 .500 5 0 n/a 169.3 17.5 10.6 - - -
1988 Braves 4 5 .444 9 0 n/a 140.7 15.1 10.6 - - -
1988 Pirates 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 27.0 - - -
1989 Pirates 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 20.0 20.0 - - -
1989 Giants 0 1 .000 54 1 n/a 58.0 14.5 7.7 - - -
1990 Astros 1 1 .500 38 0 n/a 150.0 8.8 12.5 - - -
1991 Astros 0 0 .000 39 0 n/a 0.0 8.8 5.0 - - -
1992 Angels 0 1 .000 15 0 5 0.0 18.2 9.1 - - -
16 Years 62 47 .569 230 22 5 168.1 13.7 10.9 - - -

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Ken Oberkfell Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1977 St. Louis Cardinals 24 $19,000.00 - -
1978 St. Louis Cardinals 24 $23,000.00 - -
1979 St. Louis Cardinals 24 $29,500.00 - -
1980 St. Louis Cardinals 24 $55,000.00 - -
1981 St. Louis Cardinals 10 $210,000.00 - -
1982 St. Louis Cardinals 10 $350,000.00 - Stats
1983 St. Louis Cardinals 10 $475,000.00 - -
1984 St. Louis Cardinals 10 $550,000.00 - -
1984 Atlanta Braves 24 "     "     - -
1985 Atlanta Braves 24 $616,667.00 - -
1986 Atlanta Braves 24 $825,000.00 - -
1987 Atlanta Braves 24 $725,000.00 - -
1988 Atlanta Braves 24 $725,000.00 - -
1988 Pittsburgh Pirates 14 "     "     - -
1989 Pittsburgh Pirates 14 $725,000.00 - Stats
1989 San Francisco Giants 10 "     "     - Stats
1990 Houston Astros 10 $625,000.00 - -
1991 Houston Astros 10 $675,000.00 - -
1992 California Angels 5 $625,000.00 - -

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