Ken Aspromonte

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Full Name: Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 2, 1957
Birthdate: September 22, 1931	Final Game: June 21, 1963
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Ken Aspromonte (Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte) was born on September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1957 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .219 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI. Aspromonte played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Ken Aspromonte's best season was 1960, when he hit for a .288 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1957	BOS	A	24	78	9	21	0	4	.269	.396	.333	5	0	17	10	0	0	0	0	3
1958	WAS	A	92	253	15	57	5	27	.225	.296	.328	9	1	25	28	1	2	1	1	10
1958	BOS	A	6	16	0	2	0	0	.125	.263	.125	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1958	TOT	A	98	269	15	59	5	27	.219	.294	.316	9	1	28	29	1	2	1	1	11
1959	WAS	A	70	225	31	55	2	14	.244	.321	.324	12	0	26	39	0	3	2	0	9
1960	WAS	A	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	CLE	A	117	459	65	133	10	48	.290	.364	.403	20	1	53	32	2	4	4	0	11
1960	TOT	A	121	462	65	133	10	48	.288	.362	.400	20	1	53	33	2	4	4	0	11
1961	LA	A	66	238	29	53	2	14	.223	.322	.290	10	0	33	21	2	3	0	1	5
1961	CLE	A	22	70	5	16	0	5	.229	.286	.343	6	1	6	3	0	1	0	0	3
1961	TOT	A	88	308	34	69	2	19	.224	.314	.302	16	1	39	24	2	4	0	1	8
1962	MIL	N	34	79	11	23	0	7	.291	.341	.316	2	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	6
1962	CLE	A	20	28	4	4	0	1	.143	.286	.214	2	0	6	5	0	0	0	1	0
1962	Total		54	107	15	27	0	8	.252	.325	.290	4	0	12	10	1	0	0	1	6
1963	CHI	N	20	34	2	5	0	4	.147	.237	.235	3	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	1
Total	NL		54	113	13	28	0	11	.248	.310	.292	5	0	10	9	1	0	0	1	7
Total	AL		421	1370	158	341	19	113	.249	.332	.342	64	3	169	140	5	13	7	3	42
Total			475	1483	171	369	19	124	.249	.330	.338	69	3	179	149	6	13	7	4	49

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	BOS	A	2B	24	23	211.2	46	65	4	14	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1958	WAS	A	2B	71	69	588.2	139	184	12	49	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1958	WAS	A	3B	12	5	62	6	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	WAS	A	SS	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BOS	A	2B	6	5	45.1	13	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1958	TOT	A	2B	77	74	634	152	191	13	52	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1959	WAS	A	2B	52	49	410	101	137	10	25	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1959	WAS	A	OF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	WAS	A	SS	12	9	89	15	27	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1959	WAS	A	LF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	WAS	A	1B	1	1	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	3B	35	35	291	46	53	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	.892
1960	CLE	A	2B	82	78	701.2	192	215	10	63	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1961	LA	A	2B	62	61	537	156	196	11	55	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1961	CLE	A	2B	21	14	151	29	50	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1961	TOT	A	2B	83	75	688	185	246	14	63	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1962	MIL	N	3B	6	5	51	9	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1962	MIL	N	2B	12	11	94.2	24	29	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CLE	A	2B	6	3	35	10	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CLE	A	3B	3	2	19	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1962	Total		2B	18	14	129.2	34	35	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	Total		3B	9	7	70	12	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1963	CHI	N	2B	7	6	58	14	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1963	CHI	N	1B	2	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	3	1	14	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	343	319	2833	724	914	53	229	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			OF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	56	47	423	64	83	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	.913
Total			SS	13	9	91	16	27	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.935

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1950).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Lou Berberet (May 1, 1958).
Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pete Whisenant (May 15, 1960).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Cleveland Indians in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Los Angeles Angels (July 3, 1961).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with cash to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Bob Hartman (June 24, 1962).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Jim McKnight (December 3, 1962).
Released by Chicago Cubs (April 3, 1964).

[edit] Trivia

Brother of Bob Aspromonte

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