Ken Dayley
[edit] Biography
Born on February 25, 1959 in Jerome, Idaho, Ken Dayley (Kenneth Grant Dayley) played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 11 year career. Dayley broke into the bigs on May 13, 1982 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 4.54 ERA in 71.1 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ken Dayley's best season was 1985, when he posted a 2.76 ERA, notched 11 saves and struck out 62 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1982
| ATL
| N
| 20
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 4.54
| 34
| 39
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 71.1
| 79
| 9
| 25
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| 24
| 16
| 5
| 8
| 4.30
| 70
| 59
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 104.2
| 100
| 12
| 39
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 18.00
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5.30
| 10
| 18
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.2
| 28
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1984
| TOT
| N
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 7.99
| 10
| 28
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 44
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1985
| STL
| N
| 57
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 2.76
| 62
| 24
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 65.1
| 65
| 2
| 18
| 9
| 4
| 0
|
| 1986
| STL
| N
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3.26
| 33
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 38.2
| 42
| 1
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 1987
| STL
| N
| 53
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 2.66
| 63
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 61
| 52
| 2
| 33
| 8
| 5
| 2
|
| 1988
| STL
| N
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2.77
| 38
| 20
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 55.1
| 48
| 2
| 19
| 7
| 2
| 1
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| 71
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 2.87
| 40
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 75.1
| 63
| 3
| 30
| 10
| 2
| 0
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| 58
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 3.56
| 51
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 73.1
| 63
| 5
| 30
| 7
| 6
| 0
|
| 1991
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.23
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 375
| 33
| 33
| 45
| 3.62
| 401
| 268
| 229
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 568.2
| 556
| 42
| 216
| 49
| 24
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.40
| 5
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 385
| 33
| 33
| 45
| 3.64
| 406
| 273
| 232
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 573.2
| 564
| 42
| 225
| 49
| 26
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1982
| ATL
| N
| P
| 20
| 11
| 71.1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| P
| 24
| 16
| 104.2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| P
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| P
| 4
| 4
| 18.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TOT
| N
| P
| 7
| 6
| 23.2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| STL
| N
| P
| 57
| 0
| 65.1
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| STL
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 38.2
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| STL
| N
| P
| 53
| 0
| 61
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| STL
| N
| P
| 54
| 0
| 55.1
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| P
| 71
| 0
| 75.1
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .875
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| P
| 58
| 0
| 73.1
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .929
|
| 1991
| TOR
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 4.1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 385
| 33
| 573.2
| 23
| 63
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 46
| 20
| 0
| .977
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1982
| ATL
| N
| 20
| 20
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .318
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| ATL
| N
| 25
| 32
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .219
| .306
| .219
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| STL
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| ATL
| N
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| TOT
| N
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| STL
| N
| 57
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| STL
| N
| 32
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| STL
| N
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| STL
| N
| 54
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| STL
| N
| 71
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| STL
| N
| 58
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| TOR
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| TOR
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 378
| 81
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 2
| .210
| .273
| .210
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 388
| 81
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 2
| .210
| .273
| .210
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
- Traded by Atlanta Braves with Mike Jorgensen to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Oberkfell (June 15, 1984).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 17, 1986).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 19, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (November 26, 1990).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (April 15, 1993).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 20, 1993).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 22, 1993).
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