Ken Tatum
[edit] Biography
Born on April 25, 1944 in Alexandria, Louisiana, Ken Tatum (Kenneth Ray Tatum) played for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Tatum broke into the bigs on May 28, 1969 with the California Angels, and put up a 1.36 ERA in 86.1 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ken Tatum's best season was 1969, when he posted a 1.36 ERA, notched 22 saves and struck out 65 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| 45
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1.36
| 65
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 86.1
| 51
| 1
| 39
| 5
| 5
| 4
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| 62
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 2.94
| 50
| 35
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 88.2
| 68
| 12
| 26
| 5
| 6
| 5
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 4.19
| 21
| 27
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 53.2
| 50
| 3
| 25
| 7
| 3
| 8
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3.07
| 15
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 29.1
| 32
| 3
| 15
| 3
| 2
| 2
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4.79
| 5
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20.2
| 23
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 2
| 16
| 12
| 2.93
| 156
| 103
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 282.2
| 230
| 24
| 117
| 20
| 18
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 86.1
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 88.2
| 4
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| .950
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| P
| 36
| 1
| 53.2
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 29.1
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .833
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| P
| 10
| 1
| 20.2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 176
| 2
| 282.2
| 10
| 47
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 4
| 1
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1969
| CAL
| A
| 45
| 21
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 2
| .286
| .318
| .619
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| CAL
| A
| 62
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 3
| .182
| .182
| .455
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| 36
| 10
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| .300
| .417
| .600
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 45
| 7
| 11
| 4
| 6
| .244
| .306
| .533
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Milwaukee Braves in the 21st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 29, 1966).
- Selected by California Angels in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Traded by California Angels with Jarvis Tatum and Doug Griffin to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tony Conigliaro, Ray Jarvis and Jerry Moses (October 11, 1970).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Reggie Smith to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Rick Wise and Bernie Carbo (October 26, 1973).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Luis Alvarado (April 27, 1974).
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