Ken
Oberkfell
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 4, 1956 in Highland, IL, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 24 BOS AL 53 180 23 48 9 3 1 16 1 0 16 16 .267 .327 .367 .693 20.0 2.2
1981 25 LAD NL 142 486 55 115 26 6 2 49 7 12 53 55 .237 .310 .327 .637 47.4 7.5
1982 26 LAD NL 39 104 6 24 5 0 0 9 1 2 4 16 .231 .259 .279 .538 5.9 1.0
1983 27 ATL NL 111 221 22 52 14 2 2 21 1 2 10 49 .235 .268 .344 .612 17.2 3.3
1984 28 ATL NL 11 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0 0.0
5 Years Sim 356 1008 107 240 54 11 5 96 10 16 83 139 .238 .295 .328 .624 89.6 14.0
162 Game Average 458 48 109 24 5 2 43 4 7 37 63 .238 .295 .328 .624 40.8  
Career Highs 142 486 55 115 26 6 2 49 7 12 53 55 .267 .327 .367 .693 47.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 24 BOS AL 3B 52 52 452.7 28 117 8 7 .948 2.88   1.4
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 25 LAD NL 3B 112 111 988.7 85 250 16 22 .954 3.05   3.8
    2B 10 10 79.0 23 36 0 5 1.000 6.72   0.8
    SS 13 0 20.7 4 4 1 2 .889 3.48   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1982 26 LAD NL 2B 29 27 221.3 46 100 4 17 .973 5.94   1.9
    3B 4 3 27.0 0 5 1 1 .833 1.67   0.0
    SS 3 0 3.3 0 1 1 1 .500 2.70   0.0
1983 27 ATL NL SS 64 38 345.3 59 144 4 19 .981 5.29   1.5
    3B 10 9 77.3 5 24 1 1 .967 3.38   0.1
    1B 8 1 24.3 26 0 0 2 1.000 9.62   0.0
    2B 9 1 23.0 8 10 1 1 .947 7.04   0.1
1984 28 ATL NL SS 5 3 28.0 6 15 1 2 .955 6.75   0.4
    3B 2 1 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
  3B 180 176 1552.7 119 398 26 31 .952 3.00   5.3
  SS 86 41 400.3 69 164 7 24 .971 5.24   1.9
  2B 49 38 324.7 78 147 5 23 .978 6.24   2.8
  1B 11 1 30.3 32 1 0 3 1.000 9.79   0.0
Career Totals   326 256 2308.0 298 710 38 81 .964 3.93   10.1
Career Highs   137 121 1091.3 118 290 17 30 .979 6.18    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 25 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 26 LAD NL 9 27 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 .259 .375 .333 .708
Career Post-Season Batting 9 27 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 .259 .375 .333 .708
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  1. Fernando Gonzalez (986)
  2. David Lamb (978)
  3. Jim Gantner (972)
  4. Larry Milbourne (968)
  5. Ricky Gutierrez (968)
  6. Eric Owens (959)
  7. Sean Berry (957)
  8. Mike Bordick (953)
  9. Aurelio Rodriguez (952)
  10. Juan Castillo (948)
History
Injured on 4/9/1977 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to California on 7/8/1978
Injured on 5/1/1979 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from California to Boston on 4/15/1980 (Going to CAL: P C. Leibrandt. Going to BOS: 2B K. Oberkfell)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/5/1980, off Mike Scott (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/1980, off Sid Monge (KCR)
Traded from Boston to Los Angeles on 7/29/1981 (Going to LAD: CF J. Rice, P D. Aase, 3B K. Oberkfell. Going to BOS: SS R. Washington, P R. Dotson, LF T. Brunansky, P P. Thormodsgard, RF M. Rettenmund)
Injured on 6/10/1982 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/29/1982 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1982
Traded from Los Angeles to Atlanta on 3/2/1983 (Going to ATL: C T. Player, 3B K. Oberkfell, SS R. Landestoy. Going to LAD: P C. Lefferts)
Injured on 5/5/1987 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/16/1987 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days