Ken Oberkfell
Ken Oberkfell
Full name: Kenneth Ray Oberkfell
Born: May 4, 1956, Highland, Illinois
First Game: August 22, 1977 ; Final Game: October 4, 1992
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 175
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Ken Oberkfell
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1977 STL N Daily Splits 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 -0.2 1977 STL N
1978 STL N Daily Splits 24 50 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .120 .170 .140 -0.5 1978 STL N
1979 STL N Daily Splits 135 369 53 111 19 5 1 35 57 9 35 4 1 4 0 6 9 4 1 .301 .396 .388 1.8 1979 STL N
1980 STL N Daily Splits 116 422 58 128 27 6 3 46 51 8 23 1 9 3 0 4 11 4 4 .303 .377 .417 1.6 1980 STL N
1981 STL N Daily Splits 102 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 37 6 28 0 3 4 0 12 11 13 5 .293 .353 .372 1.1 1981 STL N
1982 STL N Daily Splits 137 470 55 136 22 5 2 34 40 6 31 1 3 2 0 4 11 11 9 .289 .345 .370 1.2 1982 STL N
1983 STL N Daily Splits 151 488 62 143 26 5 3 38 61 5 27 1 4 3 0 5 12 12 6 .293 .371 .385 1.5 1983 STL N
1984 STL N Daily Splits 50 152 17 47 11 1 0 11 16 2 10 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 .309 .379 .395 0.8 1984 STL N
1984 ATL N Daily Splits 50 172 21 40 8 1 1 10 15 1 17 0 3 3 0 1 4 1 3 .233 .289 .308 -1.4 1984 ATL N
1984 TOT N 100 324 38 87 19 2 1 21 31 3 27 1 3 3 0 3 7 2 5 .269 .331 .349 -0.6 1984 TOT N
1985 ATL N Daily Splits 134 412 30 112 19 4 3 35 51 6 38 6 1 2 0 6 10 1 2 .272 .359 .359 0.0 1985 ATL N
1986 ATL N Daily Splits 151 503 62 136 24 3 5 48 83 6 40 2 4 4 0 9 11 7 4 .270 .373 .360 2.1 1986 ATL N
1987 ATL N Daily Splits 135 508 59 142 29 2 3 48 48 5 29 2 5 3 0 4 13 3 3 .280 .342 .362 -1.5 1987 ATL N
1988 ATL N Daily Splits 120 422 42 117 20 4 3 40 32 6 28 2 5 8 0 6 6 4 5 .277 .325 .365 -1.0 1988 ATL N
1988 PIT N Daily Splits 20 54 7 12 2 0 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .288 .259 -0.6 1988 PIT N
1988 TOT N 140 476 49 129 22 4 3 42 37 7 34 2 6 8 0 6 8 4 5 .271 .321 .353 -1.6 1988 TOT N
1989 PIT N Daily Splits 14 40 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .163 .150 -0.7 1989 PIT N
1989 SF N Daily Splits 83 116 17 37 5 1 2 15 8 0 8 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 1 .319 .367 .431 0.3 1989 SF N
1989 TOT N 97 156 19 42 6 1 2 17 10 0 10 2 2 3 0 2 4 0 1 .269 .316 .359 -0.4 1989 TOT N
1990 HOU N Daily Splits 77 150 10 31 6 1 1 12 15 1 17 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 .207 .281 .280 -1.3 1990 HOU N
1991 HOU N Daily Splits 53 70 7 16 4 0 0 14 14 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .229 .357 .286 -0.1 1991 HOU N
1992 CAL A Daily Splits 41 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 .264 .317 .275 -1.1 1992 CAL A
Total NL 1561 4783 552 1330 236 44 29 436 538 66 351 23 43 40 0 65 110 62 46 .278 .351 .364 3.1 Total NL
Total AL 41 91 6 24 1 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 .264 .317 .275 -1.1 Total AL
Total Splits 1602 4874 558 1354 237 44 29 446 546 68 356 23 43 42 0 65 112 62 47 .278 .351 .362 2.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 STL N Daily Splits 3 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1982 STL N
1989 SF N Daily Splits 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 SF N
Total Splits 6 19 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 STL N Daily Splits 7 24 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .292 .346 .333 1982 STL N
1989 SF N Daily Splits 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .556 .333 1989 SF N
Total Splits 11 30 5 9 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .300 .400 .333 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1977 STL N Daily 2B 6 1 0 13 3 4 0 1 0 1.000
1977 STL N 3B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1978 STL N Daily 2B 17 14 11 121.1 30 48 1 8 0 .987
1978 STL N 3B 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1979 STL N Daily 2B 119 96 77 875.1 213 323 8 65 0 .985
1979 STL N 3B 17 7 5 84.1 10 19 1 2 0 .967
1979 STL N SS 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1980 STL N Daily 2B 102 101 85 871.1 223 310 6 62 0 .989
1980 STL N 3B 16 12 8 109.2 4 30 1 2 0 .971
1981 STL N Daily 3B 102 101 93 906.1 77 246 15 23 0 .956
1981 STL N SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1982 STL N Daily 3B 135 131 110 1133.1 78 304 11 23 0 .972
1982 STL N 2B 1 0 0 4.1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1983 STL N Daily 3B 127 107 79 946.1 79 231 13 27 1 .960
1983 STL N 2B 33 21 11 199.1 51 69 5 16 0 .960
1983 STL N SS 1 0 0 3.1 2 3 0 1 0 1.000
1984 STL N Daily 3B 46 39 31 343.2 29 90 4 7 0 .967
1984 STL N 2B 2 0 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1984 STL N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 ATL N Daily 3B 45 45 38 382.1 31 77 4 8 0 .964
1984 ATL N 2B 4 3 1 22 3 5 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TOT N 2B 6 3 1 26.2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TOT N 3B 91 84 69 726 60 167 8 15 0 .966
1985 ATL N Daily 3B 117 101 94 922 70 220 11 19 0 .963
1985 ATL N 2B 16 12 5 91.2 18 37 1 7 0 .982
1986 ATL N Daily 3B 130 119 95 1020 65 258 8 24 0 .976
1986 ATL N 2B 41 19 17 216.1 51 77 3 15 0 .977
1987 ATL N Daily 3B 126 120 104 1038.1 76 248 7 20 0 .979
1987 ATL N 2B 11 5 5 65.2 13 17 0 3 0 1.000
1988 ATL N Daily 3B 113 109 95 956.1 83 207 15 21 0 .951
1988 ATL N 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 PIT N Daily 2B 11 10 3 78 15 24 0 3 0 1.000
1988 PIT N SS 3 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1988 PIT N 3B 2 2 1 16 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1988 PIT N 1B 1 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TOT N 2B 12 10 3 79 16 24 0 3 0 1.000
1988 TOT N 3B 115 111 96 972.1 84 212 15 21 0 .952
1989 PIT N Daily 1B 9 9 6 73 75 5 1 4 0 .988
1989 PIT N 2B 3 2 1 13 5 5 0 1 0 1.000
1989 SF N Daily 3B 38 8 3 118.2 8 25 1 1 0 .971
1989 SF N 1B 7 3 2 34 35 2 0 4 0 1.000
1989 SF N 2B 7 3 1 27 8 10 2 1 0 .900
1989 TOT N 1B 16 12 8 107 110 7 1 8 0 .992
1989 TOT N 2B 10 5 2 40 13 15 2 2 0 .933
1990 HOU N Daily 3B 24 18 9 142 12 31 3 3 0 .935
1990 HOU N 1B 11 7 4 64.2 69 7 1 7 0 .987
1990 HOU N 2B 11 7 2 66.2 12 14 0 6 0 1.000
1991 HOU N Daily 1B 13 7 3 68.2 66 8 0 6 0 1.000
1991 HOU N 3B 4 4 2 36.1 4 5 2 0 0 .818
1992 CAL A Daily 2B 21 17 10 147.2 34 34 1 4 0 .986
1992 CAL A DH 5 4 2 -
1992 CAL A 1B 2 1 1 12 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1047 923 767 8165.2 627 1996 96 180 1 .965
Total 2B 406 311 229 2818.1 683 979 27 192 0 .984
Total 1B 43 28 16 259.1 261 22 2 21 0 .993
Total SS 8 0 0 14.1 2 6 0 1 0 1.000
Total DH 5 4 2 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1982 STL N Daily 3B 3 3 3 27 2 4 1 1 0 .857
1989 SF N Daily 3B 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 4 3 3 29 2 5 1 1 0 .875
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1982 STL N Daily 3B 7 7 5 56 3 21 1 2 0 .960
1989 SF N Daily 3B 4 2 1 18 0 5 0 1 0 1.000
Total 3B 11 9 6 74 3 26 1 3 0 .967
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (May 4, 1975 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Mike Jorgensen and
Ken Dayley (June 15, 1984 ).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a player to
be named later (August 28, 1988 ); Atlanta Braves received Tommy Gregg (September 1,
1988 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Roger Samuels
(May 10, 1989 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989 ).
Signed by Houston Astros (December 6, 1989 ).
Released by Houston Astros (July 27, 1991 ).
Signed by California Angels (February 2, 1992 ).
Granted free agency (November 30, 1992 ).
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