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Booker
Kengos		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 11, 1940 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 33 NO FL $ 3,590,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1974 34 NO FL $ 3,590,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1975 35 NO FL $ 3,590,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1976 36 BRK FL $ 3,590,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1977 37 BUF FL $ 3,590,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
1978 38 NO FL $ 7,134,828 5 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4
1979 39 NO FL $ 930,000 4 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 930,000 4 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 7,134,828 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 33 NO FL 157 519 73 128 24 7 9 74 30 20 88 82 .247 .352 .372 .724 73.9 11.0
1974 34 NO FL 114 383 66 90 20 9 7 36 37 19 80 66 .235 .369 .389 .758 58.7 10.8
1975 35 NO FL 153 528 95 148 26 8 16 85 6 1 114 64 .280 .403 .451 .854 101.0 23.0
1976 36 BRK FL 143 503 67 128 21 3 15 52 7 7 85 63 .254 .359 .398 .757 76.5 14.8
  NO FL 10 37 7 12 1 0 2 7 0 1 9 4 .324 .457 .514 .970 8.2 2.2
  TOT   153 540 74 140 22 3 17 59 7 8 94 67 .259 .366 .406 .772 84.7 17.0
1977 37 BRK FL 103 360 51 96 10 4 5 38 10 13 53 39 .267 .361 .358 .720 45.4 7.5
  BUF FL 40 128 23 41 2 1 4 11 4 4 17 19 .320 .401 .445 .847 21.7 4.9
  TOT   143 488 74 137 12 5 9 49 14 17 70 58 .281 .372 .381 .753 67.2 12.4
1978 38 NO FL 144 510 42 130 9 0 7 63 3 6 62 105 .255 .332 .314 .646 55.7 7.9
1979 39 NO FL 97 181 21 48 2 0 1 15 1 0 14 45 .265 .318 .293 .611 17.6 2.6
7 Years Sim 961 3149 445 821 115 32 66 381 98 71 522 487 .261 .364 .380 .744 458.7 84.7
162 Game Average 530 75 138 19 5 11 64 16 11 87 82 .261 .364 .380 .744 77.3  
Career Highs 157 540 95 148 26 9 17 85 37 20 114 105 .281 .403 .451 .854 101.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2194 316 581 77 25 45 271 64 50 333 332 .265 .360 .384 .745 317.1
vs LH   955 129 240 38 7 21 110 34 21 189 155 .251 .371 .372 .743 146.9
Home 469 1512 195 366 44 18 28 166 48 37 241 235 .242 .345 .351 .695 197.4
Away 492 1637 250 455 71 14 38 215 50 34 281 252 .278 .381 .408 .789 266.6
RISP   748 0 191 25 7 13 296 0 0 155 138 .255 .371 .360 .730 116.2
Pinch Hitting   40 3 9 3 1 0 10 0 0 6 8 .225 .326 .350 .676 4.8
Close/Late   436 73 113 16 6 15 57 0 0 57 74 .259 .344 .427 .771 65.7
Mar/Apr 177 607 101 160 22 7 11 74 25 14 109 99 .264 .373 .377 .750 93.1
May 179 585 80 156 21 5 9 71 21 14 93 91 .267 .362 .366 .728 83.5
June 169 554 79 136 23 5 10 69 16 7 95 86 .245 .356 .359 .715 78.0
July 167 571 74 158 23 8 16 82 16 19 90 80 .277 .374 .429 .803 91.2
August 138 445 48 115 12 3 11 49 8 8 66 58 .258 .351 .373 .724 61.7
Sep/Oct 131 387 63 96 14 4 9 36 12 9 69 73 .248 .361 .375 .736 56.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 33 NO FL 2B 147 143 1288.3 232 515 12 96 .984 5.22   8.4
    3B 5 0 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1974 34 NO FL 3B 60 57 525.3 31 129 20 12 .889 2.74   1.1
    2B 51 50 446.7 76 172 4 27 .984 5.00   2.3
1975 35 NO FL 2B 151 148 1361.7 228 437 11 69 .984 4.40   6.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1976 36 BRK FL 2B 133 132 1177.1 185 388 8 65 .986 4.38   7.1
  NO FL 2B 9 9 90.2 14 30 1 5 .978 4.39   0.4
  BRK FL 1B 5 5 36.2 30 1 1 3 .969 7.71   0.0
    3B 4 0 6.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.0
  NO FL 1B 0 0 2.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 142 141 1267.3 199 418 9 70 .986 4.38   7.5
      1B 5 5 39.0 32 1 1 3 .971 7.62   0.0
      3B 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1977 37 BRK FL 2B 81 77 711.9 127 232 7 41 .981 4.54   2.4
  BUF FL 2B 32 30 252.1 45 82 3 14 .977 4.53   1.1
  BRK FL 3B 14 12 111.5 8 24 0 3 1.000 2.58   0.6
  BUF FL 3B 6 5 39.5 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.51   0.1
  BRK FL CF 1 1 17.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.0
    SS 2 2 14.8 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.1
    1B 1 1 6.6 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.55   0.0
  BUF FL CF 1 1 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.0
    SS 1 1 5.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
    1B 0 0 2.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  TOT   2B 113 107 964.0 172 314 10 55 .980 4.54   3.5
      3B 20 17 151.0 11 32 0 4 1.000 2.56   0.7
      CF 2 2 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
      SS 3 3 20.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
      1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
1978 38 NO FL 2B 103 102 894.3 222 341 8 80 .986 5.67   4.4
    3B 26 26 224.3 12 52 5 5 .928 2.57   0.5
    SS 12 12 111.7 9 36 1 3 .978 3.63   0.3
1979 39 NO FL 3B 64 31 307.3 21 80 3 5 .971 2.96   1.1
    2B 19 14 117.3 19 36 1 8 .982 4.22   0.4
    SS 8 8 69.0 11 26 1 6 .974 4.83   0.3
  2B 726 705 6339.6 1148 2233 55 405 .984 4.80   32.9
  3B 180 131 1226.0 79 295 28 26 .930 2.75   3.6
  SS 23 23 200.7 21 66 2 9 .978 3.90   0.6
  1B 6 6 48.0 42 1 1 3 .977 8.06   0.1
  CF 2 2 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
Career Totals   937 867 7838.3 1295 2595 86 443 .978 4.47   37.2
Career Highs   152 148 1362.7 243 517 24 96 .985 5.20    
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
1973 33 NO FL 13 54 12 18 5 1 2 10 4 1 4 11 .333 .390 .574 .964
1974 34 NO FL 15 53 6 13 3 0 2 6 0 1 6 12 .245 .311 .415 .727
1975 35 NO FL 13 44 2 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 6 10 .205 .294 .318 .612
1977 37 BUF FL 3 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .182 .357 .182 .539
Career Post-Season Batting 44 162 22 42 10 1 5 21 4 2 19 37 .259 .335 .426 .761
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1975-4-.403
1976-7-.366
1977-7-.372
 XR
1975-8-101.0
 Runs
1975-7-95
 Stolen Bases
1973-9-30
1974-7-37
 Caught Stealing
1973-2-20
1974-3-19
1977-3-17
 Walks
1973-8-88
1974-7-80
1975-1-114
1976-3-94
1977-6-70
1978-7-62
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Alan Lipsky (957)
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  3. Lowell Gullo (930)
  4. Jake Bradley (916)
  5. Johnny Ice (914)
  6. Samuel Sanchez (913)
  7. Pietro Guzman (905)
  8. Nate Jirlbert (902)
  9. Harry Gamble (902)
  10. Grover Crover (901)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 144th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Cornelius Clayson (LV)
Traded from Calgary to New Orleans on 4/11/1973 (Going to CLG: 1B J. Kelly, RF P. Messlin, LF J. Dion, 2B C. Jovanich, P J. Gomer. Going to NO: 2B B. Kengos, RF J. Gillstrom)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1973, off Aaron Kristof (BRK)
Injured on 7/31/1974 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Landis Memorial Series with New Orleans in 1974
Injured on 10/22/1975 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New Orleans to Brooklyn on 4/11/1976 (Going to BRK: 2B B. Kengos, CF K. Kengos, P R. Reuter, P T. Deparse'. Going to NO: LF T. Reckley, P B. Franco, P B. Barnaby, CF A. Palase, P J. Caronia)
Drove in 7 runs against Las Vegas on 7/30/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1976, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Manhattan on 5/17/1977
Traded from Brooklyn to Buffalo on 7/31/1977 (Going to BUF: 2B B. Kengos. Going to BRK: 2B J. Bonnette, P B. Jones)
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 2/6/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $7,134,828 per year
 
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