Kipper
Kengos
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 6, 1941 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1973    1975    1976   
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 32 NO FL $ 3,190,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 33 NO FL $ 3,300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 34 NO FL $ 3,300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 35 BRK FL $ 3,300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 36 BRK FL $ 6,500,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
1978 37 BRK FL $ 6,500,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4
1979 38 HON JL $ 1,000,000 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,000,000 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
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 32 NO FL 160 647 106 204 25 4 22 92 60 23 52 126 .315 .368 .468 .836 107.9 22.0
1974 33 NO FL 151 557 81 151 24 9 8 46 59 32 46 92 .271 .330 .390 .719 72.9 12.5
1975 34 NO FL 145 554 78 158 26 7 11 73 45 25 52 101 .285 .347 .417 .764 80.5 15.5
1976 35 BRK FL 135 526 77 161 37 5 16 65 33 10 40 76 .306 .358 .487 .845 91.7 21.6
  NO FL 10 47 9 21 2 1 2 8 3 1 2 6 .447 .480 .660 1.140 12.2 3.8
  TOT   145 573 86 182 39 6 18 73 36 11 42 82 .318 .368 .501 .869 103.9 25.4
1977 36 BRK FL 149 549 75 161 27 5 9 51 41 12 32 93 .293 .339 .410 .749 75.1 15.1
1978 37 BRK FL 157 566 50 145 16 3 3 47 43 21 27 141 .256 .295 .311 .606 51.6 5.9
1979 38 AAA   129 464 58 145 20 2 1 59 15 6 23 79 .313 .345 .371 .716 56.9  
6 Years Sim 907 3446 476 1001 157 34 71 382 284 124 251 635 .290 .342 .418 .760 491.9 96.3
1 Years AAA 129 464 58 145 20 2 1 59 15 6 23 79 .313 .349 .371 .719 56.9  
162 Game Average 615 85 178 28 6 12 68 50 22 44 113 .290 .342 .418 .760 87.9  
Career Highs 160 647 106 204 39 9 22 92 60 32 52 141 .318 .368 .501 .869 107.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2346 325 677 105 24 57 265 178 87 171 433 .289 .340 .427 .766 330.3
vs LH   1100 151 324 52 10 14 117 106 37 80 202 .295 .347 .398 .745 151.9
Home 450 1676 241 502 74 17 34 179 147 65 129 313 .300 .354 .425 .778 245.2
Away 457 1770 235 499 83 17 37 203 137 59 122 322 .282 .331 .411 .742 237.0
RISP   728 0 231 32 6 17 308 0 0 47 132 .317 .357 .448 .804 110.0
Pinch Hitting   50 6 15 0 0 2 8 2 4 2 8 .300 .327 .420 .747 5.8
Close/Late   466 57 129 19 3 11 46 0 1 29 90 .277 .321 .401 .722 57.8
Mar/Apr 149 624 97 185 28 7 8 65 65 21 52 118 .296 .353 .402 .756 90.5
May 164 677 97 208 43 9 16 81 55 18 46 103 .307 .355 .468 .823 108.1
June 146 563 75 162 16 6 8 47 50 23 41 114 .288 .337 .380 .717 72.4
July 150 579 76 173 29 4 14 67 47 23 35 102 .299 .346 .435 .781 82.2
August 155 546 62 140 17 5 9 70 36 22 44 111 .256 .317 .355 .673 60.3
Sep/Oct 143 457 69 133 24 3 16 52 31 17 33 87 .291 .339 .462 .800 68.7
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 32 NO FL CF 98 96 880.3 260 1 6 0 .978 2.67   4.9
    3B 46 41 374.7 24 91 8 3 .935 2.76   1.3
    2B 7 6 53.3 15 18 1 7 .971 5.57   0.4
    LF 5 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 33 NO FL 2B 75 72 669.0 128 218 8 47 .977 4.65   2.8
    3B 46 41 398.7 33 95 4 4 .970 2.89   1.3
    LF 17 5 69.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.3
    CF 8 0 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 34 NO FL 3B 68 65 608.7 28 122 5 8 .968 2.22   2.0
    LF 56 48 440.3 109 0 2 0 .982 2.23   1.3
    2B 10 10 85.0 27 28 1 8 .982 5.82   0.6
    SS 5 5 46.0 8 12 0 5 1.000 3.91   0.2
    CF 8 0 28.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1976 35 BRK FL 3B 70 64 563.7 31 107 7 6 .952 2.20   1.6
    CF 34 30 275.8 78 2 3 1 .964 2.61   1.5
    1B 14 14 116.0 98 6 1 13 .990 8.07   0.2
    LF 10 9 86.8 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.0
    RF 12 7 79.2 20 0 1 0 .952 2.27   0.0
  NO FL 3B 5 5 48.7 3 9 1 1 .923 2.22   0.1
    CF 3 2 23.8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.1
    1B 1 1 10.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 1 7.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
    RF 1 1 6.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
  TOT   3B 75 69 612.4 34 116 8 7 .949 2.20   1.7
      CF 37 32 299.6 85 2 3 1 .967 2.61   1.6
      1B 15 15 126.0 107 7 1 14 .991 8.14   0.2
      LF 11 10 94.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.0
      RF 13 8 86.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.30   0.0
1977 36 BRK FL 3B 107 103 899.3 65 217 19 21 .937 2.82   4.4
    2B 36 35 305.3 57 96 0 18 1.000 4.51   1.1
    1B 3 3 23.0 25 2 0 0 1.000 10.57   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 37 BRK FL 3B 91 89 773.3 61 182 11 18 .957 2.83   3.5
    2B 63 61 532.7 104 171 4 34 .986 4.65   2.6
    SS 3 3 26.0 5 7 0 1 1.000 4.15   0.1
  3B 433 408 3667.0 245 823 55 61 .951 2.62   14.2
  2B 191 184 1645.3 331 531 14 114 .984 4.72   7.5
  CF 152 128 1226.6 356 3 9 1 .976 2.63   6.5
  LF 90 65 629.6 145 1 2 0 .986 2.09   1.5
  1B 18 18 149.0 132 9 1 14 .993 8.52   0.2
  RF 18 8 93.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.23   0.0
  SS 8 8 72.0 13 19 0 6 1.000 4.00   0.3
Career Totals   910 819 7482.6 1245 1386 82 196 .970 3.16   30.3
Career Highs   158 153 1332.0 303 360 19 53 .977 3.86    
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 32 NO FL 13 54 5 16 3 0 0 8 3 1 4 14 .296 .367 .352 .719
1974 33 NO FL 15 63 14 19 3 2 3 8 3 5 6 11 .302 .380 .556 .936
1975 34 NO FL 16 65 7 20 3 0 4 10 5 2 3 13 .308 .338 .538 .877
Career Post-Season Batting 44 182 26 55 9 2 7 26 11 8 13 38 .302 .362 .489 .851
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.
Batting Average
1976-4-.318
On-Base Pct
1976-6-.368
Slugging Pct
1976-8-.501
OPS
1976-6-.869
XR
1976-5-103.9
Games
1978-7-157
At-Bats
1973-4-647
Runs
1973-9-106
1976-7-86
Hits
1973-6-204
1976-4-182
Total Bases
1976-7-287
Singles
1973-3-153
1975-10-114
1976-8-119
Doubles
1976-4-39
Stolen Bases
1973-3-60
1974-1-59
1975-3-45
1976-9-36
1977-8-41
Caught Stealing
1973-1-23
1974-1-32
1975-3-25
1978-3-21
Strikeouts
1973-8-126
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 225th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Hollis Wayne (LEX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/21/1973, off Eric Yulorix (MON)
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/8/1973
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Manhattan on 8/25/1973
Won Landis Memorial Series with New Orleans in 1974
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1975, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1975, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
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)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1976, hitting .517 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1976, hitting .461 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Salt Lake City on 8/25/1977
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/13/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Traded from Brooklyn to Honolulu on 7/31/1979 (Going to BRK: P R. Wadsner. Going to HON: 3B K. Fuchs, 2B P. Beerman, RF K. Kengos, P R. Villec)