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Ken Suarez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: April 12, 1943 in Tampa, FL us

Died: July 28, 2023 in Fort Worth, TX

High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: April 14, 1966 (Age 23-002d, 12,452nd in major league history)
vs. MIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1973 (Age 30-163d)
vs. KCR 6 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Kenneth Raymond Suarez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

661

150

.227

RBI

OBP

.330

SLG

.297

OPS

.626

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	20 (19)	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	21	May 1	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
3	22	May 2 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
4	23	May 2 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	35 (11)	May 19	CLE		DET	L,1-12	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	47 (11)	Jun 1	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	57 (9)	Jun 13	CLE		MIL	W,11-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	62 (4)	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,7-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
9	63	Jun 19	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	64	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	65	Jun 20 susp	CLE		DET	W,8-7		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	66	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	67	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
14	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
15	75 (6)	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	82 (6)	Jul 5	CLE		WSA	L,6-15	GF	41	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	83	Jul 6	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
18	84	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
19	85	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	88 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	89	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	90	Jul 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	91	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	92	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	93	Jul 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	94	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	95	Jul 19	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
28	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	97	Jul 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	50	11.2	10	0	1	11	0	C
30	98	Jul 23	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	99	Jul 24	CLE		KCR	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	100	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
33	101	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	102	Jul 27	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	105 (2)	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	108 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	111 (2)	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	115 (3)	Aug 8	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	123 (7)	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	135 (11)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	136	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
43	139 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-9	GF	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	141 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-10	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	142	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	147 (4)	Sep 14 susp	CLE		WSA	L,6-8	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	151 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	158 (6)	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							48gm		357.0	268	14	2	284	3