Ken Aspromonte
1957–1963 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Milwaukee Braves, Washington Senators (1901-60)
475G
.249AVG
.330OBP
.338SLG
More career statistics
369H
19HR
124RBI
7SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 149 | 148 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,691 | 1,690 |
| Batting · RBI | 124 | 125 |
| Batting · Walks | 179 | 178 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 475 | 1,691 | 1,483 | 171 | 369 | 69 | 3 | 19 | 124 | 179 | 149 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 501 | .249 | .330 | .338 | .668 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1960-07-02 to 1960-07-22
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1961-06-21 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1958-05-30 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1960-08-21 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 233 | 799 | 171 | 8 | 56 | 105 | 65 | .251 | .345 | .335 |
| Away | 242 | 891 | 198 | 11 | 69 | 73 | 83 | .247 | .304 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 148 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | .176 | .250 | .237 |
| May | 88 | 314 | 62 | 5 | 31 | 38 | 32 | .228 | .318 | .316 |
| June | 84 | 295 | 68 | 2 | 21 | 39 | 23 | .268 | .363 | .354 |
| July | 91 | 332 | 84 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 30 | .283 | .331 | .377 |
| August | 91 | 312 | 74 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 24 | .265 | .321 | .362 |
| September | 72 | 274 | 57 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 21 | .239 | .328 | .332 |
| October | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .083 | .200 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 74 | 264 | 47 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 31 | .203 | .284 | .306 |
| boston-red-sox | 56 | 222 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 20 | .251 | .338 | .325 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 202 | 54 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 23 | .302 | .366 | .408 |
| chicago-white-sox | 54 | 201 | 42 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 14 | .244 | .328 | .337 |
| baltimore-orioles | 53 | 199 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 | .238 | .296 | .293 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 48 | 189 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 16 | .316 | .360 | .431 |
| cleveland-guardians | 31 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 7 | .169 | .295 | .281 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 23 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 6 | .267 | .348 | .387 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Boston Red Sox | 24 | 78 | 21 | – | 4 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 98 | 269 | 59 | 5 | 28 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 70 | 225 | 55 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .244 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 121 | 462 | 133 | 10 | 48 | 4 | .288 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 88 | 308 | 69 | 2 | 19 | – | .224 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Braves | 54 | 107 | 27 | – | 8 | – | .252 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Chicago Cubs | 20 | 34 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .147 | – | – |