Ken Harrelson
1963–1971 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators (1961-71)
900G
.239AVG
.325OBP
.414SLG
More career statistics
703H
131HR
421RBI
53SB
4Rare feats
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 · Caught stealing | 30 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 94 | 95 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 577 | 578 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 53 | 52 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | 3,364 | 2,941 | 374 | 703 | 94 | 14 | 131 | 421 | 382 | 577 | 53 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1,218 | .239 | .325 | .414 | .739 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1969-07-20 to 1969-07-31
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Homer, Triple, Double, Steal | 1968-08-14 | 1 in 4,385 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1968-06-14 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1967-04-16 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 460 | 1676 | 376 | 65 | 231 | 190 | 277 | .257 | .338 | .439 |
| Away | 440 | 1688 | 327 | 66 | 190 | 192 | 301 | .221 | .307 | .390 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 68 | 261 | 45 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 43 | .194 | .268 | .306 |
| May | 140 | 520 | 102 | 17 | 53 | 59 | 82 | .225 | .310 | .373 |
| June | 167 | 594 | 138 | 28 | 101 | 63 | 105 | .262 | .338 | .468 |
| July | 189 | 741 | 172 | 39 | 111 | 86 | 115 | .267 | .348 | .490 |
| August | 179 | 693 | 137 | 24 | 80 | 76 | 132 | .226 | .307 | .394 |
| September | 150 | 533 | 108 | 16 | 51 | 71 | 93 | .236 | .336 | .384 |
| October | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .050 | .136 | .100 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 107 | 404 | 83 | 12 | 49 | 43 | 68 | .234 | .312 | .375 |
| new-york-yankees | 105 | 397 | 92 | 13 | 48 | 40 | 68 | .264 | .332 | .436 |
| chicago-white-sox | 99 | 382 | 93 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 60 | .274 | .353 | .422 |
| minnesota-twins | 96 | 341 | 74 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 67 | .251 | .340 | .468 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 88 | 351 | 65 | 16 | 43 | 41 | 45 | .212 | .302 | .412 |
| detroit-tigers | 83 | 295 | 51 | 13 | 40 | 29 | 66 | .195 | .271 | .352 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 306 | 59 | 11 | 32 | 44 | 48 | .228 | .337 | .390 |
| california-angels | 79 | 276 | 60 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 43 | .244 | .322 | .366 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  Kansas City Athletics | 79 | 226 | 52 | 6 | 23 | 1 | .230 | – | – |
| 1964 | Kansas City Athletics | 49 | 139 | 27 | 7 | 12 | – | .194 | – | – |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics | 150 | 483 | 115 | 23 | 66 | 8 | .238 | – | – |
| 1966 | Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 134 | 460 | 109 | 12 | 50 | 13 | .237 | – | – |
| 1967 | Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 110 | 333 | 85 | 12 | 54 | 10 | .255 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Boston Red Sox | 150 | 535 | 147 | 35 | 109 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 159 | 565 | 125 | 30 | 92 | 17 | .221 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1971 | Cleveland Guardians | 52 | 161 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 1 | .199 | – | – |