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Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School San Jose State University

Debut July 16, 1987
  vs. PHI 3 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 7, 2001
Born April 21, 1963 in Hanford, CA
Died October 10, 2004 in New York, NY

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1984. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 24 HOU NL  63  203   10   50   7  1   3   23   0  0  12  44  .246  .287  .335   67   68   2   1   1   0   6
 1988 25 HOU NL  30   83    5   15   2  0   1    7   0  0   5  18  .181  .225  .241   37   20   0   1   0   0   3
 1989 26 HOU NL 161  585   71  149  31  3  10   72   4  1  51  93  .255  .316  .369   98  216   3   4   9   3   8
 1990 27 HOU NL 153  541   52  131  20  2   4   51   9  4  48  97  .242  .302  .309   71  167   3   4   7   0  15
 1991 28 HOU NL 152  574   65  145  30  3  13   80   4  5  46  85  .253  .312  .383  101  220   3   4   7   5  18
 1992 29 HOU NL 135  506   68  149  31  2  13   62  10  4  44  68  .294  .350  .441  128  223   2   4  13   1  14
 1993 30 HOU NL 143  543   75  142  31  0  13   75   8  5  49  88  .262  .321  .390   93  212   1   3  10   0  15
 1994 31 HOU NL 111  406   63  115  28  2  18   75   4  3  43  71  .283  .352  .495  123  201   0   3  13   2   8 AS
 1995 32 SDP NL 143  526   74  159  33  0  26   94  12  5  69  94  .302  .380  .513  137  270   0   6   8   1  11
 1996 33 SDP NL 146  546  109  178  37  2  40  130  11  5  78  99  .326  .408  .621  173  339   0  10  16   4  15 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1997 34 SDP NL 137  486   92  141  28  0  26   90  11  2  80 118  .290  .389  .508  141  247   0   7   9   3  12 AS
 1998 35 SDP NL 131  452   87  114  29  0  29   82   6  2  71 108  .252  .353  .509  132  230   0   8   4   4   6
 1999 36 HOU NL  78  273   45   78  11  1  13   56   6  2  46  58  .286  .386  .476  117  130   0   7   3   3   7
 2000 37 HOU NL  59  208   42   63  13  0  15   45   3  0  42  37  .303  .419  .582  143  121   0   2   8   1   7
 2001 38 TOT    118  356   36   81  17  1  15   41   0  1  43  85  .228  .312  .407   84  145   0   3   3   2   7
         TEX AL  54  185   24   43   8  1   9   25   0  0  22  41  .232  .318  .432   93   80   0   2   2   2   5
         ATL NL  64  171   12   38   9  0   6   16   0  1  21  44  .222  .306  .380   74   65   0   1   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         6288      1710     17      983     39    1163  .272  .347  .447  116       14  67 111  29 152
               1760       894      348    239       88    727                            2809
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   82  157  32  2  22   90   8  4  67 107  .272  .347  .447  116  259   1   6  10   3  14
 Career High    161  585  109  178  37  3  40  130  12  5  80 118  .326  .419  .621  173  339   3  10  16   5  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 24 HOU NL  218  162   19   3.2   102| .246  .264| .287  .333| .335  .412| .622  .745|  67  .320  -9.8  -1.0   0%
 1988 25 HOU NL   89   72    4   1.5    86| .181  .252| .225  .315| .241  .369| .466  .684|  37  .142  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1989 26 HOU NL  646  452   70   4.2    88| .255  .250| .316  .317| .369  .373| .685  .690|  98  .514  -1.0  -0.1  80%
 1990 27 HOU NL  596  436   50   3.1    95| .242  .261| .302  .327| .309  .392| .611  .718|  71  .342 -20.7  -2.1  69%
 1991 28 HOU NL  632  459   65   3.8    88| .253  .250| .312  .316| .383  .374| .695  .690| 101  .457   1.1   0.1  44%
 1992 29 HOU NL  557  381   76   5.4    88| .294  .253| .350  .318| .441  .373| .791  .691| 128  .619  18.8   1.9  71%
 1993 30 HOU NL  596  425   66   4.2   100| .262  .266| .321  .331| .390  .406| .711  .736|  93  .450  -4.7  -0.5  61%
 1994 31 HOU NL  454  305   70   6.2   105| .283  .268| .352  .335| .495  .420| .847  .754| 123  .601  14.2   1.3  57%
 1995 32 SDP NL  602  389  105   7.3   104| .302  .267| .380  .336| .513  .416| .893  .752| 137  .677  29.8   2.8  70%
 1996 33 SDP NL  638  398  138   9.3   102| .326  .264| .408  .332| .621  .413|1.029  .745| 173  .768  60.0   5.6  68%
 1997 34 SDP NL  576  366  100   7.3   102| .290  .262| .389  .333| .508  .411| .897  .744| 141  .678  32.3   3.1  84%
 1998 35 SDP NL  535  354   87   6.6   100| .252  .259| .353  .328| .509  .409| .862  .737| 132  .636  23.4   2.2  75%
 1999 36 HOU NL  329  211   53   6.7   116| .286  .276| .386  .351| .476  .444| .862  .795| 117  .607   9.1   0.8  75%
 2000 37 HOU NL  253  154   52   9.0   122| .303  .281| .419  .360| .582  .460|1.001  .820| 143  .724  15.2   1.4 100%
 2001 38 TOT     404  286   46   4.3   112| .228  .272| .312  .341| .407  .441| .719  .782|  84  .428  -9.3  -0.9   0%
         TEX AL  211  149   25   4.5   110| .232  .272| .318  .339| .432  .436| .750  .776|  93  .446  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         ATL NL  193  137   21   4.1   114| .222  .272| .306  .344| .380  .446| .686  .789|  74  .407  -6.9  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7125 4850 1001   5.5   100| .272  .262| .347  .330| .447  .404| .794  .734| 116  .579 151.4  13.9  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 24 HOU NL 3B 61 50 98 8 11 .949 .951 2.43 2.34 2.84 2.82 51 469.7 1988 25 HOU NL 3B 28 12 43 3 2 .948 .947 1.96 2.35 2.55 2.77 20 194.0 1989 26 HOU NL 3B 160 126 335 22 27 .954 .943 2.88 2.25 2.93 2.71 159 1414.7 1990 27 HOU NL 3B 149 118 243 21 22 .945 .947 2.42 2.31 2.60 2.73 140 1249.3 1991 28 HOU NL 3B 152 129 293 23 29 .948 .950 2.78 2.31 2.90 2.74 150 1308.7 1992 29 HOU NL 3B 129 102 210 11 19 .966 .952 2.42 2.29 2.46 2.67 128 1140.7 1993 30 HOU NL 3B 143 123 264 24 23 .942 .945 2.71 2.31 2.82 2.70 142 1237.0 1994 31 HOU NL 3B 108 79 200 9 17 .969 .951 2.58 2.24 2.72 2.65 103 924.3 AS 1995 32 SDP NL 3B 143 102 295 27 28 .936 .946 2.78 2.33 2.91 2.77 142 1226.0 GG 1996 33 SDP NL 3B 145 103 310 20 28 .954 .948 2.85 2.21 2.92 2.71 142 1274.0 GG,AS 1997 34 SDP NL 3B 133 90 291 24 20 .941 .946 2.86 2.19 3.07 2.66 133 1117.0 GG,AS 1998 35 SDP NL 3B 126 77 207 21 16 .931 .957 2.25 2.37 2.44 2.73 126 1049.0 1999 36 HOU NL 3B 75 52 139 14 17 .932 .953 2.55 2.30 2.73 2.68 73 629.0 2000 37 HOU NL 3B 58 37 81 11 8 .915 .950 2.03 2.18 2.23 2.64 56 475.7 2001 38 TOT 3B 66 51 118 11 13 .939 .947 2.56 2.36 2.80 2.70 63 543.7 TEX AL 3B 53 42 99 9 10 .940 .947 2.66 2.41 2.87 2.73 51 441.7 ATL NL 1B 33 240 14 6 19 .977 .993 7.70 7.84 9.23 9.26 33 247.7 3B 13 9 19 2 3 .933 .949 2.15 2.17 2.47 2.57 12 102.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 38 ATL NL 1B 33 240 14 6 19 .977 .993 7.70 7.84 9.23 9.26 33 247.7 1987 24 HOU NL 3B 61 50 98 8 11 .949 .951 2.43 2.34 2.84 2.82 51 469.7 1988 25 HOU NL 3B 28 12 43 3 2 .948 .947 1.96 2.35 2.55 2.77 20 194.0 1989 26 HOU NL 3B 160 126 335 22 27 .954 .943 2.88 2.25 2.93 2.71 159 1414.7 1990 27 HOU NL 3B 149 118 243 21 22 .945 .947 2.42 2.31 2.60 2.73 140 1249.3 1991 28 HOU NL 3B 152 129 293 23 29 .948 .950 2.78 2.31 2.90 2.74 150 1308.7 1992 29 HOU NL 3B 129 102 210 11 19 .966 .952 2.42 2.29 2.46 2.67 128 1140.7 1993 30 HOU NL 3B 143 123 264 24 23 .942 .945 2.71 2.31 2.82 2.70 142 1237.0 1994 31 HOU NL 3B 108 79 200 9 17 .969 .951 2.58 2.24 2.72 2.65 103 924.3 1995 32 SDP NL 3B 143 102 295 27 28 .936 .946 2.78 2.33 2.91 2.77 142 1226.0 1996 33 SDP NL 3B 145 103 310 20 28 .954 .948 2.85 2.21 2.92 2.71 142 1274.0 1997 34 SDP NL 3B 133 90 291 24 20 .941 .946 2.86 2.19 3.07 2.66 133 1117.0 1998 35 SDP NL 3B 126 77 207 21 16 .931 .957 2.25 2.37 2.44 2.73 126 1049.0 1999 36 HOU NL 3B 75 52 139 14 17 .932 .953 2.55 2.30 2.73 2.68 73 629.0 2000 37 HOU NL 3B 58 37 81 11 8 .915 .950 2.03 2.18 2.23 2.64 56 475.7 2001 38 TOT 3B 66 51 118 11 13 .939 .947 2.56 2.36 2.80 2.70 63 543.7 TEX AL 3B 53 42 99 9 10 .940 .947 2.66 2.41 2.87 2.73 51 441.7 ATL NL 3B 13 9 19 2 3 .933 .949 2.15 2.17 2.47 2.57 12 102.0 2001 38 ATL NL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1676 1251 3127 249 280 .946 .948 2.61 2.29 2.76 2.71 1628 14252.7 1B* 33 240 14 6 19 .977 .993 7.70 7.84 9.23 9.26 33 247.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1709 1491 3141 255 299 .948 .951 2.71 2.39 2.88 2.82 1661 14500
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   NLDS  SDP STL     L   3  10   3   3  0  0  3   3   2   5  .300  .417 1.200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   NLDS  SDP HOU     W   4  14   2   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .143  .200  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  SDP ATL     W   6  22   3   6  0  0  2   4   5   4  .273  .407  .545   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SDP NYY     L   4  14   1   2  1  0  0   1   2   7  .143  .235  .214   0  0   0   1   0 
 1999   NLDS  HOU ATL     L   4  17   3   8  0  0  3   8   2   1  .471  .526 1.000   0  1   0   0   0 
 2001   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       2-2  13  43   8  13  0  0  6  11   5  10  .302  .375  .721   0  1   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   3-3  23  79  12  21  1  0  8  16  12  21  .266  .359  .582   0  1   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1994   HOU NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1996   SDP NL       2   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1997   SDP NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   5   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .800 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1994 *
1996 *
1997 (3B)

Awards
1996-NL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1995-NL--3B
1996-NL--3B
1997-NL--3B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
1996-NL--3B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1996-NL-1-1.00
Car-235-1.00 shares

Batting Average
1996 NL-.326-6

On-base %
1996 NL-.408-8

Slugging %
1996 NL-.621-3

OPS
1996 NL-1.028-4

Games
1989 NL-161-5
1995 NL-143-4

Hits
1995 NL-159-9

Total Bases
1995 NL-270-10
1996 NL-339-5

Doubles
1995 NL-33-10

Home Runs
1996 NL-40-5

RBI
1995 NL-94-9
1996 NL-130-3

Bases on Balls
1995 NL-69-10

Adjusted OPS+
1995 NL-137-9
1996 NL-173-4
1997 NL-141-9

Runs Created
1995 NL-105-9
1996 NL-138-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1995 NL-30-9
1996 NL-60-4
1997 NL-32-9

Batting Wins
1995 NL-2.8-9
1996 NL-5.6-4
1997 NL-3.1-9

Extra-Base Hits
1995 NL-59-10
1996 NL-79-5

Times on Base
1995 NL-229-5
1996 NL-260-9

Offensive Win%
1996 NL-.768-5

Sac. Flies
1995 NL-6-8
1996 NL-10-1
1998 NL-8-7

Intentional Walks
1992 NL-13-7
1994 NL-13-6
1996 NL-16-5
Car-111-89

Grounded into Double Plays
1990 NL-15-7
1991 NL-18-4
1992 NL-14-10

At Bats per Home Run
1996 NL-13.7-6
1998 NL-15.6-10

Outs
1991 NL-459-9

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (812) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.9 (434) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (479) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1984.

December 28, 1994: Traded by the Houston Astros with a player to be named later, Andujar Cedeno, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, and Brian Williams to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutierrez, Pedro Martinez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. The Houston Astros sent Sean Fesh (minors) (May 1, 1995) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

July 2, 2001: Released by the Texas Rangers.

July 5, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 6, 2001: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Houston Astros$62,500
1989Houston Astros$129,000
1990Houston Astros$240,000
1991Houston Astros$2,200,000
1992Houston Astros$1,500,000
1993Houston Astros$3,150,000
1994Houston Astros$3,250,000
1995San Diego Padres$4,600,000
1996San Diego Padres$3,275,000
1997San Diego Padres$3,150,000
1998San Diego Padres$3,500,000
1999Houston Astros$4,500,000
2000Houston Astros$4,500,000
2001Texas Rangers$3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$37,556,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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