Ken Szotkiewicz

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: February 25, 1947 in Wilmington, DE us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Salesianum HS (Wilmington, DE), the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA).

High School: Salesianum HS (Wilmington, DE)

School: Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)

Debut: April 7, 1970 (Age 23-041d, 12,953rd in major league history)
vs. WSA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 1970 (Age 23-208d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Kenneth John Szotkiewicz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

.107

RBI

OBP

.217

SLG

.226

OPS

.443

OPS+

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

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
2	18 (8)	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	11	2.2	0	3	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	20 (1)	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
4	21	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
5	22	May 5	DET		MIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	23	May 6	DET		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
7	24	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	25	May 8	DET		KCR	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	26	May 9	DET		KCR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
10	27	May 10	DET		KCR	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
11	28	May 11	DET		CHW	L,5-9	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
12	41 (12)	May 27	DET		NYY	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (3)	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
14	46	Jun 3	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	52 (5)	Jun 10	DET		MIL	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	53	Jun 11	DET		MIL	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
17	54	Jun 12	DET		CAL	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	55	Jun 13	DET		CAL	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	57 (1)	Jun 15	DET		OAK	L,7-12	GS	45	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
20	58	Jun 16	DET		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
21	59	Jun 17	DET		OAK	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
22	61 (1)	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	62	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	72 (9)	Jul 1	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
25	75 (2)	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5		6	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	76	Jul 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	77	Jul 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
28	78	Jul 7 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-8	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	79	Jul 7 (2)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	80	Jul 8	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
31	81	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	82	Jul 10	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
33	83	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
34	85 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-13	CG	47	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
35	89 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
36	90	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	141 (50)	Sep 8	DET		BAL	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	144 (2)	Sep 11	DET		WSA	L,2-4		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
39	145	Sep 12	DET		WSA	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
40	146	Sep 13	DET		WSA	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	147	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
42	150 (2)	Sep 18	DET		NYY	L,0-5	GS	36	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	152 (1)	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	153	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
							44gm		256.0	32	101	4	137	20