MLB / Players

Ken Caminiti

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 200 lb

BornApril 21, 1963 · Hanford, CA, USA

MLB debutJuly 16, 1987

Final gameOctober 7, 2001

Seasons15 (1987–2001)

Houston Astros 1987–1994; San Diego Padres 1995–1998; Houston Astros 1999–2000; Atlanta Braves 2001; Texas Rangers 2001

Percentile snapshot

1998 season — qualified batters

131

5.7

535

8.9

452

1.9

53.2

114

3.2

39.2

77.8

RBI

51.9

67.7

108

30.4

29.7

77.2

.252

10.8

OBP

.353

SLG

.509

72.8

OPS

.862

68.4

wRC+

128.9

75.9

OPS+

130.8

76.6

wOBA

.374

64.6

sWAR

3.9

70.9

of 159 qualified 1998 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

114.0

69.6

OPS+

115.5

72.4

sWAR

37.8

97.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1987	63	218	203	10	50	7	1	3	23	12	44	0	0	.246	.287	.335	.622	66.5	68.1	.282	-0.1
1988	30	89	83	5	15	2	0	1	7	5	18	0	0	.181	.225	.241	.466	33.1	36.7	.221	-0.4
1989	161	646	585	71	149	31	3	10	72	51	93	4	1	.255	.316	.369	.685	97.8	98.9	.314	2.3
1990	153	596	541	52	131	20	2	4	51	48	97	9	4	.242	.302	.309	.611	69.5	70.9	.283	0.0
1991	152	632	574	65	145	30	3	13	80	46	85	4	5	.253	.312	.383	.695	97.6	99.5	.316	2.2
1992	135	557	506	68	149	31	2	13	62	44	68	10	4	.294	.350	.441	.790	124.1	126.6	.354	3.7
1993	143	596	543	75	142	31	0	13	75	49	88	8	5	.262	.321	.390	.711	90.8	93.5	.317	1.5
1994	111	454	406	63	115	28	2	18	75	43	71	4	3	.283	.352	.495	.847	118.8	124.1	.363	2.7
1995	143	602	526	74	159	33	0	26	94	69	94	12	5	.302	.380	.513	.894	136.8	137.7	.391	5.0
1996	146	638	546	109	178	37	2	40	130	78	99	11	5	.326	.408	.621	1.028	167.2	173.7	.436	7.6
1997	137	576	486	92	141	28	0	26	90	80	118	11	2	.290	.389	.508	.897	139.2	140.6	.393	5.0
1998	131	535	452	87	114	29	0	29	82	71	108	6	2	.252	.353	.509	.862	128.9	130.8	.374	3.9
1999	78	329	273	45	78	11	1	13	56	46	58	6	2	.286	.386	.476	.862	115.9	116.3	.378	1.9
2000	59	253	208	42	63	13	0	15	45	42	37	3	0	.303	.419	.582	1.001	143.4	146.4	.423	2.2
2001	118	404	356	36	81	17	1	15	41	43	85	0	1	.228	.312	.407	.719	83.2	83.9	.316	0.3

Career totals

1,760

451st-most career G

7,125

434th-most career PA

6,288

447th-most career AB

894

494th-most career R

1,710

476th-most career H

348

321st-most career 2B

239

286th-most career HR

RBI

983

323rd-most career RBI

727

346th-most career BB

1,163

262nd-most career SO

.2719

OBP

.3468

SLG

.4467

OPS

.7935

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1998-07-12	SD @ LAD Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	5	0	12
1995-09-19	COL @ SD Gameday	4	2	4	1	2	8	1	11
1995-06-28	SD @ LAD Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	5	0	10
1995-09-17	CHC @ SD Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	2	0	10
1999-09-03	HOU @ WSH Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	6	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player1× Silver Slugger3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.