MLB / Players

Ken Kravec

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 185 lb

BornJuly 29, 1951 · Cleveland, OH, USA

MLB debutSeptember 4, 1975

Final gameOctober 3, 1982

Seasons8 (1975–1982)

Chicago White Sox 1975–1980; Chicago Cubs 1981–1982

Percentile snapshot

1979 season — qualified pitchers

65.9

77.6

65.9

22.4

88.2

65.9

SHO

76.5

208

51.8

104

18.8

111

3.5

132

76.5

42.4

250.0

84.7

ERA

3.74

45.9

WHIP

1.276

58.8

K/9

4.75

55.3

FIP

4.25

30.6

FIP-

100.2

45.9

ERA+

113.3

62.4

sWAR

3.9

84.7

of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 159 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.3

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1975	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
1976	9	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1977	26	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1978	30	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1979	36	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9
1980	20	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.9
1981	25	21	15	1	2	8	.000	.118	.000	.118	-73.8	-64.9	.089	-0.7
1982	13	4	3	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.7	-25.0	.188	-0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1975	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	0	4.3	6.23	2.077	2.08	7.63	197.7	62.0	-0.1
1976	9	8	1	5	0	1	0	49	27	32	38	3	49.7	4.89	1.631	6.89	3.87	108.6	72.8	-0.3
1977	26	25	11	8	0	6	1	161	76	57	125	12	166.7	4.10	1.308	6.75	3.31	80.9	99.8	1.6
1978	30	30	11	16	0	7	2	188	92	95	154	22	203.0	4.08	1.394	6.83	4.00	104.8	93.5	1.4
1979	36	35	15	13	1	10	3	208	104	111	132	20	250.0	3.74	1.276	4.75	4.25	100.2	113.3	3.9
1980	20	15	3	6	0	0	0	100	63	44	37	13	81.7	6.94	1.763	4.08	5.72	142.0	58.0	-1.9
1981	24	12	1	6	0	0	0	80	44	39	50	5	78.3	5.06	1.519	5.74	3.87	105.9	72.3	-0.7
1982	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	27	17	18	20	3	25.0	6.12	1.800	7.20	4.87	131.1	60.7	-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

161

RBI

.0000

OBP

.1429

SLG

.0000

OPS

.1429

Pitching

G (P)

160

128

SHO

859

SO (P)

557

BB allowed

404

ERA

4.465

WHIP

1.4185

K/9

5.84

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
1981-04-12	NYM @ CHC Gameday	1
1981-04-17	CHC @ PHI Gameday	1
1981-04-21	CHC @ STL Gameday	1
1981-04-26	PHI @ CHC Gameday	0
1981-04-29	STL @ CHC Gameday	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1978-06-07	CWS @ MIN Gameday	8.1	8	3	3	4	12	0
1977-06-18	ATH @ CWS Gameday	7.2	4	0	0	2	11	0
1977-09-08	CWS @ LAA Gameday	8.0	3	2	2	2	10	0
1976-08-17	BOS @ CWS Gameday	7.0	9	1	1	2	10	0
1978-07-08	TOR @ CWS Gameday	9.0	5	3	3	5	9	1

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.