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Ken Caminiti

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Full name Kenneth Gene Caminiti
Born April 21, 1963, Hanford, California
Died October 10, 2004, Bronx, New York
Cremated (ashes buried beneath a tree on Craig Biggio's Cambo Ranch in Sabinal Texas)
First Game: July 16, 1987; Final Game: October 12, 2001
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 200
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1996)
Named third baseman on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1996)
Won NL Gold Glove as third baseman (1995 to 1997)
Named third baseman on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1996)
Ejections: 1991 (1), 1995 (1), 1996 (1), 1997 (1), 2000 (1). Total: 5
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1987 HOU N Daily Splits 63 203 10 50 7 1 3 23 12 1 44 0 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 .246 .287 .335 -0.9 1987 HOU N 1988 HOU N Daily Splits 30 83 5 15 2 0 1 7 5 0 18 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 .181 .225 .241 -0.9 1988 HOU N 1989 HOU N Daily Splits 161 585 71 149 31 3 10 72 51 9 93 3 3 4 0 10 8 4 1 .255 .316 .369 1.2 1989 HOU N 1990 HOU N Daily Splits 153 541 52 131 20 2 4 51 48 7 97 0 3 4 0 6 15 9 4 .242 .302 .309 -3.1 1990 HOU N 1991 HOU N Daily Splits 152 574 65 145 30 3 13 80 46 7 85 5 3 4 0 6 18 4 5 .253 .312 .383 1.3 1991 HOU N 1992 HOU N Daily Splits 135 506 68 149 31 2 13 62 44 13 68 1 2 4 0 1 14 10 4 .294 .350 .441 1.3 1992 HOU N 1993 HOU N Daily Splits 143 543 75 142 31 0 13 75 49 10 88 0 1 3 0 4 15 8 5 .262 .321 .390 0.5 1993 HOU N 1994 HOU N Daily Splits 111 406 63 115 28 2 18 75 43 13 71 2 0 3 0 5 8 4 3 .283 .352 .495 1.9 1994 HOU N 1995 SD N Daily Splits 143 526 74 159 33 0 26 94 69 8 94 1 0 6 0 4 11 12 5 .302 .380 .513 4.4 1995 SD N 1996 SD N Daily Splits 146 546 109 178 37 2 40 130 78 16 99 4 0 10 1 12 15 11 5 .326 .408 .621 7.4 1996 SD N 1997 SD N Daily Splits 137 486 92 141 28 0 26 90 80 9 118 3 0 7 0 10 12 11 2 .290 .389 .508 5.0 1997 SD N 1998 SD N Daily Splits 131 452 87 114 29 0 29 82 71 4 108 4 0 8 1 7 6 6 2 .252 .353 .509 1.5 1998 SD N 1999 HOU N Daily Splits 78 273 45 78 11 1 13 56 46 4 58 3 0 7 0 3 7 6 2 .286 .386 .476 1.2 1999 HOU N 2000 HOU N Daily Splits 59 208 42 63 13 0 15 45 42 8 37 1 0 2 0 2 7 3 0 .303 .419 .582 0.7 2000 HOU N 2001 TEX A Daily Splits 54 185 24 43 8 1 9 25 22 2 41 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 .232 .318 .432 -0.3 2001 TEX A 2001 ATL N Daily Splits 64 171 12 38 9 0 6 16 21 1 44 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 .222 .306 .380 -1.2 2001 ATL N 2001 Total 118 356 36 81 17 1 15 41 43 3 85 2 0 3 0 4 7 0 1 .228 .312 .407 -1.5 2001 Total Total NL (15 Years) 1706 6103 870 1667 340 16 230 958 705 110 1122 27 14 65 2 75 147 88 39 .273 .348 .447 20.3 Total NL Total AL ( 1 Year ) 54 185 24 43 8 1 9 25 22 2 41 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 .232 .318 .432 -0.3 Total AL Total (15 Years) Splits 1760 6288 894 1710 348 17 239 983 727 112 1163 29 14 67 2 76 152 88 39 .272 .347 .447 20.0 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1996 SD N Daily Splits 3 10 3 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .417 1.200 1996 SD N 1998 SD N Daily Splits 4 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .143 .200 .143 1998 SD N 1999 HOU N Daily Splits 4 17 3 8 0 0 3 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .471 .526 1.000 1999 HOU N 2001 ATL N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 2001 ATL N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 13 43 8 13 0 0 6 11 5 2 10 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 .302 .375 .721 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1998 SD N Daily Splits 6 22 3 6 0 0 2 4 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .407 .545 1998 SD N

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1998 SD N Daily Splits 4 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .235 .214 1998 SD N

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1994 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 NL 1996 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 1996 NL 1997 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1997 NL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1987 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 61 51 46 469.2 50 98 8 11 0 .949 1988 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 28 20 18 194 12 43 3 2 0 .948 1989 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 160 159 149 1414.2 126 335 22 27 0 .954 1990 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 149 140 129 1249.1 118 243 21 22 1 .945 1991 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 152 150 140 1308.2 129 293 23 29 2 .948 1992 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 129 128 121 1140.2 102 210 11 19 0 .966 1993 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 143 142 130 1237 123 264 24 23 0 .942 1994 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 108 103 100 924.1 79 200 9 17 0 .969 1995 SD N Daily Splits 3B 143 142 128 1226 102 295 27 28 0 .936 1996 SD N Daily Splits 3B 145 142 127 1274 103 310 20 28 0 .954 1997 SD N Daily Splits 3B 133 133 110 1117 90 291 24 20 0 .941 1998 SD N Daily Splits 3B 126 125 88 1049 77 207 21 16 0 .931 1999 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 75 73 59 629 52 139 14 17 0 .932 2000 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 58 56 46 475.2 37 81 11 8 0 .915 2001 TEX A Daily Splits 3B 53 51 47 441.2 42 99 9 10 0 .940 2001 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 33 33 14 247.2 240 14 6 19 0 .977 2001 ATL N 3B 13 12 9 102 9 19 2 3 0 .933 2001 ATL N DH 1 1 0 - 2001 Total 3B 66 63 56 543.2 51 118 11 13 0 .939 Total (15 Years) Splits 3B 1676 1627 1447 14252.2 1251 3127 249 280 3 .946 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 33 33 14 247.2 240 14 6 19 0 .977 Total ( 1 Year ) DH 1 1 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1996 SD N Daily Splits 3B 3 3 3 25 0 5 3 0 0 .625 1998 SD N Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 35.1 2 5 1 0 0 .875 1999 HOU N Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 38 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3B 11 11 11 98.1 3 20 4 0 0 .852 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1998 SD N Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 55 5 9 0 2 0 1.000

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1998 SD N Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 34 2 1 2 0 0 .600

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1994 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1996 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1997 NL Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3B 3 1 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 9-29-1991 BOX HOU N Gary Darling Called third strike 9- 9-1995 BOX SD N Larry Vanover Called third strike 7-31-1996 BOX SD N Frank Pulli Called third strike 8-17-1997 BOX SD N Greg Bonin Balls and strikes 6- 4-2000 BOX HOU N Dan Morrison Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1984 - signed June 9, 1984).

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

Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).

Signed by Houston Astros (November 17, 1998).

Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).

Signed by Texas Rangers (December 10, 2000).

Released by Texas Rangers (July 2, 2001).

Signed by Atlanta Braves (July 5, 2001).

Granted free agency (November 6, 2001).

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