Ken
Waddell
 
Nickname: Weeble
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 30, 2000 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2018 18 TN FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4
2019 19 TN FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
2020 20 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
2021 21 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2022 22 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2023 23 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 6
2024 24 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2025 25 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2026 26 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 4 3 4 7 7 7
2027 27 KY FF $ 1,100,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2028 28 KY FF $ 1,100,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
2029 29 KY FF $ 3,530,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,530,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2018 18 AA   69 286 40 70 16 0 2 22 9 3 24 38 .245 .303 .322 .625 28.5  
    A   58 179 24 49 6 1 1 16 8 5 18 26 .274 .340 .335 .675 20.8  
2019 19 AA   136 555 84 161 28 8 13 66 22 15 43 69 .290 .341 .440 .781 79.2  
2020 20 MD FF 138 482 46 114 16 4 3 35 15 10 18 64 .237 .265 .305 .570 33.4 0.5
    AA   14 45 4 14 3 0 1 6 1 1 6 4 .311 .392 .444 .837 7.5  
2021 21 MD FF 101 318 34 79 18 3 2 28 19 6 19 40 .248 .288 .343 .631 30.9 4.4
2022 22 MD FF 104 167 18 37 5 0 2 16 10 5 13 21 .222 .278 .287 .565 11.6 0.3
2023 23 MD FF 58 92 12 28 2 3 1 11 4 2 3 14 .304 .326 .424 .750 12.2 2.8
2024 24 MD FF 88 124 12 32 6 0 0 19 6 2 5 15 .258 .287 .306 .593 9.9 0.8
2025 25 MD FF 123 249 31 65 15 4 2 34 9 8 18 17 .261 .311 .378 .689 28.0 2.9
2026 26 MD FF 103 183 22 54 15 1 8 34 2 2 11 20 .295 .333 .519 .852 29.0 5.1
2027 27 KY FF 97 166 22 37 8 3 6 23 3 1 10 13 .223 .275 .416 .691 19.3 5.4
    AAA   38 154 26 47 10 2 11 28 6 4 21 14 .305 .389 .610 .999 33.8  
2028 28 KY FF 119 401 52 101 22 3 15 55 8 7 22 48 .252 .296 .434 .730 46.0 5.8
2029 29 KY FF 155 564 61 150 32 13 14 81 12 14 45 63 .266 .321 .443 .765 74.9 14.4
10 Years Sim 1086 2746 310 697 139 34 53 336 88 57 164 315 .254 .297 .387 .684 295.1 42.5
1 Years AAA 38 154 26 47 10 2 11 28 6 4 21 14 .305 .389 .610 .999 33.8  
3 Years AA 219 886 128 245 47 8 16 94 32 19 73 111 .277 .332 .402 .734 115.2  
1 Years A 58 179 24 49 6 1 1 16 8 5 18 26 .274 .333 .335 .669 20.8  
5 Years Minors 315 1219 178 341 63 11 28 138 46 28 112 151 .280 .340 .418 .758 169.7  
162 Game Average 409 46 103 20 5 7 50 13 8 24 46 .254 .297 .387 .684 44.0  
Career Highs 155 564 61 150 32 13 15 81 19 14 45 64 .304 .333 .519 .852 74.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2205 244 562 110 25 45 276 64 49 136 240 .255 .299 .389 .688 245.4
vs LH   541 66 135 29 9 8 60 24 8 28 75 .250 .290 .381 .671 58.6
Home 543 1362 164 368 74 20 31 177 44 35 87 144 .270 .315 .422 .737 171.1
Away 543 1384 146 329 65 14 22 159 44 22 77 171 .238 .280 .353 .633 132.8
RISP   647 0 177 36 5 9 252 0 0 62 72 .274 .331 .386 .717 83.5
Pinch Hitting   363 52 103 23 3 7 63 9 4 22 40 .284 .326 .421 .747 47.6
Close/Late   437 57 105 18 2 11 54 0 0 27 60 .240 .284 .366 .650 45.2
Mar/Apr 156 391 42 95 20 3 10 47 17 5 22 49 .243 .282 .386 .668 43.4
May 182 460 53 128 31 10 6 57 10 11 30 57 .278 .323 .428 .752 58.5
June 195 545 64 137 24 4 11 65 23 13 30 58 .251 .294 .371 .664 57.3
July 165 404 47 96 18 5 8 54 10 10 23 42 .238 .279 .366 .645 39.0
August 202 503 52 135 25 8 11 62 17 9 33 60 .268 .317 .416 .733 63.7
Sep/Oct 186 443 52 106 21 4 7 51 11 9 26 49 .239 .281 .352 .633 41.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2020 20 MD FF CF 128 128 1005.3 381 7 13 4 .968 3.47   3.2
    SS 19 0 35.0 6 11 0 2 1.000 4.37   0.2
2021 21 MD FF SS 43 39 379.3 55 142 5 23 .975 4.67   2.1
    LF 33 28 258.3 54 2 0 1 1.000 1.95   0.9
    CF 9 9 76.0 29 0 2 0 .935 3.43    
2022 22 MD FF CF 19 14 135.0 61 0 4 0 .938 4.07   0.4
    SS 16 14 113.0 20 42 1 5 .984 4.94   0.6
    LF 11 6 61.3 15 1 1 0 .941 2.35    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2023 23 MD FF SS 22 14 146.3 16 44 2 7 .968 3.69   0.7
    CF 4 2 20.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 5.66   0.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2024 24 MD FF SS 27 17 164.7 21 64 1 10 .988 4.65   1.2
    LF 3 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
2025 25 MD FF SS 56 33 349.0 55 125 8 27 .957 4.64   1.5
    CF 16 13 126.0 53 0 0 0 1.000 3.79   0.7
    LF 4 3 30.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.26    
2026 26 MD FF SS 35 7 126.0 23 42 2 10 .970 4.64   0.7
    CF 13 12 109.0 45 1 1 0 .979 3.80   0.5
    LF 7 6 54.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.17    
2027 27 KY FF LF 33 16 179.7 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.96   0.9
    CF 23 0 57.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.37    
    SS 10 0 29.0 4 11 0 4 1.000 4.66   0.2
2028 28 KY FF CF 93 88 782.0 208 2 4 1 .981 2.42   2.5
    LF 13 6 67.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
    SS 9 0 18.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 5.50   0.1
2029 29 KY FF CF 138 138 1209.7 372 2 8 2 .979 2.78   1.5
    SS 4 0 11.7 2 8 0 1 1.000 7.72   0.2
    LF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  CF 446 404 3525.7 1179 13 32 8 .974 3.04   9.0
  SS 241 124 1372.0 206 496 19 90 .974 4.61   7.5
  LF 109 65 665.7 177 4 2 1 .989 2.45   1.8
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   798 593 5569.3 1564 513 53 99 .975 3.36   18.3
Career Highs   147 138 1229.3 387 144 13 27 1.000 4.69    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 21 MD FF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2023 23 MD FF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2024 24 MD FF 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111
2025 25 MD FF 7 6 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000
2026 26 MD FF 5 6 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.167 1.833
Career Post-Season Batting 25 23 5 7 0 0 3 6 1 0 1 1 .304 .333 .696 1.029
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
2029-1-13
Caught Stealing
2029-9-14
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 24th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2018
Injured on 8/11/2018 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Traded from Tennessee to Maryland on 4/11/2020 (Going to MD: CF Ken Waddell, 2B Orlando Matos, P Brian McFarland, TN's 1st round pick in 2021. Going to TN: P Barney Albuerne, CF Jeff McGwire)
Had first career hit on 4/25/2020, off Jesse Rankins (NC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/2020, off Melvin Bohrer (VA)
Injured on 7/6/2026 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Drafted by Kentucky with the 4th pick of the 1st round of the 2027 FFL Expansion draft