Ed Kirkpatrick
Career 1,311 G · 824 H · 85 HR · 424 RBI · .238 AVG
Seasons leading his league
1
0 best in baseball
1 league only
3
Top-5 finishes
1
Title seasons
1
Categories led
1970
Best season
Spanning 1970–1970, peaking at 1 titles in 1970.
All-Time Standing
Against every player since 1871Among league leaders
- 2,919th League titles 1
- 4,654th Top-5 finishes 3
Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.
Career leaderboards
No top-500 all-time placing
His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked
category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection
on the season titles alongside.
Where He Led
led all of MLB led his league| Category | Titles | Best | Streak | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catcher Double Plays | 1 | 1st | — | 1970 AL 12 |
| Catcher Fielding Percentage | — | #3 | — | 1972 #3 |
Batting
16 seasons| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | LAA | AL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1963 | LAA | AL | 34 | 77 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 1 | .195 | .259 | .338 | .596 |
| 1964 | LAA | AL | 75 | 219 | 20 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 2 | .242 | .315 | .356 | .671 |
| 1965 | CAL | AL | 19 | 73 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .260 | .289 | .452 | .742 |
| 1966 | CAL | AL | 117 | 312 | 31 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 51 | 67 | 7 | .192 | .313 | .327 | .640 |
| 1967 | CAL | AL | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1968 | CAL | AL | 89 | 161 | 23 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 32 | 1 | .230 | .332 | .273 | .605 |
| 1969 | KCA | AL | 120 | 315 | 40 | 81 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 3 | .257 | .348 | .451 | .799 |
| 1970 | KCA | AL | 134 | 424 | 59 | 97 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 55 | 65 | 4 | .229 | .319 | .406 | .724 |
| 1971 | KCA | AL | 120 | 365 | 46 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 48 | 60 | 3 | .219 | .308 | .332 | .640 |
| 1972 | KCA | AL | 113 | 364 | 43 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 51 | 50 | 3 | .275 | .365 | .396 | .761 |
| 1973 | KCA | AL | 126 | 429 | 61 | 113 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 3 | .263 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
| 1974 | PIT | NL | 116 | 271 | 32 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 51 | 30 | 1 | .247 | .367 | .347 | .714 |
| 1975 | PIT | NL | 89 | 144 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 1 | .236 | .319 | .375 | .694 |
| 1976 | PIT | NL | 83 | 146 | 14 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 1 | .233 | .294 | .295 | .589 |
| 1977 | ML4 +2 | AL | 70 | 153 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 3 | .222 | .322 | .288 | .610 |
| Career | — | — | 1,311 | 3,467 | 411 | 824 | 143 | 18 | 85 | 424 | 456 | 518 | 34 | .238 | .327 | .363 | .690 |
Fielding
5 positions| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | FLD% | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | LAA | AL | C | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 10.00 |
| 1963 | LAA | AL | C | 14 | 8 | 77.0 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 70 | .986 | 4.93 |
| OF | 10 | 10 | 86.1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 1.80 | |||
| 1964 | LAA | AL | OF | 63 | 56 | 516.0 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 96 | .969 | 1.48 |
| 1965 | CAL | AL | OF | 19 | 19 | 165.1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .969 | 1.63 |
| 1966 | CAL | AL | OF | 102 | 81 | 762.0 | 151 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 156 | .994 | 1.52 |
| 1B | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 6.33 | |||
| 1967 | CAL | AL | C | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.00 |
| OF | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1968 | CAL | AL | OF | 45 | 32 | 284.2 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 | .982 | 1.22 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .800 | 1.00 | |||
| 1B | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .889 | 4.00 | |||
| 1969 | KCA | AL | OF | 82 | 75 | 671.0 | 180 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 189 | .995 | 2.29 |
| C | 8 | 1 | 27.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 2.25 | |||
| 1B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.50 | |||
| 3B | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.00 | |||
| 2B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.00 | |||
| 1970 | KCA | AL | C | 89 | 80 | 713.0 | 463 | 61 | 12 | 12 | 536 | .978 | 5.89 |
| OF | 19 | 13 | 126.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.000 | 1.26 | |||
| 1B | 16 | 16 | 142.0 | 139 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 148 | 1.000 | 9.25 | |||
| 1971 | KCA | AL | OF | 61 | 47 | 443.0 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121 | .992 | 1.97 |
| C | 59 | 55 | 474.0 | 294 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 329 | .979 | 5.46 | |||
| 1972 | KCA | AL | C | 108 | 104 | 915.0 | 590 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 645 | .991 | 5.92 |
| 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.00 | |||
| 1973 | KCA | AL | OF | 108 | 101 | 888.1 | 198 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 203 | .990 | 1.86 |
| C | 14 | 9 | 90.0 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 76 | .974 | 5.29 | |||
| 1974 | PIT | NL | 1B | 59 | 52 | 484.2 | 512 | 31 | 4 | 55 | 547 | .993 | 9.20 |
| OF | 14 | 11 | 97.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.000 | 1.93 | |||
| C | 6 | 3 | 32.1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | .920 | 3.83 | |||
| 1975 | PIT | NL | 1B | 28 | 11 | 134.2 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 1.000 | 5.36 |
| OF | 14 | 13 | 111.1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 1.86 | |||
| 1976 | PIT | NL | 1B | 25 | 18 | 186.2 | 190 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 207 | .990 | 8.20 |
| OF | 9 | 6 | 61.1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.000 | 1.78 | |||
| 3B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 1.00 | |||
| 1977 | ML4 | AL | OF | 30 | 20 | 198.0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | .981 | 1.77 |
| 1B | 13 | 9 | 86.0 | 89 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 99 | .970 | 7.38 | |||
| 3B | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| C | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||
| Career | — | — | OF | 577 | 485 | 4414.1 | 981 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1,018 | .989 | 1.75 |
| — | — | C | 306 | 262 | 2357.0 | 1,534 | 154 | 31 | 23 | 1,719 | .982 | 5.52 | |
| — | — | 1B | 149 | 110 | 1073.0 | 1,100 | 74 | 10 | 101 | 1,184 | .992 | 7.88 | |
| — | — | 3B | 5 | 2 | 17.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .778 | 1.40 | |
| — | — | 2B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.00 |