Ken Aspromonte

Second baseman

Born: September 22, 1931
Brooklyn, New York

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 2, 1957, for the Boston Red Sox

Last MLB appearance

June 21, 1963, for the Chicago Cubs

MLB statistics

Batting average

.249

Home runs

Runs batted in

124

Teams

As player

Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte (born September 22, 1931) is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who had a seven-year career from 1957 to 1963. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of the American League, and the Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs, both of the National League. He also spent three years playing in Japan, spending 1964 and 1965 with the Chunichi Dragons and 1966 with the Taiyo Whales.

Aspromonte managed the Indians from 1972 to 1974. He had a record as manager of 220-260.

Ken is the older brother of former Major League Baseball player Bob Aspromonte.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Cleveland Indians managers

Jimmy McAleer (1901)
Bill Armour (1902–1904)
Nap Lajoie (1905–1909)
Bill Bradley (1909)
Deacon McGuire (1909–1911)
George Stovall (1911)
Harry Davis (1912)
Joe Birmingham (1912–1915)
Lee Fohl (1915–1919)
Tris Speaker (1919–1926)
Jack McCallister (1927)
Roger Peckinpaugh (1928–1933)
Bibb Falk (1933)
Walter Johnson (1933–1935)
Steve O'Neill (1935–1937)
Ossie Vitt (1938–1940)
Roger Peckinpaugh (1941)
Lou Boudreau (1942–1950)
Al López (1951–1956)
Kerby Farrell (1957)
Bobby Bragan (1958)
Joe Gordon (1958–1960)
Jo-Jo White (1960)
Jimmy Dykes (1960–1961)
Mel Harder (1961)
Mel McGaha (1962)
Mel Harder (1962)
Birdie Tebbetts (1963)
George Strickland (1964)
Birdie Tebbetts (1964–1966)
George Strickland (1966)
Joe Adcock (1967)
Alvin Dark (1968–1971)
Johnny Lipon (1971)
Ken Aspromonte (1972–1974)
Frank Robinson (1975–1977)
Jeff Torborg (1977–1979)
Dave Garcia (1979–1982)
Mike Ferraro (1983)
Pat Corrales (1983–1987)
Doc Edwards (1987–1989)
John Hart (1989)
John McNamara (1990–1991)
Mike Hargrove (1991–1999)
Charlie Manuel (2000–2002)
Joel Skinner (2002)
Eric Wedge (2003–2009)
Manny Acta (2010–2012)
Sandy Alomar (2012)
Terry Francona (2013–)

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