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class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Left</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">August 22, 1977, for the St. Louis Cardinals</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 4, 1992, for the California Angels</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; 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href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1984 Major League Baseball season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1988 Major League Baseball season">1988</a>–<a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1989_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1989 Major League Baseball season">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> (<a 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He played from 1977 to 1992 for six different teams. Oberkfell primarily played third base but he also played over 400 career games at second base. After retiring as a player, Oberkfell served as a baseball coach. He has primarily coached in the minor leagues, but he spent the part of the 2008 as the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> first base coach and spent the 2011 season as the Mets bench coach. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Oberkfell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Signed by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> as an amateur free agent in 1975, Oberkfell made his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on August 22, 1977, and appeared in his final game on October 4, 1992. Oberkfell was a member of the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982 World Series</a> Champion <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, hitting .292 in that series. </p><p>Oberkfell was part of the "Bearded Braves" triumvirate along with <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hubbard_(baseball)" title="Glenn Hubbard (baseball)">Glenn Hubbard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Bruce Sutter</a>. He told Neil Holfeld of the <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i> in a May 17, 1985, story that, "the beards make us stand out from the clean cut <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a> types. Consider us a modern era <a href="/wiki/House_of_David_(commune)" title="House of David (commune)">House of David</a> team."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Oberkfell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 16-year major league career covering 1602 games, Oberkfell compiled a .278 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> (1354-for-4874) with 558 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a>, 237 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, 44 <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a>, 29 <a href="/wiki/Home_runs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home runs">home runs</a>, 446 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> and 546 <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">base on balls</a>. He finished his career with a .973 <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a>. In 17 postseason games, he batted .245 (12-for-49). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oberkfell1983.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Oberkfell1983.jpg/140px-Oberkfell1983.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Oberkfell1983.jpg/210px-Oberkfell1983.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Oberkfell1983.jpg/280px-Oberkfell1983.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="368" /></a><figcaption>Oberkfell with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Oberkfell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his retirement as a player in 1992, Oberkfell embarked on a successful managerial career that saw him named Minor League Manager of the Year by <i><a href="/wiki/Baseball_America" title="Baseball America">Baseball America</a></i> in 2005. He also served as the manager of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Zephyrs" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Zephyrs">New Orleans Zephyrs</a> from January 4, 2007, until June 17, 2008, when he was promoted to the Mets as their first base coach, replacing <a href="/wiki/Tom_Nieto" title="Tom Nieto">Tom Nieto</a>. During 2009 and 2010, Oberkfell managed the Mets' Triple-A farm team, the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons" title="Buffalo Bisons">Buffalo Bisons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 28, 2010, Oberkfell led the <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Escogido" title="Leones del Escogido">Leones del Escogido</a> to their 13th championship in the Dominican Baseball Winter League as their manager. </p><p>He was interviewed for the Mets managerial opening in November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was named the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> bench coach for the <a href="/wiki/2011_New_York_Mets_season" title="2011 New York Mets season">2011 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-benchMLB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benchMLB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was not hired back for 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-fired_mets_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fired_mets-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oberkfell served as the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Bears" title="Newark Bears">Newark Bears</a> of the independent <a href="/wiki/Canadian_American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball">Can-Am League</a> during the 2012 season before stepping down in August. </p><p>Oberkfell managed the <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Escogido" title="Leones del Escogido">Leones del Escogido</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Series" title="Caribbean Series">Caribbean Series</a> championship title in <a href="/wiki/2010_Caribbean_Series" title="2010 Caribbean Series">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/2012_Caribbean_Series" title="2012 Caribbean Series">2012</a>. </p><p>In 2013, Oberkfell became the manager of the Lincoln Saltdogs in Lincoln, Nebraska. He resigned for family reasons after the 2015 season.<sup id="cite_ref-Eck_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eck-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Oberkfell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oberkfell was married to his wife Jamie Smith. She died in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lived in Illinois. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Oberkfell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081212&content_id=486602&vkey=pr_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422">Buffalo Bisons press release</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMartino2010" class="citation news cs1">Martino, Andy (November 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120612045242/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-11-12/sports/27081088_1_interviews-carlos-beltran-managerial-opening">"Ken Oberkfell interviewed by Mets GM Sandy Alderson for team's managerial opening"</a>. <i>Daily News</i>. 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