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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Ken Besana Catcher
Retired (2002, Age 46)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .736 Status Deceased (2046) Option Years 0  
H 2592 Age at Death 90 Date of Birth 04-05-1956
HR 163 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1974)
Majors Svc Time 23 years
(65 games)
RBI 1053
SB 328 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 2002
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range WS Rings 4
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1979 Away 70 223 16 50 6 0 0 14 23 50 0 0 1 .554 .302 .251 .027 .224
1979 Home 69 219 19 60 11 1 2 32 27 40 0 0 2 .714 .353 .361 .087 .274
1980 Away 70 247 25 75 16 2 5 34 25 45 0 1 0 .813 .367 .445 .142 .304
1980 Home 69 235 28 70 7 1 4 25 29 36 0 0 0 .759 .372 .387 .089 .298
1981 Away 70 254 27 78 16 1 5 42 34 52 0 0 0 .829 .392 .437 .130 .307
1981 Home 69 240 33 60 8 1 9 31 39 37 0 0 2 .760 .356 .404 .154 .250
1982 Away 69 267 42 71 15 2 6 34 31 43 4 5 0 .747 .342 .404 .139 .266
1982 Home 70 257 50 78 13 4 5 31 40 45 5 3 0 .842 .398 .444 .140 .304
1983 Away 53 194 27 52 9 0 6 23 16 37 3 0 1 .733 .325 .407 .139 .268
1983 Home 51 189 28 54 12 1 7 31 20 31 2 0 1 .825 .354 .471 .185 .286
1984 Away 69 259 25 72 15 2 4 36 23 37 2 1 1 .737 .339 .398 .120 .278
1984 Home 70 245 31 76 13 1 4 35 28 33 2 0 1 .800 .380 .420 .110 .310
1985 Away 70 230 22 70 11 1 5 31 25 39 10 18 0 .800 .374 .426 .122 .304
1985 Home 69 225 25 59 9 1 6 20 26 34 17 8 0 .730 .339 .391 .129 .262
1986 Away 65 240 33 73 17 2 5 33 28 39 19 12 0 .828 .374 .454 .150 .304
1986 Home 62 217 23 45 10 1 4 18 31 36 23 13 0 .624 .306 .318 .111 .207
1987 Away 69 247 42 72 16 3 4 38 33 44 25 9 2 .800 .371 .429 .138 .291
1987 Home 70 245 33 80 13 4 4 32 39 34 19 17 0 .882 .421 .461 .135 .327
1988 Away 69 268 31 68 11 5 2 13 22 47 23 20 1 .670 .315 .354 .101 .254
1988 Home 70 229 24 53 5 1 3 13 34 35 20 18 0 .632 .331 .301 .070 .231
1989 Away 69 260 52 86 11 3 6 23 47 48 27 17 0 .901 .435 .465 .135 .331
1989 Home 70 253 45 73 9 4 6 23 36 51 13 11 0 .805 .378 .427 .138 .289
1990 Away 70 249 38 76 13 2 1 20 25 37 10 6 0 .755 .370 .386 .080 .305
1990 Home 69 251 39 74 14 3 6 29 24 39 14 4 3 .804 .357 .446 .151 .295
1991 Away 70 201 34 62 5 2 4 23 24 23 15 6 1 .793 .381 .413 .104 .308
1991 Home 65 195 32 51 6 0 6 19 22 26 13 2 1 .724 .339 .385 .123 .262
1992 Away 73 191 19 42 5 3 3 17 25 20 6 5 1 .638 .313 .325 .105 .220
1992 Home 62 170 20 42 5 1 2 16 26 33 7 12 0 .670 .347 .324 .076 .247
1993 Away 63 200 22 49 6 2 1 19 22 32 7 9 1 .633 .323 .310 .065 .245
1993 Home 61 183 25 54 6 0 3 12 24 32 12 8 0 .754 .377 .377 .082 .295
1994 Away 52 176 19 50 10 0 4 28 33 25 6 0 0 .804 .395 .409 .125 .284
1994 Home 54 182 19 44 13 2 2 25 22 30 3 2 1 .690 .322 .368 .126 .242
1995 Away 70 259 30 67 9 6 7 30 31 34 5 3 0 .760 .339 .421 .162 .259
1995 Home 65 232 31 67 10 1 4 31 32 30 6 1 1 .768 .375 .392 .103 .289
1996 Away 73 160 19 40 5 2 1 19 24 20 6 1 2 .671 .346 .325 .075 .250
1996 Home 74 157 16 39 5 1 4 19 14 23 1 3 3 .680 .310 .369 .121 .248
1997 Away 29 102 12 31 4 0 2 15 9 18 0 0 0 .768 .366 .402 .098 .304
1997 Home 36 119 15 29 4 0 1 11 7 16 0 0 0 .584 .281 .303 .059 .244
1998 Away 22 84 13 23 3 1 0 11 7 8 0 0 1 .659 .326 .333 .060 .274
1998 Home 21 63 10 19 3 0 0 9 11 12 0 0 0 .763 .413 .349 .048 .302
1999 Away 70 250 29 62 9 1 2 16 31 39 0 0 1 .652 .336 .316 .068 .248
1999 Home 65 248 24 60 8 0 1 15 20 50 0 0 1 .587 .301 .286 .044 .242
2000 Away 31 89 10 21 3 0 0 7 7 13 0 0 1 .561 .292 .270 .034 .236
2000 Home 25 59 11 16 3 0 2 15 6 13 0 0 3 .747 .324 .424 .153 .271
2001 Away 60 196 15 52 4 2 3 13 24 31 0 3 4 .699 .347 .352 .087 .265
2001 Home 60 191 14 43 8 2 2 22 16 49 3 0 3 .603 .284 .319 .094 .225
2002 Away 8 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 .363 .304 .059 .000 .059
2002 Home 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 .503 .316 .188 .000 .188
Total Away 1434 4863 602 1343 219 42 76 539 575 785 168 117 18 .739 .354 .385 .109 .276
Total Home 1402 4620 596 1249 195 30 87 514 575 769 160 102 22 .733 .351 .382 .112 .270
Total 2836 9483 1198 2592 414 72 163 1053 1150 1554 328 219 40 .736 .353 .384 .110 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2002-11-01Ken Besana has retired from the Texas Grackles
2002-06-06The Texas Grackles have designated Ken Besana for assignment.
2002-05-14The Texas Grackles have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team.
2002-05-14The Texas Grackles have acquired Ken Besana from the waiver wire.
2001-04-14The Detroit Shock have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have promoted Ray Moriarty to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have sent Carl Smith to the minors. The Detroit Shock have sent Hal Newsome to the minors.
2001-04-14The Detroit Shock have acquired Ken Besana from the waiver wire.
2000-08-13Ken Besana of the Baltimore Pole Cats is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
2000-03-30The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Mike Maddux to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Eddie Bonds to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Bobby Bahr to the major league team.
2000-03-30Ken Besana has signed with the Baltimore Pole Cats for $0.75M per year for 1 year.
1999-03-30The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Bobby Bahr to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Dennis Short to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Bob Gleason to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Charlie Berg to the major league team.
1999-03-30Ken Besana has signed with the Baltimore Pole Cats for $1.55M per year for 1 year.
1998-03-31The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Leo Hamner to the major league team.
1998-03-30Ken Besana has signed with the Baltimore Pole Cats for $1.75M per year for 1 year.
1997-03-29The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Baltimore Pole Cats have promoted Mark Throneberry to the major league team.
1997-03-28Ken Besana has signed with the Baltimore Pole Cats for $2.0M per year for 1 year.
1995-03-30Trade #1193636 has been completed between the Pittsburgh Pounders and the San Francisco Rotties. The San Francisco Rotties receive Ken Besana from the Pittsburgh Pounders in exchange for Kaylo Dannon.
1995-03-30The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Rube Augustine to the major league team.
1995-03-30Ken Besana has signed with the Pittsburgh Pounders for $2.02M per year for 2 years.
1994-05-25Ken Besana of the San Francisco Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1994-05-15Trade #1189888 has been completed between the San Francisco Rotties and the Baltimore Monumentals. The Baltimore Monumentals receive Bobo Oliva, Curt Stevens from the San Francisco Rotties in exchange for Ken Besana, Gil Hood.
1994-03-30The Baltimore Monumentals have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Baltimore Monumentals have promoted Ray Moriarty to the major league team. The Baltimore Monumentals have promoted Orlando Williams to the major league team.
1994-03-30Ken Besana has signed with the Baltimore Monumentals for $3.5M per year for 1 year.
1993-08-07Ken Besana of the Minnesota Saints is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1993-03-29The Minnesota Saints have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Minnesota Saints have promoted Tony Pyburn to the major league team. The Minnesota Saints have promoted Dasher Allen to the major league team.
1993-03-28Ken Besana has signed with the Minnesota Saints for $3.5M per year for 1 year.
1992-09-30Ken Besana of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1992-03-30The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Charlie Sarni to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Roy Mauser to the major league team.
1992-03-29Ken Besana has signed with the Los Angeles Lebowskis for $2.5M per year for 1 year.
1986-06-05Ken Besana of the Los Angeles Lebowskis is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1985-03-30The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Bryan Whitehurst to the major league team.
1985-03-28Ken Besana has signed with the Los Angeles Lebowskis for $8.5M per year for 7 years.
1983-07-15Ken Besana of the Colorado Boulders is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1979-04-01The Colorado Boulders have promoted Ken Besana to the major league team.
1975-04-27The Colorado Boulders have removed Ken Besana from the trade block.
1975-04-05The Colorado Boulders have placed Ken Besana on the trade block.
1973-07-02A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Lebowskis and the Colorado Boulders. The Colorado Boulders receive Draft Pick 1974 Round 1 LAN (Ken Besana) from the Los Angeles Lebowskis in exchange for John Miller, Eric Humphreys. Protest This Trade.