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Earl Averill League
8-18-2077
Nails Maeda Center Field
Retired (1967, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .284 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .795 Status Deceased (2001) Option Years 0  
H 1764 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 05-25-1931
HR 165 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(77 games)
RBI 772
SB 316
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B+ Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B F  (1.8%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF B- (58.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Majors 22 0.00 1 / 4 4 / 13 6 / 8 4 / 8 0 / 7 10 / 13 1 / 4 26 / 57
1954 Majors 23 0.00 1 / 6 2 / 6 2 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 3 5 / 5 14 / 30
1955 Majors 24 0.00 1 / 9 5 / 9 2 / 4 4 / 4 0 / 5 5 / 10 9 / 11 26 / 52
1956 Majors 25 0.00 0 / 8 4 / 5 2 / 8 4 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 5 8 / 9 20 / 55
1957 Majors 26 0.00 1 / 12 3 / 12 4 / 7 1 / 3 1 / 4 4 / 9 4 / 11 18 / 58
1958 Majors 27 0.00 2 / 10 1 / 9 3 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 7 3 / 9 1 / 7 11 / 56
1959 Majors 28 0.00 1 / 7 2 / 6 0 / 7 3 / 5 0 / 10 2 / 8 1 / 6 9 / 49
1960 Majors 29 0.00 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 9 2 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 8 2 / 11 4 / 58
1961 Majors 30 32.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 7 1 / 32
1962 Majors 31 21.00 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 21
1963 Majors 32 47.49 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 47
1964 Majors 33 57.79 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 15 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 57
1965 Majors 34 59.19 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 59
1966 Majors 35 50.69 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 3 2 / 50
1967 Majors 36 6.59 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 6
Total 0 0 0 7 / 90 22 / 112 20 / 95 23 / 102 3 / 95 27 / 94 31 / 99 133 / 687
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Nails Maeda has retired from the Philadelphia Balco Boyz
1967-08-16The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have acquired Nails Maeda from the waiver wire.
1967-08-16The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have demoted Swifty McNuggett to the minor leagues.
1967-08-12The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have designated Nails Maeda for assignment.
1960-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have renamed Ken Maeda to Nails Maeda.
1960-03-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Ken Maeda, Herm Center from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1960 Round 1 (MIL).
1957-05-02The Cleveland Bombers have renamed Manuel Drews to Ken Maeda.
1957-05-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Chicago Gangsters. The Chicago Gangsters receive Ken Nomura, Draft Pick - 1958 Round 3 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 2 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Manuel Drews.
1956-04-09A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Gangsters. The Chicago Gangsters receive Manuel Drews, Spencer Clyburn, Clyde Holmes, Graehme Myers, Rick Hausmann, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 1 (NYA) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Jay Dotson, Al Galan.
1953-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Manuel Drews to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent William Wallace to the minors.