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Orlando Cepeda League (Majors) 8-17-2309 |
| Kia Kapana |  First BaseRetired (1965, Age 36) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .258 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | B/R | |
| OPS | .723 | Status | Deceased (2014) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 1028 | Age at Death | 85 | Date of Birth | 04-10-1929 | |
| HR | 105 | Drafted | Round 1, Pick 13 (1951) |
Majors Svc Time | 1 years (0 games) |
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| RBI | 508 | |||||
| SB | 142 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 1 | |||
| 1B | (100%) | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | (62.2%) | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 3 | |||
| 3B | (1.2%) | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
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Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | CLE | 26 |
42 |
10 |
13
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1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 0 | .917 |
.370 |
.548 |
.238 |
.310 |
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| 1952 | CLE | 52 |
157 |
21 |
31
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5 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
19 |
25 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | 4 | .614 |
.282 |
.331 |
.134 |
.197 |
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| 1953 | CLE | 34 |
123 |
16 |
28
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3 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
10 |
20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1 | 2 | .627 |
.286 |
.341 |
.114 |
.228 |
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| 1954 | CLE | 130 |
428 |
59 |
109
|
22 |
5 |
11 |
58 |
33 |
77 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
1 | 11 | .713 |
.307 |
.407 |
.152 |
.255 |
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| 1955 | CLE | 129 |
239 |
38 |
57
|
8 |
7 |
5 |
31 |
35 |
51 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
5 | 2 | .725 |
.332 |
.393 |
.155 |
.238 |
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| 1956 | CLE | 135 |
376 |
48 |
110
|
18 |
8 |
3 |
40 |
31 |
64 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
2 | 10 | .754 |
.347 |
.407 |
.114 |
.293 |
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| 1957 | CLE | 143 |
475 |
79 |
143
|
24 |
6 |
16 |
74 |
47 |
75 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
2 | 10 | .843 |
.365 |
.478 |
.177 |
.301 |
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| 1958 | CLE | 114 |
338 |
40 |
87
|
13 |
3 |
12 |
61 |
31 |
68 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
9 | 8 | .742 |
.322 |
.420 |
.163 |
.257 |
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| 1959 | CLE | 119 |
396 |
78 |
110
|
19 |
4 |
15 |
59 |
43 |
60 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
16 | 9 | .806 |
.346 |
.460 |
.182 |
.278 |
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| 1960 | CLE | 141 |
368 |
51 |
102
|
16 |
3 |
12 |
45 |
35 |
70 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
6 | 6 | .772 |
.337 |
.435 |
.158 |
.277 |
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| 1961 | CLE | 144 |
526 |
55 |
128
|
20 |
0 |
14 |
68 |
54 |
95 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
13 | 8 | .675 |
.314 |
.361 |
.118 |
.243 |
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| 1962 | CLE | 104 |
218 |
18 |
37
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6 |
2 |
3 |
17 |
22 |
54 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
2 | 5 | .500 |
.243 |
.257 |
.087 |
.170 |
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| 1963 | CLE | 68 |
137 |
20 |
33
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4 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
25 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1 | 0 | .652 |
.302 |
.350 |
.109 |
.241 |
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| 1964 | CLE | 66 |
68 |
10 |
18
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2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
9 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
3 | 0 | .632 |
.338 |
.294 |
.029 |
.265 |
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| 1965 | CLE | 77 |
92 |
10 |
22
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4 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
19 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1 | 1 | .594 |
.278 |
.315 |
.076 |
.239 |
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| Total | 1482 |
3983 |
553 |
1028
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165 |
42 |
105 |
508 |
386 |
720 | 10 | 25 | 142 |
64 | 76 | .723 |
.323 |
.400 |
.142 |
.258 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1965-11-01 | Kia Kapana has retired from the Cleveland Blaze |
| 1963-08-02 | The Washington Blaze have acquired Kia Kapana from the waiver wire. |
| 1963-07-23 | The New York Bees have promoted Buddy Niarhos to the major league team. The New York Bees have designated Kia Kapana for assignment. |
| 1962-07-30 | The New York Bees have acquired Kia Kapana from the waiver wire. |
| 1962-07-20 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have designated Kia Kapana for assignment. |
| 1954-03-31 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Ed Flint to the major league team. |
| 1953-09-10 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Jackie LaRussa to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1953-09-02 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Jackie LaRussa to the minors. |
| 1953-08-19 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Jackie LaRussa to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1953-08-03 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Jackie LaRussa to the minors. |
| 1953-06-24 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Jackie LaRussa to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1953-06-18 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Jackie LaRussa to the minors. |
| 1953-05-27 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Fred Wheat to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1953-05-17 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kili Vierra to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Joe Masi to the minors. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Fred Wheat to the minors. |
| 1953-04-27 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Mike Land to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1953-04-22 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Jordon Monico to the minors. |
| 1953-03-31 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Loaiza to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Dickerson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Matty Estrada to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Marcus Mathews to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kili Vierra to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1952-09-11 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Bob Loaiza to the minors. |
| 1952-09-09 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Claude Elliott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Monte Gardner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Jordon Monico to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1952-08-24 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Monte Gardner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Jordon Monico to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Lefty Wilson to the minors. |
| 1952-08-20 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Jordon Monico to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Lefty Wilson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Monte Gardner to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1952-08-15 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Bob Loaiza to the minors. |
| 1952-08-13 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Loaiza to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1952-07-15 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Monte Gardner to the minors. |
| 1952-07-15 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Loaiza to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1952-07-11 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Bob Loaiza to the minors. |
| 1952-06-24 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana down to the minors. |
| 1952-05-10 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Chase Alcott to the minors. |
| 1952-03-30 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Dickerson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1951-09-17 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Jimmy Lombardi to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Fred Wheat to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Chase Alcott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Marcus Mathews to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Doc Miller to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Russ Delock to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Lefty Wilson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Darius Alfafara to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Hal Lawrence to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Bob Loaiza to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Russ Pechiney to the minors. |
| 1951-08-21 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Dickerson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1951-08-12 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Fred Wheat to the minors. |
| 1951-07-29 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Bob Loaiza to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1951-06-26 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Chase Alcott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Pete Dunwoody to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Claude Elliott to the minors. |
| 1951-05-28 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Claude Elliott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Pete Dunwoody to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Chase Alcott to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1951-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Kia Kapana to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have promoted Chase Alcott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Claude Elliott to the minors. The Pittsburgh Baseball Club have sent Lefty Wilson to the minors. |
| 1951-04-01 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Russ Delock to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Kia Kapana to the minors. |
| 1951-04-01 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have renamed Darren Barbadillo to Kia Kapana. |
| 1951-04-01 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have renamed Bill Loudell to Darren Barbadillo. |
| 1951-04-01 | The St. Louis Baseball Club have promoted Bill Loudell to the major league team. The St. Louis Baseball Club have sent Russ Delock to the minors. |