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Jimmy Wynn League
8-6-2077
Cactus Kessler Second Base
Retired (1957, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .719 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 214 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 10-28-1923
HR 23 Drafted Round 8, Pick 117
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 0 years
(30 games)
RBI 85
SB 4
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance D+   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A  (89.4%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B D+ (24.5%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B C+ (49.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 BAL
98
200
21
46
11
1
3
17
18
 33 1 1
3
 2 3
.635
.295
.340
.110
.230
1951 BAL-NYA
94
161
23
45
4
2
3
15
26
 26 0 1
1
 1 2
.763
.378
.385
.106
.280
1952 NYA
122
221
25
56
8
0
7
25
22
 33 1 1
0
 0 0
.707
.322
.385
.131
.253
1953 NYA
107
202
22
51
6
0
7
19
27
 30 1 2
0
 1 6
.727
.341
.386
.134
.252
1954 NYA-NYN-CLE
7
23
5
10
1
0
2
5
0
 5 0 0
0
 0 0
1.174
.435
.739
.304
.435
1955 CLE
31
20
1
5
0
0
1
3
4
 5 0 0
0
 0 3
.775
.375
.400
.150
.250
1956 CLE
6
4
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.500
.250
.250
.000
.250
Total
465
831
97
214
30
3
23
85
97
 132 3 5
4
 4 14
.719
.335
.384
.126
.258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1957-11-01Cactus Kessler has retired from the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1957-04-05The Cincinnati Red Stockings have acquired Cactus Kessler from the waiver wire.
1957-04-01The Cleveland Condors have waived Cactus Kessler.
1956-05-06The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Bill Reynolds to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have designated Cactus Kessler for assignment.
1955-08-05The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Danny Beck to the minors.
1955-07-05The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Bill Reynolds to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Danny Beck to the major league team. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors. The Cleveland Clamdiggers have sent Ace Moloney to the minors.
1955-05-30The Cleveland Clamdiggers have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team.
1954-07-16The Cleveland Clamdiggers have acquired Cactus Kessler from the waiver wire.
1954-07-13The New York Knights have waived Cactus Kessler.
1954-07-03The New York Knights have promoted Don Settlemire to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Ernie Mueller to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Topsy Spinner to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Bobby Hoffman to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Monte Irvin to the minors.
1954-06-29The New York Knights have promoted Bobby Hoffman to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Boomer Getty to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Ernie Mueller to the minors.
1954-06-12The New York Knights have promoted Boomer Getty to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Bobby Hoffman to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Topsy Spinner to the minors. The New York Knights have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.
1954-05-25The New York Knights have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The New York Knights have sent Nathan Jesif to the minors.
1954-04-03The New York Knights have acquired Cactus Kessler from the waiver wire.
1954-04-02The New York Yankees have waived Cactus Kessler.
1954-03-01The New York Yankees have promoted Rob Patterson to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Bill Gile to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Pid Stallings to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Fred Berra to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dave Martin to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.
1953-10-03The New York Yankees have promoted Joe Reed to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Duane Howard to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Slicker Rizzuto to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Jerald Souchock to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Matt Brown to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Dave Schmidt to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Hod Dyck to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Hi Sanford to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Adrian Skowron to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Ace Bauer to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Bud Armbruster to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Magglio Hambright to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted John Walker to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Alan Mapes to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Fred Berra to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Bruce Brown to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Bronson Kramer to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted George Coleman to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Roy Astacio to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Bill Gile to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent A.J. Stephenson to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Reggie Ostrowski to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Cy Adams to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Scott Hunt to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Roy Mantle to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Kevin Turley to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Ed Hisner to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Emil Cotter to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dan Nelson to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dave Replogle to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Jim Eisenreich to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dave Martin to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dave Couch to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dominic Miller to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Ray Johnson to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Bobby Stone to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Rob Patterson to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Sherm Cusick to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Kris Cox to the minors.
1953-09-20The New York Yankees have promoted Bill Gile to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Scott Hunt to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Bud Armbruster to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.
1952-09-24The New York Yankees have promoted Mark Davis to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Paul Lovett to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Sherm Cusick to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Duane Howard to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Alan Mapes to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Jim Whitman to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Dave Martin to the minors.
1952-09-11The New York Yankees have promoted Randy Clark to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.
1951-10-03The New York Yankees have promoted Cactus Kessler to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent George Coleman to the minors.
1951-09-26The New York Yankees have promoted Dominic Miller to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.
1951-08-19A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Blue Knights. The Baltimore Blue Knights receive Hod Craver from the New York Yankees in exchange for Cactus Kessler.
1951-06-17The Baltimore Blue Knights have promoted Gus Mitchell to the major league team. The Baltimore Blue Knights have sent Cactus Kessler to the minors.