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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
John Kores Second Base
Retired (1958, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .283 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .715 Status Deceased (1987) Option Years 0  
H 244 Age at Death 63 Date of Birth 07-22-1924
HR 4 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(142 games)
RBI 87
SB 13
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D  Velocity C+   Mentor vR C+
Speed B- Bunt B  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 5
3B D  (16.5%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 2B KC 5 3 29.0 22 6 14 2 3 0 6.21 .909
C KC 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% -1 9.00 1.000
1951 2B KC 19 10 101.0 72 36 35 1 10 +1 6.33 .986
C KC 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 3.86 1.000
1952 2B KC-PIT 37 28 264.1 176 72 100 4 27 +1 5.86 .977
SS KC-PIT 9 9 81.0 61 20 37 4 10 -3 6.33 .934
3B KC-PIT 4 4 34.0 13 3 10 0 2 0 3.44 1.000
LF KC-PIT 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
C KC-PIT 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0 9.00 1.000
1953 2B PIT 21 18 161.0 102 47 54 1 10 -3 5.65 .990
3B PIT 2 2 19.0 6 0 5 1 1 -1 2.37 .833
SS PIT 2 2 17.0 14 3 10 1 2 0 6.88 .929
RF PIT 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1954 2B PIT 62 52 444.1 291 111 171 9 40 -7 5.71 .969
3B PIT 3 3 27.0 7 0 6 1 0 -3 2.00 .857
1955 2B PIT 23 19 171.1 101 39 59 3 15 -7 5.15 .970
3B PIT 14 14 116.0 28 5 21 2 5 -3 2.02 .929
Pos Total 2B 167 130 1171.0 764 311 433 20 105 -15 5.72 .974
3B 23 23 196.0 54 8 42 4 8 -7 2.30 .926
SS 11 11 98.0 75 23 47 5 12 -3 6.43 .933
LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
C 4 0 4.1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% -1 6.24 1.000
Total 207 166 1487.1 899 347 523 29 125 0 1 1 50.0% -26 5.26 .968
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01John Kores has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1957-04-01The Washington Nationals have waived John Kores.
1956-09-05The Washington Nationals have acquired John Kores from the waiver wire.
1956-04-18The Pittsburgh Playboys have waived John Kores.
1956-04-01The Pittsburgh Playboys have designated Lee Edler for assignment. The Pittsburgh Playboys have designated John Kores for assignment.
1955-06-27John Kores of the Pittsburgh Playboys is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1952-05-24The Pittsburgh Playboys have acquired John Kores from the waiver wire.
1952-05-24The Pittsburgh Playboys have demoted Wei Chung Lee to the minor leagues.
1952-05-20The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walker Wakefield to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have designated John Kores for assignment.
1951-06-14The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted John Kores to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Walker Wakefield to the minors.
1951-04-01The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Hugh Foster to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted John Jacobs to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Walker Wakefield to the major league team. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have designated Willie Jolley for assignment. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent Pat Terrell to the minors. The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have sent John Kores to the minors.