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Mel Ott League
8-21-2069
Jeff Kessinger Second Base
Retired (1973, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .235 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .641 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
H 574 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 02-19-1939
HR 48 Drafted Round 2, Pick 18
(1963)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(61 games)
RBI 271
SB 52
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B F  (0.7%) 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
1963 2B CLE 24 13 119.1 74 33 40 1 7 -6 5.51 .986
C CLE 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
CF CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1964 2B CLE 14 9 84.0 44 16 26 2 3 -1 4.50 .955
1965 2B CLE 26 22 199.0 128 53 71 4 12 +2 5.61 .969
1966 2B CLE 11 7 60.2 42 16 26 0 5 0 6.23 1.000
SS CLE 6 6 51.0 23 10 9 4 2 -2 3.35 .826
1967 2B CLE 64 57 514.2 281 97 180 4 28 -5 4.84 .986
C CLE 3 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 3.00 1.000
1968 2B CLE 129 125 1090.0 653 259 378 16 65 -15 5.26 .975
1969 2B CLE 74 58 513.1 315 133 164 18 36 -8 5.21 .943
SS CLE 2 2 16.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 2.81 1.000
1970 2B CLE 117 108 938.1 589 247 331 11 67 -22 5.54 .981
SS CLE 14 14 113.1 49 13 33 3 4 -1 3.65 .939
1971 2B CLE 87 87 728.1 419 176 235 8 41 -29 5.08 .981
1B CLE 2 2 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.94 1.000
C CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1972 2B CLE 88 88 755.0 442 172 260 10 46 -19 5.15 .977
3B CLE 4 4 34.1 15 2 10 3 0 -1 3.15 .800
CF CLE 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1973 2B CLE-DET 23 23 189.0 114 47 65 2 12 -6 5.33 .982
3B CLE-DET 3 3 24.0 12 1 9 2 0 +1 3.75 .833
Pos Total 2B 657 597 5191.2 3101 1249 1776 76 322 -109 5.24 .975
SS 22 22 180.1 77 25 45 7 6 -3 3.49 .909
3B 7 7 58.1 27 3 19 5 0 0 3.39 .815
1B 2 2 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.94 1.000
CF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
C 6 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
Total 696 629 5461.1 3215 1287 1840 88 328 0 0 0 NaN% -112 5.15 .973
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Jeff Kessinger has retired from the Detroit Lions
1973-08-31The Detroit Lions have acquired Jeff Kessinger from the waiver wire.
1973-06-08The Cleveland Indians have waived Jeff Kessinger.
1973-06-01The Cleveland Indians have promoted Duke Parnham to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Jeff Kessinger for assignment.
1968-04-01The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jeff Kessinger to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Bill Powell to the minors.
1967-08-08The Cleveland Knights have promoted Bill Powell to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Jeff Kessinger to the minors.
1966-08-06The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jeff Kessinger to the major league team.
1965-08-10The Cleveland Knights have sent Jeff Kessinger to the minors.
1965-07-16The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jeff Kessinger to the major league team.
1964-08-15The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jeff Kessinger to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Pat Carter to the minors.
1964-04-01The Cleveland Knights have promoted Ray McMillan to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Jeff Kessinger to the minors.
1963-07-31The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jeff Kessinger to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Wedo Damaska to the minors.