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Thurman Munson League
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Champ Kind Left Field
Retired (1964, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .269 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .740 Status Deceased (2002) Option Years 0  
H 888 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 10-28-1929
HR 59 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(60 games)
RBI 383
SB 83
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR B-
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B (1.1%) LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 1
2B (0.1%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 3
3B (1.9%) RF A+ (98.9%)   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
1952 LF NYN-KC 39 36 326.0 92 90 0 2 0 -2 2.48 .978
CF NYN-KC 15 15 131.0 29 26 0 3 0 0 1.79 .897
RF NYN-KC 5 5 44.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.000
1B NYN-KC 2 2 20.0 23 21 1 1 4 -1 9.90 .957
1953 LF KC-CHN 18 15 136.2 26 26 0 0 0 +2 1.71 1.000
CF KC-CHN 13 13 117.0 37 36 0 1 0 -2 2.77 .973
RF KC-CHN 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1954 LF CHN 88 86 766.1 168 164 0 4 0 -1 1.93 .976
RF CHN 3 3 26.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.000
CF CHN 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
1955 LF CHN 45 45 398.2 105 102 0 3 0 +3 2.30 .971
RF CHN 21 21 178.1 38 37 0 1 0 0 1.87 .974
CF CHN 4 3 24.2 11 11 0 0 0 -2 4.01 1.000
1956 LF CHN 79 78 692.0 161 157 0 4 0 -2 2.04 .975
RF CHN 8 8 76.1 14 13 0 1 0 0 1.53 .929
1957 LF CHN 84 83 762.2 176 171 0 5 0 +2 2.02 .972
RF CHN 6 6 53.0 12 11 0 1 0 +1 1.87 .917
SS CHN 2 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 -2 7.20 1.000
1958 LF CHN 117 115 1035.2 214 211 0 3 0 +5 1.83 .986
1B CHN 2 2 18.0 20 19 1 0 1 0 10.00 1.000
RF CHN 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 1.00 1.000
1959 LF CHN 129 129 1158.1 246 240 1 5 0 +2 1.87 .980
1B CHN 4 4 35.0 35 34 1 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
RF CHN 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
1960 LF CHN 69 65 589.2 130 129 0 1 0 0 1.97 .992
RF CHN 21 21 184.0 45 43 0 2 0 +1 2.10 .956
CF CHN 7 7 63.2 17 17 0 0 0 0 2.40 1.000
1961 LF CHN 32 29 256.2 64 63 1 0 0 0 2.24 1.000
1962 LF CHN 3 3 27.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
3B CHN 1 1 9.0 6 2 4 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
RF CHN 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1963 LF CHN-KC 6 6 58.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.71 1.000
RF CHN-KC 5 5 45.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.80 1.000
3B CHN-KC 12 0 35.1 14 5 8 1 1 -1 3.31 .929
2B CHN-KC 3 0 7.0 8 2 6 0 1 -1 10.29 1.000
C CHN-KC 4 0 4.1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 6.24 1.000
1B CHN-KC 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total LF 709 690 6207.2 1405 1376 2 27 0 +9 2.00 .981
RF 73 73 640.2 142 137 0 5 0 0 1.92 .965
CF 40 39 343.1 96 92 0 4 0 -4 2.41 .958
1B 9 8 74.0 78 74 3 1 6 -1 9.36 .987
3B 13 1 44.1 20 7 12 1 1 -1 3.86 .950
2B 3 0 7.0 8 2 6 0 1 -1 10.29 1.000
SS 2 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 0 -2 7.20 1.000
C 4 0 4.1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 6.24 1.000
Total 853 811 7326.1 1756 1693 25 38 8 0 3 0 0.0% 0 2.11 .978
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Champ Kind has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-07-28The Kansas City Killers waive Champ Kind.
1963-04-11A trade has been completed between the Chicago Meat Packers and the Kansas City Killers. The Kansas City Killers receive Champ Kind, Seth Howard from the Chicago Meat Packers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1965 Round 3 (KC), Draft Pick - 1966 Round 2 (KC).
1954-05-23The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Floyd Dibble to the minors.
1954-05-08The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Harry Verban to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1954-04-22The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Floyd Dibble to the minors.
1953-09-30The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1953-09-29The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team.
1953-08-25A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Chicago Meat Packers. The Chicago Meat Packers receive Mendy Henrich, Champ Kind, Floyd Dibble, Draft Pick - 1956 Round 2 (KC), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (BOS), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Dave Elliott.
1953-06-25The Kansas City Killers have sent Champ Kind down to the minors.
1953-06-21The Kansas City Killers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Chris X to the minors.
1953-05-23The Kansas City Killers have promoted Jim Sester to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1953-04-01The Kansas City Killers have renamed Chet Taylor to Champ Kind.
1952-07-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Chet Taylor to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Matt Rodriguez to the minors.
1952-07-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Matt Rodriguez to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Chet Taylor to the minors.
1952-06-13A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the New York Mets. The New York Mets receive Dave Valdes from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Chet Taylor, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 2 (BAL).
1952-05-27The New York Mets have promoted Chet Taylor to the major league team.