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Mel Ott League
8-14-2069
Hal Kusick Second Base
Retired (1982, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .717 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 1034 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 09-30-1946
HR 63 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1967)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(121 games)
RBI 470
SB 128
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (98.5%) Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B C+ (49.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1967 Minors 21 33.00 4 / 6 1 / 3 5 / 5 5 / 5 7 / 7 4 / 4 3 / 3 29 / 33
1968 Minors 22 30.00 1 / 4 7 / 8 4 / 5 2 / 3 4 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 1 22 / 30
1968 Majors 22 4.18 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 4 / 4
1969 Minors 23 37.00 0 / 2 5 / 8 4 / 7 3 / 4 5 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 6 24 / 37
1969 Majors 23 6.97 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 3 / 6
1970 Minors 24 10.00 0 / 2 1 / 2 3 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 5 / 10
1970 Majors 24 15.16 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 1 4 / 5 2 / 2 11 / 15
1971 Minors 25 22.00 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 3 4 / 7 6 / 22
1971 Majors 25 12.56 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 6 / 12
1972 Majors 26 44.21 124 65 38 2 / 8 0 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 6 6 / 9 0 / 3 4 / 9 14 / 44
1973 Majors 27 69.24 162 111 0 3 / 10 3 / 9 2 / 9 4 / 10 0 / 4 4 / 13 4 / 14 20 / 69
1974 Majors 28 60.73 162 96 0 1 / 9 2 / 8 1 / 9 2 / 8 1 / 3 3 / 15 1 / 8 11 / 60
1975 Majors 29 58.66 162 81 0 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 5 3 / 58
1976 Majors 30 60.83 161 86 0 1 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 12 3 / 60
1977 Majors 31 57.48 162 84 0 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 6 2 / 57
1978 Majors 32 51.73 162 82 0 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 51
1979 Majors 33 63.45 162 113 0 1 / 9 1 / 5 1 / 13 0 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 7 4 / 63
1980 Majors 34 50.45 162 78 0 -3 / 5 -3 / 7 0 / 7 -4 / 8 -1 / 7 0 / 7 -1 / 9 -12 / 50
1981 Minors 35 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 8
1981 Majors 35 27.71 91 44 0 -4 / 6 -2 / 1 -6 / 1 -2 / 5 -6 / 5 -4 / 5 -4 / 4 -28 / 27
1982 Majors 36 11.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 11
Total 1510 840 38 9 / 101 17 / 92 20 / 100 18 / 115 25 / 102 19 / 114 19 / 103 127 / 727
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Hal Kusick has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-04-01The Boston Tridentines have waived Hal Kusick.
1981-09-06The Boston Tridentines have designated Hal Kusick for assignment.
1981-07-30The Boston Tridentines have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team.
1981-07-22The Boston Tridentines have acquired Hal Kusick from the waiver wire.
1981-06-21The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Hal Kusick.
1981-06-12The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have acquired Hal Kusick from the waiver wire.
1981-06-08The Cleveland Indians have waived Hal Kusick.
1981-06-04The Cleveland Indians have promoted Hunter Alomar to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Hal Kusick for assignment.
1976-05-22The Cleveland Indians have re-claimed Hal Kusick from the waiver wire.
1976-05-21The Cleveland Indians have promoted Duke Parnham to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Hal Kusick for assignment.
1972-09-09Hal Kusick of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1972-08-01Hal Kusick of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1972-04-01The Cleveland Knights have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have promoted Jack Howard to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have designated Big Lebowski for assignment. The Cleveland Knights have sent Brian Norwood to the minors.
1971-09-02The Cleveland Knights have promoted John Schilling to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Hal Kusick to the minors.
1971-06-18The Cleveland Knights have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent John Schilling to the minors.
1970-08-21The Cleveland Knights have promoted Freddy Foster to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Hal Kusick to the minors.
1970-05-21The Cleveland Knights have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Byron Shockley to the minors.
1969-07-13The Cleveland Knights have promoted William Parker to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Hal Kusick to the minors.
1969-06-14The Cleveland Knights have promoted Freddy Foster to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Ivan Lutz to the minors. The Cleveland Knights have sent Willie Bellhorn to the minors.
1968-09-22The Cleveland Knights have sent Hal Kusick to the minors.
1968-08-29The Cleveland Knights have promoted Hal Kusick to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Allen Freeman to the minors.
1968-08-29A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn River Cats and the Cleveland Knights. The Cleveland Knights receive Ed Goeckel, Hal Kusick, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (BRO) from the Brooklyn River Cats in exchange for Tommy Jimenez, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (CLE).