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Mel Ott League
8-15-2069
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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1968 CLE
17
35
3
4
1
0
1
4
5
 8 0 1
0
 0 0
.448
.220
.229
.114
.114
1969 CLE
23
58
5
10
0
1
1
4
8
 11 0 0
3
 1 0
.531
.273
.259
.086
.172
1970 CLE
63
129
14
29
5
1
3
18
17
 22 0 1
5
 2 2
.662
.313
.349
.124
.225
1971 CLE
54
110
7
22
0
0
2
7
14
 24 1 0
1
 1 1
.551
.296
.255
.055
.200
1972 CLE
84
253
40
77
12
3
8
35
30
 43 1 2
16
 9 13
.848
.378
.470
.166
.304
1973 CLE
145
446
67
114
23
1
5
52
38
 73 4 3
18
 9 12
.663
.318
.345
.090
.256
1974 CLE
125
393
44
104
18
3
7
66
33
 56 1 2
14
 7 8
.701
.322
.379
.115
.265
1975 CLE
136
346
35
86
15
3
1
27
35
 50 4 3
7
 8 9
.640
.322
.318
.069
.249
1976 CLE
134
366
50
105
21
3
7
48
31
 61 0 2
12
 9 8
.759
.341
.418
.131
.287
1977 CLE
133
333
37
85
18
3
5
44
26
 48 1 1
14
 4 3
.683
.310
.372
.117
.255
1978 CLE
142
371
58
113
18
2
9
43
39
 68 1 0
11
 7 4
.809
.372
.437
.132
.305
1979 CLE
138
455
45
140
31
2
7
67
36
 69 1 1
15
 10 11
.790
.359
.431
.123
.308
1980 CLE
135
347
52
105
15
2
5
41
26
 44 0 3
8
 9 6
.749
.348
.401
.098
.303
1981 CLE-CIN-BOS
64
173
22
40
3
3
2
14
22
 31 2 1
4
 4 3
.641
.323
.318
.087
.231
Total
1393
3815
479
1034
180
27
63
470
360
 608 16 20
128
 80 80
.717
.335
.382
.111
.271
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).