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Mel Ott League
8-10-2069
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 Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (98.5%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1968 SS CLE 14 10 87.0 50 20 30 0 5 0 5.17 1.000
1969 SS CLE 21 18 151.0 70 28 42 0 9 +3 4.17 1.000
1970 SS CLE 40 26 246.2 138 49 87 2 11 -6 4.96 .986
2B CLE 3 3 30.0 11 3 8 0 1 0 3.30 1.000
LF CLE 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
CF CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1971 SS CLE 30 23 213.2 90 35 54 1 9 0 3.75 .989
1B CLE 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.64 1.000
1972 SS CLE 56 51 457.0 203 70 121 12 21 -13 3.76 .941
2B CLE 6 5 44.1 28 10 18 0 1 -1 5.68 1.000
3B CLE 5 5 43.0 10 0 9 1 1 -1 1.88 .900
1B CLE 3 3 25.0 32 31 1 0 2 0 11.52 1.000
CF CLE 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
1973 SS CLE 74 69 606.2 325 97 220 8 37 +2 4.70 .975
2B CLE 48 35 318.1 187 66 119 2 12 +2 5.23 .989
3B CLE 6 6 53.2 19 4 13 2 2 0 2.85 .895
RF CLE 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
C CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1974 2B CLE 61 56 512.0 292 123 166 3 35 0 5.08 .990
SS CLE 44 40 347.1 200 64 131 5 28 +6 5.05 .975
1975 2B CLE 67 49 480.0 317 146 166 5 44 +3 5.85 .984
SS CLE 43 29 268.2 150 52 95 3 20 +4 4.92 .980
3B CLE 3 3 23.0 8 3 4 1 0 -1 2.74 .875
1976 2B CLE 86 68 635.2 351 166 181 4 39 +3 4.91 .989
SS CLE 26 17 157.2 87 29 54 4 8 +2 4.74 .954
3B CLE 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
1977 2B CLE 86 55 536.1 307 128 179 0 35 +3 5.15 1.000
3B CLE 20 20 168.0 46 12 34 0 2 -5 2.46 1.000
SS CLE 16 9 92.0 53 15 35 3 1 -2 4.89 .943
1978 2B CLE 84 53 520.2 303 128 174 1 38 +4 5.22 .997
3B CLE 24 24 212.1 69 16 51 2 2 -3 2.84 .971
SS CLE 5 5 44.0 21 1 19 1 2 -1 4.09 .952
1979 2B CLE 98 89 806.2 483 205 274 4 57 +7 5.34 .992
SS CLE 20 20 171.1 81 14 62 5 10 +2 3.99 .938
3B CLE 4 4 35.0 13 4 7 2 1 0 2.83 .846
LF CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1980 2B CLE 88 58 561.0 329 125 200 4 40 +10 5.21 .988
SS CLE 22 20 171.0 89 25 62 2 11 +2 4.58 .978
1981 2B CLE-CIN-BOS 34 27 245.2 154 70 83 1 22 +5 5.61 .994
SS CLE-CIN-BOS 15 12 107.0 55 23 30 2 7 -1 4.46 .964
3B CLE-CIN-BOS 5 5 45.0 13 4 9 0 1 -1 2.60 1.000
1B CLE-CIN-BOS 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.000
Pos Total 2B 661 498 4690.2 2762 1170 1568 24 324 +36 5.25 .991
SS 426 349 3121.0 1612 522 1042 48 179 -2 4.51 .970
3B 68 68 589.0 182 43 131 8 9 -12 2.66 .956
1B 5 3 26.2 35 34 1 0 2 0 11.82 1.000
CF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
LF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.90 1.000
RF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 1166 921 8457.1 4599 1777 2742 80 514 0 0 0 NaN% +22 4.81 .983
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).