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Chipper Jones League
3-25-1979
Eric Kesselman First Base
Retired (1964, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating 73   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .784 Status Retired (1964) Option Years 0  
H 1315 Age 49 (OS 50) Date of Birth 10-06-1929
HR 132 Drafted Round 17, Pick 259
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(70 games)
RBI 615
SB 113
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 87 Contact vs. L 79 Endurance 55   Ldrship 21
Power vs. R 65 Power vs. L 79 Velocity 9   Mentor vR 67
Speed 64 Bunt 47 Control 32   Mentor vL 68
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 46 WS Rings 1
1B 100 (100%) LF 0 (0.2%) Arm 91 WS Appearances 2
2B 9 (9.4%) CF ---   Health 32 LCS Appearances 4
3B 28 (28.0%) RF 70 (70.6%)   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 +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 1B PIT 139 139 1196.1 1305 1251 44 10 104 -6 9.74 .992
1953 1B PIT 130 130 1129.0 1200 1143 49 8 90 -13 9.50 .993
1954 1B PIT 139 139 1227.2 1375 1308 52 15 101 -1 9.97 .989
1955 1B DET 115 115 1016.0 1106 1061 39 6 103 -10 9.74 .995
1956 1B DET 125 125 1108.2 1241 1183 52 6 116 +2 10.03 .995
1957 1B DET 139 139 1231.1 1289 1235 46 8 111 -1 9.36 .994
1958 3B DET 61 61 509.2 161 29 125 7 9 -8 2.72 .957
2B DET 38 38 309.1 196 80 110 6 16 -10 5.53 .969
1B DET 6 6 54.0 49 48 1 0 7 -2 8.17 1.000
1959 CF PHI 22 22 185.0 46 44 0 2 0 -1 2.14 .957
2B PHI 10 10 88.0 53 21 29 3 7 -4 5.11 .943
SS PHI 10 10 85.0 50 17 29 4 1 -5 4.87 .920
1B PHI 12 9 84.0 93 89 4 0 7 -1 9.96 1.000
3B PHI 7 7 64.0 20 5 15 0 1 +1 2.81 1.000
RF PHI 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1960 1B PHI 17 15 137.2 140 139 1 0 11 +2 9.15 1.000
RF PHI 11 11 99.1 20 19 0 1 0 -1 1.72 .950
3B PHI 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
LF PHI 1 1 9.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 3.00 .750
1961 CF PHI 17 17 150.0 35 32 0 3 0 -1 1.92 .914
1B PHI 5 4 34.0 38 38 0 0 0 0 10.06 1.000
RF PHI 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1962 RF PHI 12 12 101.0 32 32 0 0 0 -2 2.85 1.000
1B PHI 12 10 96.2 117 111 3 3 8 +1 10.61 .974
CF PHI 9 9 81.0 25 25 0 0 0 -2 2.78 1.000
LF PHI 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1963 RF CLE 21 21 191.0 33 32 0 1 0 -1 1.51 .970
1B CLE 11 11 98.0 100 98 2 0 10 0 9.18 1.000
3B CLE 2 2 18.0 6 2 3 1 0 0 2.50 .833
LF CLE 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 1B 850 842 7413.1 8053 7704 293 56 668 -29 9.71 .993
3B 71 71 600.2 189 36 145 8 10 -7 2.71 .958
CF 48 48 416.0 106 101 0 5 0 -4 2.19 .953
RF 46 46 409.1 89 87 0 2 0 -4 1.91 .978
2B 48 48 397.1 249 101 139 9 23 -14 5.44 .964
SS 10 10 85.0 50 17 29 4 1 -5 4.87 .920
LF 3 3 26.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1.38 .800
Total 1076 1068 9347.2 8741 8050 606 85 702 -63 8.33 .990
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Eric Kesselman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1964-08-25The New York Gimps have waived Eric Kesselman.
1964-08-03The New York Gimps have acquired Eric Kesselman from the waiver wire.
1964-04-13The Cleveland Boxes have waived Eric Kesselman.
1964-03-31The Cleveland Boxes have promoted Flower Tucci to the major league team. The Cleveland Boxes have promoted Les Chen to the major league team. The Cleveland Boxes have promoted Biscuit Probiscus to the major league team. The Cleveland Boxes have designated Veronica Zemanova for assignment. The Cleveland Boxes have designated Vertigo Hopkins for assignment. The Cleveland Boxes have designated Eric Kesselman for assignment.
1963-09-06The Cleveland Boxes have promoted Eric Kesselman to the major league team.
1963-09-06The Cleveland Boxes have acquired Eric Kesselman from the waiver wire.
1963-08-23The Cleveland Boxes have waived Eric Kesselman.
1963-08-10The Cleveland Boxes have designated Eric Kesselman for assignment.
1963-04-14The Cleveland Boxes have acquired Eric Kesselman from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars have promoted Gerry T. to the major league team. The Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars have designated Capri Cavalli for assignment. The Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars have designated Eric Kesselman for assignment.
1962-07-11Eric Kesselman of the Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1962-06-16Eric Kesselman of the Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1960-07-09Eric Kesselman of the Philadelphia 40 Oz All-Stars is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1959-09-09Eric Kesselman of the Philadelphia Contraption Assemblers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1959-03-31A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Contraption Assemblers and the Detroit Stingrays. The Detroit Stingrays receive Draft Pick - 1960 Round 2 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Contraption Assemblers in exchange for Eric Kesselman.
1956-04-13Eric Kesselman of the Detroit Stingrays is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1955-05-02Eric Kesselman of the Detroit Stingrays is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1955-03-31A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Doormats and the Detroit Stingrays. The Detroit Stingrays receive Eric Kesselman from the Pittsburgh Doormats in exchange for Gheorghe Muresan, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (DET).
1952-04-01The Pittsburgh Doormats have promoted Eric Kesselman to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Doormats have sent Creamy Nutrition to the minors.
1951-03-31The Pittsburgh Doormats have renamed Cliff Burke to Eric Kesselman.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Tight Club have promoted Rufe Maul to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have promoted Kevin Mueller to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have promoted Jack Moehler to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have promoted Chick Jacobs to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have sent Lance Barrett to the minors. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have sent Don Roselli to the minors. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have sent Jeff Donoso to the minors. The Pittsburgh Tight Club have sent Cliff Burke to the minors.