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Jim Edmonds League
5-16-2163
Kevin Birch Shortstop
Retired (1965, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .758 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 684 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 12-04-1929
HR 45 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(18 games)
RBI 225
SB 147
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (96.5%) CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 19 74 0 22 3 0 0 4 10 16 0 0 0 .714 .376 .338 .041 .297
1950 Home 17 65 0 7 2 0 0 1 10 14 0 0 0 .365 .227 .138 .031 .108
1953 Away 22 70 0 11 4 0 0 3 15 17 0 0 0 .520 .306 .214 .057 .157
1953 Home 26 84 0 26 7 0 0 11 14 9 0 0 0 .797 .404 .393 .083 .310
1954 Away 39 131 11 33 5 0 1 11 23 26 7 2 3 .674 .361 .313 .061 .252
1954 Home 31 109 17 36 6 1 2 10 13 16 9 4 3 .870 .411 .459 .128 .330
1958 Away 6 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 .585 .385 .200 .000 .200
1958 Home 4 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 .750 .375 .375 .000 .375
1959 Away 6 8 3 4 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1.625 .500 1.125 .625 .500
1959 Home 17 20 4 12 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 1.269 .619 .650 .050 .600
1960 Away 79 321 46 97 17 5 6 39 39 42 17 14 4 .827 .385 .442 .140 .302
1960 Home 78 308 58 97 18 4 10 30 36 49 16 15 15 .885 .388 .497 .182 .315
1961 Away 51 176 18 43 5 3 3 15 24 32 10 5 3 .696 .338 .358 .114 .244
1961 Home 56 189 22 49 7 0 4 21 23 25 8 8 10 .699 .340 .360 .101 .259
1962 Away 70 277 37 78 11 0 9 30 30 46 25 15 13 .773 .354 .419 .137 .282
1962 Home 70 277 36 77 10 3 2 20 24 39 19 10 6 .690 .332 .357 .079 .278
1963 Away 23 39 9 10 1 0 2 2 8 5 3 3 1 .832 .396 .436 .179 .256
1963 Home 30 58 5 18 1 0 1 5 8 11 2 3 4 .773 .394 .379 .069 .310
1964 Away 30 84 10 24 5 0 2 8 8 12 2 4 4 .764 .348 .417 .131 .286
1964 Home 30 81 7 24 2 1 1 5 4 13 4 5 4 .708 .326 .383 .086 .296
1965 Away 8 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 .782 .429 .353 .059 .294
1965 Home 6 18 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 .833 .333 .500 .167 .333
Total Away 353 1207 139 329 54 8 24 118 164 200 70 43 29 .753 .363 .390 .118 .273
Total Home 365 1217 151 355 54 9 21 107 133 183 65 48 43 .764 .362 .403 .111 .292
Total 718 2424 330 684 108 17 45 225 297 383 147 98 87 .758 .362 .396 .114 .282
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Kevin Birch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1965-05-30The Chicago Bombers have promoted Juan Ross to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Kevin Birch.
1958-07-20The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Gat Noonan to the minors.
1954-09-20The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Manemann to the minors.
1954-04-29The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team.
1953-09-02The Chicago Bombers have promoted Eric Avo to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors.
1953-06-22The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Darrell Kardow. The Chicago Bombers have waived Buck Goodwin.
1950-05-14The Chicago Bombers have promoted Jay Caballero to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Danny Schang to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Billy King to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Milt Kirrene to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Ed Tankersley to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Mike Dean to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Chris Stanley to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted John Williams to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Roy Hearn to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Buck Carew to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Randy Avo to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Pete Hart to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Tim Schmitty to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Jack Shea to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Alex Rico to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent John Schmitt to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kev Manemann to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Manemann to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent John Schmitty to the minors.
1950-04-01The Chicago Bombers have renamed Don Willis to Kevin Birch.