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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 21 57.00 2 / 7 5 / 10 6 / 9 5 / 12 0 / 4 6 / 10 4 / 5 28 / 57
1950 Majors 21 12.71 37 36 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 3 1 / 3 3 / 12
1951 Minors 22 46.00 3 / 7 2 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 7 2 / 6 3 / 10 4 / 7 15 / 46
1952 Minors 23 56.00 4 / 12 2 / 3 2 / 7 3 / 11 3 / 12 3 / 8 3 / 3 20 / 56
1953 Minors 24 39.00 2 / 8 1 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 7 2 / 5 0 / 4 8 / 39
1953 Majors 24 23.16 62 48 0 1 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 5 8 / 23
1953 Pos (C) 24 63.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 63
1954 Minors 25 5.00 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 5
1954 Majors 25 32.68 126 59 0 2 / 8 2 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 2 7 / 32
1954 Pos (C) 25 35.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 35
1955 Minors 26 46.00 2 / 8 4 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 8 12 / 46
1955 Pos (C) 26 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 162
1956 Minors 27 50.00 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 11 1 / 10 2 / 8 1 / 4 5 / 50
1956 Pos (C) 27 98.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 98
1957 Minors 28 43.00 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 1 4 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 11 9 / 43
1957 Pos (C) 28 110.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 110
1958 Minors 29 20.00 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 20
1958 Majors 29 8.73 66 3 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 8
1958 Pos (C) 29 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 13
1959 Majors 30 19.44 162 2 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 1 1 / 19
1960 Majors 31 64.92 162 157 0 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 64
1961 Majors 32 55.10 162 97 0 1 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 55
1962 Majors 33 57.11 162 140 0 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 57
1963 Majors 34 28.32 162 20 0 -5 / 4 -4 / 4 -3 / 5 -5 / 5 -2 / 5 -3 / 4 -3 / 1 -25 / 28
1964 Majors 35 34.60 162 39 0 -5 / 3 -3 / 7 -2 / 5 -1 / 5 -3 / 7 -2 / 1 -3 / 6 -19 / 34
1965 Majors 36 9.20 51 8 0 -3 / 2 -7 / 1 -3 / 1 -5 / 1 -2 / 2 -1 / 1 -2 / 1 -23 / 9
Total 1314 609 0 4 / 114 6 / 92 1 / 94 9 / 120 2 / 96 20 / 100 11 / 87 61 / 1184
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.