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Jim Edmonds League 5-16-2163 |
| Kevin Birch |  ShortstopRetired (1965, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .282 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .758 | Status | Deceased (2012) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 225 | |||||
| SB | 147 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | (100%) | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | (96.5%) | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Vs | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG |
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| 1950 | LHP | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .783 | .348 | .435 | .087 | .348 |
| 1950 | RHP | 33 | 116 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 28 | .506 | .299 | .207 | .026 | .181 |
| 1953 | LHP | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .536 | .250 | .286 | .143 | .143 |
| 1953 | RHP | 48 | 147 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 24 | .677 | .364 | .313 | .068 | .245 |
| 1954 | LHP | 22 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | .909 | .446 | .463 | .130 | .333 |
| 1954 | RHP | 61 | 186 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 32 | .719 | .364 | .355 | .081 | .274 |
| 1958 | LHP | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .717 | .417 | .300 | .000 | .300 |
| 1958 | RHP | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .583 | .333 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| 1959 | LHP | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.526 | .588 | .938 | .312 | .625 |
| 1959 | RHP | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.155 | .571 | .583 | .083 | .500 |
| 1960 | LHP | 75 | 181 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 22 | .906 | .392 | .514 | .215 | .298 |
| 1960 | RHP | 138 | 448 | 140 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 51 | 69 | .835 | .384 | .451 | .138 | .312 |
| 1961 | LHP | 46 | 110 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | .639 | .311 | .327 | .091 | .236 |
| 1961 | RHP | 91 | 255 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 39 | .723 | .351 | .373 | .114 | .259 |
| 1962 | LHP | 69 | 184 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 25 | .722 | .320 | .402 | .114 | .288 |
| 1962 | RHP | 118 | 370 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 44 | 60 | .735 | .354 | .381 | .105 | .276 |
| 1963 | LHP | 27 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .720 | .393 | .327 | .038 | .288 |
| 1963 | RHP | 32 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | .885 | .396 | .489 | .200 | .289 |
| 1964 | LHP | 33 | 78 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | .740 | .368 | .372 | .077 | .295 |
| 1964 | RHP | 38 | 87 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | .733 | .308 | .425 | .138 | .287 |
| 1965 | LHP | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .071 | .071 | .000 | .071 |
| 1965 | RHP | 11 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1.227 | .560 | .667 | .190 | .476 |
| Total | LHP | 311 | 729 | 212 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 67 | 77 | 102 | .779 | .361 | .418 | .128 | .291 |
| Total | RHP | 589 | 1695 | 472 | 76 | 12 | 28 | 158 | 220 | 281 | .750 | .363 | .387 | .109 | .278 |
| Total | 718 | 2424 | 684 | 108 | 17 | 45 | 225 | 297 | 383 | .758 | .362 | .396 | .114 | .282 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1965-11-01 | Kevin Birch has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1965-05-30 | The Chicago Bombers have promoted Juan Ross to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Kevin Birch. |
| 1958-07-20 | The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Gat Noonan to the minors. |
| 1954-09-20 | The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Manemann to the minors. |
| 1954-04-29 | The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team. |
| 1953-09-02 | The Chicago Bombers have promoted Eric Avo to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. |
| 1953-06-22 | The 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. |
| 1950-05-14 | The 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. |
| 1950-04-01 | The Chicago Bombers have renamed Don Willis to Kevin Birch. |