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Barry Zito League
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Rudy Kerns Shortstop
Retired (1972, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .295 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .803 Status Deceased (2007) Option Years 0  
H 2095 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 11-10-1935
HR 140 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(72 games)
RBI 736
SB 359 Salary $1.85M Final Contract Year 1972
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity C+   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A+ WS Rings 3
1B F  (1.1%) LF C- (28.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 6
2B D  (14.4%) CF F  (1.7%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 9
3B D- (5.6%) RF D  (16.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* 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 
1953 Minors 18 63.00 12 / 13 7 / 8 8 / 8 7 / 7 4 / 10 10 / 10 7 / 7 55 / 63
1953 Majors 18 0.20 5 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1953 Pos (LF) 18 23.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 23
1953 Pos (RF) 18 17.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 17
1954 Minors 19 74.00 8 / 9 12 / 14 10 / 10 13 / 13 1 / 11 9 / 9 8 / 8 61 / 74
1954 Pos (1B) 19 156.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 14 / 156
1954 Pos (RF) 19 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 6
1955 Minors 20 70.00 8 / 8 7 / 9 10 / 10 11 / 14 1 / 9 8 / 8 10 / 12 55 / 70
1955 Pos (1B) 20 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 15
1955 Pos (2B) 20 147.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 147
1956 Minors 21 66.00 3 / 4 6 / 11 11 / 13 5 / 8 0 / 5 10 / 14 9 / 11 44 / 66
1956 Pos (2B) 21 119.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 119
1957 Minors 22 57.00 5 / 6 4 / 10 6 / 9 7 / 10 1 / 7 6 / 7 6 / 8 35 / 57
1957 Majors 22 0.52 1 1 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1957 Pos (SS) 22 146.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 146
1958 Minors 23 60.00 3 / 8 3 / 8 3 / 11 4 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 6 6 / 8 20 / 60
1958 Majors 23 1.41 6 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1958 Pos (3B) 23 137.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 137
1958 Pos (SS) 23 19.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 19
1959 Majors 24 73.76 162 113 0 2 / 9 4 / 18 3 / 7 4 / 10 1 / 10 3 / 13 2 / 6 19 / 73
1960 Majors 25 79.72 162 135 0 0 / 13 2 / 6 3 / 11 2 / 13 1 / 13 7 / 11 4 / 12 19 / 79
1961 Majors 26 76.91 162 135 0 1 / 11 0 / 7 1 / 6 3 / 15 0 / 11 2 / 11 6 / 15 13 / 76
1962 Majors 27 71.61 151 126 11 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 14 1 / 14 1 / 13 1 / 4 5 / 71
1963 Majors 28 56.57 124 104 38 0 / 5 1 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 7 3 / 11 4 / 56
1964 Majors 29 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 13 2 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 13 0 / 10 3 / 67
1965 Majors 30 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 12 2 / 67
1966 Majors 31 67.32 162 135 0 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 67
1967 Majors 32 63.83 153 128 9 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 13 0 / 10 0 / 63
1968 Majors 33 66.72 162 135 0 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 66
1969 Majors 34 66.92 161 135 1 -3 / 14 -6 / 9 -2 / 6 -3 / 10 -3 / 14 -1 / 7 -4 / 6 -22 / 66
1970 Majors 35 62.63 150 126 12 -1 / 14 -3 / 9 -1 / 5 -3 / 8 -8 / 7 -4 / 11 -2 / 8 -22 / 62
1971 Majors 36 66.13 162 135 0 -3 / 5 -5 / 9 -1 / 11 -1 / 9 0 / 12 -4 / 11 -1 / 9 -15 / 66
1972 Majors 37 33.68 162 47 0 -4 / 5 -3 / 4 -5 / 4 -7 / 4 -4 / 10 -3 / 2 -1 / 4 -27 / 33
Total 2209 1725 71 31 / 173 33 / 192 46 / 170 45 / 209 -4 / 186 44 / 194 54 / 179 352 / 2088
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Rudy Kerns has retired from the Colorado Renegades
1972-03-30The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Ches Beasley to the minors.
1972-03-30Rudy Kerns has signed with the Colorado Renegades for $1.85M per year for 1 year.
1971-03-29The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Mike Thies to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Jack Schweitzer to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Bill Rondon to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Bill Franco to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Buster Fanzone to the major league team.
1971-03-29Rudy Kerns has signed with the Chicago Cubbies for $2.45M per year for 1 year.
1970-09-14Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1969-09-30Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1967-11-01Rudy Kerns now holds the league record for career on-base percentage.
1967-11-01Rudy Kerns now holds the league record for career batting average.
1967-09-21Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1964-03-29The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Bill Garfield to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Doug Meara to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Bobby Dotter to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Lee Brill to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Hal Davison to the major league team.
1964-03-29Rudy Kerns has signed with the Colorado Renegades for $4.7M per year for 7 years.
1963-06-11Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1962-04-30Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1958-09-26The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Archi Darwin to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Jack Kaiser to the major league team.
1957-10-03The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1957-10-01The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Eric Ross to the major league team.
1957-03-29The Colorado Renegades have sent Tyson Murphy to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Mike Bowman to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Mike Prough to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Denny Hamrick to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Kevin Middleton to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Phil Guerrero to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Hal Grube to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Jack Kaiser to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Dutch Peterson to the minors.
1957-03-29The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team.
1953-09-28The Colorado Renegades have promoted Pedro Klopp to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Oscar Geraghty to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-09-27The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.
1953-09-27The Colorado Renegades have promoted Kermit Aleno to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-09-26The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.
1953-08-29The Colorado Renegades have promoted Tex Barr to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-08-25The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.