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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Fred Kading Third Base
Retired (1978, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .687 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 1177 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 11-17-1941
HR 70 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1963)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(42 games)
RBI 485
SB 44
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D    Mentor vR B 
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% 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 
1963 Minors 22 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 5
1963 Majors 22 21.81 138 8 0 4 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 4 / 4 12 / 21
1964 Minors 23 18.00 0 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 0 10 / 18
1965 Minors 24 31.00 1 / 3 1 / 1 3 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 4 5 / 8 16 / 31
1966 Minors 25 28.00 2 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 1 9 / 28
1967 Minors 26 68.00 5 / 7 7 / 7 3 / 6 3 / 12 7 / 14 7 / 12 5 / 10 37 / 68
1968 Minors 27 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 8
1968 Majors 27 61.03 132 110 0 4 / 10 1 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 8 2 / 10 4 / 9 2 / 12 15 / 61
1968 Pos (C) 27 26.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 26
1969 Majors 28 63.57 162 161 0 1 / 9 3 / 7 4 / 14 1 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 7 11 / 63
1970 Majors 29 65.00 162 161 0 0 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 8 2 / 6 0 / 12 2 / 6 1 / 12 7 / 65
1971 Majors 30 58.14 162 131 0 0 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 9 0 / 7 3 / 58
1972 Majors 31 64.47 162 161 0 1 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 15 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 8 3 / 64
1973 Majors 32 63.79 162 161 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 63
1974 Majors 33 46.26 162 59 0 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 7 2 / 46
1975 Majors 34 45.71 162 54 0 -1 / 5 0 / 10 -2 / 4 -3 / 8 -5 / 5 -1 / 8 -4 / 5 -16 / 45
1976 Minors 35 28.00 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 28
1976 Majors 35 27.88 96 41 0 -2 / 5 -6 / 5 -3 / 5 -2 / 4 -1 / 4 -3 / 1 -2 / 3 -19 / 27
1977 Majors 36 56.42 162 105 0 -1 / 10 -3 / 6 -3 / 9 -1 / 6 -5 / 9 -1 / 9 -3 / 7 -17 / 56
1978 Majors 37 18.00 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 18
Total 1662 1152 0 14 / 111 7 / 103 11 / 122 6 / 106 6 / 119 23 / 104 11 / 108 80 / 799
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Fred Kading has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-04-14The Milwaukee Braves have waived Fred Kading.
1978-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Adam Starr to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Fred Kading for assignment.
1977-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Fred Kading to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Calvin Sykes for assignment.
1977-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Fred Kading from the waiver wire.
1977-03-25The Colorado Crush have waived Fred Kading.
1976-07-20The Colorado Crush have designated Fred Kading for assignment.
1974-04-02The Colorado Crush have removed Fred Kading from the trade block.
1973-08-25The Colorado Crush have placed Fred Kading on the trade block.
1968-05-05The Colorado Crush have promoted Fred Kading to the major league team.
1963-09-12The Colorado Crush have sent Fred Kading down to the minors.
1963-04-08The Colorado Crush have auto-promoted Fred Kading to the major leagues.