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Mike Piazza League
9-5-2123
Craig Karns Second Base
Retired (1980, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .261 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .719 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 335 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 12-28-1946
HR 27 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1965)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(18 games)
RBI 162
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A-
Speed A- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS C+ (45.0%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF C- (31.5%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B C- (29.7%) RF D- (6.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1971 3B NYA 5 5 45.0 10 2 8 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
2B NYA 4 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.86 1.000
1972 SS NYA 4 4 36.2 14 5 9 0 0 -3 3.44 1.000
2B NYA 5 1 15.0 8 5 3 0 2 -1 4.80 1.000
3B NYA 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1973 2B NYA 13 4 48.0 22 8 14 0 5 0 4.12 1.000
SS NYA 2 2 19.0 10 0 9 1 0 0 4.26 .900
LF NYA 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.06 1.000
3B NYA 2 2 16.0 6 3 1 2 0 -2 2.25 .667
1974 2B NYA 24 9 107.0 73 28 45 0 13 -3 6.14 1.000
SS NYA 11 11 98.0 42 14 24 4 3 -5 3.49 .905
3B NYA 10 10 84.2 34 13 20 1 2 -2 3.51 .971
RF NYA 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1975 2B NYA 11 8 81.2 44 20 22 2 5 -2 4.63 .955
SS NYA 8 8 71.0 42 14 27 1 6 -1 5.20 .976
3B NYA 8 8 70.0 22 7 11 4 0 -1 2.31 .818
1976 SS NYA 15 15 141.1 74 27 37 10 8 -2 4.08 .865
2B NYA 15 15 135.2 75 24 49 2 5 -2 4.84 .973
3B NYA 7 7 60.0 21 3 15 3 0 -2 2.70 .857
1977 2B NYA 29 29 249.0 139 56 80 3 12 -8 4.92 .978
3B NYA 4 4 35.0 14 1 11 2 1 0 3.09 .857
SS NYA 4 4 35.0 24 7 17 0 1 -1 6.17 1.000
RF NYA 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1978 LF NYA 12 12 102.0 15 12 2 1 0 -1 1.24 .933
3B NYA 7 7 62.0 22 4 17 1 0 -2 3.05 .955
2B NYA 3 3 26.0 24 12 9 3 3 0 7.27 .875
RF NYA 3 3 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.73 1.000
SS NYA 2 2 21.0 7 3 4 0 1 -1 3.00 1.000
1979 2B NYA 13 13 115.0 75 27 46 2 8 -4 5.71 .973
LF NYA 5 5 41.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.10 1.000
SS NYA 4 4 35.1 18 6 11 1 3 0 4.33 .944
RF NYA 3 3 26.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.34 1.000
3B NYA 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
CF NYA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1980 2B NYA 11 11 104.2 62 25 33 4 6 0 4.99 .935
LF NYA 10 10 85.0 27 27 0 0 0 0 2.86 1.000
SS NYA 4 4 36.0 14 6 7 1 1 -1 3.25 .929
RF NYA 3 3 23.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1.57 .800
1B NYA 2 2 18.1 23 23 0 0 1 -1 11.29 1.000
3B NYA 2 2 17.0 7 3 4 0 0 0 3.71 1.000
CF NYA 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Pos Total 2B 128 93 889.0 525 206 303 16 60 -20 5.15 .970
SS 54 54 493.1 245 82 145 18 23 -14 4.14 .927
3B 47 47 407.2 140 38 89 13 3 -11 2.80 .907
LF 29 29 245.0 49 46 2 1 0 -1 1.76 .980
RF 11 11 91.1 16 15 0 1 0 0 1.48 .938
1B 2 2 18.1 23 23 0 0 1 -1 11.29 1.000
CF 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
Total 273 238 2162.2 1003 415 539 49 87 -47 3.97 .951
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Craig Karns has retired from the New York Rotties
1976-04-19Craig Karns of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1971-04-05Craig Karns of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1970-10-03The New York Rotties have promoted Craig Karns to the major league team. The New York Rotties have sent Ted Hackman to the minors. The New York Rotties have sent John Holmes to the minors. The New York Rotties have sent Fred Slaughter to the minors.
1968-04-14The New York Rotties have acquired Craig Karns from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The New York Times have waived Craig Karns.