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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Kola Kangas Shortstop
Retired (1996, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .256 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .762 Status Retired (1996) Option Years 0  
H 796 Age 68 (OS 69) Date of Birth 09-27-1959
HR 146 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1982)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(112 games)
RBI 484
SB 52
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D  Control C+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B C- (31.1%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B D  (15.9%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B C- (32.8%) RF A+ (98.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1983 SS DET 10 6 57.0 32 11 19 2 7 0 4.74 .938
1984 SS DET 13 13 112.0 74 28 43 3 6 0 5.71 .959
3B DET 6 0 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
1985 SS DET 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.00 1.000
1986 SS DET 54 36 351.2 182 60 119 3 27 -3 4.58 .984
RF DET 16 16 138.0 25 23 0 2 0 -2 1.50 .920
1B DET 6 6 52.0 50 49 1 0 6 0 8.65 1.000
1987 RF DET 14 14 126.0 20 19 0 1 0 +1 1.36 .950
SS DET 25 5 77.0 48 10 37 1 5 +2 5.49 .979
CF DET 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1988 3B DET 15 15 133.0 41 9 29 3 4 0 2.57 .927
SS DET 12 5 60.0 25 6 18 1 2 -2 3.60 .960
RF DET 6 6 53.2 7 6 1 0 0 0 1.17 1.000
LF DET 4 4 34.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.85 1.000
1989 SS DET 58 17 224.2 125 46 76 3 14 +1 4.89 .976
LF DET 19 19 172.0 31 31 0 0 0 +1 1.62 1.000
1990 SS DET 65 44 443.1 230 78 146 6 34 -2 4.55 .974
1991 LF DET 107 107 941.2 218 214 2 2 0 0 2.06 .991
SS DET 39 39 345.0 176 56 113 7 29 +4 4.41 .960
1992 LF DET-BRO 20 18 157.0 35 35 0 0 0 -1 2.01 1.000
SS DET-BRO 17 17 155.0 75 22 50 3 10 -2 4.18 .960
1B DET-BRO 10 10 89.2 107 105 2 0 10 -2 10.74 1.000
3B DET-BRO 4 4 35.0 8 2 6 0 0 -1 2.06 1.000
RF DET-BRO 2 2 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 3.60 1.000
2B DET-BRO 2 2 18.0 13 5 8 0 1 0 6.50 1.000
CF DET-BRO 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1993 SS BRO 19 19 178.0 109 39 69 1 15 -3 5.46 .991
2B BRO 15 15 130.0 71 24 43 4 3 +1 4.64 .944
3B BRO 5 5 44.0 11 4 7 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1B BRO 2 2 18.0 18 17 1 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
RF BRO 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
LF BRO 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1994 SS BRO 141 141 1239.1 611 219 366 26 70 -41 4.25 .957
2B BRO 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1995 SS TEX-ATL 66 66 569.1 293 114 171 8 30 0 4.51 .973
LF TEX-ATL 4 2 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
RF TEX-ATL 5 1 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
1996 SS ATL 87 86 654.0 336 109 218 9 28 -13 4.50 .973
RF ATL 3 3 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.14 1.000
3B ATL 1 1 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
Pos Total SS 607 495 4475.1 2319 799 1447 73 278 -59 4.52 .969
LF 155 150 1325.2 297 293 2 2 0 0 2.00 .993
RF 48 44 390.2 73 69 1 3 0 -1 1.61 .959
3B 31 25 229.0 64 16 45 3 4 -1 2.40 .953
1B 18 18 159.2 175 171 4 0 17 -2 9.86 1.000
2B 18 18 157.0 87 31 52 4 4 +1 4.76 .954
CF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Total 879 752 6755.1 3019 1383 1551 85 303 -62 3.91 .972
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Kola Kangas has retired from the Atlanta Travellers
1995-04-04Trade #1215819 has been completed between the Texas Cowboys and the Atlanta Travellers. The Atlanta Travellers receive Kola Kangas, Draft Pick 1998 Round 1 TEX (Fumiaki Takaoka), Draft Pick 1996 Round 1 TEX (Xander Striker) from the Texas Cowboys in exchange for Barbaro Murphy, Buttermilk Biscuit.
1995-04-01The Texas Cowboys have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Texas Cowboys have sent Ted Talbot to the minors.
1995-03-26The Texas Cowboys have drafted Kola Kangas #64 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1992-07-20Kola Kangas of the Brooklyn Robins is injured and is expected to be out 51 days.
1992-05-25Trade #1173587 has been completed between the Brooklyn Robins and the Detroit Cougars. The Detroit Cougars receive Randy Meyer, Chris Williams, Wid Blanding from the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Kola Kangas.
1992-04-21The Detroit Cougars have placed Kola Kangas on the trade block.
1989-05-09Kola Kangas of the Detroit Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1988-07-30The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have designated Tom Withem for assignment.
1987-10-03The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1987-08-03The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have designated Tom Murcer for assignment.
1987-07-27The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas down to the minors.
1987-07-16Kola Kangas of the Detroit Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1987-07-05The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team.
1987-04-01The Detroit Cougars have promoted Scott Montgomery to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1986-08-16The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team.
1986-07-20The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1986-05-01The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team.
1986-04-25The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas down to the minors.
1986-04-01The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team.
1985-06-01The Detroit Cougars have promoted Scott Montgomery to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1985-05-31The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Scott Montgomery to the minors.
1984-09-02The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1984-09-02The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Otis Walsh to the minors.
1984-05-12The Detroit Cougars have promoted Haney Cheister to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1984-04-01The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Sergei Spargo to the minors.
1983-09-02The Detroit Cougars have sent Sammy Drucker to the minors. The Detroit Cougars have sent Kola Kangas to the minors.
1983-08-10The Detroit Cougars have promoted Sammy Drucker to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have promoted Kola Kangas to the major league team.
1982-04-01The Detroit Cougars have renamed Lance Bergman to Kola Kangas.