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Name Team Age
Nails Maeda Retired (1967, Age 36) Died (2001, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5
(1953)		 CF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 13 years (77 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 5/25/1931
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 4
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
B- (58.5 %) F  (1.8 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1953 NYA 136 523 85 132 18 5 7 39 52 86 28 6 14 .667 .321 .346 .252
1954 NYA 76 275 37 74 13 5 7 33 28 49 12 5 6 .767 .338 .429 .269
1955 NYA 125 474 87 137 20 11 10 48 50 66 18 6 5 .803 .362 .441 .289
1956 NYA-CHN 134 498 76 153 31 8 15 70 50 81 7 5 0 .867 .375 .492 .307
1957 CHN-CLE 136 509 77 135 17 3 6 48 70 82 25 3 4 .702 .357 .346 .265
1958 CLE 135 502 81 150 31 8 12 77 61 67 16 3 2 .837 .373 .464 .299
1959 CLE 116 430 69 122 26 5 12 61 60 73 17 2 1 .825 .374 .451 .284
1960 CLE-MIL 135 520 80 143 27 6 15 75 57 85 33 9 3 .786 .349 .437 .275
1961 MIL 118 288 45 77 13 4 11 43 30 48 17 2 2 .792 .337 .455 .267
1962 MIL 100 201 26 44 6 1 11 33 15 30 13 3 2 .695 .272 .423 .219
1963 MIL 115 431 58 130 27 3 13 59 39 69 21 5 3 .827 .358 .469 .302
1964 MIL 136 517 83 141 23 7 19 62 56 88 33 9 7 .799 .344 .455 .273
1965 MIL 135 523 77 161 29 10 14 62 65 86 37 15 4 .867 .385 .482 .308
1966 MIL 130 460 66 146 20 6 13 58 43 64 39 16 7 .850 .379 .472 .317
1967 MIL-PHI 78 64 10 19 7 0 0 4 2 10 0 0 0 .724 .318 .406 .297
Total 1805 6215 957 1764 308 82 165 772 678 984 316 89 60 .795 .356 .439 .284
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Nails Maeda has retired from the Philadelphia Balco Boyz
1967-08-16The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have acquired Nails Maeda from the waiver wire.
1967-08-16The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have demoted Swifty McNuggett to the minor leagues.
1967-08-12The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have designated Nails Maeda for assignment.
1960-04-01The Milwaukee Braves have renamed Ken Maeda to Nails Maeda.
1960-03-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Ken Maeda, Herm Center from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1960 Round 1 (MIL).
1957-05-02The Cleveland Bombers have renamed Manuel Drews to Ken Maeda.
1957-05-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Chicago Gangsters. The Chicago Gangsters receive Ken Nomura, Draft Pick - 1958 Round 3 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 2 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Manuel Drews.
1956-04-09A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Chicago Gangsters. The Chicago Gangsters receive Manuel Drews, Spencer Clyburn, Clyde Holmes, Graehme Myers, Rick Hausmann, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 1 (NYA) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Jay Dotson, Al Galan.
1953-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Manuel Drews to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent William Wallace to the minors.