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Name	Team	Age
Mel Sunkel	Retired (1964, Age 34)	Died (2016, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4 (1953)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors)	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B-	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	F	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D	D+	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D-	B+	C
Leadership	Mentor Value
C	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	8/9/1930
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1953	Majors	0.00	0 / 0	1 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 4
1954	Minors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 5	1 / 5
1955	Minors	0.00	1 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 2
1955	Majors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 3
1956	Minors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 2	1 / 3	1 / 5
1956	Majors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2
1957	Minors	0.00	0 / 1	1 / 3	1 / 6	2 / 10
1957	Majors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2
1958	Minors	0.00	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 2
1959	Minors	0.00	0 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 6
1960	Minors	0.00	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 8
1961	Minors	0.00	0 / 1	1 / 1	0 / 2	1 / 4
1962	Minors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 4	1 / 6	1 / 10
1963	Majors	0.00	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 3
Total			2 / 6	4 / 27	4 / 33	10 / 66

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	Mel Sunkel has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-04-27	The Baltimore Beat Down waive Mel Sunkel.
1963-03-31	The Kansas City Beat Down have promoted Claude Oldis to the major league team. The Kansas City Beat Down have promoted Louis Lipski to the major league team. The Kansas City Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team.
1958-08-07	The Baltimore Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1958-06-17	The Baltimore Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team.
1957-05-25	The Cleveland Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1957-05-02	The Cleveland Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team.
1956-07-17	The Kansas City Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1956-05-29	The Kansas City Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team.
1955-10-21	The Kansas City Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1955-08-06	The Kansas City Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team.
1954-04-15	The Boston Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1954-04-01	The Boston Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have sent Dell Jones to the minors.
1954-04-01	The Boston Beat Down have promoted Dell Jones to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1954-03-01	The Boston Beat Down have promoted Johnnie Hinton to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have promoted Mel Sunkel to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have promoted George Butka to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have sent Jack Householder to the minors. The Boston Beat Down have sent Deke Huff to the minors. The Boston Beat Down have sent Dan Rader to the minors.
1953-10-05	The Boston Beat Down have promoted Dan Rader to the major league team. The Boston Beat Down have sent Mel Sunkel to the minors.
1953-04-26	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Cyclones and the Boston Beat Down. The Boston Beat Down receive Mel Sunkel, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Cyclones in exchange for Gus Neiger.