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Name	Team	Age
Gene McCardell	Retired (2000, Age 38)	47
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1980)	LF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vance Bostock Jr League	0	17 years (15 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A	F
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	1/22/1962
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	2
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1980

Minors

79.00

10 / 12

11 / 14

7 / 8

7 / 10

5 / 9

9 / 11

14 / 15

63 / 79

1980

Majors

0.40

5

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1981

Minors

60.00

5 / 6

9 / 14

4 / 6

7 / 8

1 / 4

7 / 10

9 / 12

42 / 60

1982

Minors

52.00

4 / 6

3 / 8

8 / 11

4 / 9

3 / 5

4 / 6

2 / 7

28 / 52

1983

Minors

72.00

9 / 11

5 / 8

6 / 13

8 / 16

1 / 6

3 / 9

4 / 9

36 / 72

1984

Majors

70.51

162

108

0

4 / 10

3 / 6

5 / 13

6 / 10

4 / 10

5 / 9

5 / 12

32 / 70

1985

Majors

62.00

135

109

27

2 / 9

4 / 10

1 / 7

7 / 13

0 / 3

5 / 11

3 / 9

22 / 62

1986

Majors

72.96

162

130

0

4 / 13

1 / 6

3 / 15

0 / 7

5 / 14

7 / 13

1 / 4

21 / 72

1987

Majors

66.49

148

118

14

3 / 10

0 / 4

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 10

3 / 14

7 / 66

1988

Majors

72.19

162

130

0

1 / 10

1 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 6

3 / 16

2 / 11

0 / 10

8 / 72

1989

Majors

64.95

148

119

14

3 / 11

1 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 13

2 / 9

1 / 5

0 / 13

8 / 64

1990

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 6

1 / 16

0 / 17

2 / 69

1991

Majors

55.23

129

104

33

1 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 8

2 / 55

1992

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

0 / 11

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 69

1993

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 12

1 / 12

0 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 69

1994

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 69

1995

Majors

60.01

140

113

22

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 60

1996

Majors

58.51

139

112

23

-4 / 6

-3 / 5

-3 / 13

-3 / 8

-4 / 8

-1 / 10

0 / 8

-18 / 58

1997

Majors

66.67

162

130

0

-1 / 11

-5 / 8

0 / 11

-2 / 13

-6 / 10

-2 / 9

-3 / 4

-19 / 66

1998

Majors

67.54

162

130

0

-3 / 10

-3 / 8

-1 / 6

-1 / 8

-4 / 9

-1 / 15

0 / 11

-13 / 67

1999

Majors

52.88

126

102

36

0 / 3

-6 / 8

-3 / 10

-2 / 9

-5 / 11

-1 / 5

0 / 6

-17 / 52

2000

Majors

34.55

157

14

5

-5 / 5

-3 / 5

-3 / 5

-4 / 3

2 / 7

-2 / 5

-3 / 4

-18 / 34

Total

2585

1939

174

34 / 185

18 / 176

27 / 187

27 / 201

9 / 185

37 / 203

35 / 200

187 / 1337

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2000-11-01	Gene McCardell has retired from the Kansas City Royals
2000-07-27	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1999-07-04	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1999-04-06	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1996-04-20	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1995-08-25	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1991-08-18	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1989-05-12	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1987-06-08	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1987-05-13	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1985-05-31	Gene McCardell of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1984-04-01	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Gene McCardell to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Hank Collins to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Boots Pole to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have designated Tinsley Smith for assignment.
1980-04-08	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Ham Thurman to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Tinsley Smith to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Elmer Sosa to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Bill Freese for assignment. The Kansas City Royals have sent Gene McCardell to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have sent Dave Burns to the minors.
1980-04-02	The Kansas City Royals have auto-promoted Gene McCardell to the major leagues.