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| Name | Team | Age |
| Chuck Thesenga | Retired (1982, Age 36) | Died (2024, Age 78) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 3, Pick 41 (1964) |
3B | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Murray Maddux League | 0 | 11 years (118 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 8/1/1946 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (3B) | Alt Pos (1B) |
| (99.0 %) | (89.1 %) | (46.5 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | POS | Team | G | GS | INN | TC | PO | A | E | DP | +/- | RF
|
FPCT |
| 1970 | 3B | CHN | 101 | 101 | 892.0 | 302 | 81 | 206 | 15 | 11 | -10 | 2.90 | .950 |
| SS | CHN | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3.00 | .750 | |
| 1971 | 3B | CHN | 94 | 94 | 838.0 | 279 | 67 | 204 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 2.91 | .971 |
| 1972 | 2B | CHN-DET | 6 | 6 | 56.0 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3.21 | .909 |
| 3B | CHN-DET | 29 | 24 | 216.0 | 63 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2.54 | .968 | |
| SS | CHN-DET | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 1.000 | |
| LF | CHN-DET | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.000 | |
| CF | CHN-DET | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 1.000 | |
| RF | CHN-DET | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.000 | |
| 1973 | 1B | DET | 13 | 13 | 116.0 | 141 | 131 | 8 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 10.78 | .986 |
| 2B | DET | 8 | 8 | 67.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3.22 | 1.000 | |
| 3B | DET | 16 | 5 | 58.0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2.02 | 1.000 | |
| SS | DET | 15 | 15 | 130.0 | 62 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 4.02 | .935 | |
| LF | DET | 15 | 15 | 131.0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 | 1.000 | |
| CF | DET | 11 | 11 | 99.0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2.00 | 1.000 | |
| RF | DET | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .750 | |
| 1974 | 2B | DET | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | .800 |
| 3B | DET | 20 | 5 | 61.0 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.80 | .950 | |
| SS | DET | 9 | 9 | 81.33 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3.98 | 1.000 | |
| LF | DET | 10 | 10 | 88.66 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2.03 | .952 | |
| CF | DET | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.16 | 1.000 | |
| RF | DET | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2.08 | 1.000 | |
| 1975 | 1B | DET | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.27 | .971 |
| 2B | DET | 5 | 5 | 41.33 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4.14 | .950 | |
| 3B | DET | 31 | 18 | 175.0 | 52 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2.62 | .981 | |
| SS | DET | 16 | 16 | 146.33 | 78 | 27 | 45 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 4.43 | .923 | |
| LF | DET | 10 | 10 | 87.0 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2.38 | .958 | |
| CF | DET | 9 | 9 | 79.0 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2.16 | .905 | |
| RF | DET | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 1.000 | |
| 1977 | 1B | STL | 15 | 15 | 123.66 | 129 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 9.32 | .992 |
| 3B | STL | 15 | 1 | 33.0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3.00 | 1.000 | |
| CF | STL | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.00 | 1.000 | |
| RF | STL | 8 | 8 | 74.0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.95 | .941 | |
| 1978 | 3B | STL | 7 | 7 | 59.0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | .909 |
| LF | STL | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.000 | |
| CF | STL | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | .500 | |
| RF | STL | 13 | 13 | 115.0 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.41 | .947 | |
| 1979 | 1B | STL | 11 | 11 | 98.0 | 111 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 10.19 | 1.000 |
| 2B | STL | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5.00 | 1.000 | |
| 3B | STL | 10 | 10 | 91.0 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.47 | 1.000 | |
| SS | STL | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4.24 | 1.000 | |
| LF | STL | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | 1.000 | |
| RF | STL | 21 | 21 | 190.66 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1.56 | 1.000 | |
| 1980 | 2B | STL | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3.44 | 1.000 |
| 3B | STL | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 1.000 | |
| SS | STL | 13 | 13 | 113.33 | 50 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 3.65 | .920 | |
| LF | STL | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.60 | 1.000 | |
| CF | STL | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2.00 | .857 | |
| RF | STL | 70 | 64 | 596.66 | 123 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.79 | .967 | |
| 1981 | 1B | STL | 10 | 10 | 88.0 | 98 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 10.02 | 1.000 |
| 2B | STL | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5.00 | 1.000 | |
| SS | STL | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3.71 | 1.000 | |
| LF | STL | 8 | 8 | 72.33 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1.87 | 1.000 | |
| CF | STL | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.000 | |
| RF | STL | 15 | 14 | 128.0 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | 1.000 | |
| 1982 | 3B | STL | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2.00 | 1.000 |
| SS | STL | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6.75 | .750 | |
| LF | STL | 3 | 3 | 27.33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.63 | 1.000 | |
| CF | STL | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0.72 | 1.000 | |
| RF | STL | 9 | 6 | 57.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 1.000 | |
| Pos Total | 1B | 53 | 53 | 458.66 | 514 | 489 | 21 | 4 | 39 | -9 | 10.01 | .992 | |
| 2B | 26 | 26 | 225.33 | 94 | 42 | 48 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 3.59 | .957 | ||
| 3B | 329 | 271 | 2477.0 | 789 | 198 | 563 | 28 | 29 | -20 | 2.77 | .965 | ||
| SS | 61 | 61 | 539.99 | 263 | 90 | 156 | 17 | 35 | -10 | 4.10 | .935 | ||
| LF | 57 | 57 | 501.32 | 115 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 2.03 | .983 | ||
| CF | 43 | 43 | 381.0 | 91 | 82 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -8 | 2.06 | .956 | ||
| RF | 145 | 135 | 1240.32 | 254 | 240 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.79 | .972 | ||
| Total | 714 | 646 | 5823.62 | 2120 | 1253 | 801 | 66 | 112 | -63 | 3.17 | .969 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1982-11-01 | Chuck Thesenga has retired from the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1982-09-12 | The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted J.R. Knetzer to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Chuck Thesenga for assignment. |
| 1977-04-08 | The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Buck Henderson to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Chuck Thesenga to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Randy Walsh to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Cesar Rau to the minors. |
| 1977-04-08 | The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Chuck Thesenga from the waiver wire. |
| 1977-04-01 | The Brooklyn Batmen have waived Chuck Thesenga. |
| 1977-03-25 | The Brooklyn Batmen have acquired Chuck Thesenga from the waiver wire. |
| 1976-04-08 | The Detroit Light Guard have waived Chuck Thesenga. |
| 1976-04-01 | The Detroit Light Guard have promoted Orlando Chirino to the major league team. The Detroit Light Guard have designated Chuck Thesenga for assignment. |
| 1974-05-15 | Chuck Thesenga of the Detroit Light Guard is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. |
| 1973-09-24 | Chuck Thesenga of the Detroit Light Guard is injured and is expected to be out 36 days. |
| 1973-07-10 | Chuck Thesenga of the Detroit Light Guard is injured and is expected to be out 8 days. |
| 1972-08-25 | Trade #1548535 has been completed between the Chicago Cubbies and the Detroit Light Guard. The Detroit Light Guard receive Chuck Thesenga, Draft Pick 1973 Round 3 CHN (Scott Wheeler) from the Chicago Cubbies in exchange for Bob Davey. |
| 1970-04-23 | The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Chuck Thesenga to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have designated Katsuya Yoshimura for assignment. |