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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
B	A	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	A	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	C	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	8/1/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %)	A  (89.1 %)	C+ (46.5 %)

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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

1970

Minors

10.00

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 3

2 / 2

6 / 10

1970

Majors

56.44

142

102

0

1 / 4

7 / 8

5 / 11

5 / 11

4 / 9

6 / 10

2 / 3

30 / 56

1971

Majors

55.79

162

94

0

2 / 6

5 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 8

6 / 12

5 / 10

2 / 6

22 / 55

1972

Majors

34.32

162

37

0

2 / 6

1 / 2

3 / 11

0 / 4

0 / 5

1 / 3

1 / 3

8 / 34

1973

Majors

48.88

149

69

13

2 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 8

4 / 12

1 / 7

10 / 48

1974

Majors

35.16

146

39

16

1 / 4

2 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 6

4 / 35

1975

Majors

46.48

162

65

0

3 / 9

2 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 6

5 / 46

1976

Majors

13.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 13

1977

Majors

30.82

156

25

0

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 30

1978

Majors

26.39

162

22

0

0 / 0

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 26

1979

Majors

36.77

162

49

0

0 / 0

0 / 9

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 36

1980

Majors

55.86

162

92

0

-1 / 9

0 / 3

-4 / 11

-3 / 5

-6 / 8

-4 / 12

-4 / 7

-22 / 55

1981

Majors

32.66

162

36

0

-3 / 4

-5 / 4

-5 / 6

-8 / 3

-2 / 4

-2 / 3

-2 / 8

-27 / 32

1982

Majors

21.70

144

16

0

-3 / 4

-6 / 1

-2 / 6

-7 / 2

0 / 0

-3 / 4

-2 / 4

-23 / 21

Total

1871

646

29

5 / 58

8 / 68

-1 / 84

-10 / 60

2 / 72

10 / 89

0 / 66

14 / 497

Career Transactions

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.