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Name Team Age
Southpaw Kraft Retired (1973, Age 36) Died (2009, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 60
(1955)		 RF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors) 0 9 years (15 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B+ A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 6/9/1937
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 4 10
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B)
A  (90.3 %) B+ (70.4 %) D- (7.4 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1958 NYA 126 496 48 127 26 6 8 66 27 108 8 1 4 .673 .292 .381 .256
1959 NYA 130 548 59 136 20 5 14 54 47 104 1 0 5 .687 .307 .380 .248
1960 NYA 130 507 49 115 19 2 6 45 38 104 5 5 12 .589 .281 .308 .227
1961 NYA 133 494 58 128 17 2 15 59 36 97 21 7 7 .705 .312 .393 .259
1962 NYA 130 478 55 128 26 6 13 67 45 79 14 5 1 .759 .330 .429 .268
1963 NYA 130 482 62 120 13 6 14 56 44 85 12 5 6 .701 .313 .388 .249
1964 NYA 130 548 92 163 28 8 20 68 53 88 22 5 3 .850 .363 .487 .297
1965 NYA 110 446 74 127 12 6 7 36 49 67 14 1 3 .741 .355 .386 .285
1966 NYA 79 225 33 65 11 5 7 34 25 38 9 3 2 .835 .360 .476 .289
1967 NYA 124 475 68 126 21 10 20 65 44 75 10 4 4 .809 .331 .478 .265
1968 NYA 100 345 46 98 15 5 9 45 31 70 12 0 3 .777 .342 .435 .284
1969 NYA 87 113 22 26 1 1 4 13 12 23 6 0 1 .667 .304 .363 .230
1970 NYA 107 273 45 95 12 3 12 47 29 45 12 2 1 .958 .413 .546 .348
1971 NYA-MIL 105 259 54 83 14 7 13 48 35 35 10 2 2 .983 .403 .579 .320
1972 MIL 81 237 32 68 14 4 6 44 30 33 10 1 2 .820 .364 .456 .287
1973 MIL 43 96 18 27 6 1 4 17 12 9 4 2 1 .857 .367 .490 .281
Total 1745 6022 815 1632 255 77 172 764 557 1060 170 43 57 .758 .333 .425 .271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Southpaw Kraft has retired from the Milwaukee Java Men
1971-08-14A trade has been completed between the New York Corsairs and the Milwaukee Java Men. The Milwaukee Java Men receive Southpaw Kraft, Monk Henry from the New York Corsairs in exchange for Earl Kiefer, Lu Shirley.
1958-04-03The Baltimore Corsairs have promoted Morgan Sorensen to the major league team. The Baltimore Corsairs have promoted Southpaw Kraft to the major league team. The Baltimore Corsairs have sent Paddy Epperly to the minors. The Baltimore Corsairs have sent Mike Grunwald to the minors.
1958-04-03A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh 41s and the Baltimore Corsairs. The Baltimore Corsairs receive Mickey McDermott, Morgan Sorensen, Southpaw Kraft from the Pittsburgh 41s in exchange for Tony Machado, John Brady.
1955-06-29A trade has been completed between the New York Slushbuckets and the Pittsburgh 41s. The Pittsburgh 41s receive Southpaw Kraft, Tex Osborne, Slappy Green, Draft Pick - 1956 Round 3 (NYN) from the New York Slushbuckets in exchange for James Saunders.
1955-04-06The New York Slushbuckets have renamed Cecil Kraft to Southpaw Kraft.