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Name Team Age
Buddy Love Retired (1975, Age 37) Died (2006, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6
(1956)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League 0 16 years (132 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ C  D+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- D+ D 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
C  B+ A-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
C- B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 10/20/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 4 10
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1958 BOS 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 24.2 24 19 16 0 16 15 1.62 5.84
1959 BOS 2 1 21 1 0 0 0 0 49.0 44 21 19 1 16 28 1.22 3.49
1960 BOS 8 3 51 1 0 0 1 0 105.1 113 64 59 1 37 69 1.42 5.04
1961 BOS 10 6 69 0 0 0 1 0 145.1 140 72 68 3 61 92 1.38 4.21
1962 BOS 11 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 124.1 115 55 52 4 39 96 1.24 3.76
1963 BOS 10 1 57 0 0 0 1 0 109.2 108 45 41 1 42 65 1.37 3.36
1964 BOS 11 3 46 13 1 0 1 0 162.1 161 89 88 4 59 100 1.36 4.88
1965 BOS 11 0 53 0 0 0 3 2 115.1 102 47 47 4 43 85 1.26 3.67
1966 BOS 13 2 57 0 0 0 3 1 129.1 94 35 31 0 30 83 0.96 2.16
1967 BOS 6 7 94 0 0 0 48 9 80.0 62 27 27 0 25 62 1.09 3.04
1968 BOS-KC 7 6 86 0 0 0 41 10 87.1 73 33 33 0 39 69 1.28 3.40
1969 KC 6 2 69 0 0 0 42 11 80.2 79 26 25 1 30 60 1.35 2.79
1970 KC 6 3 66 0 0 0 37 9 68.1 53 18 15 1 19 56 1.05 1.98
1971 KC 6 2 66 0 0 0 41 8 73.1 57 23 20 2 23 49 1.09 2.45
1972 KC 3 5 63 0 0 0 42 8 68.2 55 26 24 0 21 47 1.11 3.15
1973 KC 8 4 64 0 0 0 19 10 75.0 75 40 36 1 29 52 1.39 4.32
1974 KC 11 6 78 0 0 0 5 0 111.2 101 49 45 1 35 85 1.22 3.63
1975 KC 3 8 75 0 0 0 36 13 98.0 105 53 47 0 27 54 1.35 4.32
2139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 132 61 1077 15 1 0 322 81 1708.1 1561 742 693 24 591 1167 1.26 3.65
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Buddy Love has retired from the Kansas City Royals
1975-04-18Buddy Love of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1974-08-10Buddy Love of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1974-07-07Buddy Love of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1968-07-21A trade has been completed between the Boston Ooze and the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals receive Jim Lockwood, Sled Hildebrand, Buddy Love from the Boston Ooze in exchange for Chuck Maguire, Mike King, Dave Clinton, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (KC).
1960-04-12The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team.
1960-04-10The Boston Ooze have promoted Nopalito Trujillo Valasquez to the major league team. The Boston Ooze have sent Buddy Love to the minors.
1959-09-07The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team.
1959-08-29The Boston Ooze have promoted Sled Hildebrand to the major league team. The Boston Ooze have sent Buddy Love to the minors.
1959-07-25The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team.
1958-07-20The Boston Ooze have sent Buddy Love to the minors.
1958-07-05The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team.
1958-06-24The Boston Ooze have sent Buddy Love to the minors.
1958-05-27The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team. The Boston Ooze have sent Gary Haddix to the minors.
1958-05-22The Boston Ooze have promoted Gary Haddix to the major league team. The Boston Ooze have sent Buddy Love to the minors.
1958-05-16The Boston Ooze have promoted Buddy Love to the major league team.
1956-04-02The Boston Ooze have renamed Don Connelly to Buddy Love.