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Name	Team	Age
Roland Kania	Retired (1986, Age 35)	Died (2020, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 63 (1974)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AAA)	0	8 years (144 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	D+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	C+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	F	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	3/3/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	3
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
D+ (25.4 %)	D- (4.3 %)	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

1974

Majors

17.36

2 / 2

5 / 5

0 / 0

2 / 3

5 / 5

0 / 0

2 / 2

16 / 17

1975

Majors

18.18

2 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 0

3 / 5

1 / 2

10 / 18

1976

Majors

15.94

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 2

3 / 15

1977

Minors

14.00

2 / 3

2 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

7 / 14

1977

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1978

Minors

9.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

4 / 9

1979

Minors

12.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 12

1980

Minors

17.00

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

5 / 17

1981

Majors

0.70

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1982

Majors

0.30

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1983

Majors

5.60

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 5

1984

Majors

2.50

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1985

Majors

8.80

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 8

1986

Majors

6.40

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 6

Total

0

0

0

7 / 16

10 / 24

2 / 15

5 / 15

12 / 21

5 / 20

7 / 14

48 / 125

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1986-11-01	Roland Kania has retired from the New York Pirates
1983-04-04	The New York Pirates have acquired Roland Kania from the waiver wire.
1983-03-25	The Baltimore BayPirates have promoted Larry Sheets to the major league team. The Baltimore BayPirates have designated Roland Kania for assignment.
1982-04-22	The Baltimore BayPirates have acquired Roland Kania from the waiver wire.
1982-04-12	The New York Mountain Citys have promoted Al Blue to the major league team. The New York Mountain Citys have promoted Brian Castillo to the major league team. The New York Mountain Citys have designated Roland Kania for assignment. The New York Mountain Citys have designated Gracie Tatis for assignment.
1982-04-11	The New York Mountain Citys have acquired Roland Kania from the waiver wire.
1982-04-01	The Cincinnati Bulldogs have promoted Bill Solaita to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bulldogs have designated Roland Kania for assignment.
1981-04-01	The Cincinnati Bulldogs have promoted Roland Kania to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bulldogs have sent Jack Walker to the minors.
1979-07-20	The Cincinnati Bulldogs have acquired Roland Kania from the waiver wire.
1979-07-10	The New York Mountain Citys have waived Roland Kania.
1978-04-12	The New York Mountain Citys have acquired Roland Kania from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01	The New York Hammers have waived Roland Kania.
1977-04-03	The New York Hammers have sent Roland Kania to the minors.
1974-04-01	The Pittsburgh Hammers have promoted Roland Kania to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Hammers have sent Gus Drake to the minors.
1974-04-01	The Pittsburgh Hammers have renamed Bob Schaal to Roland Kania.