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Name	Team	Age
Ricky Kane	Retired (1984, Age 34)	Died (2019, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 51 (1972)	RF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ty Cobb League	0	6 years (39 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A-	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	3/9/1950
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %)	D- (4.5 %)	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

1972

Majors

13.36

0 / 1

1 / 3

2 / 2

1 / 1

3 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

9 / 13

1973

Majors

19.54

3 / 3

3 / 4

2 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 3

3 / 4

15 / 19

1974

Majors

43.20

1 / 2

4 / 6

8 / 9

5 / 6

6 / 8

6 / 7

4 / 5

34 / 43

1975

Minors

17.00

1 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 2

3 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

3 / 3

8 / 17

1975

Majors

0.09

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1976

Minors

7.00

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 7

1977

Minors

8.00

2 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

6 / 8

1977

Majors

2.85

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1978

Minors

14.00

1 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 3

4 / 14

1979

Minors

14.00

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 5

5 / 14

1980

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 7

1981

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

1981

Majors

3.50

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1982

Majors

3.50

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1983

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 8

1983

Majors

0.60

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1984

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 2

1984

Majors

2.29

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

Total

0

0

0

9 / 23

10 / 20

14 / 25

15 / 26

16 / 26

10 / 17

15 / 28

89 / 165

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1984-11-01	Ricky Kane has retired from the Cincinnati Footnotes
1984-08-14	The Cincinnati Footnotes have promoted Ricky Kane to the major league team.
1984-07-23	The Cincinnati Footnotes have promoted Lou Center to the major league team. The Cincinnati Footnotes have designated Ricky Kane for assignment.
1983-10-03	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Ricky Kane to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Russ Munoz to the major league team.
1983-07-20	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Les Melendez to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Jerry Boyle to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Ricky Kane for assignment. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Russ Munoz to the minors.
1981-08-10	A trade has been completed between the New York Creatures and the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds receive Ricky Kane, Dwayne Ross, Draft Pick - 1982 Round 3 (NYA) from the New York Creatures in exchange for Denver Kinkade.
1981-05-25	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Creatures. The New York Creatures receive Ricky Kane from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Winston Grey.
1981-05-25	The Cincinnati Reds have re-claimed Ricky Kane from the waiver wire.
1981-05-25	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Scott Foucault to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Ricky Kane for assignment.
1981-05-02	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Ricky Kane to the major league team.
1977-06-08	The Cincinnati Reds have sent Ricky Kane to the minors.
1977-04-06	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Ricky Kane to the major league team.
1975-04-04	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Tim Mays to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Ricky Kane to the minors.
1972-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Buster Doyle to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Mike Kellert to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Ricky Kane to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Gene Ditmar to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Al Butler to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Howie Sheckard to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Warren Grampp to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent Jesse Morejon to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Eric Fulgham for assignment. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Larry Carroll for assignment.