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Name Team Age
Blade Fried Retired (1962, Age 38) Died (1997, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1950)
3B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League 0 12 years (141 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- D+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 10/30/1924
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.9 %) C+ (50.6 %) (2.4 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1952 3B MIL 127 127 1131.66 380 87 284 9 12 -7 2.95 .976
1953 3B MIL 144 144 1277.66 421 67 345 9 29 -1 2.90 .979
1954 1B MIL 17 17 148.0 177 169 6 2 15 +1 10.64 .989
2B MIL 47 47 396.0 281 123 143 15 44 -12 6.05 .947
3B MIL 16 16 135.66 50 8 42 0 3 +3 3.32 1.000
CF MIL 27 27 229.0 58 57 0 1 0 -3 2.24 .983
1955 2B MIL 62 62 544.66 353 161 185 7 58 -10 5.72 .980
3B MIL 9 9 75.0 30 7 22 1 3 +1 3.48 .967
SS MIL 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
LF MIL 3 3 29.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0.62 .667
CF MIL 42 42 366.0 92 91 0 1 0 -4 2.24 .989
RF MIL 4 4 35.0 10 9 0 1 0 0 2.31 .900
1956 2B MIL 22 22 191.33 140 70 69 1 19 +1 6.54 .993
3B MIL 10 10 91.0 31 8 23 0 2 0 3.07 1.000
SS MIL 2 2 17.0 9 2 6 1 1 -1 4.24 .889
LF MIL 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 1.59 1.000
CF MIL 52 52 464.66 120 117 0 3 0 -1 2.27 .975
RF MIL 6 6 51.0 10 10 0 0 0 +2 1.76 1.000
1957 1B MIL 24 24 211.66 224 221 3 0 13 +2 9.52 1.000
2B MIL 4 4 34.66 16 4 12 0 2 -1 4.15 1.000
3B MIL 19 19 162.33 43 9 32 2 3 -2 2.27 .953
SS MIL 58 58 525.0 281 95 178 8 37 -9 4.68 .972
CF MIL 40 40 348.33 95 91 0 4 0 -3 2.35 .958
1958 1B MIL-BOS 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
2B MIL-BOS 112 111 1006.66 565 245 311 9 81 -13 4.97 .984
3B MIL-BOS 2 2 20.0 9 1 8 0 0 0 4.05 1.000
SS MIL-BOS 7 6 55.0 36 11 23 2 4 -3 5.56 .944
CF MIL-BOS 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1959 2B BOS 68 66 584.33 361 143 215 3 49 +1 5.51 .992
3B BOS 18 18 155.0 34 12 22 0 0 -1 1.97 1.000
SS BOS 4 4 34.0 23 13 9 1 3 -2 5.82 .957
1960 2B BOS 108 106 937.0 545 190 346 9 57 -5 5.15 .983
3B BOS 12 12 110.0 28 9 18 1 0 -2 2.21 .964
CF BOS 2 2 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.18 1.000
1961 2B BOS 67 67 588.33 349 150 192 7 35 +5 5.23 .980
3B BOS 11 11 104.0 30 11 19 0 0 0 2.60 1.000
SS BOS 10 10 89.0 40 22 17 1 5 -5 3.94 .975
1962 1B KC 2 2 18.0 19 18 1 0 4 0 9.50 1.000
2B KC 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 2 0 5.00 1.000
3B KC 3 3 26.0 9 1 7 1 0 +1 2.77 .889
SS KC 2 2 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
CF KC 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 1B 44 43 380.66 423 411 10 2 33 +3 9.95 .995
2B 491 486 4291.97 2615 1088 1476 51 347 -34 5.38 .980
3B 371 371 3288.31 1065 220 822 23 52 -8 2.85 .978
SS 84 83 747.0 396 145 238 13 50 -21 4.61 .967
LF 5 5 46.0 6 5 0 1 0 -1 0.98 .833
CF 166 166 1451.99 374 365 0 9 0 -11 2.26 .976
RF 10 10 86.0 20 19 0 1 0 +2 1.99 .950
Total 1171 1164 10291.93 4899 2253 2546 100 482 -70 4.20 .980
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Blade Fried has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1962-05-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Blade Fried to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Rocky McKnight to the minors.
1962-05-01The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Blade Fried from the waiver wire.
1962-04-05The Boston Colonials have waived Blade Fried.
1962-03-25The Boston Colonials have promoted Fred Smith to the major league team. The Boston Colonials have designated Blade Fried for assignment.
1958-04-11A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Masters and the Boston Colonials. The Boston Colonials receive Blade Fried, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (MIL) from the Milwaukee Masters in exchange for Don Cradle.
1950-06-26A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Drizzle and the Milwaukee Brews. The Milwaukee Brews receive Blade Fried, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 2 (STL), Draft Pick - 1952 Round 2 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Drizzle in exchange for Jim Webb.
1950-04-01The Philadelphia Drizzle have renamed Mark Fries to Blade Fried.