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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 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 PHI-MIL 146 503 77 135 26 2 17 65 68 64 3 6 4 .785 .355 .429 .268
1951 MIL 144 572 93 182 27 1 23 80 75 71 8 5 11 .890 .401 .490 .318
1952 MIL 144 565 72 166 34 2 20 90 72 59 7 4 13 .841 .374 .467 .294
1953 MIL 144 558 83 169 23 1 31 88 75 74 3 2 9 .901 .387 .514 .303
1954 MIL 133 431 74 124 22 3 14 67 49 50 0 0 18 .810 .360 .450 .288
1955 MIL 146 495 70 156 27 4 16 68 65 61 4 6 11 .879 .396 .483 .315
1956 MIL 149 419 58 131 28 1 14 60 49 55 4 9 5 .868 .383 .484 .313
1957 MIL 145 538 96 177 34 7 23 84 78 62 4 5 14 .963 .416 .546 .329
1958 MIL-BOS 157 514 72 141 27 5 9 66 62 66 6 2 11 .752 .353 .399 .274
1959 BOS 146 393 56 104 11 2 18 56 47 65 4 3 4 .786 .346 .440 .265
1960 BOS 148 517 79 179 35 4 21 74 55 72 3 7 10 .964 .413 .551 .346
1961 BOS 134 375 48 90 12 0 15 45 43 45 3 2 8 .710 .318 .392 .240
1962 KC 45 64 21 21 2 0 7 14 12 13 0 0 1 1.122 .434 .688 .328
Total 1781 5944 899 1775 308 32 228 857 750 757 49 51 119 .855 .378 .476 .299
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.