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Name	Team	Age
Luis Werden	Retired (1983, Age 36)	Died (2024, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1965)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Rickey Henderson League	0	14 years (92 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
A-	B	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	A-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A+	A	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	7/21/1947
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	5	10
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (2B)
A- (80.3 %)	C- (35.1 %)	D+ (22.5 %)

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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

1965

Minors

53.00

2 / 6

7 / 8

9 / 14

5 / 6

7 / 7

4 / 4

8 / 8

42 / 53

1966

Minors

62.00

6 / 8

5 / 9

4 / 5

4 / 8

13 / 14

9 / 9

9 / 9

50 / 62

1967

Minors

69.00

6 / 10

5 / 9

4 / 8

8 / 14

8 / 12

6 / 7

8 / 9

45 / 69

1968

Minors

69.00

6 / 11

6 / 14

5 / 11

3 / 8

6 / 9

6 / 7

7 / 9

39 / 69

1969

Minors

48.00

4 / 11

2 / 6

4 / 9

0 / 2

1 / 3

7 / 10

4 / 7

22 / 48

1969

Majors

14.34

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 2

5 / 14

1970

Majors

47.44

2 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 6

0 / 9

4 / 7

3 / 10

5 / 9

17 / 47

1971

Majors

59.45

4 / 11

4 / 12

0 / 6

3 / 8

3 / 6

6 / 9

4 / 7

24 / 59

1972

Majors

70.25

5 / 12

2 / 8

2 / 10

3 / 14

3 / 9

5 / 7

3 / 10

23 / 70

1973

Majors

66.58

0 / 10

2 / 14

0 / 7

1 / 7

2 / 12

2 / 10

3 / 6

10 / 66

1974

Majors

58.13

1 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 9

1 / 4

3 / 8

3 / 9

2 / 8

11 / 58

1975

Majors

69.96

162

138

0

1 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 8

2 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 12

5 / 69

1976

Majors

63.74

162

144

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 4

1 / 63

1977

Majors

64.44

162

144

0

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 14

0 / 4

0 / 14

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 64

1978

Majors

60.54

162

136

0

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 10

1 / 60

1979

Majors

55.25

139

122

23

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 4

1 / 14

1 / 55

1980

Majors

64.30

162

143

0

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 64

1981

Majors

58.88

162

144

0

-4 / 5

-5 / 11

-2 / 9

-3 / 8

-8 / 12

-2 / 8

0 / 5

-24 / 58

1982

Majors

65.32

162

144

0

-3 / 9

-1 / 10

-3 / 6

-3 / 10

-3 / 9

0 / 10

-2 / 11

-15 / 65

1983

Majors

47.07

133

103

27

-4 / 9

-2 / 6

-3 / 9

-3 / 2

-3 / 7

0 / 6

-4 / 8

-19 / 47

Total

1406

1218

50

28 / 174

26 / 175

24 / 166

20 / 144

40 / 184

50 / 153

50 / 164

238 / 1160

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Luis Werden has retired from the New York Highlanders
1983-08-06	Luis Werden of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1982-11-01	Luis Werden now holds the league record for career slugging percentage.
1981-04-01	A trade has been completed between the New York Citylovers and the New York Highlanders. The New York Highlanders receive Mike Holm, Frank Ramsey, Luis Werden, Tom Daily from the New York Citylovers in exchange for Jesse Tannehill, Herm McFarland, Joe Enders, Rick Schneider.
1979-08-18	Luis Werden of the New York Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1975-04-01	A trade has been completed between the New York Mobstaz and the Chicago Tortugas. The Chicago Tortugas receive Bevan Cypert, Mickey Russell from the New York Mobstaz in exchange for Luis Werden, Mike Byers.
1971-06-13	Luis Werden of the Chicago Slumpbusters is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1970-07-21	Luis Werden of the Chicago Slumpbusters is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1969-08-27	The Chicago Slumpbusters have promoted Luis Werden to the major league team. The Chicago Slumpbusters have sent Jim Miller to the minors.