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Name Team Age
Champ Kind Retired (1964, Age 35) Died (2002, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28
(1952)		 LF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 9 years (60 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  B+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C  C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B- C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 10/28/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 3
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.9 %) F  (1.9 %) F  (1.1 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1952 NYN-KC 83 249 31 59 11 4 2 16 29 44 2 1 6 .656 .319 .337 .237
1953 KC-CHN 39 126 16 27 3 1 1 13 11 28 4 2 1 .553 .275 .278 .214
1954 CHN 109 348 43 102 18 1 5 45 48 54 15 13 4 .775 .382 .394 .293
1955 CHN 75 267 43 83 15 2 9 45 37 39 5 7 4 .882 .399 .483 .311
1956 CHN 93 322 35 75 10 1 6 35 46 46 13 9 5 .656 .330 .326 .233
1957 CHN 108 347 44 91 17 2 4 36 55 47 10 13 6 .716 .359 .357 .262
1958 CHN 136 454 53 126 23 4 6 46 56 67 10 10 3 .744 .359 .385 .278
1959 CHN 142 465 68 126 17 4 14 67 66 69 10 5 5 .780 .365 .415 .271
1960 CHN 106 359 56 105 31 2 6 40 46 39 8 6 3 .811 .371 .440 .292
1961 CHN 69 142 19 37 5 1 4 16 9 15 1 0 0 .702 .307 .394 .261
1962 CHN 94 97 15 24 7 2 1 12 10 11 2 0 0 .707 .315 .392 .247
1963 CHN-KC 81 125 15 33 7 0 1 12 9 22 3 1 1 .670 .326 .344 .264
Total 1135 3301 438 888 164 24 59 383 422 481 83 67 38 .740 .353 .387 .269
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Champ Kind has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-07-28The Kansas City Killers waive Champ Kind.
1963-04-11A trade has been completed between the Chicago Meat Packers and the Kansas City Killers. The Kansas City Killers receive Champ Kind, Seth Howard from the Chicago Meat Packers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1965 Round 3 (KC), Draft Pick - 1966 Round 2 (KC).
1954-05-23The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Floyd Dibble to the minors.
1954-05-08The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Harry Verban to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1954-04-22The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Floyd Dibble to the minors.
1953-09-30The Chicago Meat Packers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1953-09-29The Chicago Meat Packers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team.
1953-08-25A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Chicago Meat Packers. The Chicago Meat Packers receive Mendy Henrich, Champ Kind, Floyd Dibble, Draft Pick - 1956 Round 2 (KC), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (CHN), Draft Pick - 1954 Round 3 (BOS), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Dave Elliott.
1953-06-25The Kansas City Killers have sent Champ Kind down to the minors.
1953-06-21The Kansas City Killers have promoted Champ Kind to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Chris X to the minors.
1953-05-23The Kansas City Killers have promoted Jim Sester to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Champ Kind to the minors.
1953-04-01The Kansas City Killers have renamed Chet Taylor to Champ Kind.
1952-07-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Chet Taylor to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Matt Rodriguez to the minors.
1952-07-25The Kansas City Killers have promoted Matt Rodriguez to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have sent Chet Taylor to the minors.
1952-06-13A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the New York Mets. The New York Mets receive Dave Valdes from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Chet Taylor, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 2 (BAL).
1952-05-27The New York Mets have promoted Chet Taylor to the major league team.