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Name	Team	Age
Buddy Kessler	Retired (1966, Age 34)	Died (2006, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15 (1954)	LF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Don Newcombe League	0	5 years (68 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	D+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	C+	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/28/1932
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
C+ (51.4 %)	F  (3.1 %)	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

1954

Minors

30.00

0 / 4

2 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 7

4 / 4

4 / 4

8 / 8

22 / 30

1955

Minors

25.00

4 / 7

1 / 4

2 / 2

2 / 2

3 / 3

4 / 4

3 / 3

19 / 25

1956

Minors

16.00

0 / 0

2 / 2

2 / 2

2 / 4

4 / 4

2 / 2

2 / 2

14 / 16

1957

Minors

25.00

0 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 6

1 / 3

4 / 5

4 / 4

1 / 3

13 / 25

1958

Minors

22.00

2 / 3

2 / 4

4 / 5

2 / 5

3 / 3

0 / 0

2 / 2

15 / 22

1958

Majors

2.57

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 2

1959

Majors

9.61

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 2

0 / 0

4 / 9

1960

Majors

11.18

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 11

1961

Majors

8.97

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 2

4 / 8

1962

Majors

9.73

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 9

1963

Majors

8.14

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 8

1964

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 8

1964

Majors

2.27

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1965

Majors

11.00

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 11

1966

Majors

13.00

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 13

Total

0

0

0

7 / 33

11 / 27

11 / 27

11 / 28

19 / 28

17 / 24

19 / 32

95 / 199

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1966-11-01	Buddy Kessler has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1964-08-10	The New York Red Foxx have waived Buddy Kessler.
1964-06-01	The New York Red Foxx have acquired Buddy Kessler from the waiver wire.
1964-05-19	The New York Red Foxx have waived Buddy Kessler.
1964-05-01	The New York Red Foxx have promoted Jim Koshorek to the major league team. The New York Red Foxx have designated Buddy Kessler for assignment.
1964-04-30	The New York Red Foxx have acquired Buddy Kessler from the waiver wire.
1964-04-23	The St. Louis Stars have promoted Mitch Demaree to the major league team. The St. Louis Stars have designated Buddy Kessler for assignment.
1963-07-30	Buddy Kessler of the St. Louis Stars is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1961-06-15	The St. Louis Stars have acquired Buddy Kessler from the waiver wire.
1961-06-08	The New York Red Foxx have promoted Mike Blackwell to the major league team. The New York Red Foxx have designated Buddy Kessler for assignment.
1961-05-30	The New York Red Foxx have acquired Buddy Kessler from the waiver wire.
1961-05-30	The New York Red Foxx have demoted Pete Browning to the minor leagues.
1961-05-23	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Tigers and the Boston Beantown. The Boston Beantown receive Buddy Kessler (Optioned), Draft Pick - 1962 Round 2 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Tigers in exchange for Chuck Alcantara.
1958-09-07	The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Buddy Kessler to the major league team.
1958-05-12	The Cincinnati Tigers have acquired Buddy Kessler from the waiver wire.