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Name	Team	Age
Mike Kress	Retired (1982, Age 38)	Died (2017, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14 (1961)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	16 years (86 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	12/9/1943
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (3.6 %)	F  (0.3 %)	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

1961

Minors

57.00

8 / 8

7 / 7

7 / 7

6 / 9

1 / 4

11 / 11

11 / 11

51 / 57

1962

Minors

60.00

9 / 9

5 / 5

6 / 8

9 / 11

1 / 3

13 / 13

11 / 11

54 / 60

1962

Majors

2.80

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

1963

Minors

52.00

9 / 10

8 / 8

5 / 8

4 / 7

2 / 9

5 / 5

5 / 5

38 / 52

1963

Pos (3B)

82.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

14 / 82

1964

Minors

49.00

9 / 12

2 / 3

2 / 10

6 / 7

2 / 6

6 / 7

4 / 4

31 / 49

1964

Pos (2B)

18.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 18

1964

Pos (3B)

42.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 42

1965

Minors

42.00

5 / 6

2 / 6

5 / 7

3 / 8

0 / 3

2 / 3

9 / 9

26 / 42

1965

Majors

6.22

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 6

1966

Minors

16.00

0 / 1

2 / 4

2 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 1

8 / 16

1966

Majors

16.87

0 / 2

0 / 1

2 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 2

6 / 16

1967

Majors

54.22

122

89

27

4 / 8

7 / 10

4 / 7

3 / 10

0 / 4

3 / 5

4 / 10

25 / 54

1968

Majors

69.75

162

135

0

4 / 12

1 / 4

6 / 13

1 / 8

1 / 9

6 / 11

6 / 12

25 / 69

1969

Majors

70.46

162

135

0

3 / 8

3 / 7

2 / 15

3 / 12

3 / 11

2 / 8

1 / 9

17 / 70

1970

Majors

66.54

162

135

0

2 / 7

5 / 11

2 / 13

1 / 9

0 / 11

2 / 9

1 / 6

13 / 66

1971

Majors

58.96

146

109

16

0 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 11

2 / 58

1972

Majors

62.17

162

93

0

0 / 10

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 10

2 / 13

2 / 10

6 / 62

1973

Majors

60.34

144

121

18

1 / 6

0 / 8

1 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 8

3 / 13

5 / 60

1974

Majors

65.93

162

135

0

2 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 9

3 / 65

1975

Majors

64.83

162

135

0

0 / 5

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 64

1976

Majors

63.93

162

135

0

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 9

2 / 63

1977

Majors

58.37

141

119

21

-4 / 9

-3 / 6

-2 / 7

-2 / 13

-8 / 5

-1 / 10

-1 / 8

-21 / 58

1978

Majors

67.22

162

135

0

-2 / 12

-5 / 8

-3 / 11

-2 / 9

-5 / 6

-3 / 11

0 / 10

-20 / 67

1979

Majors

51.97

126

106

34

-2 / 5

-1 / 8

-2 / 6

-4 / 10

-6 / 5

-3 / 9

-1 / 8

-19 / 51

1980

Majors

60.74

146

122

16

-2 / 8

-2 / 9

-2 / 10

-3 / 8

-4 / 4

0 / 10

-3 / 11

-16 / 60

1981

Majors

46.72

162

53

0

0 / 9

-3 / 9

-1 / 7

-5 / 9

-8 / 6

-3 / 2

0 / 4

-20 / 46

1982

Majors

23.49

108

23

54

-6 / 3

-2 / 4

-3 / 3

-2 / 1

-6 / 4

-3 / 4

-1 / 4

-23 / 23

Total

2391

1780

186

41 / 174

29 / 161

31 / 184

21 / 192

-25 / 152

44 / 183

54 / 190

217 / 1378

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1982-11-01	Mike Kress has retired from the Florida Go Karts
1982-07-27	Mike Kress of the Florida Go Karts is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1982-04-16	Mike Kress of the Florida Go Karts is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1980-06-29	Mike Kress of the Florida Go Karts is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1979-05-21	Mike Kress of the Florida Go Karts is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1977-06-18	Mike Kress of the Brooklyn Black Cobras is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1973-06-23	Mike Kress of the Brooklyn Bears is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1973-06-01	Mike Kress of the Brooklyn Bears is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1971-05-06	Mike Kress of the Brooklyn Bears is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1967-08-07	Mike Kress of the Brooklyn Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1966-05-17	The Brooklyn Tigers have promoted Mike Kress to the major league team.
1966-03-01	The Brooklyn Tigers have sent CR Brown to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Mike Kress to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Charlie Ragland to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Bill Guidry to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Gary Golvin to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Dave Schaeffer to the minors. The Brooklyn Tigers have sent Darby Pierre to the minors.
1965-09-17	The Brooklyn Tigers have promoted Mike Kress to the major league team.
1964-05-25	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Tigers and the Detroit Tortfeasors. The Detroit Tortfeasors receive Denny Bryant from the Brooklyn Tigers in exchange for Mike Kress.
1963-04-13	A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tortfeasors and the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Spiders receive Al Czervik, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Tortfeasors in exchange for Mike Kress, Gair Rudolph.
1962-10-03	The Cleveland Spiders have sent Ray Clark to the minors. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Mike Kress to the minors.
1962-09-23	The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Jeff Gallagher to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Mike Kress to the major league team.
1961-04-19	The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Mike Kress from the waiver wire.
1961-04-15	The Cincinnati Reds have waived Mike Kress.