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Name Team Age
Kal Baca Retired (1979, Age 37) Died (2021, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2
(1960)		 SS L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Don Newcombe League 0 18 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B  B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 11/20/1941
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
A- (82.5 %) F  (0.0 %) 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 
1960 Minors 63.00 7 / 10 6 / 8 13 / 14 8 / 9 10 / 14 2 / 2 3 / 6 49 / 63
1961 Minors 57.00 3 / 5 4 / 8 7 / 8 9 / 12 3 / 3 5 / 7 7 / 14 38 / 57
1961 Pos (C) 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 5
1962 Majors 48.71 4 / 9 0 / 3 3 / 13 0 / 3 2 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 7 10 / 48
1963 Majors 47.17 2 / 5 4 / 10 5 / 7 2 / 5 3 / 6 3 / 5 4 / 9 23 / 47
1964 Majors 45.77 4 / 9 2 / 4 5 / 7 4 / 8 2 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 6 23 / 45
1965 Majors 58.06 5 / 10 2 / 10 6 / 9 4 / 7 4 / 9 2 / 8 3 / 5 26 / 58
1966 Majors 57.62 2 / 9 4 / 7 3 / 8 3 / 8 4 / 9 4 / 9 2 / 7 22 / 57
1967 Majors 63.68 3 / 10 3 / 9 2 / 13 1 / 7 3 / 7 3 / 10 3 / 7 18 / 63
1968 Majors 65.59 94 91 0 1 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 13 2 / 12 2 / 8 2 / 7 1 / 10 10 / 65
1969 Majors 65.70 162 157 0 1 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 13 2 / 8 0 / 13 1 / 6 6 / 65
1970 Majors 64.15 162 157 0 1 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 13 0 / 7 4 / 64
1971 Majors 64.84 162 157 0 2 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 6 3 / 64
1972 Majors 52.48 136 132 26 0 / 4 1 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 52
1973 Majors 62.80 162 157 0 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 62
1974 Majors 64.05 162 157 0 0 / 14 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 16 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 64
1975 Majors 64.91 162 157 0 -3 / 7 0 / 7 -2 / 9 -6 / 11 -5 / 5 -2 / 17 -2 / 8 -20 / 64
1976 Majors 62.00 154 149 8 -2 / 11 0 / 10 -3 / 11 -5 / 7 -8 / 3 -3 / 8 -1 / 12 -22 / 62
1977 Majors 59.70 150 146 12 -4 / 9 -7 / 7 -1 / 6 0 / 9 -9 / 11 -1 / 8 -1 / 9 -23 / 59
1978 Majors 64.91 162 156 0 -2 / 5 -7 / 8 0 / 9 -3 / 12 -9 / 12 1 / 11 -4 / 7 -24 / 64
1979 Majors 57.23 149 106 13 -3 / 8 -1 / 6 0 / 5 -6 / 5 -5 / 8 -2 / 10 -4 / 15 -21 / 57
Total 1817 1722 59 21 / 161 13 / 162 40 / 184 15 / 180 -1 / 158 18 / 176 17 / 159 123 / 1185
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Kal Baca has retired from the Baltimore Black Birds
1979-05-20Kal Baca of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1977-08-25Kal Baca of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1976-05-09Kal Baca of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1972-06-09Kal Baca of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1966-08-12Kal Baca of the Baltimore Black Birds is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1963-04-03The Baltimore Black Birds have promoted Kal Baca to the major league team. The Baltimore Black Birds have designated Vern Schomberg for assignment.
1963-04-02The Baltimore Black Birds have demoted Kal Baca to the minor leagues.
1962-04-01The Baltimore Black Birds have promoted Rick Shaver to the major league team. The Baltimore Black Birds have promoted Kal Baca to the major league team. The Baltimore Black Birds have designated TJ Hunter for assignment. The Baltimore Black Birds have sent Bob Rader to the minors.
1960-04-03The Baltimore Black Birds have renamed Tom Mackiewicz to Kal Baca.