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Name	Team	Age
Sweet Midget Gerken	Retired (1960, Age 26)	Died (2014, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 36 (1957)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	C-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	A-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D	C-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	B	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	7/28/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
B  (61.5 %)	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

1957

Majors

0.00

3 / 3

0 / 1

3 / 3

1 / 1

3 / 3

7 / 7

0 / 0

17 / 0

1958

Majors

0.00

3 / 3

7 / 9

4 / 4

1 / 2

5 / 5

5 / 5

3 / 4

28 / 0

1959

Majors

0.00

6 / 6

4 / 6

2 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 3

2 / 3

5 / 6

22 / 0

1960

Majors

0.00

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 6

2 / 3

1 / 1

9 / 0

Total

0

0

0

14 / 15

11 / 17

9 / 12

2 / 6

15 / 17

16 / 18

9 / 11

76 / 96

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	Sweet Midget Gerken has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1962-04-11	The New York Red Machine have waived Sweet Midget Gerken.
1960-08-05	The New York Red Machine have promoted Kid Johnstone to the major league team. The New York Red Machine have promoted Justin Galvez to the major league team. The New York Red Machine have sent Paul Sambito to the minors. The New York Red Machine have sent Sweet Midget Gerken to the minors.
1957-06-20	The New York Richard Potatoes have promoted Sweet Midget Gerken to the major league team. The New York Richard Potatoes have sent Brian Doyle to the minors.
1957-04-01	The New York Richard Potatoes have renamed Chip Gerken to Sweet Midget Gerken.