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Name	Team	Age
Russ Denzer	Retired (1977, Age 35)	Died (2021, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 70 (1960)	CF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lou Whitaker League	0	9 years (5 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	C	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/5/1942
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (92.8 %)	B- (53.4 %)	D  (14.5 %)

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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

28.00

3 / 3

1 / 3

5 / 5

5 / 5

5 / 5

3 / 3

4 / 4

26 / 28

1961

Minors

24.00

3 / 3

0 / 0

2 / 2

5 / 5

3 / 3

8 / 8

3 / 3

24 / 24

1962

Minors

25.00

6 / 6

2 / 2

3 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 2

3 / 3

6 / 6

25 / 25

1963

Minors

22.00

3 / 3

1 / 1

3 / 4

3 / 4

4 / 4

3 / 3

3 / 3

20 / 22

1964

Minors

12.00

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 2

2 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

8 / 12

1964

Majors

12.00

0 / 0

4 / 5

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 1

9 / 12

1965

Minors

27.00

0 / 3

3 / 4

4 / 6

2 / 4

0 / 2

3 / 3

3 / 5

15 / 27

1965

Majors

14.64

42

38

0

2 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

3 / 3

3 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 2

11 / 14

1966

Minors

62.00

4 / 8

4 / 8

7 / 11

2 / 6

4 / 7

2 / 6

9 / 16

32 / 62

1966

Pos (LF)

41.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 41

1967

Minors

50.00

1 / 10

3 / 6

6 / 8

3 / 8

3 / 7

2 / 5

3 / 6

21 / 50

1968

Minors

13.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 3

2 / 3

6 / 13

1968

Majors

38.25

104

48

0

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 7

4 / 5

4 / 10

2 / 5

0 / 3

10 / 38

1969

Majors

57.82

143

128

19

0 / 6

3 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 9

1 / 9

2 / 9

3 / 8

11 / 57

1970

Majors

57.07

162

116

0

0 / 11

1 / 6

0 / 4

2 / 7

6 / 13

0 / 8

1 / 8

10 / 57

1971

Majors

60.89

156

96

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 8

2 / 60

1972

Majors

65.85

162

142

0

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

2 / 7

2 / 65

1973

Majors

63.48

162

144

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 63

1974

Majors

63.57

162

144

0

0 / 6

1 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 12

0 / 12

1 / 63

1975

Majors

48.48

162

68

0

0 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 48

1976

Majors

62.35

162

135

0

-3 / 6

-6 / 8

0 / 8

-2 / 9

-1 / 14

-3 / 6

-2 / 11

-17 / 62

1977

Majors

8.99

27

16

0

-3 / 0

-3 / 2

-5 / 0

-7 / 1

-5 / 2

-3 / 2

-1 / 1

-27 / 8

Total

1444

1075

19

16 / 103

16 / 104

30 / 112

28 / 113

33 / 132

26 / 119

41 / 127

210 / 851

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Russ Denzer has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-05-12	The Cleveland Kangaroos have waived Russ Denzer.
1977-05-01	The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Billy Scott to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Hank Kaiser to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Tommy Arias for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Russ Denzer for assignment.
1977-04-01	The Cleveland Kangaroos have re-claimed Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1977-04-01	The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Albie Jennings for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Russ Denzer for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Joey Onslow for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have sent Bert Riccelli to the minors. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Juan Miranda for assignment.
1971-08-25	The Cleveland Kangaroos have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1971-08-18	The Philadelphia Cheesesteaks have promoted Eli Sweeney to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheesesteaks have designated Russ Denzer for assignment.
1969-08-17	Russ Denzer of the Philadelphia youk2 is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1968-06-05	The Philadelphia youk2 have promoted Johnny Bomback to the major league team. The Philadelphia youk2 have promoted Russ Denzer to the major league team.
1966-04-16	The Philadelphia youk2 have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1966-04-08	The Cleveland Kangaroos have waived Russ Denzer.
1966-04-01	The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Tom Andres to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Don Brabender to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Phil Kingman to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Red Moore to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Russ Denzer for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Milt Waddams for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Bobby Deasley for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have sent Chris Jackson to the minors.
1965-08-19	The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Russ Denzer to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have sent Bob Terwilliger to the minors.
1965-05-06	The Cleveland Kangaroos have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1965-04-25	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have waived Russ Denzer.
1965-04-25	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have waived Bob Welaj.
1965-04-15	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have waived Russ Denzer.
1965-04-11	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1964-07-24	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have waived Russ Denzer.
1964-07-18	The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have acquired Russ Denzer from the waiver wire.
1964-06-22	The New York Newts have waived Russ Denzer.