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Name	Team	Age
J.R. Tekulve	Retired (1994, Age 34)	Died (2025, Age 65)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 54 (1978)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vince Coleman League	0	8 years (41 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	9/18/1960
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	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

1978

Minors

25.00

3 / 3

4 / 4

1 / 2

3 / 4

5 / 5

4 / 4

3 / 3

23 / 25

1979

Minors

31.00

2 / 2

5 / 5

4 / 4

4 / 4

2 / 2

7 / 7

7 / 7

31 / 31

1980

Minors

28.00

3 / 3

2 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 3

7 / 7

5 / 6

5 / 5

25 / 28

1981

Minors

24.00

2 / 2

5 / 5

5 / 5

1 / 1

2 / 3

2 / 2

6 / 6

23 / 24

1982

Minors

29.00

2 / 2

5 / 6

3 / 5

4 / 5

3 / 5

4 / 5

1 / 1

22 / 29

1983

Minors

32.00

3 / 3

4 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 3

4 / 5

7 / 10

3 / 5

24 / 32

1984

Majors

26.30

162

14

0

2 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 4

4 / 4

2 / 2

5 / 7

3 / 5

19 / 26

1985

Majors

24.29

107

27

34

2 / 2

2 / 3

4 / 4

1 / 2

2 / 4

5 / 8

1 / 1

17 / 24

1986

Majors

33.88

162

29

0

0 / 6

1 / 3

2 / 8

2 / 5

6 / 7

0 / 1

2 / 3

13 / 33

1987

Majors

34.21

162

29

0

2 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 4

4 / 8

2 / 3

2 / 7

0 / 2

10 / 34

1988

Majors

33.79

162

32

0

3 / 6

3 / 6

0 / 3

2 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 3

9 / 33

1989

Majors

32.90

162

28

0

1 / 6

1 / 4

1 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 8

1 / 5

5 / 32

1990

Majors

28.18

145

21

17

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 28

1991

Minors

5.00

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 5

1991

Majors

29.18

92

47

0

1 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 29

1992

Majors

54.35

162

90

0

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 8

1 / 54

1993

Minors

19.00

2 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 19

1993

Majors

2.80

21

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1994

Minors

28.00

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 6

2 / 28

Total

1337

317

51

29 / 67

35 / 70

24 / 66

31 / 79

36 / 78

41 / 89

34 / 67

230 / 516

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1994-11-01	J.R. Tekulve has retired from the Baltimore Banditos
1993-06-11	The Baltimore Banditos have designated J.R. Tekulve for assignment.
1993-05-19	The Baltimore Banditos have promoted J.R. Tekulve to the major league team.
1993-04-01	The Baltimore Banditos have designated Virgil Ambler for assignment. The Baltimore Banditos have designated J.R. Tekulve for assignment.
1991-10-23	The Baltimore Banditos have acquired J.R. Tekulve from the waiver wire.
1991-10-03	The Florida Fins have designated J.R. Tekulve for assignment.
1991-08-18	The Florida Fins have promoted J.R. Tekulve to the major league team.
1991-08-18	The Florida Fins have acquired J.R. Tekulve from the waiver wire.
1991-07-15	The Kansas City Kings have acquired Brian Hartgraves from the waiver wire. The Kansas City Kings have waived J.R. Tekulve.
1991-05-30	The Kansas City Kings have designated J.R. Tekulve for assignment.
1990-08-06	J.R. Tekulve of the Kansas City Kings is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1990-03-26	Kansas City Kings has drafted J.R. Tekulve #71 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1985-05-30	J.R. Tekulve of the Kansas City Blacksmiths is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1984-03-25	The Kansas City Blacksmiths have renamed Thornton Dietz to J.R. Tekulve.
1984-03-25	The Kansas City Blacksmiths have promoted Thornton Dietz to the major league team.