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Name	Team	Age
Norm Kahle	Retired (1973, Age 36)	Died (2023, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8 (1958)	CF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mark Fidrych League	0	14 years (146 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	A-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	11/23/1936
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	4
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
B+ (69.8 %)	D  (14.6 %)	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

1958

Minors

28.00

2 / 5

0 / 0

2 / 4

6 / 8

3 / 4

3 / 3

3 / 4

19 / 28

1958

Majors

7.23

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 7

1959

Majors

76.08

4 / 9

9 / 16

6 / 9

5 / 12

6 / 14

7 / 7

7 / 9

44 / 76

1960

Majors

74.83

6 / 12

3 / 11

5 / 12

2 / 8

2 / 10

9 / 11

7 / 10

34 / 74

1961

Majors

64.58

162

159

0

2 / 9

4 / 12

3 / 8

6 / 12

2 / 8

6 / 9

1 / 6

24 / 64

1962

Majors

64.56

162

159

0

2 / 13

3 / 6

1 / 9

2 / 10

1 / 9

2 / 9

5 / 8

16 / 64

1963

Majors

63.57

162

159

0

1 / 12

2 / 12

1 / 8

1 / 6

1 / 9

3 / 8

2 / 8

11 / 63

1964

Majors

63.12

162

159

0

0 / 6

1 / 9

1 / 11

1 / 8

1 / 9

2 / 11

0 / 9

6 / 63

1965

Majors

64.15

162

159

0

1 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 7

2 / 13

3 / 64

1966

Majors

64.92

162

159

0

0 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 7

1 / 6

2 / 64

1967

Majors

53.19

131

129

31

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 53

1968

Majors

64.92

162

159

0

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 64

1969

Majors

60.84

152

149

10

1 / 11

0 / 13

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 9

1 / 5

0 / 12

2 / 60

1970

Majors

64.92

162

159

0

-4 / 10

-4 / 7

-1 / 14

-2 / 8

-5 / 8

-4 / 11

-1 / 6

-21 / 64

1971

Majors

64.92

162

158

0

-2 / 8

-1 / 14

0 / 8

-2 / 7

-2 / 10

-1 / 11

0 / 6

-8 / 64

1972

Majors

60.60

162

139

0

-1 / 7

-7 / 10

-3 / 11

-6 / 9

-5 / 3

-2 / 11

-1 / 9

-25 / 60

1973

Majors

18.40

102

6

20

-4 / 3

-4 / 1

-5 / 6

-6 / 3

-7 / 0

-2 / 2

-3 / 3

-31 / 18

Total

2005

1853

61

8 / 145

6 / 150

11 / 140

7 / 125

-3 / 133

25 / 132

24 / 125

78 / 950

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Norm Kahle has retired from the Detroit Power
1973-04-28	Norm Kahle of the Detroit Power is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1969-04-30	Norm Kahle of the Detroit Power is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1967-05-01	Norm Kahle of the Detroit Power is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1959-04-01	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Norm Kahle to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have designated Ed Lerch for assignment.
1958-10-10	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Force and the Detroit Ineffable. The Detroit Ineffable receive Red Dotson, Dennis Kelly, Norm Kahle, Mike Champion, George Ferrell, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (BAL) from the Philadelphia Force in exchange for Larry Smith, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (DET).
1958-07-20	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Force and the Detroit Ineffable. The Detroit Ineffable receive Draft Pick - 1961 Round 3 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1960 Round 2 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Force in exchange for Norm Kahle.
1958-07-20	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Jim Mahon to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Norm Kahle to the minors.
1958-06-30	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Norm Kahle to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Larry Hovlik to the minors.
1958-06-29	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Lynn Moock to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Norm Kahle to the minors.
1958-06-19	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Norm Kahle to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Lynn Moock to the minors.
1958-06-17	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Lynn Moock to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Norm Kahle to the minors.
1958-06-08	The Detroit Ineffable have promoted Norm Kahle to the major league team. The Detroit Ineffable have sent Bill Rudolph to the minors.