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Name Team Age
Kuniaki Takahashi Retired (1966, Age 37) Died (2009, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 17, Pick 266
(1950)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 13 years (87 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  B-
Endurance Velocity Control
C  C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 9/11/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 6 9
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---)
D- (10.9 %) D- (6.8 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CLE 122 309 49 83 13 3 6 37 30 43 6 1 11 .726 .337 .388 .269
1951 CLE 130 402 54 97 19 2 11 52 42 70 6 5 10 .698 .317 .381 .241
1952 CLE 133 432 62 133 17 5 13 68 42 61 8 6 5 .830 .369 .461 .308
1953 CLE 152 583 71 161 30 6 20 92 66 95 12 11 7 .805 .354 .451 .276
1954 CLE 152 625 110 189 37 4 24 89 63 83 23 6 9 .856 .366 .490 .302
1955 CLE 152 640 99 176 26 7 19 67 69 99 27 7 6 .775 .348 .427 .275
1956 CLE 152 649 107 187 27 7 18 64 72 89 30 9 7 .793 .359 .435 .288
1957 CLE-BAL 152 637 107 167 30 6 21 63 69 94 20 4 2 .764 .337 .427 .262
1958 BAL-STL 155 520 94 172 25 7 16 83 71 81 25 16 17 .910 .412 .498 .331
1959 STL 146 539 81 151 23 9 23 91 70 91 20 8 5 .843 .359 .484 .280
1960 STL 128 491 100 177 35 5 21 94 57 79 24 13 9 1.010 .430 .580 .360
1961 STL 152 567 100 156 23 5 26 89 56 97 29 16 3 .810 .339 .471 .275
1962 STL 142 534 70 162 19 12 11 84 54 81 19 13 2 .810 .364 .446 .303
1963 STL 130 361 50 91 21 5 8 48 32 50 20 4 7 .722 .318 .404 .252
1964 STL 147 495 70 138 24 5 11 65 47 75 23 10 6 .755 .341 .414 .279
1965 STL 151 565 73 169 31 5 16 89 62 79 17 16 6 .823 .366 .457 .299
1966 CHN 146 542 62 141 20 2 11 59 60 77 21 16 20 .700 .334 .365 .260
Total 2442 8891 1359 2550 420 95 275 1234 962 1344 330 161 132 .805 .357 .448 .287
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Kuniaki Takahashi has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1958-06-07A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Horsemen and the Baltimore Avengers. The Baltimore Avengers receive Kid Ingersoll, Hector Hall, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 3 (STL), Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (STL) from the St. Louis Horsemen in exchange for Kuniaki Takahashi, Seamus Maloney.
1957-03-05A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Baltimore Avengers. The Baltimore Avengers receive Kuniaki Takahashi, Al Unser from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Doc Naktenis.
1950-04-02The Cleveland Bombers have renamed Francis McGraner to Kuniaki Takahashi.