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Name Team Age
Alex Key Retired (1959, Age 35) Died (1992, Age 69)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 18, Pick 279
(1950)		 2B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 4 years (104 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ C  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  B+ D+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C  B 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B  A+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 12/25/1923
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 2
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
C- (31.2 %) F  (0.0 %) 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 133 466 70 126 21 2 12 67 51 63 3 2 16 .748 .347 .401 .270
1951 CLE 139 461 82 125 23 2 12 62 75 59 5 5 9 .779 .372 .408 .271
1952 CLE 133 438 80 161 26 4 18 69 54 41 3 3 8 1.006 .438 .568 .368
1953 CLE 94 126 17 30 6 0 5 14 14 14 0 0 4 .722 .317 .405 .238
1954 CLE-WAS-KC 106 116 18 22 2 0 2 9 20 18 4 1 0 .572 .314 .259 .190
1955 STL-KC 53 84 7 15 2 2 2 10 11 15 0 0 5 .595 .274 .321 .179
1956 KC 78 146 28 55 12 2 5 27 25 19 0 0 5 1.058 .469 .589 .377
1957 KC 85 219 46 61 12 1 9 40 25 25 1 2 7 .817 .351 .466 .279
1958 KC 58 95 13 24 2 1 2 13 14 11 0 1 1 .707 .349 .358 .253
1959 KC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 880 2152 361 619 106 14 67 311 289 266 16 14 55 .817 .373 .443 .288
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Alex Key has retired from the Kansas City Marmots
1959-09-01The Kansas City Marmots have promoted Alex Key to the major league team.
1959-08-31The Kansas City Marmots have acquired Alex Key from the waiver wire.
1959-06-19The Kansas City Marmots have acquired Mickey Atkinson from the waiver wire. The Kansas City Marmots have waived Alex Key.
1959-04-05The Kansas City Marmots have designated Alex Key for assignment.
1958-10-09The Kansas City Marmots have re-claimed Alex Key from the waiver wire.
1958-10-07The Kansas City Marmots have designated Alex Key for assignment.
1956-03-03The Kansas City Marmets have renamed Jose Jones to Alex Key.
1955-08-21The Kansas City Marmets have promoted Jose Jones to the major league team. The Kansas City Marmets have designated Brad Flannigan for assignment.
1955-06-12The Kansas City Marmets have designated Jose Jones for assignment.
1955-06-11The Kansas City Marmets have acquired Jose Jones from the waiver wire.
1955-06-07The St. Louis Horsemen have promoted Dutch Harrington to the major league team. The St. Louis Horsemen have promoted Cliff Denman to the major league team. The St. Louis Horsemen have designated Jose Jones for assignment. The St. Louis Horsemen have sent Brad Walsh to the minors.
1955-05-02The St. Louis Horsemen have promoted Jose Jones to the major league team. The St. Louis Horsemen have promoted Tommy Hale to the major league team. The St. Louis Horsemen have designated Charlie O"Daniel for assignment. The St. Louis Horsemen have designated Brad Flannigan for assignment.
1954-07-12The Kansas City Perfectos have acquired Jose Jones from the waiver wire.
1954-07-08The Washington Bastards have promoted Dave Broskie to the major league team. The Washington Bastards have designated Jose Jones for assignment.
1954-04-02The Washington Bastards have renamed Youichi Imamura to Jose Jones.
1954-04-02The Washington Bastards have acquired Youichi Imamura from the waiver wire.
1954-03-01The Cleveland Bombers have promoted Jack Stanceu to the major league team. The Cleveland Bombers have designated Youichi Imamura for assignment.
1950-04-02The Cleveland Bombers have renamed Jose Jones to Youichi Imamura.