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Name	Team	Age
Obe Dede	Retired (1980, Age 35)	Died (2025, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28 (1963)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vida Blue League	0	2 years (33 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	D+	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	2/15/1945
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)
B+ (73.3 %)	C+ (44.4 %)	C- (30.4 %)

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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

1963

Minors

16.00

2 / 2

4 / 4

1 / 1

3 / 3

2 / 2

0 / 0

4 / 4

16 / 16

1964

Minors

41.00

7 / 7

2 / 2

12 / 12

9 / 9

4 / 5

4 / 5

0 / 1

38 / 41

1964

Pos (2B)

38.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

16 / 38

1964

Pos (3B)

5.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 5

1965

Minors

60.00

2 / 2

11 / 11

9 / 13

6 / 10

3 / 6

4 / 7

6 / 11

41 / 60

1965

Pos (LF)

22.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

4 / 22

1966

Minors

49.00

2 / 4

5 / 5

2 / 7

7 / 8

4 / 13

0 / 3

3 / 9

23 / 49

1966

Pos (1B)

38.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 38

1966

Pos (3B)

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1966

Pos (LF)

16.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

5 / 16

1967

Minors

25.00

3 / 4

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 4

2 / 5

10 / 25

1967

Pos (LF)

8.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 8

1968

Minors

12.00

2 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

3 / 12

1969

Minors

20.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 4

0 / 1

3 / 7

0 / 1

2 / 4

7 / 20

1970

Minors

17.00

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

2 / 17

1971

Minors

19.00

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

3 / 19

1972

Minors

23.00

3 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 7

0 / 1

5 / 23

1973

Minors

18.00

2 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 0

2 / 6

1 / 4

7 / 18

1974

Minors

24.00

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 24

1975

Minors

22.00

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 3

3 / 22

1976

Minors

11.00

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 11

1976

Majors

16.80

83

23

0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 16

1977

Minors

21.00

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

2 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 6

4 / 21

1978

Minors

43.00

0 / 8

1 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 12

1 / 3

2 / 43

1979

Minors

4.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 4

1979

Majors

16.21

133

14

0

-4 / 4

-3 / 1

-3 / 1

-2 / 2

-7 / 2

-2 / 3

-2 / 3

-23 / 16

1980

Majors

16.49

141

6

0

-5 / 0

-3 / 2

-4 / 2

-4 / 5

-4 / 4

-2 / 1

-3 / 2

-25 / 16

Total

357

43

0

15 / 54

21 / 60

23 / 73

27 / 74

12 / 75

7 / 67

15 / 70

153 / 601

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Obe Dede has retired from the Kansas City Keyser Sozes
1980-04-25	The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have promoted Obe Dede to the major league team.
1980-04-25	The Kansas City Keyser Sozes have acquired Obe Dede from the waiver wire.
1980-04-01	The St. Louis Bushwackers have waived Obe Dede.
1980-03-26	The St. Louis Bush Wackers have promoted Bruce Jenkins to the major league team. The St. Louis Bush Wackers have promoted Doug Baker to the major league team. The St. Louis Bush Wackers have designated Obe Dede for assignment. The St. Louis Bush Wackers have designated Red Willis for assignment.
1980-03-26	The St. Louis Bush Wackers have drafted Obe Dede #48 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1979-05-03	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Obe Dede to the major league team.
1977-04-16	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Claude Angel to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Playboys have designated Obe Dede for assignment.
1977-04-16	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Obe Dede to the major league team.
1976-07-24	The Pittsburgh Playboys have designated Obe Dede for assignment.
1976-07-24	The Pittsburgh Playboys have removed Obe Dede from the trade block.
1976-07-24	The Pittsburgh Playboys have placed Obe Dede on the trade block.
1976-04-20	The Pittsburgh Playboys have removed Obe Dede from the trade block.
1976-04-20	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Obe Dede to the major league team.
1963-04-04	The Pittsburgh Playboys have renamed Tom Gonzalez to Obe Dede.