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Name	Team	Age
Rusty Laforza	Retired (1999, Age 37)	Died (2028, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1984)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Fred Lynn League	0	13 years (133 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	C	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	1/20/1962
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	3
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (RF)
A  (85.4 %)	C  (40.5 %)	D+ (21.9 %)

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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

1984

Minors

65.00

2 / 6

2 / 9

7 / 11

4 / 8

8 / 8

5 / 8

7 / 15

35 / 65

1984

Pos (1B)

126.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

18 / 126

1985

Minors

6.00

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

4 / 6

1985

Majors

48.53

127

85

0

3 / 8

4 / 6

4 / 7

2 / 5

9 / 10

5 / 8

3 / 4

30 / 48

1985

Pos (1B)

14.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 14

1985

Pos (RF)

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 7

1986

Majors

63.08

162

106

0

2 / 7

4 / 12

1 / 7

1 / 8

4 / 12

3 / 12

1 / 5

16 / 63

1987

Majors

62.98

162

115

0

3 / 12

2 / 11

3 / 7

1 / 11

4 / 5

3 / 9

2 / 7

18 / 62

1988

Majors

38.06

101

67

60

1 / 5

1 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 6

1 / 7

7 / 38

1989

Majors

37.72

162

20

0

1 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 8

2 / 6

1 / 8

5 / 37

1990

Minors

15.00

1 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

4 / 15

1990

Majors

25.77

78

45

0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 25

1991

Majors

57.77

162

130

0

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 6

1 / 57

1992

Majors

54.53

151

107

11

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 54

1993

Majors

37.29

144

40

18

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 37

1994

Majors

39.36

162

26

0

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 39

1995

Majors

25.37

114

16

48

0 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 25

1996

Majors

31.79

150

19

12

-4 / 4

-1 / 3

-5 / 5

-5 / 4

-8 / 8

-2 / 3

-2 / 4

-27 / 31

1997

Majors

46.73

154

66

4

-1 / 9

0 / 4

-3 / 7

-1 / 12

-2 / 6

-2 / 2

-2 / 6

-11 / 46

1998

Majors

35.40

142

47

0

-2 / 3

-6 / 5

-6 / 6

-3 / 8

-7 / 6

1 / 7

-2 / 0

-25 / 35

1999

Majors

61.67

162

124

0

-2 / 7

-6 / 11

0 / 15

-3 / 8

-3 / 5

-2 / 8

-1 / 7

-17 / 61

Total

2133

1013

153

4 / 99

3 / 100

3 / 114

-3 / 114

7 / 111

17 / 107

11 / 99

62 / 891

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1999-11-01	Rusty Laforza has retired from the Cincinnati Roses
1998-05-31	The Cincinnati Roses have promoted Rusty Laforza to the major league team.
1998-05-31	The Cincinnati Roses have acquired Rusty Laforza from the waiver wire.
1998-05-12	The Milwaukee Mildoggies have waived Rusty Laforza.
1998-05-08	The Milwaukee Mildoggies have promoted Stickarm Claussen to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mildoggies have designated Rusty Laforza for assignment.
1997-09-27	Rusty Laforza of the Milwaukee Mildoggies is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1997-07-20	The Milwaukee Mildoggies have placed Rusty Laforza on the trade block.
1997-04-05	The Milwaukee Mildoggies have acquired Rusty Laforza from the waiver wire.
1997-04-01	The San Francisco Chimaeras have promoted Armando Bailey to the major league team. The San Francisco Chimaeras have designated Rusty Laforza for assignment.
1996-04-27	Rusty Laforza of the San Francisco Chimaeras is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1995-08-29	Rusty Laforza of the San Francisco Chimaeras is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1995-07-22	Rusty Laforza of the San Francisco Chimaeras is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1993-04-01	Rusty Laforza of the San Francisco Chimaeras is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1992-10-23	The San Francisco Chimaeras have removed Rusty Laforza from the trade block.
1992-10-11	The San Francisco Chimaeras have placed Rusty Laforza on the trade block.
1992-06-30	Rusty Laforza of the San Francisco Chimaeras is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1990-10-22	A trade has been completed between the Boston Eponyms and the San Francisco Chimaeras. The San Francisco Chimaeras receive Rusty Laforza from the Boston Eponyms in exchange for Frankie Madero.
1990-07-05	The Boston Eponyms have promoted Rusty Laforza to the major league team. The Boston Eponyms have sent Matt Koskie to the minors.
1989-10-03	The Boston Eponyms have sent Rusty Laforza to the minors.
1988-08-25	Rusty Laforza of the Boston Eponyms is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1988-06-25	Rusty Laforza of the Boston Eponyms is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1985-09-06	The Boston Tunes have promoted Rusty Laforza to the major league team.
1985-07-29	The Boston Tunes have promoted Jeff Valentine to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Rusty Laforza to the minors.
1985-03-07	The Boston Tunes have promoted Rusty Laforza to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Jeff Valentine to the minors.
1984-04-01	The Boston Tunes have renamed Rusty Jethroe to Rusty Laforza.