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Name	Team	Age
Mike Kienzle	Retired (1964, Age 36)	Died (2014, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22 (1950)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League	0	13 years (38 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	A+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C+	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A+	0	10/28/1928
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)
D  (17.4 %)	F  (1.2 %)	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

1950

Minors

53.00

2 / 3

5 / 7

4 / 6

5 / 6

8 / 8

6 / 15

2 / 8

32 / 53

1951

Majors

64.59

162

154

0

6 / 8

7 / 9

3 / 5

10 / 15

9 / 9

1 / 8

3 / 10

39 / 64

1952

Majors

62.66

162

160

0

9 / 10

4 / 6

8 / 13

2 / 7

11 / 11

0 / 8

2 / 7

36 / 62

1953

Majors

65.22

162

160

0

4 / 6

7 / 10

1 / 10

2 / 6

12 / 12

0 / 9

1 / 12

27 / 65

1954

Majors

66.68

162

160

0

5 / 13

2 / 5

2 / 6

4 / 12

6 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 11

20 / 66

1955

Minors

28.00

3 / 3

1 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 8

2 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 6

9 / 28

1955

Majors

14.18

34

33

0

1 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 2

3 / 14

1955

Pos (C)

127.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 127

1956

Majors

63.94

162

160

0

3 / 11

1 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 10

5 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 8

11 / 63

1957

Majors

58.98

162

160

0

0 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 5

2 / 58

1958

Majors

62.60

162

160

0

2 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 9

1 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 9

4 / 62

1959

Majors

64.34

162

160

0

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 64

1960

Majors

64.72

162

160

0

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 64

1961

Majors

64.64

162

160

0

0 / 6

0 / 15

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 64

1962

Majors

64.79

162

160

0

-2 / 5

-5 / 9

-3 / 9

-1 / 10

-10 / 7

-3 / 12

-2 / 12

-26 / 64

1963

Majors

27.95

162

14

0

-4 / 3

-4 / 2

-2 / 4

-6 / 2

-4 / 5

-2 / 5

-3 / 6

-25 / 27

1964

Majors

27.39

156

18

0

-6 / 7

-2 / 3

-3 / 3

-4 / 4

-5 / 5

-2 / 5

-2 / 0

-24 / 27

Total

2134

1819

0

23 / 113

18 / 123

14 / 109

14 / 120

36 / 116

0 / 140

4 / 124

110 / 972

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	Mike Kienzle has retired from the Cincinnati Mavericks
1964-04-08	The Cincinnati Mavericks have acquired Mike Kienzle from the waiver wire.
1964-04-01	The Seattle Green Socks have promoted Mike Curry to the major league team. The Seattle Green Socks have designated Mike Kienzle for assignment.
1956-03-25	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Mike Kienzle to the major league team.
1955-06-26	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Luis Webb to the major league team. The Detroit Hammering Hanks have sent Mike Kienzle to the minors.
1955-06-25	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Mike Kienzle to the major league team. The Detroit Hammering Hanks have designated Steve Spikes for assignment.
1955-05-08	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Matt Hutchison to the major league team. The Detroit Hammering Hanks have sent Mike Kienzle to the minors.
1951-04-01	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Mike Kienzle to the major league team.
1950-04-01	The Detroit Hammering Hanks have promoted Bert Nourse to the major league team. The Detroit Hammering Hanks have sent Mike Kienzle to the minors.