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Name	Team	Age
Jay Kessler	Retired (2004, Age 35)	Died (2033, Age 64)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28 (1991)	C	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League	0	9 years (84 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A-	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	10/28/1969
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.8 %)	A+ (97.3 %)	D  (16.2 %)

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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

1991

Minors

82.00

10 / 14

5 / 9

4 / 6

8 / 13

12 / 12

9 / 10

17 / 18

65 / 82

1992

Minors

67.00

3 / 10

5 / 8

1 / 5

4 / 10

14 / 14

6 / 9

7 / 11

40 / 67

1993

Minors

12.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 4

5 / 12

1993

Majors

12.46

58

10

34

1 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

4 / 12

1994

Minors

56.00

3 / 8

2 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 8

9 / 10

4 / 5

2 / 10

21 / 56

1995

Majors

37.79

124

55

38

1 / 4

0 / 2

2 / 6

4 / 8

3 / 6

2 / 5

3 / 6

15 / 37

1996

Majors

47.13

145

74

17

2 / 8

3 / 10

1 / 7

0 / 8

4 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 4

13 / 47

1997

Majors

51.42

162

74

0

0 / 8

2 / 5

4 / 9

0 / 4

3 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 9

11 / 51

1998

Majors

58.31

162

96

0

2 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 12

1 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 7

5 / 58

1999

Majors

54.80

162

74

0

0 / 10

1 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 5

2 / 54

2000

Majors

56.06

162

80

0

1 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 9

2 / 8

1 / 6

5 / 56

2001

Majors

55.09

162

84

0

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 8

2 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 11

2 / 55

2002

Majors

53.36

162

88

0

1 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 5

1 / 53

2003

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

2003

Majors

36.79

118

54

0

0 / 5

-4 / 4

-2 / 4

-3 / 6

-5 / 9

-2 / 3

-2 / 5

-18 / 36

2004

Majors

13.53

50

16

0

-2 / 3

-7 / 1

-6 / 2

-8 / 0

-5 / 2

-4 / 4

-2 / 1

-34 / 13

Total

1467

705

89

23 / 113

7 / 78

6 / 79

10 / 110

38 / 119

19 / 88

34 / 104

137 / 691

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2004-11-01	Jay Kessler has retired from the Milwaukee Brewmasters
2004-08-07	The Milwaukee Brewmasters have promoted Jay Kessler to the major league team.
2004-08-07	The Milwaukee Brewmasters have acquired Jay Kessler from the waiver wire.
2003-09-10	The Pittsburgh Buckles have waived Jay Kessler.
2003-08-14	The Pittsburgh Buckles have promoted Don Frisella to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buckles have designated Jay Kessler for assignment.
1996-08-19	Jay Kessler of the Pittsburgh Buckles is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1995-07-10	Jay Kessler of the Pittsburgh Buckles is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1995-06-05	Jay Kessler of the Pittsburgh Buckles is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1995-04-01	The Pittsburgh Buckles have promoted Jay Kessler to the major league team.
1993-08-11	The Pittsburgh Buckles have promoted Gene Cairo to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buckles have sent Jay Kessler to the minors.
1993-06-11	Jay Kessler of the Pittsburgh Buckles is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1993-04-08	The Pittsburgh Buckles have promoted Jay Kessler to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Buckles have designated Stoney Matthews for assignment.