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Name	Team	Age
Sam Korven	Retired (1969, Age 38)	Died (2003, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7 (1950)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	16 years (121 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
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	11/20/1930
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	5
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

57.00

0 / 5

6 / 11

3 / 4

5 / 11

5 / 6

11 / 11

9 / 9

39 / 57

1951

Minors

59.00

2 / 8

2 / 7

4 / 10

8 / 15

6 / 8

8 / 8

3 / 3

33 / 59

1952

Minors

68.00

1 / 7

3 / 11

2 / 9

4 / 12

5 / 10

8 / 10

7 / 9

30 / 68

1953

Majors

58.90

141

125

21

4 / 14

3 / 7

4 / 9

1 / 7

5 / 8

5 / 5

5 / 8

27 / 58

1954

Majors

68.08

162

142

0

5 / 10

4 / 12

3 / 8

1 / 12

6 / 11

6 / 9

3 / 6

28 / 68

1955

Majors

65.32

162

142

0

3 / 11

1 / 5

1 / 13

1 / 9

0 / 9

2 / 6

4 / 12

12 / 65

1956

Majors

66.35

162

142

0

0 / 12

0 / 14

0 / 5

0 / 4

2 / 13

1 / 11

3 / 7

6 / 66

1957

Majors

68.22

162

142

0

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 15

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 5

4 / 14

5 / 68

1958

Majors

63.15

151

133

11

2 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 11

3 / 10

3 / 15

0 / 6

8 / 63

1959

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 14

0 / 8

0 / 11

1 / 66

1960

Majors

59.56

146

129

16

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 12

1 / 13

1 / 59

1961

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 8

1 / 14

0 / 11

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 66

1962

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 15

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 66

1963

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 9

1 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 15

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 5

2 / 66

1964

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

-1 / 11

-7 / 13

-1 / 11

-2 / 10

-3 / 4

-1 / 7

-1 / 10

-16 / 66

1965

Majors

56.93

138

122

24

-1 / 11

-2 / 7

-1 / 11

-2 / 4

-2 / 12

-4 / 5

-1 / 6

-13 / 56

1966

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

-2 / 7

-6 / 15

-3 / 11

-6 / 12

-6 / 5

-4 / 5

-1 / 11

-28 / 66

1967

Majors

64.24

162

142

0

-4 / 12

0 / 11

-3 / 6

-4 / 12

-4 / 11

-3 / 7

-2 / 5

-20 / 64

1968

Majors

52.94

136

108

26

-1 / 3

-4 / 6

-2 / 5

-1 / 8

-9 / 11

-3 / 12

-1 / 7

-21 / 52

1969

Majors

32.38

95

52

0

-3 / 7

-7 / 2

-1 / 4

-1 / 7

-4 / 5

0 / 3

-3 / 4

-19 / 32

Total

2589

2231

98

6 / 186

-4 / 173

6 / 172

5 / 196

5 / 181

29 / 163

30 / 160

77 / 1231

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Sam Korven has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-07-20	The Cincinnati Sandbaggers have promoted Pedro Guzman to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sandbaggers have waived Sam Korven.
1968-11-01	Sam Korven now holds the league record for career walks.
1968-05-14	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1965-06-01	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1960-07-04	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1960-05-10	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1958-08-19	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1953-06-20	Sam Korven of the New York Tycoons is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1953-04-01	The New York Tycoons have promoted Mike Fisher to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Sam Korven to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have designated Bill Kingsley for assignment. The New York Tycoons have designated Lynn Atkinson for assignment.
1950-04-01	The New York Tycoons have renamed Alex Johnson to Sam Korven.
1950-04-01	The New York Tycoons have promoted Harold Nye to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Bill Hoff to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Buddy Moynahan to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Fred McCullough to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Mike Cullen to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have promoted Mike Ruffin to the major league team. The New York Tycoons have sent Mark Schaal to the minors. The New York Tycoons have sent Scott Schang to the minors. The New York Tycoons have sent Alex Johnson to the minors. The New York Tycoons have sent Jim Seats to the minors. The New York Tycoons have sent Ed Giles to the minors. The New York Tycoons have sent Lore Carroll to the minors.