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Name Team Age
Kevin Birch Retired (1965, Age 35) Died (2012, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 31
(1950)		 SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League 0 8 years (18 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A  B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  C+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A  0 12/4/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.5 %) A  (85.7 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CHN 36 139 16 29 5 0 0 5 20 30 1 1 7 .551 .306 .245 .209
1953 CHN 48 154 21 37 11 0 0 14 29 26 11 6 8 .670 .359 .312 .240
1954 CHN 70 240 31 69 11 1 3 21 36 42 16 6 6 .763 .384 .379 .287
1958 CHN 10 18 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 .659 .381 .278 .278
1959 CHN 23 28 7 16 3 0 1 6 2 0 5 3 1 1.366 .581 .786 .571
1960 CHN 157 629 104 194 35 9 16 69 75 91 33 29 19 .855 .386 .469 .308
1961 CHN 107 365 40 92 12 3 7 36 47 57 18 13 13 .698 .339 .359 .252
1962 CHN 140 554 73 155 21 3 11 50 54 85 44 25 19 .731 .343 .388 .280
1963 CHN 53 97 14 28 2 0 3 7 16 16 5 6 5 .797 .395 .402 .289
1964 CHN 60 165 17 48 7 1 3 13 12 25 6 9 8 .737 .337 .400 .291
1965 CHN 14 35 4 11 1 0 1 3 3 8 4 0 0 .813 .385 .429 .314
Total 718 2424 330 684 108 17 45 225 297 383 147 98 87 .758 .362 .396 .282
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Kevin Birch has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1965-05-30The Chicago Bombers have promoted Juan Ross to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Kevin Birch.
1958-07-20The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Gat Noonan to the minors.
1954-09-20The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Manemann to the minors.
1954-04-29The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team.
1953-09-02The Chicago Bombers have promoted Eric Avo to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors.
1953-06-22The Chicago Bombers have promoted Kevin Birch to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Joey Reichert to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have waived Darrell Kardow. The Chicago Bombers have waived Buck Goodwin.
1950-05-14The Chicago Bombers have promoted Jay Caballero to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Danny Schang to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Billy King to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Milt Kirrene to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Ed Tankersley to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Mike Dean to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Chris Stanley to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted John Williams to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Roy Hearn to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have promoted Buck Carew to the major league team. The Chicago Bombers have sent Randy Avo to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Pete Hart to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Tim Schmitty to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Jack Shea to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Alex Rico to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent John Schmitt to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kev Manemann to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Birch to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent Kevin Manemann to the minors. The Chicago Bombers have sent John Schmitty to the minors.
1950-04-01The Chicago Bombers have renamed Don Willis to Kevin Birch.