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Name	Team	Age
Smitty Rushke	Retired (2021, Age 35)	Died (2063, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17 (2005)	3B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League	0	11 years (151 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	D
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	9/11/1986
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	2	7
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (RF)
B- (53.4 %)	D- (5.5 %)	D- (5.4 %)

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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

2005

Minors

42.00

2 / 3

4 / 7

8 / 8

6 / 6

4 / 4

7 / 7

7 / 7

38 / 42

2005

Pos (C)

61.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 61

2006

Minors

35.00

4 / 6

2 / 6

2 / 3

1 / 2

5 / 5

6 / 6

7 / 7

27 / 35

2007

Minors

51.00

4 / 6

5 / 10

4 / 5

6 / 7

9 / 10

6 / 6

7 / 7

41 / 51

2008

Minors

61.00

3 / 5

8 / 12

7 / 9

4 / 9

4 / 8

8 / 11

6 / 7

40 / 61

2008

Pos (C)

154.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 154

2009

Majors

39.38

152

62

10

4 / 8

2 / 5

5 / 5

2 / 4

6 / 7

3 / 4

6 / 6

28 / 39

2010

Majors

51.11

143

120

19

0 / 4

3 / 10

6 / 9

4 / 5

6 / 7

6 / 9

7 / 7

32 / 51

2011

Majors

55.72

139

117

23

0 / 7

3 / 6

3 / 8

3 / 7

2 / 7

5 / 12

3 / 8

19 / 55

2012

Majors

61.62

146

122

15

3 / 11

6 / 13

1 / 3

3 / 12

2 / 8

2 / 8

3 / 6

20 / 61

2013

Majors

69.94

162

135

0

1 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 13

1 / 9

2 / 7

3 / 11

4 / 13

12 / 69

2014

Majors

70.17

162

135

0

0 / 5

2 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 8

4 / 13

1 / 15

2 / 11

11 / 70

2015

Majors

55.36

132

111

30

1 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 9

1 / 6

0 / 8

1 / 9

5 / 55

2016

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 12

0 / 6

1 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 67

2017

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 8

1 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 8

2 / 67

2018

Majors

64.33

154

129

8

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 10

1 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 64

2019

Majors

25.34

71

44

49

0 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 25

2020

Majors

45.81

156

51

6

-1 / 5

-5 / 6

-1 / 6

-2 / 4

-4 / 4

0 / 8

-2 / 12

-15 / 45

2021

Majors

19.54

107

3

9

-2 / 3

-2 / 3

-5 / 3

-3 / 0

-2 / 3

-1 / 2

-1 / 5

-16 / 19

Total

1848

1299

169

19 / 109

29 / 129

36 / 127

27 / 122

40 / 120

46 / 137

50 / 132

250 / 1091

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2021-11-01	Smitty Rushke has retired from the St. Louis Tsunami
2021-07-17	Smitty Rushke of the St. Louis Tsunami is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2021-05-23	The St. Louis Tsunami have promoted Smitty Rushke to the major league team. The St. Louis Tsunami have designated Ray Garcia for assignment.
2021-05-23	The St. Louis Tsunami have acquired Smitty Rushke from the waiver wire.
2021-04-11	The Cincinnati Cubs have waived Smitty Rushke.
2021-04-01	The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Roy Sechrist to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Luis Robinson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Scott Patterson for assignment. The Cincinnati Cubs have designated Smitty Rushke for assignment.
2020-09-17	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
2019-05-20	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
2018-10-13	The Cincinnati Cubs have placed Smitty Rushke on the trade block.
2018-08-24	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
2015-05-29	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
2012-07-06	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
2011-04-19	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
2010-08-11	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
2009-08-15	Smitty Rushke of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2009-04-01	The Cincinnati Cubs have promoted Smitty Rushke to the major league team.
2008-10-18	A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Tsunami and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Larry Fine Howard, Flint Taveras, Smitty Rushke, Draft Pick 2009 Round 2 STL (Babe Simmons), Draft Pick 2009 Round 1 STL (Bob Lemke) from the St. Louis Tsunami in exchange for Carl Gaston.
2005-04-05	The St. Louis Tsunami have renamed Jim Smith to Smitty Rushke.