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Name	Team	Age
Rudy Kerns	Retired (1972, Age 36)	Died (2007, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15 (1953)	SS	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Barry Zito League	0	14 years (72 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C+	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B-	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	11/10/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	6	9
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (2B)
C- (28.0 %)	D  (16.4 %)	D  (14.4 %)

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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

1953

Minors

63.00

12 / 13

7 / 8

8 / 8

7 / 7

4 / 10

10 / 10

7 / 7

55 / 63

1953

Majors

0.20

5

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1953

Pos (LF)

23.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

17 / 23

1953

Pos (RF)

17.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

12 / 17

1954

Minors

74.00

8 / 9

12 / 14

10 / 10

13 / 13

1 / 11

9 / 9

8 / 8

61 / 74

1954

Pos (1B)

156.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

14 / 156

1954

Pos (RF)

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

5 / 6

1955

Minors

70.00

8 / 8

7 / 9

10 / 10

11 / 14

1 / 9

8 / 8

10 / 12

55 / 70

1955

Pos (1B)

15.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

4 / 15

1955

Pos (2B)

147.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

10 / 147

1956

Minors

66.00

3 / 4

6 / 11

11 / 13

5 / 8

0 / 5

10 / 14

9 / 11

44 / 66

1956

Pos (2B)

119.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

10 / 119

1957

Minors

57.00

5 / 6

4 / 10

6 / 9

7 / 10

1 / 7

6 / 7

6 / 8

35 / 57

1957

Majors

0.52

1

1

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1957

Pos (SS)

146.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

16 / 146

1958

Minors

60.00

3 / 8

3 / 8

3 / 11

4 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 6

6 / 8

20 / 60

1958

Majors

1.41

6

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1958

Pos (3B)

137.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

12 / 137

1958

Pos (SS)

19.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 19

1959

Majors

73.76

162

113

0

2 / 9

4 / 18

3 / 7

4 / 10

1 / 10

3 / 13

2 / 6

19 / 73

1960

Majors

79.72

162

135

0

0 / 13

2 / 6

3 / 11

2 / 13

1 / 13

7 / 11

4 / 12

19 / 79

1961

Majors

76.91

162

135

0

1 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 6

3 / 15

0 / 11

2 / 11

6 / 15

13 / 76

1962

Majors

71.61

151

126

11

0 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 9

1 / 14

1 / 14

1 / 13

1 / 4

5 / 71

1963

Majors

56.57

124

104

38

0 / 5

1 / 14

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 7

3 / 11

4 / 56

1964

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 13

2 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 13

0 / 10

3 / 67

1965

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 5

1 / 11

0 / 9

1 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 12

2 / 67

1966

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 67

1967

Majors

63.83

153

128

9

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 63

1968

Majors

66.72

162

135

0

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 14

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 66

1969

Majors

66.92

161

135

1

-3 / 14

-6 / 9

-2 / 6

-3 / 10

-3 / 14

-1 / 7

-4 / 6

-22 / 66

1970

Majors

62.63

150

126

12

-1 / 14

-3 / 9

-1 / 5

-3 / 8

-8 / 7

-4 / 11

-2 / 8

-22 / 62

1971

Majors

66.13

162

135

0

-3 / 5

-5 / 9

-1 / 11

-1 / 9

0 / 12

-4 / 11

-1 / 9

-15 / 66

1972

Majors

33.68

162

47

0

-4 / 5

-3 / 4

-5 / 4

-7 / 4

-4 / 10

-3 / 2

-1 / 4

-27 / 33

Total

2209

1725

71

31 / 173

33 / 192

46 / 170

45 / 209

-4 / 186

44 / 194

54 / 179

352 / 2088

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1972-11-01	Rudy Kerns has retired from the Colorado Renegades
1972-03-30	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Ches Beasley to the minors.
1972-03-30	Rudy Kerns has signed with the Colorado Renegades for $1.85M per year for 1 year.
1971-03-29	The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Mike Thies to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Jack Schweitzer to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Bill Rondon to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Bill Franco to the major league team. The Chicago Cubbies have promoted Buster Fanzone to the major league team.
1971-03-29	Rudy Kerns has signed with the Chicago Cubbies for $2.45M per year for 1 year.
1970-09-14	Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1969-09-30	Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1967-11-01	Rudy Kerns now holds the league record for career on-base percentage.
1967-11-01	Rudy Kerns now holds the league record for career batting average.
1967-09-21	Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1964-03-29	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Bill Garfield to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Doug Meara to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Bobby Dotter to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Lee Brill to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Hal Davison to the major league team.
1964-03-29	Rudy Kerns has signed with the Colorado Renegades for $4.7M per year for 7 years.
1963-06-11	Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1962-04-30	Rudy Kerns of the Colorado Renegades is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1958-09-26	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Archi Darwin to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Jack Kaiser to the major league team.
1957-10-03	The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1957-10-01	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Eric Ross to the major league team.
1957-03-29	The Colorado Renegades have sent Tyson Murphy to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Mike Bowman to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Mike Prough to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Denny Hamrick to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Kevin Middleton to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Phil Guerrero to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Hal Grube to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Jack Kaiser to the minors. The Colorado Renegades have sent Dutch Peterson to the minors.
1957-03-29	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Rudy Kerns to the major league team.
1953-09-28	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Pedro Klopp to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have promoted Oscar Geraghty to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-09-27	The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.
1953-09-27	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Kermit Aleno to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-09-26	The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.
1953-08-29	The Colorado Renegades have promoted Tex Barr to the major league team. The Colorado Renegades have sent Rudy Kerns to the minors.
1953-08-25	The Colorado Renegades have auto-promoted Rudy Kerns to the major leagues.