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Name	Team	Age
Kurt Burkhart	Retired (1952, Age 39)	Died (2000, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Andres Galarraga League	0	2 years (9 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	9/24/1913
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D+ (26.8 %)	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

Majors

61.53

162

114

0

-2 / 8

-5 / 11

-3 / 7

-4 / 10

-9 / 7

-3 / 8

0 / 10

-26 / 61

1951

Majors

48.36

162

83

0

-3 / 5

-6 / 10

-1 / 6

-6 / 7

-2 / 11

-1 / 3

-3 / 6

-22 / 48

1952

Minors

78.00

1 / 16

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 13

3 / 78

Total

324

197

0

-4 / 29

-11 / 30

-4 / 22

-9 / 28

-11 / 28

-4 / 21

-2 / 29

-45 / 187

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1952-11-01	Kurt Burkhart has retired from the Atlanta Braves
1952-04-01	The Atlanta Braves have promoted Hy Turner to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have promoted Luis Metheny to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have promoted Ben Damaska to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have designated Jim Easley for assignment. The Atlanta Braves have designated Joe Sperber for assignment. The Atlanta Braves have designated Kurt Burkhart for assignment.