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Name	Team	Age
Cactus Benz	Retired (1990, Age 36)	Died (2034, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 30 (1972)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	10 years (10 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B+	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	1/21/1954
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	5
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.1 %)	D  (15.9 %)	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

1972

Minors

57.00

5 / 5

5 / 5

7 / 7

12 / 12

6 / 8

10 / 10

10 / 10

55 / 57

1973

Minors

73.00

19 / 19

6 / 6

11 / 11

9 / 9

4 / 10

11 / 11

7 / 7

67 / 73

1974

Minors

66.00

5 / 6

9 / 9

9 / 11

4 / 6

5 / 12

4 / 5

12 / 17

48 / 66

1975

Minors

59.00

8 / 12

11 / 12

2 / 2

6 / 6

0 / 13

9 / 9

4 / 5

40 / 59

1976

Minors

69.00

5 / 14

6 / 10

7 / 9

5 / 9

2 / 8

5 / 10

4 / 9

34 / 69

1977

Minors

57.00

3 / 6

3 / 5

6 / 9

4 / 10

4 / 12

1 / 6

3 / 9

24 / 57

1978

Minors

54.00

0 / 5

5 / 11

3 / 7

4 / 8

0 / 7

5 / 9

3 / 7

20 / 54

1979

Minors

70.00

2 / 9

3 / 8

7 / 17

8 / 12

1 / 8

1 / 6

4 / 10

26 / 70

1980

Minors

73.00

3 / 9

2 / 7

1 / 10

2 / 10

2 / 10

5 / 19

2 / 8

17 / 73

1981

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

1981

Majors

45.68

135

78

19

0 / 10

1 / 5

0 / 6

2 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 8

1 / 2

4 / 45

1982

Majors

56.76

162

110

0

1 / 9

0 / 5

1 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 9

3 / 56

1983

Majors

54.04

157

89

5

0 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 11

3 / 54

1984

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

1 / 15

1 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 9

3 / 66

1985

Majors

59.73

145

128

17

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 59

1986

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 66

1987

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 66

1988

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

-3 / 5

-2 / 6

-2 / 12

-4 / 13

-6 / 12

0 / 11

-3 / 7

-20 / 66

1989

Majors

42.44

110

97

52

-2 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

-1 / 7

-7 / 5

-3 / 4

0 / 6

-13 / 42

1990

Majors

28.82

162

36

0

-4 / 4

-2 / 3

-3 / 5

-1 / 5

-4 / 3

0 / 4

-4 / 4

-18 / 28

Total

1519

1106

93

43 / 165

49 / 138

50 / 172

51 / 168

7 / 168

49 / 157

45 / 160

294 / 1128

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1990-11-01	Cactus Benz has retired from the New York Highlanders
1990-04-02	A trade has been completed between the New York Highlanders and the Boston D-Bags. The Boston D-Bags receive Draft Pick 1991 Round 2 NYA (Eli Weik) from the New York Highlanders in exchange for Cactus Benz. Protest This Trade.
1989-08-04	Cactus Benz of the Boston D-Bags is injured and is expected to be out 62 days.
1989-04-01	The Boston D-Bags have placed Cactus Benz on the trade block.
1985-06-23	Cactus Benz of the Boston D-Bags is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1983-09-26	Cactus Benz of the Boston D-Bags is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1981-07-03	Cactus Benz of the Boston D-Bags is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1981-04-10	The Boston D-Bags have promoted Cactus Benz to the major league team. The Boston D-Bags have waived Rube Andres. The Boston D-Bags have waived Andy Milosevich. The Boston D-Bags have waived Erv Page. The Boston D-Bags have waived Alex LeBourveau.