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Name	Team	Age
Tom Kirby	Retired (2023, Age 35)	Died (2062, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (2007)	LF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lou Whitaker League	0	11 years (161 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	12/30/1987
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (95.3 %)	B  (66.7 %)	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

2007

Minors

54.00

3 / 3

3 / 5

8 / 10

10 / 13

5 / 8

10 / 11

4 / 4

43 / 54

2008

Minors

19.00

3 / 3

2 / 2

1 / 2

4 / 4

3 / 5

0 / 0

3 / 3

16 / 19

2009

Minors

36.00

2 / 3

3 / 4

4 / 7

5 / 8

2 / 4

6 / 6

3 / 4

25 / 36

2010

Minors

32.00

0 / 3

2 / 4

0 / 2

6 / 9

1 / 5

2 / 5

4 / 4

15 / 32

2011

Minors

9.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 0

5 / 9

2011

Majors

23.00

91

31

0

2 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 0

4 / 7

1 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 2

12 / 23

2012

Majors

66.47

162

117

0

3 / 8

4 / 8

0 / 7

4 / 9

3 / 16

5 / 10

2 / 8

21 / 66

2013

Majors

62.91

162

106

0

5 / 7

4 / 11

3 / 7

3 / 8

0 / 7

6 / 11

4 / 11

25 / 62

2014

Majors

55.06

162

91

0

2 / 7

2 / 9

0 / 2

1 / 3

3 / 12

4 / 14

1 / 8

13 / 55

2015

Majors

68.80

162

142

0

2 / 19

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 9

2 / 7

0 / 6

5 / 68

2016

Majors

62.25

162

129

0

1 / 10

1 / 3

1 / 11

1 / 16

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 9

5 / 62

2017

Majors

56.43

162

82

0

0 / 3

1 / 13

0 / 6

1 / 15

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 4

3 / 56

2018

Majors

58.71

145

125

17

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 58

2019

Majors

27.25

92

39

26

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 27

2020

Majors

66.17

162

142

0

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 66

2021

Majors

59.24

155

136

7

-4 / 6

-3 / 9

-1 / 6

-7 / 7

-6 / 8

-4 / 13

-1 / 10

-26 / 59

2022

Majors

63.32

162

142

0

-2 / 7

-4 / 5

-1 / 10

-2 / 12

-3 / 7

-1 / 11

-2 / 11

-15 / 63

2023

Majors

24.60

155

9

0

-3 / 3

-5 / 3

-6 / 6

-7 / 2

-8 / 3

-3 / 3

-2 / 4

-34 / 24

Total

1934

1291

50

15 / 110

11 / 110

11 / 114

23 / 137

3 / 120

31 / 138

19 / 110

113 / 839

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2023-11-01	Tom Kirby has retired from the Philadelphia Phood Phighters
2023-05-03	The Philadelphia Phood Phighters have acquired Tom Kirby from the waiver wire.
2023-04-26	The Detroit Sharks have promoted Lonny Nieman to the major league team. The Detroit Sharks have designated Tom Kirby for assignment.
2021-06-19	Tom Kirby of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
2019-04-25	Tom Kirby of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
2018-09-12	Tom Kirby of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
2012-04-01	The Detroit Sharks have promoted Tom Kirby to the major league team. The Detroit Sharks have designated Al Simmons for assignment.
2012-04-01	The Detroit Sharks have sent Tom Kirby to the minors.
2011-07-10	The Detroit Sharks have promoted Tom Kirby to the major league team. The Detroit Sharks have designated Merritt Ovitz for assignment.
2011-05-10	The Detroit Sharks have promoted Rich Cottier to the major league team. The Detroit Sharks have sent Tom Kirby to the minors.
2011-04-21	The Detroit Sharks have promoted Tom Kirby to the major league team.