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Dom DiMaggio League
9-29-2074
Birdie Renko Relief Pitcher
Retired (1965, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.51 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 55-94 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
SV 247 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 12-10-1930
K 794 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(120 games)
IP 1342.2
WHIP 1.59
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance C    Ldrship D+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L F  Velocity B    Mentor Val C+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 3
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1953 KC
5
 5
118
0
0
0
4
 0
136.2
 131 51 50 3 61
82
1.40
3.29
1954 KC-CHA
2
 30
45
35
9
0
0
 0
273.2
 371 264 250 10 143
139
1.88
8.22
1955 CHA
8
 22
35
35
5
0
0
 0
248.0
 308 197 176 9 109
142
1.68
6.39
1956 CHA
8
 11
24
24
3
0
0
 0
177.2
 212 127 112 0 67
101
1.57
5.67
1957 CHA
9
 2
45
3
1
0
2
 0
75.1
 70 33 29 0 34
49
1.38
3.46
1958 CHA
0
 6
61
0
0
0
43
 0
63.1
 72 28 24 0 22
34
1.48
3.41
1959 CHA
1
 2
49
0
0
0
33
 0
43.2
 45 21 20 1 20
28
1.49
4.12
1960 CHA
3
 5
60
0
0
0
39
 0
52.1
 61 34 32 1 30
34
1.74
5.50
1961 CHA
2
 1
43
0
0
0
31
 0
41.1
 35 11 10 1 20
30
1.33
2.18
1962 CHA
2
 4
50
0
0
0
39
 0
50.2
 55 21 21 0 20
32
1.48
3.73
1963 CHA
10
 2
62
0
0
0
2
 0
71.2
 77 45 42 4 24
42
1.41
5.27
1964 CHA
3
 1
58
4
1
0
38
 0
75.2
 73 31 31 2 22
57
1.26
3.69
1965 CHA
2
 3
40
0
0
0
16
 5
33.0
 46 27 25 0 11
24
1.73
6.82
2074
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
55
 94
690
101
19
0
247
 5
1342.2
 1556 890 822 31 583
794
1.59
5.51
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Birdie Renko has retired from the Chicago Kanns
1956-09-23The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-09-06The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-08-31The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-08-27The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-08-16The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-08-12The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-08-07The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1956-08-06The Chicago Kanns have promoted Wade Arnason to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-07-24The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Bart Vaughn to the minors.
1956-07-08The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-06-28The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-06-24The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-06-14The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-06-10The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-06-05The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1956-06-03The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-05-24The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-05-22The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-05-17The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Trent West to the minors.
1956-05-13The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1956-04-02The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Wade Arnason to the minors.
1956-04-01The Chicago Kanns have promoted Wade Arnason to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Ron Fitzmaurice to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Tim Kendall to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-07-03The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Fran Fisher to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Joe Regan to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1955-07-01The Chicago Kanns have promoted Bart Vaughn to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-06-26The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1955-06-24The Chicago Kanns have promoted Bart Vaughn to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-05-31The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Rod Morton to the minors.
1955-05-29The Chicago Kanns have promoted Sammy Fontenot to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-05-24The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Rod Morton to the minors.
1955-05-23The Chicago Kanns have promoted Tim Kendall to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-05-13The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Rod Morton to the minors.
1955-05-13The Chicago Kanns have promoted Rod Morton to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-05-08The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1955-05-07The Chicago Kanns have promoted Karl Guerrero to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-05-02The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1955-05-01The Chicago Kanns have promoted Ray Dougherty to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-04-26The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Steve Eells to the minors.
1955-04-25The Chicago Kanns have promoted Ray Dougherty to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-04-09The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors.
1955-04-08The Chicago Kanns have promoted Rod Morton to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors.
1955-04-03The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Rod Morton to the minors.
1955-04-01The Chicago Kanns have promoted Trent West to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Tiny Flack to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Rod Morton to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Sammy Fontenot to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Tim Kendall to the minors.
1954-09-19The Chicago Kanns have promoted Bill Kelley to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Karl Guerrero to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Red Crockett to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Rod Morton to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Tiny Flack to the minors.
1954-09-19The Chicago Kanns have promoted Red Crockett to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Tiny Flack to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have promoted Rod Morton to the major league team. The Chicago Kanns have sent Birdie Renko to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Bill Kelley to the minors. The Chicago Kanns have sent Karl Guerrero to the minors.
1954-03-01The Chicago Kanns have renamed Bernie Tomko to Birdie Renko.
1954-03-01A trade has been completed between the Chicago Kanns and the Kansas City Anarchy. The Kansas City Anarchy receive Mike Boswell from the Chicago Kanns in exchange for Frank Backman, Bernie Tomko, Draft Pick - 1954 Round 1 (KC).
1953-04-01The Kansas City Anarchy have renamed Birdie Renko to Bernie Tomko.
1953-04-01The Kansas City Anarchy have promoted Birdie Renko to the major league team. The Kansas City Anarchy have designated Brett Miyamoto for assignment.