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Keller Stargell League
5-31-2028
Big Time Samba Left Field
Retired (2010, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .292 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .814 Status Retired (2010) Option Years 0  
H 2165 Age 56 (OS 57) Date of Birth 06-25-1971
HR 229 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1989)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(37 games)
RBI 1067
SB 267
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B C+ (47.1%) LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF A+ (98.0%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
Notes: 2-time All-Star; 1st hit a double comes vs. KC (04/11/1991); 1st HR vs TEX (04/30/1993); Goes 4-5 vs Detroit with 1 HR and 6 RBIs (06/18/2004); Hit #2000 comes vs OAK Bama Krause (05/10/2008): Wave Rider Hall of Fame
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1991 TB
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0 0
1.500
.500
1.000
.500
.500
1993 TB
6
17
3
5
2
0
1
2
0
3 0 0
0
0 0
.882
.294
.588
.294
.294
1994 TB
24
94
19
27
9
0
3
16
13
19 2 0
4
1 0
.864
.385
.479
.191
.287
1995 TB
103
261
38
67
13
0
10
36
32
51 0 1
4
2 3
.758
.337
.421
.165
.257
1996 TB
139
538
67
143
20
4
13
69
50
106 1 3
11
6 8
.718
.328
.390
.125
.266
1997 TB
142
542
93
139
15
4
11
58
79
92 3 6
24
6 3
.711
.351
.360
.103
.256
1998 TB
141
563
115
166
23
8
16
73
75
101 3 1
21
7 6
.829
.380
.449
.155
.295
1999 TB
139
561
96
168
25
8
19
92
61
87 3 2
9
11 1
.844
.370
.474
.175
.299
2000 TB
126
491
86
148
22
6
20
58
79
90 1 0
22
12 5
.892
.399
.493
.191
.301
2001 TB
140
561
106
179
25
13
20
87
68
94 2 2
34
16 1
.910
.393
.517
.198
.319
2002 TB
142
554
98
173
20
8
14
67
78
89 3 2
35
8 6
.852
.399
.453
.141
.312
2003 TB
116
443
83
127
18
5
14
55
63
80 1 3
16
8 3
.819
.375
.445
.158
.287
2004 TB
147
543
96
176
27
5
18
114
68
90 0 9
19
12 3
.885
.394
.492
.168
.324
2005 TB
146
539
85
156
21
3
16
80
55
105 2 2
30
16 4
.785
.356
.429
.139
.289
2006 TB
147
545
76
163
26
9
12
82
53
91 3 5
15
17 3
.807
.361
.446
.147
.299
2007 TB
119
461
74
143
26
2
22
87
49
73 0 4
7
10 4
.892
.374
.518
.208
.310
2008 TB
134
346
50
84
11
1
11
45
31
66 0 1
11
5 1
.680
.304
.376
.133
.243
2009 TB
106
232
21
69
7
1
6
31
17
47 0 1
4
4 1
.758
.344
.414
.116
.297
2010 TB
65
130
11
31
6
0
3
15
6
22 0 0
1
1 1
.626
.272
.354
.115
.238
Total
2084
7423
1218
2165
317
77
229
1067
877
1306 24 42
267
142 53
.814
.366
.448
.156
.292
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2010-11-01Big Time Samba has retired from the Tampa Bay Wave Riders
2007-05-03Big Time Samba of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2004-06-23The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have removed Big Time Samba from the trade block.
2004-06-18The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have placed Big Time Samba on the trade block.
2003-04-18Big Time Samba of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
2000-05-23Big Time Samba of the Tampa Bay Wave Riders is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1994-08-31The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Big Time Samba to the major league team.
1993-05-06The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Sunset Cash to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Big Time Samba to the minors.
1993-04-27The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Big Time Samba to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Johnny PS4 Marion to the minors.
1992-11-01The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Jacob Bahama to the minors. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Big Time Samba to the minors.
1992-10-02The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Big Time Samba to the major league team.
1991-04-22The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Scott Hoelskoetter to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Big Time Samba to the minors.
1991-04-08The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have promoted Big Time Samba to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have sent Babe Finney to the minors.
1989-04-01The Tampa Bay Wave Riders have renamed Scott Colon to Big Time Samba.
1989-03-07Trade #1556931 has been completed between the Tampa Bay Wave Riders and the Baltimore Dirty Soxs. The Baltimore Dirty Soxs receive Wally Mesner, Gus Baker, MC Hawk Jones, Draft Pick 1989 Round 2 TB (Tommy Chartak) from the Tampa Bay Wave Riders in exchange for Babe Finney, Draft Pick 1989 Round 1 BAL (Big Time Samba).