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Ryan Doby League
5-26-2004
Tex Lawson Center Field
Retired (1974, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .304 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .896 Status Retired (1974) Option Years 0  
H 690 Age 68 (OS 69) Date of Birth 06-04-1935
HR 110 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(24 games)
RBI 435
SB 64
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B F  (1.0%) CF A+ (100%)   Health B  LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* 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
1956 TEX
8
26
6
8
1
0
3
8
2
 1 0 1
0
 2 0
1.037
.345
.692
.385
.308
1957 TEX
5
19
3
7
0
0
2
3
3
 1 0 0
2
 0 0
1.139
.455
.684
.316
.368
1958 TEX
151
583
89
189
27
5
32
109
59
 113 2 4
43
 23 7
.938
.386
.552
.228
.324
1959 TEX
151
599
89
164
29
7
27
110
58
 139 1 2
30
 14 4
.819
.338
.481
.207
.274
1960 TEX
151
619
113
170
27
11
32
107
54
 130 1 1
37
 20 3
.842
.333
.509
.234
.275
1961 TEX
149
623
120
192
27
5
37
121
52
 135 4 3
42
 16 3
.909
.364
.546
.238
.308
1962 TEX
151
600
132
186
33
4
43
124
70
 123 5 1
50
 21 1
.979
.386
.593
.283
.310
1963 TEX
151
609
126
181
33
5
42
125
60
 137 2 4
36
 20 1
.935
.360
.575
.278
.297
1964 TEX
151
632
113
195
25
9
38
118
50
 128 2 0
38
 17 5
.918
.361
.557
.248
.309
1965 TEX
151
628
111
185
24
8
36
111
51
 124 0 3
50
 15 3
.876
.346
.530
.236
.295
1966 TEX
151
612
126
192
24
4
51
122
70
 131 2 1
41
 20 5
1.001
.385
.616
.302
.314
1967 TEX
151
598
107
170
33
10
29
96
63
 119 2 3
29
 15 5
.871
.353
.518
.234
.284
1968 TEX
151
592
87
165
24
3
30
83
56
 124 2 0
40
 14 2
.824
.343
.481
.203
.279
1969 TEX
140
544
94
152
28
6
32
71
51
 119 2 2
37
 19 7
.872
.342
.529
.250
.279
1970 STL-COL
155
609
105
196
34
17
24
99
65
 136 1 5
24
 9 2
.937
.385
.552
.230
.322
1971 COL
154
581
109
168
23
11
28
108
57
 118 4 2
20
 11 6
.867
.356
.511
.222
.289
1972 COL
138
535
96
165
25
8
26
117
55
 103 2 1
17
 5 3
.905
.374
.531
.222
.308
1973 COL
128
502
83
148
20
4
29
102
43
 90 2 0
3
 3 1
.877
.353
.524
.229
.295
1974 COL
28
46
7
13
2
0
3
9
1
 7 0 0
0
 0 0
.820
.298
.522
.239
.283
Total
603
2273
400
690
104
40
110
435
221
 454 9 8
64
 28 12
.896
.366
.530
.226
.304

Statistics prior to 1970 were earned in the Larry Doby League.

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Tex Lawson has retired from the Colorado Spiders
1974-09-07The Colorado Spiders have promoted Tex Lawson to the major league team.
1974-06-10The Colorado Spiders have designated Tex Lawson for assignment.
1973-04-15Tex Lawson of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1971-08-07The Colorado Spiders have placed Tex Lawson on the trade block.
1970-11-01Tex Lawson now holds the league record for career triples.
1970-05-01Trade #1610841 has been completed between the St. Louis Twisters and the Colorado Spiders. The Colorado Spiders receive Tex Lawson, Jaxson Cutter, Blaze Heiserman from the St. Louis Twisters in exchange for Scott Anderson, Draft Pick 1971 Round 1 COL (Joe Hall).