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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
1970 STL-COL
155
609
105
196
34
17
24
99
65
 136 1 5
24
 9 2
.937
.385
.552
.230
.322
1970 STL
26
101
21
35
5
4
4
14
18
 17 0 0
6
 1 1
1.039
.445
.594
.248
.347
1970 COL
129
508
84
161
29
13
20
85
47
 119 1 5
18
 8 1
.916
.373
.543
.226
.317
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).