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Branch Rickey League
5-26-2229
Jake Birrer Catcher
Retired (1965, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .696 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 635 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 01-08-1929
HR 67 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(56 games)
RBI 302
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt A+ Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B F  (0.7%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
Notes: D+/B- C/B+ C- (CvR C- 3,PvR B 4-6) 2/2/3/4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1954 Away 64 243 23 52 8 0 6 22 20 72 0 0 2 .596 .275 .321 .107 .214
1954 Home 66 229 21 62 8 0 4 26 17 54 0 0 0 .674 .316 .358 .087 .271
1955 Away 60 219 21 51 5 2 7 23 21 41 0 0 0 .672 .302 .370 .137 .233
1955 Home 60 207 23 55 11 0 9 29 23 51 0 0 1 .788 .339 .449 .184 .266
1956 Away 58 213 13 36 3 0 2 23 21 51 0 0 1 .454 .243 .211 .042 .169
1956 Home 52 176 10 39 6 1 2 17 18 37 0 0 0 .590 .289 .301 .080 .222
1957 Away 28 90 7 17 1 0 2 12 3 21 0 0 0 .479 .213 .267 .078 .189
1957 Home 24 58 7 17 3 0 1 5 3 11 0 0 0 .735 .339 .397 .103 .293
1958 Away 38 132 11 38 4 0 5 20 15 25 0 0 0 .792 .361 .432 .144 .288
1958 Home 43 146 13 48 7 1 5 19 11 37 0 0 0 .871 .377 .493 .164 .329
1959 Away 39 134 13 39 2 0 2 13 6 27 0 0 0 .665 .315 .351 .060 .291
1959 Home 36 130 13 40 4 0 6 18 10 33 0 0 1 .834 .357 .477 .169 .308
1960 Away 20 65 6 17 5 0 2 9 10 10 0 0 0 .786 .355 .431 .169 .262
1960 Home 18 62 5 22 4 0 3 15 7 12 0 0 0 .985 .420 .565 .210 .355
1961 Away 12 42 4 13 0 0 1 3 4 11 0 0 0 .751 .370 .381 .071 .310
1961 Home 17 49 4 13 1 0 0 4 5 9 0 0 0 .619 .333 .286 .020 .265
1962 Away 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.225 .625 .600 .200 .400
1962 Home 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .167 .167 .000 .167
1963 Away 17 62 12 24 1 0 4 19 5 16 0 0 0 1.017 .420 .597 .210 .387
1963 Home 15 52 8 14 1 0 2 8 6 10 0 0 1 .749 .345 .404 .135 .269
1964 Away 17 55 6 13 4 0 2 9 2 12 0 0 0 .694 .276 .418 .182 .236
1964 Home 17 55 4 17 2 0 1 6 6 13 0 0 0 .777 .377 .400 .091 .309
1965 Away 5 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .481 .267 .214 .000 .214
1965 Home 3 8 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1.000 .250 .750 .500 .250
Total Away 360 1274 117 305 34 2 33 154 111 291 0 0 3 .647 .300 .347 .108 .239
Total Home 353 1178 109 330 48 2 34 148 106 273 0 0 3 .749 .338 .411 .131 .280
Total 713 2452 226 635 82 4 67 302 217 564 0 0 6 .696 .318 .378 .119 .259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Jake Birrer has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1965-05-22The Atlanta Confederates have promoted Shawn Larkin to the major league team. The Atlanta Confederates have waived Jake Birrer.
1961-04-14Jake Birrer of the Atlanta Confederates is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1956-05-08Jake Birrer of the Atlanta Confederates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1955-08-05Jake Birrer of the Atlanta Confederates is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1954-04-01The Atlanta Confederates have promoted Jake Birrer to the major league team. The Atlanta Confederates have waived Earl Eastwick.
1950-04-01The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Bill Lowery to the major league team. The Atlanta Red Caps have sent Jake Birrer to the minors.