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Branch Rickey League
6-15-2229
Bill McCracken Second Base
Retired (1963, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .262 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .742 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 533 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 08-17-1927
HR 68 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 5 years
(0 games)
RBI 249
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR A-
Speed Bunt Control   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B A- (80.6%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B D+ (24.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1958 2B CLE 57 57 497.2 280 129 137 14 28 -21 4.81 .950
1B CLE 27 27 233.0 253 246 5 2 16 +3 9.70 .992
3B CLE 2 2 17.0 4 1 2 1 0 -2 1.59 .750
C CLE 2 1 10.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 5.40 1.000
1959 2B CLE 105 105 916.0 476 199 254 23 53 -24 4.45 .952
1B CLE 13 13 118.1 126 120 5 1 8 +3 9.51 .992
3B CLE 3 3 26.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.04 .750
1960 2B CLE 115 115 1010.1 539 225 294 20 48 -33 4.62 .963
1B CLE 4 4 34.0 31 31 0 0 1 -1 8.21 1.000
C CLE 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 10.00 1.000
3B CLE 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.25 1.000
1961 2B CLE 112 112 988.2 572 242 311 19 64 -14 5.03 .967
SS CLE 3 3 27.0 9 1 8 0 0 -2 3.00 1.000
3B CLE 3 3 26.0 5 1 3 1 0 -1 1.38 .800
1962 2B CLE 64 51 453.0 273 108 155 10 25 -5 5.23 .963
3B CLE 28 28 247.2 77 18 54 5 0 -2 2.62 .935
SS CLE 4 4 33.1 13 6 7 0 2 -1 3.51 1.000
Pos Total 2B 453 440 3865.2 2140 903 1151 86 218 -97 4.78 .960
1B 44 44 385.1 410 397 10 3 25 +5 9.51 .993
3B 37 37 324.2 92 23 61 8 1 -5 2.33 .913
SS 7 7 60.1 22 7 15 0 2 -3 3.28 1.000
C 3 2 19.0 16 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 7.58 1.000
Total 544 530 4655.0 2680 1346 1237 97 246 0 2 0 0.0% -100 4.99 .964
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1963-11-01Bill McCracken has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-05-05The Cleveland Cobras have waived Bill McCracken.
1963-04-03The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Richie Bokelmann to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have designated Bill McCracken for assignment.
1958-04-03The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Bill McCracken to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Richie Bokelmann to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Luis Earnshaw to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Roy Amaro to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Walter Moore to the minors.