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Branch Rickey League
5-22-2229
Bill Hoover Catcher
Retired (1969, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .226 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .636 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 365 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 01-16-1934
HR 45 Drafted Round 3, Pick 42
(1956)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(106 games)
RBI 149
SB 9
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  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 * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B D+ (26.0%) LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- 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
1956 1B CLE 22 22 195.2 185 182 3 0 17 -4 8.51 1.000
C CLE 13 13 116.2 103 97 4 2 0 2 19 4 17.4% 0 7.79 .981
1962 C CLE 95 95 812.2 669 631 36 2 3 0 56 27 32.5% 0 7.39 .997
1963 C CLE 142 142 1284.0 1063 1007 52 4 3 11 83 39 32.0% +1 7.42 .996
1964 C CLE 46 3 85.0 73 70 2 1 0 0 3 2 40.0% 0 7.62 .986
1965 C CLE 45 0 53.2 38 37 1 0 0 0 3 1 25.0% 0 6.37 1.000
1966 C CLE 12 3 41.0 38 37 1 0 1 0 3 1 25.0% 0 8.34 1.000
RF CLE 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
SS CLE 1 1 9.0 6 1 5 0 0 -1 6.00 1.000
1967 1B CLE 12 12 105.0 113 113 0 0 8 -2 9.69 1.000
C CLE 7 3 33.0 23 23 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 6.27 1.000
CF CLE 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1968 1B CLE 2 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 4 0 6.30 1.000
SS CLE 6 0 10.0 5 3 2 0 1 -1 4.50 1.000
C CLE 6 0 7.0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0 7.71 1.000
2B CLE 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
RF CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1969 1B CLE 4 3 27.1 27 27 0 0 1 -1 8.89 1.000
C CLE 6 2 25.0 24 22 2 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 8.64 1.000
2B CLE 2 0 3.2 3 2 1 0 1 0 7.38 1.000
Pos Total C 372 261 2458.0 2037 1929 99 9 7 13 171 76 30.8% +1 7.43 .996
1B 40 38 338.0 332 329 3 0 30 -7 8.84 1.000
SS 7 1 19.0 11 4 7 0 1 -2 5.21 1.000
RF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
2B 4 0 5.2 4 2 2 0 1 -1 6.36 1.000
3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
Total 428 303 2848.2 2389 2269 111 9 39 13 171 76 30.8% -9 7.52 .996
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Bill Hoover has retired from the Cleveland Cobras
1962-06-01The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Charlie Lamb to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Bill Hoover to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Roy Amaro to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Dave Gates to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have designated Paul Hiller for assignment. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Dan Douglass to the minors.
1956-10-26The Cleveland Mustangs have promoted Ralph Rodriguez to the major league team. The Cleveland Mustangs have sent Bill Hoover to the minors.
1956-04-03The Cleveland Mustangs have auto-promoted Bill Hoover to the major leagues.