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Branch Rickey League
4-14-2229
Jim Dessau Third Base
Retired (1985, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .249 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .701 Status Deceased (2008) Option Years 0  
H 1076 Age at Death 60 Date of Birth 04-06-1948
HR 144 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(1968)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(3 games)
RBI 593
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR B 
Speed B+ Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 4
1B --- LF A- (80.2%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 6
3B A+ (100%) RF A+ (98.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1968 Majors 20 32.95 161 33 0 0 / 3 5 / 6 2 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 8 5 / 6 3 / 3 21 / 32
1969 Majors 21 34.80 162 31 0 3 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 2 4 / 4 8 / 10 5 / 5 5 / 5 31 / 34
1970 Minors 22 64.00 7 / 11 7 / 12 7 / 9 4 / 8 6 / 9 6 / 10 3 / 5 40 / 64
1970 Pos (LF) 22 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
1971 Minors 23 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 6
1971 Majors 23 67.37 155 123 0 6 / 6 4 / 6 8 / 13 3 / 4 7 / 16 7 / 13 4 / 9 39 / 67
1972 Majors 24 75.82 162 125 0 5 / 14 6 / 9 7 / 9 5 / 9 1 / 10 6 / 11 7 / 13 37 / 75
1973 Majors 25 65.08 145 113 17 5 / 13 2 / 11 2 / 4 5 / 9 0 / 6 6 / 13 3 / 9 23 / 65
1974 Majors 26 47.87 107 79 55 1 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 8 4 / 11 2 / 4 10 / 47
1975 Majors 27 62.32 153 100 9 0 / 12 3 / 14 1 / 8 3 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 11 0 / 5 9 / 62
1976 Majors 28 38.55 150 36 12 1 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 6 4 / 38
1977 Majors 29 27.21 162 17 0 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 27
1978 Majors 30 40.85 151 60 11 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 40
1979 Majors 31 38.00 162 49 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 38
1980 Majors 32 36.03 162 46 0 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 36
1981 Majors 33 37.18 162 49 0 1 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 7 1 / 37
1982 Majors 34 50.90 162 84 0 -3 / 15 -3 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 12 0 / 9 -2 / 4 0 / 4 -8 / 50
1983 Majors 35 47.36 162 76 0 -3 / 5 -4 / 5 -3 / 4 -6 / 6 -9 / 13 -4 / 8 -2 / 6 -31 / 47
1984 Majors 36 39.22 162 56 0 -2 / 3 -1 / 7 0 / 7 -5 / 7 -2 / 4 -4 / 5 0 / 6 -14 / 39
1985 Minors 37 18.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 18
1985 Majors 37 2.27 21 1 0 -5 / 0 -7 / 1 -3 / 0 -7 / 0 -1 / 1 -3 / 0 -3 / 0 -29 / 2
Total 2501 1078 104 17 / 117 17 / 119 25 / 104 11 / 119 15 / 139 28 / 128 24 / 98 137 / 828
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Jim Dessau has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1985-08-06The Chicago White Sox have waived Jim Dessau.
1985-06-25The Chicago White Sox have acquired Jim Dessau from the waiver wire.
1985-05-31The Toronto Nots have waived Jim Dessau.
1985-04-25The Toronto Nots have designated Jim Dessau for assignment.
1978-09-19Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1976-09-11Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1975-07-24Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1974-07-06Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1974-04-14Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1974-03-25The Toronto Nots have promoted Larry Spring to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have promoted Jim Dessau to the major league team.
1973-10-21The Toronto Nots have sent Jim Dessau to the minors.
1973-07-27The Toronto Nots have promoted Jim Dessau to the major league team.
1973-07-27The Toronto Nots have promoted George Peterson to the major league team. The Toronto Nots have sent Jim Dessau to the minors.
1973-07-06The Toronto Nots have promoted Jim Dessau to the major league team.
1973-07-06The Toronto Nots have sent Jim Dessau to the minors.
1973-07-03Jim Dessau of the Toronto Nots is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1971-04-09The Toronto Nots have promoted Jim Dessau to the major league team.
1969-10-18The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Frank Cooper to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Arturo Lopez to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Rollie Williams to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Joe Romanick to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Yoshinari Terada to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Paul Wynne to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Art Fornieles to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have designated Rick Lake for assignment. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Jim Dessau to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Pat Smoltz to the minors.
1968-04-02The Cleveland Cobras have auto-promoted Jim Dessau to the major leagues.