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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1968 LHP 12 31 3 1 0 0 1 1 10 .254 .125 .129 .032 .097
1968 RHP 33 83 11 2 0 0 5 1 26 .299 .143 .157 .024 .133
1969 LHP 11 28 5 2 0 0 1 0 9 .457 .207 .250 .071 .179
1969 RHP 36 89 13 2 0 3 6 2 31 .434 .165 .270 .124 .146
1971 LHP 54 126 22 3 1 3 8 2 39 .478 .192 .286 .111 .175
1971 RHP 106 340 74 9 2 8 39 21 72 .587 .260 .326 .109 .218
1972 LHP 44 77 16 1 0 0 8 4 23 .462 .241 .221 .013 .208
1972 RHP 118 428 102 16 1 9 36 25 87 .625 .281 .343 .105 .238
1973 LHP 46 75 18 2 1 0 5 7 19 .599 .306 .293 .053 .240
1973 RHP 105 365 86 15 0 16 53 30 76 .700 .292 .408 .173 .236
1974 LHP 30 30 8 3 0 0 5 5 8 .738 .371 .367 .100 .267
1974 RHP 80 281 76 10 3 11 43 24 47 .773 .328 .445 .174 .270
1975 LHP 19 26 4 0 1 0 3 1 7 .416 .185 .231 .077 .154
1975 RHP 114 387 96 14 1 15 58 43 93 .727 .322 .406 .158 .248
1976 LHP 10 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .205 .133 .071 .000 .071
1976 RHP 110 194 54 7 2 9 26 9 44 .785 .311 .474 .196 .278
1977 LHP 15 31 8 1 0 2 4 1 6 .765 .281 .484 .226 .258
1977 RHP 43 72 13 3 0 4 15 5 15 .623 .234 .389 .208 .181
1978 LHP 19 22 12 2 0 1 5 3 5 1.373 .600 .773 .227 .545
1978 RHP 75 216 47 6 0 6 30 13 53 .592 .263 .329 .111 .218
1979 LHP 19 26 6 1 0 1 4 1 6 .644 .259 .385 .154 .231
1979 RHP 66 170 53 4 2 7 25 19 33 .859 .377 .482 .171 .312
1980 LHP 15 21 5 0 0 2 4 1 8 .797 .273 .524 .286 .238
1980 RHP 57 160 47 13 2 6 34 15 22 .870 .358 .512 .219 .294
1981 LHP 20 40 11 0 1 1 2 2 4 .710 .310 .400 .125 .275
1981 RHP 57 153 33 8 1 4 14 14 32 .648 .288 .359 .144 .216
1982 LHP 39 57 13 3 1 4 15 3 17 .789 .262 .526 .298 .228
1982 RHP 91 274 90 17 4 10 53 18 52 .894 .365 .529 .201 .328
1983 LHP 38 65 17 2 0 4 11 6 15 .810 .333 .477 .215 .262
1983 RHP 74 229 76 13 1 12 50 22 40 .942 .387 .555 .223 .332
1984 LHP 29 54 9 0 2 1 5 6 9 .546 .250 .296 .130 .167
1984 RHP 53 161 46 9 3 5 24 14 34 .815 .343 .472 .186 .286
1985 LHP 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 1.000
1985 RHP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .000 .000 .000
Total LHP 421 724 159 22 7 19 82 44 190 .614 .266 .348 .128 .220
Total RHP 1219 3604 917 148 22 125 511 276 757 .719 .307 .412 .157 .254
Total 1296 4328 1076 170 29 144 593 320 947 .701 .300 .401 .152 .249
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.