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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   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 Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 4
1B --- LF A- (80.2%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health 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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1968 CLE
42
114
8
14
3
0
0
6
2
36 0 0
0
1 5
.287
.138
.149
.026
.123
1969 CLE
40
117
6
18
4
0
3
7
2
40 1 0
0
0 1
.440
.175
.265
.111
.154
1971 TOR
123
466
43
96
12
3
11
47
23
111 1 5
0
1 11
.558
.242
.315
.109
.206
1972 TOR
125
505
51
118
17
1
9
44
29
110 1 3
3
1 14
.600
.275
.325
.091
.234
1973 TOR
114
440
62
104
17
1
16
58
37
95 1 4
2
0 19
.683
.295
.389
.152
.236
1974 TOR
82
311
42
84
13
3
11
48
29
55 1 2
3
1 12
.770
.332
.437
.167
.270
1975 TOR
116
413
70
100
14
2
15
61
44
100 0 2
2
3 3
.708
.314
.395
.153
.242
1976 TOR
111
208
27
55
7
2
9
26
10
49 1 2
1
0 2
.746
.299
.447
.183
.264
1977 TOR
49
103
12
21
4
0
6
19
6
21 0 0
2
1 4
.665
.248
.417
.214
.204
1978 TOR
75
238
34
59
8
0
7
35
16
58 1 2
4
0 6
.665
.296
.370
.122
.248
1979 TOR
67
196
26
59
5
2
8
29
20
39 0 2
0
1 7
.832
.362
.469
.168
.301
1980 TOR
57
181
34
52
13
2
8
38
16
30 2 2
3
0 4
.862
.348
.514
.227
.287
1981 TOR
59
193
16
44
8
2
5
16
16
36 2 1
3
1 3
.660
.292
.368
.140
.228
1982 TOR
98
331
45
103
20
5
14
68
21
69 0 5
3
1 4
.876
.347
.529
.218
.311
1983 TOR
80
294
56
93
15
1
16
61
28
55 1 2
2
0 3
.913
.375
.537
.221
.316
1984 TOR
57
215
26
55
9
5
6
29
20
43 0 0
0
0 9
.747
.319
.428
.172
.256
1985 TOR-CHA
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0 0 0
0
0 0
1.167
.500
.667
.333
.333
Total
1296
4328
558
1076
170
29
144
593
320
947 12 32
28
11 107
.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.