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Earl Averill League
7-30-2077
Vance Hoover First Base
Retired (1969, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .238 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .652 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 257 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 05-07-1934
HR 34 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(79 games)
RBI 117
SB 21
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D  Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D    Mentor vR B+
Speed C+ Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B  (65.0%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B B+ (74.3%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   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 
1955 Minors 21 0.00 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 4 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 6 / 10
1956 Minors 22 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 3 4 / 10
1957 Minors 23 0.00 2 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 7 / 13
1957 Majors 23 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2
1958 Minors 24 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1958 Majors 24 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 7
1959 Minors 25 0.00 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 5
1960 Majors 26 0.00 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 3 5 / 12
1961 Minors 27 5.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 6
1962 Minors 28 4.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 5
1962 Majors 28 7.00 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 7
1963 Majors 29 16.60 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 16
1964 Majors 30 15.60 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 15
1965 Majors 31 17.50 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 17
1966 Majors 32 11.10 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 11
1967 Majors 33 13.20 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 13
1968 Majors 34 9.19 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 9
1969 Majors 35 1.60 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Total 0 0 0 6 / 17 5 / 28 8 / 25 1 / 21 12 / 30 3 / 19 5 / 20 40 / 160
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01Vance Hoover has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1965-04-05The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Vance Hoover from the waiver wire.
1965-03-01The Boston Bucks have designated Vance Hoover for assignment.
1962-09-03The Boston Bucks have promoted Vance Hoover to the major league team.
1962-05-31The Boston Bucks have acquired Vance Hoover from the waiver wire. The Boston Bucks have waived Gib Glasgow.
1962-04-01The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have waived Vance Hoover.
1961-04-19The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Doc Concepcion to the major league team. The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Jack Sagmoen to the major league team. The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have designated Vance Hoover for assignment. The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have sent Joe Seward to the minors.
1960-04-01The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Vance Hoover to the major league team. The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have designated Groundskeeper Willie for assignment.
1959-03-01The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have sent Vance Hoover to the minors.
1958-09-27The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Vance Hoover to the major league team.
1958-09-17The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have sent Vance Hoover to the minors.
1958-05-13The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Vance Hoover to the major league team. The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have sent George Marshall to the minors.
1957-09-18The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have sent Vance Hoover to the minors.
1957-09-10The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have promoted Vance Hoover to the major league team.
1957-03-05The Philadelphia Balco Boyz have renamed Ron Heusser to Vance Hoover.