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Joe Jackson League
4-1-2062
Gregg Overton Center Field
Retired (1966, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .272 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .758 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 1128 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 12-24-1930
HR 129 Drafted Round 21, Pick 333
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(36 games)
RBI 565
SB 119
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (99.0%) Arm A- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B D- (4.3%) RF D+ (26.8%)   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
1950 DET
29
86
11
15
3
0
2
4
10
15 1 0
4
3 2
.547
.268
.279
.105
.174
1951 DET
24
106
12
22
2
2
1
7
6
18 0 0
2
0 3
.542
.250
.292
.085
.208
1952 DET-KC
5
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1 0 0
0
0 0
.500
.250
.250
.000
.250
1954 KC-STL
84
243
32
59
10
2
7
27
19
47 2 1
5
3 5
.689
.302
.387
.144
.243
1955 STL-CIN
114
424
50
116
19
1
13
59
35
89 2 4
11
5 11
.744
.329
.415
.142
.274
1956 CIN
126
480
60
122
21
5
17
65
43
84 4 3
12
4 7
.744
.319
.425
.171
.254
1957 CIN
136
506
63
153
18
3
15
70
46
78 0 5
16
8 7
.796
.357
.439
.136
.302
1958 CIN
112
443
73
143
17
5
24
70
33
73 3 1
16
9 2
.919
.373
.546
.223
.323
1959 CIN
136
534
77
141
21
8
9
67
51
97 4 1
12
4 4
.716
.332
.384
.120
.264
1960 CIN
125
444
59
120
21
4
17
63
33
82 4 4
10
3 1
.774
.324
.450
.180
.270
1961 CIN-STL
88
188
36
58
15
3
2
25
15
30 2 1
11
2 1
.816
.364
.452
.144
.309
1962 STL
89
266
41
73
9
3
7
32
17
50 1 0
9
3 8
.730
.320
.410
.135
.274
1963 STL
46
124
22
37
9
0
6
29
7
20 0 0
0
1 3
.852
.336
.516
.218
.298
1964 STL
41
116
11
22
6
1
3
11
12
24 1 1
6
3 4
.605
.269
.336
.147
.190
1965 STL
49
96
10
27
6
2
3
17
5
15 0 2
2
2 1
.790
.311
.479
.198
.281
1966 STL-BAL
39
89
13
19
3
3
3
19
7
25 1 0
3
0 4
.694
.278
.416
.202
.213
Total
1243
4149
570
1128
180
42
129
565
339
748 25 23
119
50 63
.758
.329
.429
.157
.272
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Gregg Overton has retired from the Baltimore Skipjacks
1966-05-12The Baltimore Skipjacks have acquired Gregg Overton from the waiver wire.
1966-05-07The St. Louis Red Sox have designated Gregg Overton for assignment.
1961-05-03A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Red Sox and the Cincinnati Chop. The Cincinnati Chop receive Goat Martinez, Frank Pearce, Lou Anderson from the St. Louis Red Sox in exchange for Jerry McGuire, Gregg Overton.
1955-09-15The Cincinnati Chop have promoted Gregg Overton to the major league team. The Cincinnati Chop have designated Alex Harris for assignment.
1955-09-15A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Red Sox and the Cincinnati Chop. The Cincinnati Chop receive Ceasar, Gregg Overton, Draft Pick - 1956 Round 3 (STL) from the St. Louis Red Sox in exchange for Mike Burke.
1954-04-04A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Monarchs and the St. Louis Red Sox. The St. Louis Red Sox receive Gregg Overton from the Kansas City Monarchs in exchange for Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (STL).
1953-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Rob Erickson to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Gregg Overton to the minors.
1952-09-23The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Gregg Overton to the major league team.
1952-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Terry Jones to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Gregg Overton to the minors.
1952-03-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit Invaders and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Carl Mercury, Jimmy Drew, Gregg Overton, Draft Pick - 1953 Round 1 (DET), Draft Pick - 1952 Round 1 (WAS) from the Detroit Invaders in exchange for Francis Twinkle, Johan Santana.
1952-03-01The Detroit Invaders have sent Gregg Overton to the minors.
1951-09-28The Detroit Invaders have promoted Gregg Overton to the major league team.
1951-09-16The Detroit Invaders have promoted Timmy Midlin to the major league team. The Detroit Invaders have sent Gregg Overton to the minors.
1951-08-22The Detroit Invaders have promoted Gregg Overton to the major league team. The Detroit Invaders have sent Scrappy Libke to the minors.
1951-04-13The Detroit Cunning Runts have renamed Can of Corn to Gregg Overton.
1951-03-03The Detroit Tigers have renamed Frank Sanford to Can of Corn.
1950-10-01The Detroit Tigers have sent Frank Sanford to the minors.
1950-09-05The Detroit Tigers have promoted Frank Sanford to the major leagues.
1950-07-01The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mark Bishop to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Frank Sanford to the minors.
1950-05-18The Detroit Tigers have promoted Frank Sanford to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Hal Taylor to the minors.
1950-04-16The Detroit Tigers have promoted Bobby Finney to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Frank Sanford to the minors.
1950-04-10The Detroit Tigers have promoted Frank Sanford to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Willie Gordon to the minors.
1950-04-01The Detroit Tigers have promoted Hack Cepeda to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Frank Sanford to the minors.