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Billy Hamilton League
8-17-2079
Bill Cotter Third Base
Retired (1979, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .278 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .780 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 1056 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 10-12-1941
HR 114 Drafted Round 4, Pick 53
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(140 games)
RBI 462
SB 126
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt B- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (95.4%) LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B C+ (48.4%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) 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 
1961 Minors 20 0.00 15 / 17 8 / 9 5 / 9 9 / 12 3 / 9 9 / 9 9 / 9 58 / 74
1962 Minors 21 0.00 5 / 7 10 / 12 5 / 15 6 / 9 6 / 11 8 / 8 7 / 7 47 / 69
1963 Minors 22 10.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 6 / 11
1964 Majors 23 36.00 0 / 2 3 / 4 2 / 3 8 / 13 2 / 6 5 / 5 3 / 3 23 / 36
1965 Majors 24 33.43 5 / 6 3 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 1 7 / 7 20 / 33
1966 Majors 25 35.95 2 / 2 3 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 5 4 / 4 5 / 6 18 / 35
1967 Majors 26 34.84 2 / 6 1 / 6 2 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 2 10 / 34
1968 Majors 27 32.46 2 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 3 5 / 32
1969 Majors 28 32.18 3 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 8 7 / 32
1970 Majors 29 20.60 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 20
1971 Majors 30 13.70 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 13
1972 Majors 31 19.39 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 19
1973 Majors 32 23.00 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 2 5 / 23
1974 Majors 33 24.70 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 24
1975 Majors 34 21.60 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 21
1976 Majors 35 34.90 0 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 34
1977 Majors 36 27.61 0 / 1 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 27
1978 Majors 37 21.89 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 21
1979 Majors 38 8.61 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 8
Total 0 0 0 36 / 91 31 / 84 19 / 83 27 / 92 18 / 77 36 / 67 38 / 72 205 / 566
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Bill Cotter has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1970-04-01A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Yellow Canaries and the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers receive Bill Cotter, Draft Pick - 1972 Round 2 (KC) from the Kansas City Yellow Canaries in exchange for Luis Roy.
1968-04-05A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Yellow Canaries and the Pittsburgh Steel Men. The Pittsburgh Steel Men receive Fred Gammons, Hank Groth, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (KC) from the Kansas City Yellow Canaries in exchange for Bill Cotter.
1968-04-04The Pittsburgh Steel Men have re-claimed Bill Cotter from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Pittsburgh Steel Men have promoted Jerry Shannon to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Men have designated Bill Cotter for assignment.
1964-04-06The Pittsburgh Steel Men have promoted Bill Cotter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Steel Men have sent Bobby Oana to the minors.