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Wally Berger League
7-23-2119
Billy Volek Second Base
Retired (1977, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .696 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 706 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 04-04-1940
HR 97 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1960)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(88 games)
RBI 372
SB 70
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed C+ Bunt Control   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (99.0%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (99.1%) 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 
1960 Minors 20 0.00 0 / 0 2 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 10
1961 Minors 21 0.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 3 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 2 8 / 9
1962 Minors 22 5.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 0 4 / 6
1963 Minors 23 3.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 3 / 4
1964 Majors 24 57.44 5 / 9 3 / 5 5 / 8 2 / 6 4 / 7 8 / 11 7 / 11 34 / 57
1965 Minors 25 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2
1965 Majors 25 25.04 0 / 1 2 / 8 2 / 4 2 / 5 0 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 1 10 / 25
1966 Majors 26 33.88 2 / 7 4 / 7 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 2 12 / 33
1967 Majors 27 23.92 2 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 2 7 / 23
1968 Majors 28 15.68 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 4 3 / 15
1969 Majors 29 6.79 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 2 / 6
1970 Majors 30 13.40 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 13
1971 Majors 31 24.20 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 5 1 / 24
1972 Majors 32 10.90 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 10
1973 Majors 33 10.50 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 10
1974 Majors 34 9.59 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 9
1975 Majors 35 33.27 0 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 3 2 / 33
1976 Majors 36 28.10 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 28
1977 Minors 37 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1977 Majors 37 11.02 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 11
Total 0 0 0 12 / 41 12 / 57 16 / 47 9 / 45 8 / 44 19 / 54 15 / 41 91 / 329
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01Billy Volek has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-09-09The Cincinnati River Gamblers have waived Billy Volek.
1977-07-29The Cincinnati River Gamblers have promoted Mark Macko to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Gamblers have designated Billy Volek for assignment.
1975-09-27Billy Volek of the Cincinnati River Gamblers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1974-04-13The Cincinnati Reds have acquired Billy Volek from the waiver wire.
1974-04-13The Cincinnati Reds have demoted Fred McDermott to the minor leagues.
1974-04-09The Washington Bullets have designated Billy Volek for assignment.
1966-04-06The Washington Colonials have renamed Lynn Volz to Billy Volek.
1965-04-29The Washington Colonials have promoted Lynn Volz to the major league team.
1965-04-15The Washington Colonials have renamed Lucky Lynn Volz to Lynn Volz.
1965-04-15A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers and the Washington Colonials. The Washington Colonials receive Cristal Bass, Lucky Lynn Volz from the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers in exchange for Max Cerone, Harry Pinelli.
1964-04-01The Milwaukee Pub Crawlers have renamed "Lucky" Lynn Volz to Lucky Lynn Volz.
1964-04-01The Milwaukee Pub Crawlers have renamed Lynn Volz to "Lucky" Lynn Volz.
1964-03-05A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers and the Boston Curse. The Boston Curse receive John "Q" Lewis, George Greenfield, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (MIL) from the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers in exchange for Jim "Light" Blue, Lynn Volz, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 1 (BOS).