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Billy Hamilton League
7-13-2078
Ken Towers First Base
Retired (1959, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .770 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 1060 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 05-27-1923
HR 145 Drafted Round 26, Pick 412
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(107 games)
RBI 559
SB 17
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR B 
Speed D  Bunt B- Control D    Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm D+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   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 PIT-NYA
150
616
90
173
30
1
27
89
68
 72 4 7
0
 0 19
.817
.353
.464
.183
.281
1951 CHA
160
608
74
163
27
1
25
90
68
 87 1 5
0
 1 17
.779
.340
.439
.171
.268
1952 CHA
160
598
81
161
29
1
20
95
63
 93 5 2
1
 2 17
.764
.343
.421
.152
.269
1953 CIN
145
575
78
161
20
1
21
83
55
 106 4 4
0
 0 13
.773
.345
.428
.148
.280
1954 CIN
153
598
72
148
22
0
18
55
42
 123 3 0
0
 0 17
.675
.300
.375
.127
.247
1955 NYN-BRO
115
361
48
98
22
2
13
63
43
 47 1 7
9
 6 11
.796
.345
.452
.180
.271
1956 BRO
73
68
9
14
2
0
4
8
10
 21 1 0
1
 1 0
.728
.316
.412
.206
.206
1957 BRO
78
263
33
86
15
0
13
51
25
 36 4 2
5
 6 7
.923
.391
.532
.205
.327
1958 BRO-CIN
77
204
21
53
7
0
3
24
20
 45 1 1
1
 2 4
.666
.327
.338
.078
.260
1959 CIN-CHA
13
18
2
3
0
0
1
1
1
 4 0 0
0
 0 0
.544
.211
.333
.167
.167
Total
1124
3909
508
1060
174
6
145
559
395
 634 24 28
17
 18 105
.770
.340
.430
.159
.271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Ken Towers has retired from the Chicago Enforcers
1959-08-03The Chicago Enforcers have promoted Chuck Tabler to the major league team. The Chicago Enforcers have designated Ken Towers for assignment.
1959-04-01The Chicago Enforcers have acquired Ken Towers from the waiver wire.
1959-03-05The Cincinnati Raptors have promoted Marty Hunt to the major league team. The Cincinnati Raptors have promoted Robert Prichard to the major league team. The Cincinnati Raptors have sent Homer Koegel to the minors. The Cincinnati Raptors have designated Ken Towers for assignment.
1958-04-01The Cincinnati Raptors have acquired Ken Towers from the waiver wire.
1958-03-01The Brooklyn Bees have designated Ken Towers for assignment. The Brooklyn Bees have designated Randy Ellam for assignment.
1955-05-01The Brooklyn Bees have renamed King Kong Towers to Ken Towers.
1955-05-01The Brooklyn Bees have promoted King Kong Towers to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bees have sent Bill Crouch to the minors.
1955-05-01A trade has been completed between the New York Possum Nation and the Brooklyn Bees. The Brooklyn Bees receive King Kong Towers, Daffy Dean from the New York Possum Nation in exchange for Manuel Watson, Bill Baumgar, Hank Aitchison.
1955-04-24The New York Possum Nation have promoted Ollie Cruz to the major league team. The New York Possum Nation have sent King Kong Towers to the minors.
1955-04-22The New York Possum Nation have promoted King Kong Towers to the major league team. The New York Possum Nation have sent Harold "The Hamster" Cage to the minors.
1955-04-22The New York Possum Nation have promoted Leo "The Lion" Law to the major league team. The New York Possum Nation have sent King Kong Towers to the minors.
1955-03-01The New York Possum Nation have renamed Charlie Crane to King Kong Towers.
1950-04-19A trade has been completed between the New York EDP S and the Pittsburgh Black Cats. The Pittsburgh Black Cats receive Joe Hall, Oswaldo Conlan, Jack Gwynn from the New York EDP S in exchange for Charlie Crane, Fred Carroll.
1950-04-01The Pittsburgh Black Cats have promoted Charlie Crane to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Black Cats have sent Orlando Glavine to the minors.