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Fred Lynn League
8-19-2076
Tom Cates Catcher
Retired (1972, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .690 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 191 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 01-26-1937
HR 27 Drafted Round 4, Pick 50
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(86 games)
RBI 96
SB 4
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR
Speed D- Bunt C+ Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1965 LHP 22 54 15 1 0 3 10 8 6 .834 .371 .463 .185 .278
1965 RHP 9 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .077 .077 .000 .000 .000
1966 LHP 34 89 25 4 0 2 10 10 11 .753 .360 .393 .112 .281
1966 RHP 19 24 4 1 0 1 5 1 3 .533 .200 .333 .167 .167
1967 LHP 30 73 17 2 0 5 11 14 15 .829 .364 .466 .233 .233
1967 RHP 17 18 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 .578 .300 .278 .000 .278
1968 LHP 26 46 10 2 0 2 7 7 9 .719 .327 .391 .174 .217
1968 RHP 26 60 13 1 0 1 8 2 10 .525 .242 .283 .067 .217
1969 LHP 11 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 .871 .417 .455 .091 .364
1969 RHP 19 27 7 1 0 1 5 2 5 .718 .310 .407 .148 .259
1970 LHP 26 35 9 1 0 1 1 4 9 .721 .350 .371 .114 .257
1970 RHP 19 54 11 0 0 1 5 2 13 .487 .228 .259 .056 .204
1971 LHP 16 37 8 3 0 1 3 6 5 .704 .326 .378 .162 .216
1971 RHP 19 44 12 1 0 1 5 3 11 .683 .319 .364 .091 .273
1972 LHP 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 1.000 .000 1.000
1972 RHP 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .762 .429 .333 .000 .333
Total LHP 166 346 89 14 0 14 42 50 58 .776 .357 .419 .162 .257
Total RHP 130 244 54 4 0 5 32 13 49 .557 .258 .299 .078 .221
Total 347 793 191 24 1 27 96 81 140 .690 .314 .376 .135 .241
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Tom Cates has retired from the Philadelphia FROGS
1972-04-22The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Chet Krueger to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1970-05-15The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Felix Lear for assignment.
1970-05-12The Philadelphia FROGS have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1970-04-12The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-08-02The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1969-04-19The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-04-15The Detroit Spiders have promoted Ed Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1968-07-27The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1968-07-23The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Bosetti to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1965-09-01The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1965-07-27The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-09-20The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1964-08-28The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Harry Lary for assignment.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have waived Tom Cates.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have promoted Pete Brockway to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-04-27The Washington Senators have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-04-09The Washington Senators have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-04-05The Brooklyn Superbas have waived Tom Cates.
1962-07-22The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Ralph Ponder to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-01The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Tom Kavanagh for assignment.