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Fred Lynn League 8-19-2076 |
| Tom Cates |  CatcherRetired (1972, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .241 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .690 | Status | Deceased (2010) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 96 | |||||
| SB | 4 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | (100%) | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 2 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
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| 1962 | Minors | 25 | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 25 | 13.46 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 6 / 13 | |||
| 1963 | Minors | 26 | 10.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 10 | |||
| 1964 | Minors | 27 | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1964 | Majors | 27 | 9.77 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 9 | |||
| 1965 | Minors | 28 | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 5 | |||
| 1965 | Majors | 28 | 7.50 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 7 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 29 | 12.50 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 12 | |||
| 1967 | Majors | 30 | 10.80 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 10 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 31 | 11.70 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 11 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 32 | 4.09 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | |||
| 1970 | Minors | 33 | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 33 | 9.69 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 9 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 34 | 9.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 9 | |||
| 1972 | Minors | 35 | 20.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 20 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 35 | 0.80 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 14 | 3 / 17 | 2 / 16 | 1 / 21 | 5 / 24 | 1 / 19 | 2 / 12 | 14 / 123 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1972-11-01 | Tom Cates has retired from the Philadelphia FROGS |
| 1972-04-22 | The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Chet Krueger to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Tom Cates for assignment. |
| 1970-05-15 | The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Felix Lear for assignment. |
| 1970-05-12 | The Philadelphia FROGS have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire. |
| 1970-04-12 | The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates. |
| 1969-08-02 | The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment. |
| 1969-05-02 | The Detroit Spiders have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. |
| 1969-05-02 | The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire. |
| 1969-04-19 | The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates. |
| 1969-04-15 | The Detroit Spiders have promoted Ed Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment. |
| 1968-07-27 | The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire. |
| 1968-07-23 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Bosetti to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Tom Cates for assignment. |
| 1965-09-01 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors. |
| 1965-07-27 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1964-09-20 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors. |
| 1964-08-28 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1964-05-29 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. |
| 1964-05-29 | The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1964-05-29 | The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Harry Lary for assignment. |
| 1964-05-29 | The Boston Tunes have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire. |
| 1964-05-25 | The Washington Senators have waived Tom Cates. |
| 1964-05-25 | The Washington Senators have promoted Pete Brockway to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1964-04-27 | The Washington Senators have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. |
| 1964-04-09 | The Washington Senators have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire. |
| 1964-04-05 | The Brooklyn Superbas have waived Tom Cates. |
| 1962-07-22 | The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1962-04-08 | The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. |
| 1962-04-08 | The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Ralph Ponder to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors. |
| 1962-04-01 | The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Tom Kavanagh for assignment. |