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Billy Williams League
9-4-2071
Tommy Jantzen First Base
Retired (1971, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .272 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .759 Status Deceased (2019) Option Years 0  
H 1814 Age at Death 84 Date of Birth 04-09-1935
HR 167 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(34 games)
RBI 734
SB 304
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 3
1B A+ (100%) LF C- (34.8%) Arm A- WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF D- (10.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* 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 
1953 Minors 18 34.00 5 / 6 3 / 4 4 / 4 6 / 6 3 / 4 3 / 5 4 / 5 28 / 34
1954 Minors 19 55.00 8 / 12 5 / 7 5 / 5 8 / 8 8 / 9 3 / 5 7 / 9 44 / 55
1955 Minors 20 60.00 4 / 9 7 / 10 10 / 10 2 / 4 8 / 10 2 / 7 5 / 10 38 / 60
1956 Minors 21 32.00 2 / 3 3 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 6 3 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 7 16 / 32
1956 Majors 21 12.34 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 2 / 12
1957 Minors 22 5.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 5
1957 Majors 22 8.35 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 8
1958 Minors 23 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1958 Majors 23 47.00 1 / 3 3 / 5 4 / 5 7 / 10 4 / 10 3 / 7 1 / 7 23 / 47
1959 Majors 24 55.51 4 / 6 3 / 10 5 / 11 3 / 4 1 / 5 5 / 11 5 / 8 26 / 55
1960 Majors 25 64.51 2 / 14 1 / 6 4 / 6 3 / 11 4 / 7 4 / 9 3 / 11 21 / 64
1961 Majors 26 53.32 2 / 9 2 / 8 3 / 10 1 / 4 1 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 8 12 / 53
1962 Majors 27 54.99 1 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 10 7 / 54
1963 Majors 28 66.30 1 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 11 1 / 14 4 / 66
1964 Majors 29 66.70 0 / 9 1 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 11 0 / 14 1 / 7 1 / 6 5 / 66
1965 Majors 30 67.00 0 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 12 1 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 10 3 / 67
1966 Majors 31 58.60 0 / 13 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 58
1967 Majors 32 49.70 1 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 8 2 / 49
1968 Majors 33 65.30 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 13 1 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 65
1969 Majors 34 35.37 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 35
1970 Majors 35 49.40 162 64 0 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 49
1971 Majors 36 33.44 162 28 0 0 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 33
Total 324 92 0 33 / 147 28 / 120 48 / 139 39 / 141 34 / 141 26 / 133 31 / 149 239 / 970
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Tommy Jantzen has retired from the Kansas City Kings
1967-06-12Tommy Jantzen of the Kansas City Tornados is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1966-04-15Tommy Jantzen of the Kansas City Tornados is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1959-09-13A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Blues. The Kansas City Blues receive Tommy Jantzen, Bill Michaels, Curt Alexander from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Black, Draft Pick - 1960 Round 2 (STL).
1958-07-05The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Hank Jordan for assignment.
1958-07-04The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Randy Thoney to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Tommy Jantzen to the minors.
1958-04-30The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Joe Davenport to the minors.
1957-10-13The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Tommy Jantzen to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Ray Blankenship to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Len Riconda to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Ben Stevens to the minors.
1957-09-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team.
1957-06-03The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Ben Stevens to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Tommy Jantzen to the minors.
1957-05-16The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Len Riconda to the minors.
1957-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Alex Black to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Danny Simmons to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Ross Smith to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Steve Whitted to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Tommy Jantzen to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Joe Davenport to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Ben Stevens to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Jeff Cochrane to the minors.
1956-08-25The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Eddie Wilie to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Alex Black to the minors. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Emil Rozek to the minors.
1956-07-18A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Blues and the St. Louis Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals receive Tommy Jantzen, Eddie Wilie, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Blues in exchange for Mike Robinson, Hal Carr.
1956-07-04The Kansas City Blues have promoted Tommy Jantzen to the major league team. The Kansas City Blues have designated Carl Keen for assignment.