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Vince Coleman League
4-18-2178
Billy Pratt Catcher
Retired (1978, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .778 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 2329 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 08-04-1939
HR 319 Drafted Round 4, Pick 63
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(7 games)
RBI 1269
SB 130
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR A 
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* 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 
1957 Minors 18 11.00 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 5 10 / 11
1958 Minors 19 58.00 9 / 9 8 / 8 5 / 10 7 / 10 9 / 9 7 / 7 5 / 5 50 / 58
1959 Minors 20 64.00 10 / 11 8 / 11 7 / 9 7 / 12 6 / 6 4 / 4 11 / 11 53 / 64
1960 Minors 21 55.00 4 / 7 7 / 10 2 / 6 3 / 7 6 / 6 12 / 12 7 / 7 41 / 55
1961 Minors 22 57.00 7 / 12 4 / 8 2 / 5 2 / 7 4 / 6 7 / 10 9 / 9 35 / 57
1962 Minors 23 19.00 0 / 1 2 / 4 2 / 5 0 / 1 3 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 12 / 19
1962 Majors 23 40.91 1 / 4 5 / 8 0 / 1 2 / 6 4 / 8 5 / 6 5 / 7 22 / 40
1963 Majors 24 57.26 3 / 11 4 / 7 3 / 9 2 / 8 5 / 7 6 / 7 7 / 8 30 / 57
1964 Majors 25 62.33 1 / 4 3 / 10 1 / 8 5 / 10 6 / 12 2 / 8 3 / 10 21 / 62
1965 Majors 26 63.89 7 / 10 4 / 7 1 / 11 3 / 6 2 / 8 3 / 7 7 / 14 27 / 63
1966 Majors 27 64.59 2 / 8 2 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 7 5 / 15 4 / 9 2 / 8 17 / 64
1967 Majors 28 56.86 3 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 7 3 / 9 2 / 13 1 / 4 11 / 56
1968 Majors 29 62.39 1 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 10 2 / 9 6 / 62
1969 Majors 30 66.19 1 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 12 1 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 9 4 / 66
1970 Majors 31 62.29 0 / 7 0 / 13 1 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 62
1971 Majors 32 58.79 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 58
1972 Majors 33 51.57 0 / 16 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 51
1973 Majors 34 34.50 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 34
1974 Majors 35 52.60 1 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 12 2 / 52
1975 Majors 36 55.49 0 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 55
1976 Majors 37 58.09 0 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 12 2 / 58
1977 Majors 38 53.59 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 53
1978 Majors 39 54.09 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 54
Total 0 0 0 51 / 185 53 / 175 27 / 175 37 / 166 58 / 163 56 / 173 67 / 174 349 / 1211
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Billy Pratt has retired from the Kansas City Blacksmiths
1977-09-30Billy Pratt of the Kansas City Blacksmiths is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1970-06-21A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Catfish and the Boston BeanDawgs. The Boston BeanDawgs receive Howard Linzy, Draft Pick - 1971 Round 2 (KC), Draft Pick - 1971 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Catfish in exchange for Billy Pratt.
1968-04-20A trade has been completed between the St. Louis River Cats and the Boston BeanDawgs. The Boston BeanDawgs receive Billy Pratt, Ed Johns from the St. Louis River Cats in exchange for Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (BOS).
1962-05-27The St. Louis River Cats have promoted Billy Pratt to the major league team. The St. Louis River Cats have designated John Brito for assignment.
1958-07-01A trade has been completed between the St. Louis River Cats and the New York Mets. The New York Mets receive Keith Jones from the St. Louis River Cats in exchange for Billy Pratt.
1958-04-01The New York Mets have renamed Bill Blankenship to Billy Pratt.