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Vince Coleman League
4-21-2178
Snake Steel Shortstop
Retired (1972, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .740 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 845 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 05-26-1935
HR 57 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1957)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(110 games)
RBI 318
SB 90
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (97.1%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B A+ (99.0%) CF (87.8%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 8
3B (39.4%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1963 CF CHA-STL 9 9 79.2 19 19 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
1B CHA-STL 9 9 79.1 80 79 0 1 2 -1 8.96 .988
SS CHA-STL 9 8 70.0 44 15 29 0 4 +1 5.66 1.000
2B CHA-STL 3 3 23.0 20 11 9 0 3 0 7.83 1.000
LF CHA-STL 2 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
3B CHA-STL 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1964 SS STL 34 34 306.2 172 66 104 2 18 -7 4.99 .988
1B STL 7 7 64.0 78 77 1 0 4 +1 10.97 1.000
2B STL 6 6 52.0 31 7 24 0 2 0 5.37 1.000
CF STL 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
C STL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1965 CF STL 11 11 97.2 35 35 0 0 0 -2 3.23 1.000
1B STL 9 9 77.0 93 90 2 1 10 0 10.75 .989
2B STL 5 4 37.0 20 5 15 0 2 0 4.86 1.000
SS STL 3 2 24.2 12 5 7 0 0 0 4.38 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
C STL 3 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0 12.00 1.000
1966 1B STL 9 9 77.2 82 81 1 0 3 0 9.50 1.000
2B STL 2 2 18.0 6 2 4 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
CF STL 2 2 18.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
SS STL 9 0 12.0 5 1 4 0 1 +1 3.75 1.000
3B STL 1 1 8.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
C STL 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 18.00 1.000
1967 1B STL 16 16 134.0 143 135 8 0 10 +2 9.60 1.000
CF STL 11 11 98.0 30 29 0 1 0 -1 2.66 .967
2B STL 7 7 60.0 35 16 19 0 1 -3 5.25 1.000
SS STL 2 2 18.0 17 8 9 0 5 0 8.50 1.000
3B STL 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
RF STL 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
C STL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
1968 SS STL 23 19 168.0 98 37 61 0 6 -2 5.25 1.000
2B STL 18 18 161.0 106 43 63 0 13 -3 5.93 1.000
1B STL 9 9 80.1 94 91 3 0 7 -1 10.53 1.000
CF STL 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
1969 1B STL 24 24 209.2 241 235 6 0 14 -1 10.35 1.000
SS STL 13 13 108.0 47 16 31 0 6 -1 3.92 1.000
2B STL 4 4 32.0 14 7 7 0 2 -1 3.94 1.000
1970 1B STL 11 11 91.0 104 99 5 0 5 +3 10.29 1.000
SS STL 11 10 87.0 54 15 39 0 7 -2 5.59 1.000
2B STL 9 6 51.0 28 10 18 0 0 +1 4.94 1.000
CF STL 6 6 49.0 10 9 0 1 0 0 1.65 .900
3B STL 3 3 24.0 7 1 6 0 0 -1 2.62 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1971 SS STL 14 12 104.0 44 17 27 0 3 +5 3.81 1.000
1B STL 11 11 93.0 105 101 4 0 4 0 10.16 1.000
2B STL 14 8 79.0 47 15 31 1 7 0 5.24 .979
CF STL 9 8 67.1 24 23 0 1 0 0 3.07 .958
LF STL 3 3 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.38 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1972 CF STL 11 11 94.0 17 16 0 1 0 -3 1.53 .941
1B STL 3 3 29.0 37 34 3 0 2 0 11.48 1.000
2B STL 8 2 28.0 15 8 7 0 4 0 4.82 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
Pos Total 1B 108 108 935.0 1057 1022 33 2 61 +3 10.16 .998
SS 118 100 898.1 493 180 311 2 50 -5 4.92 .996
2B 76 60 541.0 322 124 197 1 34 -6 5.34 .997
CF 62 61 530.2 155 151 0 4 0 -6 2.56 .974
3B 6 5 44.0 11 1 10 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
RF 5 5 44.0 9 9 0 0 0 -1 1.84 1.000
LF 5 4 38.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1.89 1.000
C 6 0 6.0 8 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 00.0% 0 12.00 1.000
Total 386 343 3037.0 2063 1502 552 9 145 2 0 1 00.0% -16 6.09 .996
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Snake Steel has retired from the St. Louis River Cats
1971-07-07Snake Steel of the St. Louis River Cats is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1963-08-14The St. Louis River Cats have acquired Snake Steel from the waiver wire.
1963-08-07The Chicago Matildas have designated Snake Steel for assignment.
1963-07-17The Chicago Matildas have promoted Snake Steel to the major league team.
1962-04-01The Chicago Matildas have promoted Dutch Giallombardo to the major league team. The Chicago Matildas have sent Snake Steel to the minors.
1959-08-03The Chicago Big Stick Axe Grinders have promoted Snake Steel to the major league team. The Chicago Big Stick Axe Grinders have designated Clyde Maxwell for assignment.
1958-07-08The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Snake Steel to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have sent George Williams to the minors.
1957-04-15The Chicago Axe Grinders have renamed Lefty Simon to Snake Steel.