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Billy Williams League
8-31-2071
Bill Rautzhan Shortstop
Retired (1972, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .229 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .605 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
H 309 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 08-20-1938
HR 12 Drafted Round 3, Pick 45
(1959)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(139 games)
RBI 116
SB 14
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range WS Rings 0
1B B+ (74.2%) LF A+ (98.8%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF B+ (72.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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 
1959 Minors 21 40.00 8 / 9 3 / 5 6 / 6 4 / 4 4 / 4 5 / 5 4 / 7 34 / 40
1960 Minors 22 25.00 2 / 2 4 / 6 2 / 2 3 / 4 2 / 3 4 / 6 0 / 2 17 / 25
1961 Minors 23 9.00 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 6 / 9
1962 Minors 24 22.00 2 / 5 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 3 10 / 22
1963 Minors 25 20.00 1 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 4 4 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 3 10 / 20
1964 Minors 26 30.00 6 / 8 1 / 2 0 / 3 3 / 5 3 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 2 15 / 30
1964 Majors 26 3.16 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 3
1964 Pos (1B) 26 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 8
1964 Pos (3B) 26 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1965 Majors 27 31.86 1 / 5 3 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 2 11 / 31
1966 Majors 28 55.38 2 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 11 3 / 8 3 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 8 10 / 55
1967 Majors 29 29.09 1 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 5 3 / 29
1968 Majors 30 13.18 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 13
1969 Majors 31 12.57 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 12
1970 Minors 32 22.00 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 22
1971 Majors 33 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 13
1972 Minors 34 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1972 Majors 34 17.00 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 17
Total 0 0 0 25 / 64 15 / 44 16 / 44 21 / 46 18 / 44 13 / 55 10 / 46 119 / 353
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Bill Rautzhan has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1972-07-02The Pittsburgh Punishers have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1972-06-18The Pittsburgh Punishers have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01The Washington BeerDrinkers have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1970-05-22The Washington BeerDrinkers have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire. The Washington BeerDrinkers have waived Larry Hankins.
1970-05-08The Chicago Metal Gear have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1970-04-05The Chicago Metal Gear have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire.
1970-04-01The Chicago Swingers have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1969-09-29The Chicago Swingers have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire.
1969-08-29The Washington BeerDrinkers have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1969-08-25The Washington BeerDrinkers have promoted J.J. Rodriguez to the major league team. The Washington BeerDrinkers have designated Bill Rautzhan for assignment.
1969-04-15The Washington BeerDrinkers have promoted Bill Rautzhan to the major league team. The Washington BeerDrinkers have sent Larry Hankins to the minors.
1969-04-12The Washington BeerDrinkers have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire.
1969-04-08The St. Louis Sabres have waived Bill Rautzhan.
1969-04-01The St. Louis Sabres have promoted Al Chavez to the major league team. The St. Louis Sabres have designated Bill Rautzhan for assignment.
1968-04-09The St. Louis Sabres have acquired Bill Rautzhan from the waiver wire.
1968-04-05The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Steve Newcombe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have designated Bill Rautzhan for assignment.
1965-03-01The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Ron Theiss to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Frank Waner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Bill Rautzhan to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted John Thomas to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Greg McCatty to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Mitchell Butler to the major league team.
1964-10-03The Pittsburgh Punishers have sent Julio Piersall to the minors. The Pittsburgh Punishers have sent John Thomas to the minors. The Pittsburgh Punishers have sent Jeff Maggert to the minors. The Pittsburgh Punishers have sent Bill Rautzhan to the minors.
1964-09-22The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Frank Waner to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Bill Rautzhan to the major league team.