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Wally Berger League
7-22-2119
Cactus Howard Center Field
Retired (1993, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .281 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .774 Status Deceased (2033) Option Years 0  
H 1881 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 12-24-1956
HR 158 Drafted Round 2, Pick 29
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(13 games)
RBI 945
SB 277
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 3
1B --- LF A+ (97.5%) Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF A+ (97.0%)   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 
1974 Minors 18 45.00 11 / 11 7 / 7 5 / 5 4 / 4 3 / 8 3 / 5 2 / 5 35 / 45
1975 Minors 19 66.00 5 / 7 11 / 11 7 / 8 6 / 9 1 / 6 6 / 11 9 / 14 45 / 66
1976 Minors 20 75.00 7 / 9 11 / 13 7 / 10 10 / 12 3 / 12 6 / 12 3 / 7 47 / 75
1977 Minors 21 32.00 2 / 5 2 / 3 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 2 3 / 8 2 / 6 15 / 32
1977 Majors 21 20.80 1 / 3 4 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 7 / 20
1977 Pos (CF) 21 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 8
1977 Pos (LF) 21 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1977 Pos (RF) 21 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1978 Minors 22 54.00 7 / 8 3 / 7 10 / 12 3 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 8 3 / 8 31 / 54
1978 Majors 22 0.23 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1978 Pos (CF) 22 24.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 24
1978 Pos (RF) 22 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
1979 Majors 23 44.24 4 / 5 1 / 1 6 / 10 5 / 11 0 / 2 1 / 6 5 / 9 22 / 44
1980 Majors 24 57.40 1 / 6 4 / 9 5 / 11 4 / 11 1 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 9 17 / 57
1981 Majors 25 61.90 162 113 0 3 / 8 4 / 7 3 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 11 0 / 11 14 / 61
1982 Majors 26 62.30 162 82 0 1 / 6 8 / 14 1 / 8 2 / 15 0 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 7 12 / 62
1983 Majors 27 60.59 144 131 18 0 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 7 2 / 10 1 / 10 0 / 9 6 / 60
1984 Majors 28 60.19 138 127 24 1 / 5 1 / 10 2 / 7 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 6 0 / 11 6 / 60
1985 Majors 29 62.10 162 108 0 0 / 8 1 / 14 1 / 4 0 / 6 2 / 14 0 / 10 0 / 6 4 / 62
1986 Majors 30 64.37 162 97 0 0 / 4 1 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 2 0 / 13 1 / 64
1987 Majors 31 59.35 151 127 11 0 / 6 1 / 14 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 11 2 / 59
1988 Majors 32 64.56 162 141 0 0 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 2 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 64
1989 Majors 33 61.05 162 121 0 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 61
1990 Majors 34 55.17 139 116 23 -2 / 4 -7 / 8 0 / 10 -2 / 5 -7 / 12 -2 / 9 -1 / 7 -21 / 55
1991 Majors 35 47.68 162 69 0 -2 / 7 -3 / 5 -3 / 6 -3 / 10 -9 / 7 -1 / 5 -1 / 7 -22 / 47
1992 Majors 36 53.89 162 85 0 -2 / 8 -3 / 9 -2 / 7 -4 / 5 -1 / 6 -1 / 9 -2 / 9 -15 / 53
1993 Majors 37 25.94 103 33 31 -5 / 4 -7 / 3 -4 / 6 -6 / 1 -6 / 5 -1 / 3 -1 / 3 -30 / 25
Total 1971 1350 107 32 / 142 41 / 175 43 / 157 28 / 169 -8 / 154 20 / 158 21 / 171 186 / 1164
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Cactus Howard has retired from the Pittsburgh Lynx
1993-06-25Cactus Howard of the Pittsburgh Lynx is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1990-09-05Cactus Howard of the Pittsburgh Lynx is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1990-06-28A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Lynx and the Baltimore Liberty Dogs. The Baltimore Liberty Dogs receive Mike Collins, Draft Pick 1992 Round 2 PIT (George Carlton), Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 PIT (Jesse Batchelor) from the Pittsburgh Lynx in exchange for Herm Stueben, Cactus Howard.
1987-05-30Cactus Howard of the Baltimore Liberty Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1984-04-09Cactus Howard of the Baltimore Liberty Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1983-04-26Cactus Howard of the Baltimore Liberty Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1980-05-08Cactus Howard of the Baltimore Liberty Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1979-03-01The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Dick Callaway to the major league team. The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Pud Taylor to the major league team. The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Cactus Howard to the major league team.
1978-08-25The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Al Pelouze to the major league team. The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have sent Cactus Howard to the minors.
1978-08-19The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Cactus Howard to the major league team.
1977-06-15The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Al Pelouze to the major league team. The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have sent Cactus Howard to the minors.
1977-06-09Cactus Howard of the Baltimore Liberty Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1977-04-13The Baltimore Liberty Dogs have promoted Cactus Howard to the major league team.