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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Bill Hovlik Center Field
Retired (1971, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .779 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 2106 Age at Death 77 Date of Birth 08-16-1934
HR 301 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1954)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(23 games)
RBI 1170
SB 56
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed B- Bunt C  Control F    Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 3
1B --- LF D  (16.9%) Arm B  WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 9
3B --- RF A+ (96.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1957 LHP 73 209 36 5 2 3 13 16 36 .495 .237 .258 .086 .172
1957 RHP 122 426 104 17 4 6 30 52 76 .671 .326 .345 .101 .244
1958 LHP 69 198 48 4 2 5 11 12 34 .644 .286 .359 .116 .242
1958 RHP 133 470 112 16 5 17 43 30 104 .687 .285 .402 .164 .238
1959 LHP 77 182 43 9 0 5 23 21 35 .687 .319 .368 .132 .236
1959 RHP 129 461 118 19 1 13 45 39 77 .704 .317 .386 .130 .256
1960 LHP 86 212 60 15 1 9 28 21 38 .837 .346 .491 .208 .283
1960 RHP 131 406 106 24 1 16 47 32 87 .759 .316 .443 .182 .261
1961 LHP 83 179 55 7 2 8 35 15 27 .862 .359 .503 .196 .307
1961 RHP 116 357 99 19 2 20 71 28 49 .836 .327 .510 .232 .277
1962 LHP 81 193 52 6 1 9 36 19 28 .789 .338 .451 .181 .269
1962 RHP 131 410 106 19 9 14 78 30 78 .763 .312 .451 .193 .259
1963 LHP 89 202 63 16 0 9 34 21 34 .898 .373 .525 .213 .312
1963 RHP 133 382 111 16 0 15 58 40 63 .808 .358 .450 .160 .291
1964 LHP 78 195 71 12 4 7 36 16 34 .988 .413 .574 .210 .364
1964 RHP 117 338 98 18 0 18 58 31 60 .854 .351 .503 .213 .290
1965 LHP 95 208 56 10 2 11 42 22 28 .834 .339 .495 .226 .269
1965 RHP 137 384 98 14 2 12 61 27 55 .703 .307 .396 .141 .255
1966 LHP 99 226 65 10 3 9 41 25 44 .837 .359 .478 .190 .288
1966 RHP 126 351 89 21 1 10 59 41 51 .735 .331 .405 .151 .254
1967 LHP 90 208 55 11 0 6 34 32 28 .765 .361 .404 .139 .264
1967 RHP 129 354 107 16 1 18 65 40 65 .879 .373 .506 .203 .302
1968 LHP 70 150 50 7 1 12 42 22 24 1.053 .420 .633 .300 .333
1968 RHP 84 223 70 8 3 14 52 18 34 .924 .359 .565 .251 .314
1969 LHP 103 205 45 13 1 9 28 23 36 .729 .305 .424 .205 .220
1969 RHP 126 347 101 14 0 18 60 34 51 .843 .356 .487 .196 .291
1970 LHP 50 97 22 4 0 3 8 11 16 .666 .306 .361 .134 .227
1970 RHP 38 100 30 10 1 2 10 7 18 .838 .358 .480 .180 .300
1971 LHP 26 38 9 2 0 1 5 2 8 .637 .268 .368 .132 .237
1971 RHP 26 88 27 6 0 2 17 4 15 .787 .344 .443 .136 .307
Total LHP 1169 2702 730 131 19 106 416 278 450 .790 .339 .450 .180 .270
Total RHP 1678 5097 1376 237 30 195 754 453 883 .773 .330 .443 .173 .270
Total 1999 7799 2106 368 49 301 1170 731 1333 .779 .333 .446 .176 .270
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Bill Hovlik has retired from the Chicago Nittany Lions
1970-07-25Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1968-08-31Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1968-04-23Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1964-07-21Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1964-05-14Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1961-09-09Bill Hovlik of the Chicago Nittany Lions is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1957-04-01The Chicago Nittany Lions have promoted Bill Hovlik to the major league team. The Chicago Nittany Lions have designated Manny More for assignment.
1955-08-22A trade has been completed between the Chicago Nittany Lions and the Baltimore Oreos. The Baltimore Oreos receive Rudy Wilson, Andy Jaxitout, Jeff Koosman from the Chicago Nittany Lions in exchange for Bill Hovlik, Bill Campbell, Draft Pick - 1958 Round 2 (BAL).