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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Ernie McCracken Center Field
Retired (1988, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .201 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .587 Status Retired (1988) Option Years 0  
H 56 Age 58 (OS 59) Date of Birth 10-12-1954
HR 5 Drafted Round 3, Pick 35
(1975)		 Majors Svc Time 2 years
(50 games)
RBI 29
SB 6
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B F  (3.5%) LF C- (30.7%) Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 0
3B F  (0.1%) RF ---   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 
1975 Minors 21 24.00 3 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 3 7 / 7 4 / 4 19 / 24
1975 Majors 21 6.15 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 6
1976 Minors 22 19.00 5 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 2 4 / 4 3 / 3 15 / 19
1976 Pos (1B) 22 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3
1977 Minors 23 14.00 0 / 0 3 / 5 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 1 3 / 4 1 / 1 10 / 14
1978 Minors 24 8.00 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 4 / 8
1978 Majors 24 2.50 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1979 Minors 25 25.00 4 / 6 2 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 0 4 / 5 0 / 2 11 / 25
1980 Minors 26 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 9
1980 Majors 26 14.35 38 22 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2 4 / 14
1981 Minors 27 27.00 2 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 5 2 / 8 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 3 7 / 27
1982 Minors 28 5.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 5
1982 Majors 28 14.09 116 0 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 14
1983 Minors 29 22.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 5 6 / 22
1984 Minors 30 14.00 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 14
1984 Majors 30 12.86 64 5 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 12
1985 Minors 31 22.00 0 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 4 / 22
1986 Minors 32 16.00 1 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 4 / 16
1986 Majors 32 15.86 76 2 23 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 15
1987 Minors 33 12.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 12
1987 Majors 33 13.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 13
1988 Majors 34 19.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 19
Total 294 29 23 18 / 48 12 / 45 7 / 40 14 / 47 7 / 38 25 / 47 13 / 47 97 / 315
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Ernie McCracken has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1987-08-16The Kansas City Spurs have waived Ernie McCracken.
1987-04-27The Kansas City Spurs have acquired Ernie McCracken from the waiver wire.
1987-04-11The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have waived Ernie McCracken.
1986-07-23The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Jud Blankenship to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated Ernie McCracken for assignment.
1986-06-21Ernie McCracken of the Philadelphia Schmidtheads is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1986-03-07The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team. The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have designated Ben Rivera for assignment.
1985-04-30The Philadelphia Schmidtheads have acquired Ernie McCracken from the waiver wire.
1985-04-08The Washington Irvings have waived Ernie McCracken.
1985-04-01The Washington Irvings have sent Wally Benton to the minors. The Washington Irvings have designated Ernie McCracken for assignment. The Washington Irvings have sent Vic Vail to the minors. The Washington Irvings have designated Carlos Brewington for assignment.
1984-07-22The Washington Irvings have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team. The Washington Irvings have promoted Bob Kelso to the major league team.
1982-08-12The Washington Irvings have designated Ernie McCracken for assignment.
1982-04-01The Washington Irvings have promoted Arlie Cahill to the major league team. The Washington Irvings have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team. The Washington Irvings have promoted Harold Lee to the major league team.
1980-09-19The Washington Irvings have acquired Ernie McCracken from the waiver wire.
1980-07-28The Baltimore Blue Claws have waived Ernie McCracken.
1980-07-27The Baltimore Blue Claws have sent Ernie McCracken to the minors.
1980-06-12The Baltimore Blue Claws have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team.
1978-06-08The Baltimore Blue Claws have sent Ernie McCracken to the minors.
1978-05-06The Baltimore Blue Claws have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team.
1977-05-24The Baltimore Blue Claws have acquired Ernie McCracken from the waiver wire.
1977-04-01The Milwaukee Blatz have waived Ernie McCracken.
1975-10-03The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ishmael Boorg to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Cory Barnhart to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Fred Hack to the minors. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ernie McCracken to the minors.
1975-09-19The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team.
1975-08-06The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Tom Ordenana to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have sent Ernie McCracken to the minors.
1975-07-18The Milwaukee Blatz have promoted Ernie McCracken to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blatz have designated Junior Flaherty for assignment.
1975-04-04The Milwaukee Blatz have renamed Mel Novikoff to Ernie McCracken.