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Walter Johnson League
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Shorty Gillespie Left Field
Retired (2025, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .228 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .607 Status Deceased (2070) Option Years 0  
H 1421 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 02-25-1989
HR 95 Drafted Round 2, Pick 28
(2007)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(51 games)
RBI 535
SB 277
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed A- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (98.9%) CF B  (64.6%)   Health A  LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A  (89.2%)   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 
2007 Minors 18 58.00 6 / 6 7 / 7 8 / 8 4 / 4 3 / 6 11 / 13 12 / 14 51 / 58
2008 Minors 19 38.00 2 / 2 9 / 9 3 / 3 5 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 8 2 / 5 27 / 38
2008 Majors 19 23.49 0 / 1 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 4 6 / 23
2009 Majors 20 71.06 5 / 9 3 / 8 7 / 13 3 / 11 1 / 9 2 / 12 4 / 9 25 / 71
2010 Majors 21 58.13 2 / 6 6 / 10 8 / 11 1 / 4 4 / 11 2 / 7 4 / 9 27 / 58
2011 Majors 22 55.01 6 / 8 3 / 5 7 / 11 1 / 5 1 / 4 7 / 11 3 / 11 28 / 55
2012 Majors 23 32.85 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 6 2 / 3 3 / 4 2 / 5 3 / 9 14 / 32
2013 Majors 24 27.54 0 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 4 4 / 27
2014 Majors 25 26.78 1 / 3 2 / 4 2 / 5 2 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 3 9 / 26
2015 Majors 26 20.42 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 4 2 / 4 6 / 20
2016 Majors 27 23.78 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 5 6 / 23
2017 Majors 28 31.98 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 6 1 / 31
2018 Majors 29 40.57 0 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 5 4 / 40
2019 Majors 30 30.50 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 30
2020 Majors 31 24.57 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 24
2021 Majors 32 31.97 3 3 0 0 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 31
2022 Majors 33 41.52 162 59 0 1 / 4 1 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 10 0 / 5 2 / 41
2023 Majors 34 41.31 162 59 0 0 / 2 0 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 41
2024 Majors 35 60.06 162 102 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 60
2025 Majors 36 35.06 162 44 0 0 / 7 0 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 35
Total 651 267 0 26 / 89 39 / 110 43 / 123 21 / 93 17 / 97 33 / 130 35 / 122 214 / 764
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2025-11-01Shorty Gillespie has retired from the Kansas City Dukes
2021-04-25Shorty Gillespie of the Kansas City Dukes is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
2008-08-06The Kansas City Dukes have promoted Charlie Medwick to the major league team. The Kansas City Dukes have promoted Kane Lynch to the major league team. The Kansas City Dukes have promoted Shorty Gillespie to the major league team. The Kansas City Dukes have sent Len Mitchell to the minors. The Kansas City Dukes have sent Leo Belitz to the minors. The Kansas City Dukes have designated George Walker for assignment.