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Thurman Munson League
8-6-2254
John Bonilla Second Base
Retired (1989, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .294 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .843 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 2228 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 02-23-1950
HR 292 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1970)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(26 games)
RBI 1154
SB 155
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS F  (1.2%) Range A  WS Rings 2
1B A- (83.7%) LF C+ (51.2%) Arm C- WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF C  (40.3%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* 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 
1970 Minors 20 54.00 4 / 6 5 / 6 4 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 15 6 / 7 9 / 10 31 / 54
1970 Pos (2B) 20 141.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 141
1971 Minors 21 62.00 8 / 15 8 / 9 4 / 8 3 / 5 2 / 12 5 / 5 8 / 8 38 / 62
1972 Minors 22 47.00 3 / 7 3 / 10 2 / 3 5 / 7 0 / 6 4 / 5 4 / 9 21 / 47
1972 Pos (3B) 22 81.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 81
1973 Minors 23 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3
1973 Majors 23 54.14 1 / 6 2 / 8 5 / 9 8 / 10 0 / 10 5 / 5 4 / 6 25 / 54
1973 Pos (3B) 23 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 10
1974 Majors 24 47.48 3 / 5 1 / 6 3 / 8 4 / 10 0 / 6 5 / 6 4 / 6 20 / 47
1975 Majors 25 58.44 1 / 9 5 / 12 4 / 8 2 / 12 0 / 3 2 / 6 3 / 8 17 / 58
1976 Majors 26 60.24 2 / 11 2 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 7 2 / 10 11 / 60
1977 Majors 27 57.14 32 24 19 0 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 11 1 / 13 1 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 4 / 57
1978 Majors 28 52.25 138 119 24 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 9 1 / 11 3 / 52
1979 Majors 29 55.32 140 121 22 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 10 3 / 55
1980 Majors 30 57.92 149 128 13 0 / 6 2 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 13 0 / 9 3 / 57
1981 Majors 31 63.93 162 139 0 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 11 1 / 12 0 / 12 1 / 63
1982 Majors 32 61.21 153 132 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 12 1 / 10 1 / 61
1983 Majors 33 56.60 162 101 0 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 17 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 56
1984 Majors 34 64.61 162 107 0 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 64
1985 Majors 35 57.31 162 93 0 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 57
1986 Majors 36 39.36 101 85 10 -3 / 7 -3 / 4 -1 / 7 -5 / 3 -3 / 7 -3 / 3 -3 / 8 -21 / 39
1987 Majors 37 62.90 162 135 0 -2 / 9 -2 / 9 -1 / 8 -4 / 10 -7 / 10 -2 / 8 -1 / 8 -19 / 62
1988 Minors 38 2.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1988 Majors 38 50.87 147 80 0 -2 / 8 -1 / 3 -2 / 6 0 / 9 -7 / 9 -3 / 8 -2 / 7 -17 / 50
1989 Majors 39 1.87 8 2 0 -4 / 1 -3 / 0 -5 / 0 -5 / 0 -8 / 0 -2 / 0 -3 / 0 -30 / 1
1989 Pos (3B) 39 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
Total 1678 1266 97 13 / 146 21 / 143 15 / 149 13 / 150 -20 / 163 22 / 143 28 / 167 122 / 1294
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01John Bonilla has retired from the St. Louis Tsunami
1989-10-22The St. Louis Tsunami have acquired John Bonilla from the waiver wire.
1989-05-07The Kansas City Killers waive John Bonilla.
1989-04-28The Kansas City Killers have promoted John Bonilla to the major league team. The Kansas City Killers have designated Willie Beltran for assignment.
1989-04-25The Kansas City Killers have acquired John Bonilla from the waiver wire.
1989-04-01The Brooklyn Bandits have waived John Bonilla.
1988-10-13The Brooklyn Bandits have promoted Rocky DeJesus to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bandits have designated John Bonilla for assignment.
1988-07-23The Brooklyn Bandits have promoted John Bonilla to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bandits have sent Rocky DeJesus to the minors.
1988-07-05The Brooklyn Bandits have promoted Rocky DeJesus to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bandits have designated John Bonilla for assignment.
1986-07-24John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1982-09-21John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1980-06-25John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1979-08-30John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1978-07-15John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1977-08-03John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1976-09-19John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1975-06-22John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1974-08-20John Bonilla of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1973-04-19The Brooklyn Bandits have promoted John Bonilla to the major league team.
1973-04-12The Brooklyn Bandits have promoted John Bonilla to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bandits have sent Nick Baker to the minors.
1971-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York jaegerbombs and the Brooklyn Bandits. The Brooklyn Bandits receive John Bonilla from the New York jaegerbombs in exchange for Gene Swisher.