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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Vance DeKoning Third Base
Retired (1986, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .750 Status Retired (1986) Option Years 0  
H 1868 Age 53 (OS 54) Date of Birth 12-19-1950
HR 263 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1970)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(119 games)
RBI 991
SB 256
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 2
1B D+ (24.2%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 8
3B A+ (100%) RF A- (80.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1972 3B CLE 92 92 818.2 234 67 154 13 6 -15 2.43 .944
1973 3B CLE 126 125 950.2 281 67 208 6 15 -10 2.60 .979
1B CLE 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7.00 1.000
SS CLE 1 1 9.0 6 2 3 1 1 -1 5.00 .833
1974 3B CLE 139 139 1237.1 321 85 219 17 6 -4 2.21 .947
1975 3B CLE 139 139 1250.0 343 72 258 13 22 -6 2.38 .962
1976 3B CLE 139 139 1260.0 354 77 259 18 10 -6 2.40 .949
1977 3B CLE 139 139 1278.0 386 82 290 14 15 -7 2.62 .964
1978 3B TEX 139 139 1237.0 383 105 256 22 14 -6 2.63 .943
1979 3B TEX 100 99 887.2 254 59 188 7 5 -4 2.50 .972
SS TEX 2 2 17.0 11 4 5 2 0 -1 4.76 .818
1980 3B TEX 123 123 1051.1 330 78 248 4 8 +1 2.79 .988
SS TEX 2 2 18.0 11 4 7 0 2 -2 5.50 1.000
1981 3B TEX 139 139 1214.1 390 88 286 16 9 +6 2.77 .959
1982 3B TEX 137 137 1169.2 340 70 257 13 16 +5 2.52 .962
1983 3B TEX 136 136 1172.1 325 52 261 12 15 +3 2.40 .963
2B TEX 1 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1984 3B TEX 138 138 1186.2 348 79 253 16 12 +8 2.52 .954
1985 3B TEX 91 91 813.2 233 52 173 8 8 0 2.49 .966
1B TEX 18 18 158.1 163 156 5 2 14 -3 9.15 .988
RF TEX 15 15 132.0 25 23 0 2 0 -1 1.57 .920
LF TEX 4 4 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.000
CF TEX 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
1986 RF TEX 42 42 376.2 62 61 0 1 0 +3 1.46 .984
3B TEX 33 33 276.1 91 19 69 3 7 -2 2.87 .967
1B TEX 7 7 59.0 69 68 1 0 4 +2 10.53 1.000
Pos Total 3B 1810 1808 15803.2 4613 1052 3379 182 168 -37 2.52 .961
RF 57 57 508.2 87 84 0 3 0 +2 1.49 .966
1B 26 26 226.1 239 231 6 2 18 -1 9.42 .992
SS 5 5 44.0 28 10 15 3 3 -4 5.11 .893
LF 4 4 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.000
CF 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.12 1.000
2B 1 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
Total 1905 1902 16637.2 4983 1391 3402 190 189 -40 2.59 .962
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01Vance DeKoning has retired from the Texas Rangers
1985-06-04The Texas Rangers have placed Vance DeKoning on the trade block.
1980-07-18Vance DeKoning of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1979-07-02Vance DeKoning of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1973-06-12Vance DeKoning of the Cleveland Zephyrs is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1972-09-10Vance DeKoning of the Cleveland Zephyrs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1972-05-23The Cleveland Zephyrs have promoted Vance DeKoning to the major league team. The Cleveland Zephyrs have promoted Tom Sturdivant to the major league team. The Cleveland Zephyrs have designated Tom Ayrault for assignment. The Cleveland Zephyrs have designated Erik Kieschnick for assignment.