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Chipper Jones League
3-25-1979
Shock Potato Catcher
Retired (1967, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .299 Total Rating 67   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .860 Status Retired (1967) Option Years 0  
H 1847 Age 48 (OS 49) Date of Birth 08-16-1930
HR 249 Drafted Round 22, Pick 343
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(78 games)
RBI 1154
SB 34
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 80 Contact vs. L 73 Endurance 55   Ldrship 31
Power vs. R 70 Power vs. L 70 Velocity 1   Mentor vR 79
Speed 42 Bunt 44 Control 2   Mentor vL 78
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * 100 (100%) SS --- Range 50 WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm 86 WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF ---   Health 16 LCS Appearances 8
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 6
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1953 KC
122
459
49
120
19
2
9
57
54
 66 0 7
1
 0 8
.705
.335
.370
.109
.261
1954 KC
128
489
72
140
23
4
16
70
60
 73 4 0
2
 1 4
.817
.369
.448
.162
.286
1955 KC-CLE
124
494
81
147
28
5
18
89
51
 81 6 4
2
 0 3
.851
.368
.484
.186
.298
1956 CLE
127
521
88
155
33
2
30
106
54
 64 2 5
7
 3 9
.904
.363
.541
.244
.298
1957 CLE-NYN
122
452
84
148
22
6
23
105
54
 71 2 3
16
 1 7
.955
.399
.555
.228
.327
1958 NYN
123
481
76
145
20
5
24
97
52
 68 2 1
5
 3 1
.885
.371
.514
.212
.301
1959 KC
117
414
77
130
19
6
24
87
57
 63 5 2
0
 0 1
.964
.402
.563
.249
.314
1960 KC
122
450
73
149
26
3
22
93
41
 61 0 2
0
 0 4
.934
.385
.549
.218
.331
1961 KC
122
471
86
151
31
7
20
94
59
 70 2 3
0
 0 1
.940
.396
.544
.223
.321
1962 KC
122
473
83
138
21
3
16
95
60
 76 2 4
0
 0 3
.821
.371
.450
.159
.292
1963 KC
113
436
60
117
23
5
11
77
44
 79 0 6
0
 0 1
.751
.331
.420
.151
.268
1964 KC
108
418
71
123
24
4
16
70
49
 63 1 0
0
 0 0
.855
.370
.486
.191
.294
1965 KC
133
387
62
120
20
3
17
82
41
 52 1 2
1
 0 1
.885
.376
.509
.199
.310
1966 KC-NYN
80
228
29
60
10
2
3
30
21
 48 0 2
0
 0 0
.687
.323
.364
.101
.263
1967 NYN
6
11
3
4
0
0
0
2
2
 1 1 0
0
 0 0
.864
.500
.364
.000
.364
Total
1669
6184
994
1847
319
57
249
1154
699
 936 28 41
34
 8 43
.860
.370
.489
.191
.299
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Shock Potato has retired from the New York Gimps
1967-05-30The New York Gimps have promoted Scandalos Libel to the major league team. The New York Gimps have designated Shock Potato for assignment.
1966-08-29A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians and the New York Gimps. The New York Gimps receive Shock Potato, Draft Pick - 1968 Round 3 (KC) from the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians in exchange for Draft Pick - 1967 Round 2 (NYN).
1966-06-28Shock Potato of the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1959-04-01A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians and the New York Gimps. The New York Gimps receive Josejoe Mesatable from the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians in exchange for Shock Potato.
1957-04-12A trade has been completed between the New York Gimps and the Cleveland Boxes. The Cleveland Boxes receive Darwin R. Humphreys, Roy Burke, Barry Risley, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (NYN) from the New York Gimps in exchange for Ray Abernathy, Shock Potato, Bob Jones.
1955-08-16A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians and the Cleveland Boxes. The Cleveland Boxes receive Tom Myers, Shock Potato, Trojan Zebra, Olfactory Audition from the Kansas City Hyperzephyrians in exchange for Gordon Boucher, Bing Borders.
1952-10-03The Kansas City Hyperzephyrians have promoted Shock Potato to the major league team. The Kansas City Hyperzephyrians have sent Lazy Cow to the minors.
1950-04-01The Kansas City Hyperzephyrians have renamed Manny Rodgers to Shock Potato.
1950-04-01The Kansas City Hyperzephyrians have promoted Bob Clark to the major league team. The Kansas City Hyperzephyrians have sent Manny Rodgers to the minors.