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Don Newcombe League
9-19-2165
Billy Sleater Center Field
Retired (1985, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .269 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .761 Status Deceased (2016) Option Years 0  
H 700 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 09-08-1951
HR 90 Drafted Round 2, Pick 30
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(62 games)
RBI 382
SB 93
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed A- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D  (12.4%) Range B  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (98.5%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (99.0%) CF A+ (100%)   Health D  LCS Appearances 7
3B B+ (72.6%) RF A+ (97.2%)   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 
1972 Minors 21 69.00 8 / 12 9 / 10 7 / 8 11 / 11 2 / 6 14 / 15 7 / 7 58 / 69
1973 Minors 22 69.00 2 / 10 8 / 11 5 / 7 5 / 11 4 / 8 7 / 7 11 / 15 42 / 69
1974 Minors 23 31.00 2 / 3 3 / 6 3 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 4 4 / 7 14 / 31
1974 Majors 23 31.94 96 55 0 5 / 7 1 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 8 1 / 1 1 / 5 15 / 31
1975 Minors 24 16.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 1 9 / 16
1975 Majors 24 25.02 93 36 0 3 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 1 4 / 5 1 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 1 11 / 25
1975 Pos (LF) 24 50.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 50
1976 Minors 25 26.00 1 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 3 3 / 7 2 / 3 9 / 26
1976 Majors 25 27.52 84 46 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 2 / 5 2 / 8 0 / 2 2 / 6 0 / 2 6 / 27
1976 Pos (LF) 25 51.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 51
1977 Minors 26 13.00 1 / 3 1 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 5 / 13
1977 Majors 26 27.89 112 31 0 0 / 2 0 / 6 2 / 2 3 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 2 6 / 27
1977 Pos (RF) 26 35.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 35
1978 Minors 27 14.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 7 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 14
1978 Majors 27 43.57 124 61 0 1 / 12 0 / 2 1 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 1 1 / 9 2 / 5 6 / 43
1978 Pos (RF) 27 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1979 Majors 28 58.82 162 93 0 2 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 10 1 / 9 4 / 58
1980 Majors 29 40.06 146 52 16 1 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 5 2 / 7 5 / 40
1981 Majors 30 59.30 162 111 0 0 / 9 0 / 3 3 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 17 0 / 5 0 / 9 3 / 59
1982 Majors 31 41.77 162 44 0 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 9 1 / 41
1983 Majors 32 32.44 144 27 15 0 / 4 1 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 32
1984 Majors 33 19.50 100 12 22 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 19
1985 Majors 34 18.99 97 17 17 -4 / 2 -6 / 4 -5 / 2 -2 / 4 -6 / 2 -1 / 3 -1 / 1 -25 / 18
Total 1482 585 70 22 / 99 20 / 89 31 / 88 31 / 103 7 / 97 33 / 93 29 / 89 192 / 796
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Billy Sleater has retired from the Tampa Bay Tschabeaux
1985-06-21Billy Sleater of the Tampa Bay Tschabeaux is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1985-04-08A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Eggmen and the Tampa Bay Tschabeaux. The Tampa Bay Tschabeaux receive Billy Sleater, Draft Pick 1986 Round 4 KC (Buck Smythe) from the Kansas City Eggmen in exchange for Draft Pick 1986 Round 3 CHN (Jim Driscoll).
1985-04-01The Kansas City Eggmen have acquired Billy Sleater from the waiver wire.
1985-03-25The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Chuck Deering to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Jim Camacho to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have designated Watty Krivda for assignment. The Cincinnati Tigers have designated Billy Sleater for assignment.
1984-04-14Billy Sleater of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1983-05-31Billy Sleater of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1980-09-27Billy Sleater of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1980-04-25Billy Sleater of the Cincinnati Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1978-05-14The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1977-10-14The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1977-07-22The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1977-06-26The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1977-05-02The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1977-04-01The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1976-09-16The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Laffer T. Daniels to the minors.
1976-09-16The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1976-08-27The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Tommy Labine to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Nabby Boucher to the minors.
1976-08-16The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1976-06-17The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1976-03-25The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Tommy Labine to the minors. The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors. The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Joe Lenhardt to the minors.
1975-07-16The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Tommy Labine to the major league team. The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1975-07-15The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors. The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Stubby Currence to the minors.
1975-06-17The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.
1975-04-01The Cincinnati Tigers have sent Billy Sleater to the minors.
1974-06-15The Cincinnati Tigers have promoted Billy Sleater to the major league team.