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Andy Messersmith League
10-26-2101
Vance Wineapple Left Field
Retired (1965, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .249 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .713 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 1199 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 08-10-1930
HR 182 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(131 games)
RBI 673
SB 84 Salary $2.20M Final Contract Year 1964
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B D- (10.0%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (99.0%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF A+ (94.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 65% 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 STL
143
571
73
133
18
0
19
59
35
 126 3 4
6
 2 7
.643
.279
.364
.131
.233
1954 STL
121
474
55
99
16
1
22
62
25
 105 4 3
3
 0 1
.639
.253
.386
.177
.209
1955 STL
144
552
65
139
24
5
18
72
43
 108 0 3
6
 4 4
.716
.304
.411
.159
.252
1956 STL
144
542
59
122
19
1
22
70
40
 111 0 1
11
 4 7
.663
.278
.386
.161
.225
1957 STL
111
440
55
116
18
4
18
78
31
 85 2 2
5
 4 2
.759
.314
.445
.182
.264
1958 STL
129
509
58
115
18
2
12
69
32
 107 2 3
6
 5 5
.613
.273
.340
.114
.226
1959 WAS
106
308
47
101
18
3
14
55
19
 63 1 0
9
 6 7
.911
.369
.542
.214
.328
1960 WAS
105
299
39
78
12
2
11
44
25
 52 1 2
12
 14 12
.743
.318
.425
.164
.261
1961 BOS
129
344
45
98
22
5
17
62
20
 76 1 0
8
 3 0
.852
.326
.526
.241
.285
1962 BOS
87
207
28
46
6
2
10
29
23
 48 0 2
9
 4 0
.713
.297
.415
.193
.222
1963 CLE
89
223
31
58
7
0
11
31
29
 46 1 4
4
 1 2
.782
.342
.439
.179
.260
1964 CLE
119
354
44
94
15
4
8
42
18
 65 2 2
5
 2 1
.701
.303
.398
.133
.266
1965 CLE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
Total
1427
4823
599
1199
193
29
182
673
340
 992 17 26
84
 49 48
.713
.299
.414
.165
.249
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Vance Wineapple has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-06-13Vance Wineapple of the Cleveland Aggies is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1963-04-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Tea Party and the Cleveland Aggies. The Cleveland Aggies receive Vance Wineapple from the Boston Tea Party in exchange for Draft Pick 1966 Round 4 CLE (Rudy Moore).
1963-03-31The Boston Tea Party have promoted Vance Wineapple to the major league team.
1962-08-30The Boston Tea Party have designated Vance Wineapple for assignment.
1962-06-08Vance Wineapple of the Boston Tea Party is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1961-04-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Tea Party and the Washington Musketeers. The Washington Musketeers receive Mike Abrams, Domingo Moore, Harry Nance, Dick Martinez, Charlie Herges, Neal Rivera, Mickey Cimoli, Scott Hertweck, Tim Boyle from the Boston Tea Party in exchange for Vance Wineapple, George Herbel, Tom Heath, Babe Smith, Nick Kaiser.
1960-10-08Vance Wineapple of the Washington Musketeers is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1959-03-31A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Skinks and the Washington Musketeers. The Washington Musketeers receive Vance Wineapple from the St. Louis Skinks in exchange for .
1958-04-03Vance Wineapple of the St. Louis Skinks is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1957-04-25Vance Wineapple of the St. Louis Skinks is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1954-06-13Vance Wineapple of the St. Louis Skinks is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1953-04-03The St. Louis Skinks have promoted Vance Wineapple to the major league team. The St. Louis Skinks have designated Willie Allen for assignment.