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Ozzie Smith League
3-25-2094
Jelly Roll Morton Center Field
Retired (2000, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .269 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .760 Status Deceased (2049) Option Years 0  
H 2573 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 09-18-1961
HR 341 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1980)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(66 games)
RBI 1397
SB 271
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B B  (61.5%) CF A+ (100%)   Health B+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 7
* 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
1983 NYA
72
263
29
61
10
2
6
25
14
 60 1 1
8
 2 4
.626
.272
.354
.122
.232
1984 NYA
142
546
49
121
15
2
13
61
44
 111 1 3
14
 5 8
.607
.279
.328
.106
.222
1985 NYA
152
583
67
157
16
3
13
56
46
 108 4 4
17
 10 2
.699
.325
.374
.105
.269
1986 NYA
152
605
84
158
22
2
18
93
52
 93 1 5
33
 15 5
.712
.318
.393
.132
.261
1987 NYA
148
576
75
164
18
9
24
87
33
 96 0 2
28
 12 9
.795
.322
.472
.188
.285
1988 NYA
152
582
73
150
24
7
16
89
60
 126 2 4
22
 15 5
.733
.327
.405
.148
.258
1989 NYA
152
604
80
172
21
8
19
88
46
 109 0 4
19
 18 6
.774
.333
.440
.156
.285
1990 WAS-CHA
118
371
46
94
13
4
14
57
35
 78 1 3
10
 3 3
.740
.317
.423
.170
.253
1991 CHA-DET
152
577
92
175
20
6
33
96
44
 95 0 3
15
 13 7
.881
.351
.530
.227
.303
1992 DET
152
599
98
165
33
4
25
94
59
 104 2 6
19
 6 6
.808
.339
.469
.194
.275
1993 DET
152
602
101
180
18
9
35
105
64
 117 1 2
33
 9 5
.899
.366
.533
.234
.299
1994 DET
152
596
107
167
25
8
26
86
64
 131 1 4
26
 4 5
.829
.349
.480
.200
.280
1995 DET-CLE
152
594
84
171
20
3
25
98
57
 109 1 1
14
 7 10
.809
.351
.458
.170
.288
1996 CLE
152
595
84
148
21
4
16
87
64
 113 3 8
2
 0 5
.699
.321
.378
.129
.249
1997 CLE
151
591
88
172
25
7
22
108
59
 114 1 3
0
 0 2
.823
.355
.469
.178
.291
1998 MON
150
600
75
156
22
8
21
93
44
 108 1 2
5
 9 2
.739
.311
.428
.168
.260
1999 MON
150
577
62
141
25
4
14
66
49
 122 2 2
6
 3 6
.679
.305
.374
.130
.244
2000 MON
33
100
9
21
4
1
1
8
8
 27 1 0
0
 0 1
.575
.275
.300
.090
.210
Total
2484
9561
1303
2573
352
91
341
1397
842
 1821 23 57
271
 131 91
.760
.328
.432
.163
.269
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2000-11-01Jelly Roll Morton has retired from the Montreal C est la vie
2000-04-21The Montreal C est la vie have placed Jelly Roll Morton on the trade block.
1998-03-26The Montreal C est la vie have drafted Jelly Roll Morton #35 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1995-08-18A trade has been completed between the Detroit Cobbs and the Cleveland Topes. The Cleveland Topes receive Mike Rondeau, Charlie Matchick, Jimmy Hunter, Jelly Roll Morton from the Detroit Cobbs in exchange for Cletus Spuckler, Kent Brockman, Andre Either, Waylon Smithers.
1991-09-05A trade has been completed between the Chicago Hot Dogs and the Detroit Cobbs. The Detroit Cobbs receive Jelly Roll Morton from the Chicago Hot Dogs in exchange for Scott Hogan, Draft Pick 1992 Round 2 DET (Effie Kirby).
1990-08-18A trade has been completed between the Washington Hamiltonians and the Chicago Hot Dogs. The Chicago Hot Dogs receive Jelly Roll Morton, Draft Pick 1992 Round 3 WAS (Jack Hilton) from the Washington Hamiltonians in exchange for Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 CHA (Don Healy).
1990-05-21Jelly Roll Morton of the Washington Hamiltonians is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1984-06-04Jelly Roll Morton of the New York Writers is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1984-04-01The New York Writers have renamed Joe Dietz to Jelly Roll Morton.
1983-07-07The New York Writers have promoted Joe Dietz to the major league team. The New York Writers have sent Thomas Speake to the minors.
1980-04-06A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Topes and the New York Writers. The New York Writers receive Joe Dietz, Seymour Skinner, Draft Pick - 1981 Round 2 (CLE) from the Cleveland Topes in exchange for .