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Mel Ott League
8-10-2069
John Ratzer Second Base
Retired (1990, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .757 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 1746 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 09-09-1954
HR 151 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1976)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(30 games)
RBI 735
SB 134
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS (13.3%) Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B A+ (98.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1980 Away 70 269 0 74 11 2 6 35 28 34 0 0 0 .738 .340 .398 .123 .275
1980 Home 70 266 0 73 10 1 7 41 32 29 0 0 0 .750 .351 .398 .124 .274
1981 Away 50 163 0 41 7 2 1 16 30 26 0 0 0 .709 .371 .337 .086 .252
1981 Home 50 180 0 58 11 2 5 31 17 20 0 0 0 .873 .384 .489 .167 .322
1982 Away 41 276 0 72 8 2 9 40 34 28 0 0 0 .745 .343 .402 .141 .261
1982 Home 39 269 0 70 14 2 7 36 31 31 0 0 0 .743 .338 .405 .145 .260
1983 Away 66 240 30 65 10 4 6 42 31 40 7 3 10 .782 .361 .421 .150 .271
1983 Home 57 200 31 51 9 1 6 24 27 23 4 4 12 .742 .342 .400 .145 .255
1984 Away 71 293 47 92 21 1 6 23 44 51 15 8 6 .864 .411 .454 .140 .314
1984 Home 69 276 51 89 15 1 7 33 31 33 4 8 1 .853 .393 .460 .138 .322
1985 Away 69 295 44 86 10 1 10 42 35 39 5 4 5 .798 .364 .434 .142 .292
1985 Home 70 279 42 78 20 1 10 38 25 40 7 2 5 .808 .342 .466 .186 .280
1986 Away 69 275 33 69 11 1 6 26 39 49 4 6 7 .708 .344 .364 .113 .251
1986 Home 70 287 41 88 29 0 5 31 29 43 9 4 3 .831 .371 .460 .153 .307
1987 Away 60 245 26 66 12 1 5 20 24 39 7 4 8 .724 .336 .388 .118 .269
1987 Home 59 219 30 52 11 1 6 23 32 34 7 7 8 .712 .333 .379 .142 .237
1988 Away 54 199 26 62 9 2 9 26 25 34 4 4 7 .901 .388 .513 .201 .312
1988 Home 51 191 32 65 14 4 4 13 20 31 7 5 10 .921 .403 .518 .178 .340
1989 Away 74 229 26 58 7 1 4 22 23 51 0 0 4 .664 .319 .345 .092 .253
1989 Home 74 194 26 56 12 1 5 26 22 29 0 0 5 .794 .356 .438 .149 .289
1990 Away 18 32 3 5 0 1 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 .447 .229 .219 .062 .156
1990 Home 21 27 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 .464 .241 .222 .037 .185
Total Away 642 2516 235 690 106 18 62 293 316 399 42 29 47 .761 .356 .405 .130 .274
Total Home 630 2388 256 685 146 14 62 296 268 317 38 30 44 .797 .359 .438 .151 .287
Total 1712 6391 874 1746 311 42 151 735 753 960 134 109 169 .757 .351 .406 .133 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1990-11-01John Ratzer has retired from the Chicago Shamrocks
1989-04-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Shamrocks. The Chicago Shamrocks receive John Ratzer from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lerrin Thomas, Dean Nichols. Vote on Trade.
1988-04-05John Ratzer of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 51 days.
1988-04-01The Boston Red Sox have removed John Ratzer from the trade block.
1987-08-30John Ratzer of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1987-03-05The Boston Red Sox have placed John Ratzer on the trade block.
1985-08-30The Boston Tridentines have removed John Ratzer from the trade block.
1985-06-26The Boston Tridentines have placed John Ratzer on the trade block.
1981-07-25John Ratzer of the Boston Tridentines is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1977-05-21The Boston Tridentines have promoted John Ratzer to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have designated Jimmy Nelson for assignment.