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| Dion "hot dog" Ball |  Left FieldRetired (1987, Age 35) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .273 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .756 | Status | Deceased (2013) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 447 | Age at Death | 61 | Date of Birth | 04-01-1952 | |
| HR | 39 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 27 (1973) |
Majors Svc Time | 6 years (158 games) |
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| RBI | 254 | |||||
| SB | 30 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | (0.2%) | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 2 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 4 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | (11.6%) |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 6 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (91.5%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Minors | 21 | 57.00 | 8 / 9 | 6 / 11 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 7 | 8 / 8 | 6 / 6 | 8 / 8 | 45 / 57 | |||
| 1974 | Minors | 22 | 59.00 | 4 / 7 | 7 / 11 | 1 / 4 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 6 | 7 / 8 | 12 / 15 | 40 / 59 | |||
| 1975 | Minors | 23 | 51.00 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 7 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 7 | 7 / 7 | 25 / 51 | |||
| 1976 | Minors | 24 | 56.00 | 3 / 9 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 11 | 0 / 5 | 3 / 11 | 4 / 7 | 1 / 5 | 17 / 56 | |||
| 1977 | Minors | 25 | 56.00 | 7 / 15 | 2 / 7 | 2 / 8 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 8 | 3 / 4 | 4 / 7 | 20 / 56 | |||
| 1977 | Majors | 25 | 3.55 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 3 |
| 1978 | Majors | 26 | 42.75 | 162 | 83 | 0 | 3 / 5 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 6 | 2 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 10 / 42 |
| 1979 | Majors | 27 | 37.93 | 162 | 27 | 0 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 9 / 37 |
| 1980 | Majors | 28 | 44.49 | 162 | 54 | 0 | 2 / 11 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 1 / 4 | 5 / 44 |
| 1981 | Majors | 29 | 50.61 | 162 | 74 | 0 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 6 | 2 / 12 | 1 / 6 | 4 / 50 |
| 1982 | Majors | 30 | 34.66 | 162 | 28 | 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 34 |
| 1983 | Majors | 31 | 25.02 | 162 | 14 | 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 25 |
| 1984 | Minors | 32 | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1984 | Majors | 32 | 6.12 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 6 |
| 1985 | Majors | 33 | 12.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 12 | |||
| 1986 | Majors | 34 | 35.57 | 92 | 66 | 0 | -1 / 2 | -2 / 6 | -1 / 5 | -6 / 3 | 0 / 9 | -3 / 5 | -4 / 5 | -17 / 35 |
| 1987 | Minors | 35 | 13.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 13 | |||
| 1987 | Majors | 35 | 2.61 | 13 | 3 | 0 | -4 / 0 | -3 / 0 | -5 / 0 | -4 / 0 | -6 / 0 | 0 / 2 | -4 / 0 | -26 / 2 |
| Total | 1130 | 350 | 0 | 27 / 91 | 16 / 97 | 7 / 77 | 8 / 74 | 17 / 84 | 31 / 81 | 32 / 79 | 138 / 583 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1987-11-01 | Dion "hot dog" Ball has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1987-06-09 | The Baltimore Orioles have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball. |
| 1987-04-15 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Johnny Compton to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment. |
| 1986-06-19 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. |
| 1986-06-19 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire. |
| 1985-04-01 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball. |
| 1984-10-01 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Jerry Fewster for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Buddy Wedge for assignment. |
| 1984-09-13 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Jerry Fewster to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Buddy Wedge to the major league team. |
| 1984-09-13 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire. |
| 1984-06-25 | The Washington Nationals have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball. |
| 1984-06-02 | The Washington Nationals have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. |
| 1984-06-02 | The Washington Nationals have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire. |
| 1984-04-23 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball. |
| 1984-04-01 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment. |
| 1978-03-25 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Steven Simons to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Braxton Stowe for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Barry Zurbuchen for assignment. |
| 1977-08-06 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have sent Dion "hot dog" Ball to the minors. |
| 1977-07-17 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have sent Andrew Burgess to the minors. |
| 1977-03-25 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have renamed Chappy Bray to Dion "hot dog" Ball. |
| 1976-07-13 | The Chicago Chinese assassins have acquired Chappy Bray from the waiver wire. The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Mike Owen. |
| 1976-06-23 | The Washington Nationals have waived Chappy Bray. |