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Goose Goslin League
5-22-2065
King Towers Catcher
Retired (1991, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .253 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .718 Status Deceased (2041) Option Years 0  
H 1870 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 07-08-1955
HR 225 Drafted Round 1, Pick 4
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(22 games)
RBI 1047
SB 127
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health A+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* 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
1978 Away 40 282 0 74 19 1 7 45 22 42 0 0 0 .732 .320 .411 .149 .262
1978 Home 43 275 0 61 5 0 6 28 26 52 0 0 0 .597 .291 .305 .084 .222
1979 Away 74 285 39 71 12 2 6 32 28 52 13 8 1 .683 .314 .368 .119 .249
1979 Home 72 274 27 64 11 1 7 30 25 69 8 7 0 .654 .297 .358 .124 .234
1980 Away 74 269 23 60 11 2 6 35 23 49 8 5 0 .631 .286 .346 .123 .223
1980 Home 72 262 22 51 6 0 1 16 23 56 5 6 1 .489 .260 .229 .034 .195
1981 Away 74 255 23 62 7 3 4 24 23 42 11 4 0 .647 .306 .341 .098 .243
1981 Home 72 241 36 62 14 2 10 35 27 46 7 6 2 .787 .331 .456 .199 .257
1982 Away 73 275 24 58 6 1 8 33 20 58 8 8 2 .594 .267 .327 .116 .211
1982 Home 73 266 29 73 14 1 7 37 18 51 12 7 0 .738 .324 .414 .139 .274
1983 Away 75 222 28 57 10 1 10 36 23 55 5 9 1 .769 .323 .446 .189 .257
1983 Home 70 201 18 60 13 1 5 27 13 45 6 7 2 .786 .338 .448 .149 .299
1984 Away 73 279 36 74 15 4 13 60 22 42 5 4 1 .801 .314 .487 .222 .265
1984 Home 73 250 39 69 10 3 11 42 23 51 2 4 0 .808 .336 .472 .196 .276
1985 Away 73 261 37 70 12 4 8 40 28 51 5 2 0 .776 .339 .437 .169 .268
1985 Home 73 260 33 70 13 1 8 35 18 41 2 0 0 .735 .315 .419 .150 .269
1986 Away 73 298 30 69 13 3 11 35 20 69 2 1 2 .685 .279 .406 .174 .232
1986 Home 73 274 40 74 13 1 13 40 26 49 6 3 0 .805 .338 .467 .197 .270
1987 Away 75 259 22 52 8 0 5 15 21 45 2 3 1 .554 .264 .290 .089 .201
1987 Home 71 240 35 67 9 2 7 26 30 47 5 0 2 .776 .355 .421 .142 .279
1988 Away 74 300 40 89 14 3 12 62 21 68 3 1 2 .825 .342 .483 .187 .297
1988 Home 72 264 39 73 12 2 8 40 26 41 3 2 1 .772 .344 .428 .152 .277
1989 Away 70 272 30 63 14 2 7 39 29 57 4 1 1 .683 .308 .375 .143 .232
1989 Home 76 284 39 88 18 3 9 60 34 48 4 3 1 .873 .384 .489 .180 .310
1990 Away 73 263 30 72 13 2 11 53 31 55 0 0 0 .815 .351 .464 .190 .274
1990 Home 73 253 26 60 6 3 11 44 29 58 0 0 0 .728 .313 .415 .178 .237
1991 Away 71 258 21 58 8 1 4 26 37 68 0 0 1 .632 .322 .310 .085 .225
1991 Home 73 268 33 69 9 2 10 52 32 44 0 0 0 .752 .334 .418 .160 .257
Total Away 992 3778 383 929 162 29 112 535 348 753 66 46 12 .703 .310 .393 .147 .246
Total Home 986 3612 416 941 153 22 113 512 350 698 60 45 9 .735 .326 .409 .148 .261
Total 2041 7390 849 1870 315 51 225 1047 698 1451 127 91 28 .718 .318 .401 .148 .253
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01King Towers has retired from the Detroit Diamonds
1988-03-01A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Diamonds. The Detroit Diamonds receive King Towers, Draft Pick 1989 Round 2 CHN (Kelvin Jayneway), Draft Pick 1988 Round 1 NYN (John Battle) from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Joe Dowd, Draft Pick 1989 Round 1 DET (Larry Patterson). Protest This Trade.
1985-10-10The Chicago Cubs have placed King Towers on the trade block.
1978-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted King Towers to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Geronimo Jones to the minors.
1975-04-13A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Blackhearts. The New York Blackhearts receive Eric German, Dane Morgan, Mike Isenberg from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for King Towers, Kid Karpis.
1974-04-01The New York Blackhearts have renamed Jose Brown to King Towers.