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Nomar Garciaparra League
10-23-2331
Lefty Birdsall First Base
Retired (1967, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .261 Total Rating 69   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .697 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 478 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 12-13-1931
HR 32 Drafted Round 2, Pick 25
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(109 games)
RBI 172
SB 85
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 74 Contact vs. L 84 Endurance 55   Ldrship 4
Power vs. R 59 Power vs. L 56 Velocity 3   Mentor vR 41
Speed 70 Bunt 9 Control 4   Mentor vL 41
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 52 WS Rings 0
1B 100 (100%) LF --- Arm 92 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health 46 LCS Appearances 0
3B 77 (77.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 19 57.00 5 / 8 5 / 9 6 / 8 5 / 8 5 / 8 8 / 10 5 / 6 39 / 57
1951 Minors 20 50.00 6 / 9 5 / 6 4 / 9 3 / 4 7 / 8 7 / 9 3 / 5 35 / 50
1952 Minors 21 60.00 4 / 9 4 / 5 4 / 6 3 / 5 1 / 11 4 / 12 5 / 12 25 / 60
1953 Minors 22 65.00 2 / 4 6 / 10 6 / 14 5 / 5 4 / 10 0 / 8 8 / 14 31 / 65
1954 Minors 23 53.00 6 / 10 4 / 12 4 / 8 3 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 5 20 / 53
1955 Minors 24 62.00 2 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 11 6 / 16 13 / 62
1956 Minors 25 28.00 1 / 1 0 / 6 2 / 3 2 / 9 1 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 3 7 / 28
1956 Majors 25 25.76 100 24 0 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 6 1 / 3 0 / 3 3 / 4 7 / 25
1957 Majors 26 28.02 145 19 17 1 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 2 6 / 28
1958 Majors 27 34.65 162 26 0 1 / 5 3 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 6 / 34
1959 Majors 28 36.41 162 25 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 36
1960 Majors 29 32.53 162 21 0 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 32
1961 Majors 30 38.11 162 37 0 0 / 1 2 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 38
1962 Majors 31 33.04 126 36 36 0 / 1 1 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 33
1963 Majors 32 34.63 137 42 25 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 34
1964 Majors 33 38.97 162 48 0 0 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 38
1965 Majors 34 37.40 162 45 0 -3 / 6 -5 / 4 0 / 4 -1 / 6 -7 / 5 -2 / 6 -1 / 6 -19 / 37
1966 Majors 35 33.38 162 40 0 -2 / 2 -7 / 5 -5 / 3 -5 / 3 -2 / 3 -2 / 9 -2 / 8 -25 / 33
1967 Minors 36 28.00 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 28
1967 Majors 36 1.69 9 2 0 -3 / 0 -3 / 0 -4 / 0 -6 / 1 -5 / 0 -4 / 0 -2 / 0 -27 / 1
Total 1651 365 78 21 / 96 19 / 114 23 / 101 13 / 105 8 / 115 11 / 118 29 / 123 124 / 772
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Lefty Birdsall has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-08-20The Seattle Pilots have waived Lefty Birdsall.
1967-04-11The Seattle Pilots have promoted Curt Milligan to the major league team. The Seattle Pilots have designated Lefty Birdsall for assignment.
1963-06-27Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1963-05-07The Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs have placed Lefty Birdsall on the trade block.
1962-08-21Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 52 days.
1957-09-05Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1956-06-10The Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs have promoted Lefty Birdsall to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Sang-Hoon Fox to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Jason Gainey to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Brian Newfield to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Lefty Birdsall to the minors. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Paul Miller to the minors. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Cam Francona to the minors.