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Wally Berger League
7-16-2119
Prince Thurmond Left Field
Retired (1974, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .289 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .822 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 3114 Age at Death 89 Date of Birth 09-12-1934
HR 371 Drafted Round 2, Pick 27
(1952)		 Majors Svc Time 19 years
(128 games)
RBI 1545
SB 355
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity C-   Mentor vR B+
Speed C  Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B B  (65.0%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B D- (10.7%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 3
3B F  (0.1%) RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
Notes: Member of the Hall of Fame
* 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
1952 PHI-WAS
20
14
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
 4 0 0
0
 0 0
.276
.133
.143
.071
.071
1953 WAS
11
21
4
5
1
0
0
2
4
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.646
.360
.286
.048
.238
1955 CLE
102
333
32
81
13
1
5
36
38
 50 2 3
6
 4 11
.655
.322
.333
.090
.243
1956 CLE
155
530
52
115
18
3
8
67
54
 87 1 6
1
 2 5
.595
.288
.308
.091
.217
1957 CLE
151
496
50
120
18
2
14
72
54
 90 1 5
5
 7 3
.686
.315
.371
.129
.242
1958 CLE
158
541
70
166
25
4
14
76
64
 80 2 2
11
 4 3
.826
.381
.445
.139
.307
1959 CLE
159
588
86
162
29
3
32
123
75
 96 3 5
16
 6 6
.856
.358
.498
.223
.276
1960 CLE
159
611
73
182
39
5
22
96
61
 101 1 5
17
 7 9
.846
.360
.486
.188
.298
1961 CLE
147
563
79
166
25
10
18
93
65
 64 3 6
22
 6 6
.838
.367
.471
.176
.295
1962 CLE
144
568
88
192
31
8
17
94
54
 75 3 5
19
 5 3
.906
.395
.511
.173
.338
1963 CLE
159
649
87
190
32
7
21
95
55
 102 3 5
23
 6 4
.809
.348
.461
.168
.293
1964 CLE-NYA
159
628
116
179
31
8
24
82
83
 84 1 2
21
 9 9
.843
.368
.475
.189
.285
1965 NYA
159
647
116
194
37
8
24
88
78
 98 3 2
33
 15 1
.870
.377
.493
.193
.300
1966 NYA
159
655
110
214
44
8
30
95
81
 86 3 3
31
 20 6
.957
.402
.556
.229
.327
1967 NYA
159
637
135
195
38
6
32
103
95
 91 2 4
36
 18 4
.931
.396
.535
.229
.306
1968 NYA
160
676
129
201
38
10
30
94
68
 94 1 0
31
 12 4
.879
.362
.516
.219
.297
1969 NYA
158
668
127
206
31
8
24
86
66
 92 3 6
17
 8 7
.857
.370
.487
.178
.308
1970 NYA
157
644
105
182
34
1
21
61
68
 98 2 0
17
 12 6
.789
.353
.436
.154
.283
1971 NYA-CLE
144
491
80
134
21
1
16
72
56
 74 2 6
16
 15 10
.763
.346
.418
.145
.273
1972 CLE
113
272
27
72
14
2
7
31
24
 32 2 3
13
 10 2
.734
.326
.408
.143
.265
1973 CLE
114
338
45
93
16
3
7
51
51
 58 4 2
10
 6 10
.777
.375
.402
.127
.275
1974 CLE
61
221
36
64
14
0
5
28
20
 32 1 1
10
 6 6
.771
.350
.421
.131
.290
Total
2908
10791
1648
3114
550
98
371
1545
1215
 1590 43 71
355
 178 115
.822
.361
.461
.172
.289
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Prince Thurmond has retired from the Cleveland Top Dawgs
1971-05-30A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Prince Thurmond from the New York Yankees in exchange for Curtis Wilkie.
1964-07-24A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Rich Blades, Milt LaValliere, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 1 (NYA) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Prince Thurmond.
1955-06-28The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Lyman McCarthy to the minors.
1955-04-22The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Jack Nold to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1955-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Art Beebe to the minors.
1954-08-29A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Top Dawgs and the Washington Colonials. The Washington Colonials receive Zack Greinke from the Cleveland Top Dawgs in exchange for Prince Thurmond, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (STL).
1953-10-03The Washington Colonials have promoted Yogi Berra to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1953-09-27The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have promoted Woodie Butcher to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Yogi Berra to the minors. The Washington Colonials have sent Pinky Jackson to the minors.
1953-08-12The Washington Colonials have promoted Yogi Berra to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1953-08-05The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Yogi Berra to the minors.
1952-06-05The Washington Colonials have promoted Josh Gibson to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1952-04-29The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Josh Gibson to the minors.
1952-04-01The Washington Colonials have renamed Andy Thurmond to Prince Thurmond.
1952-04-01A trade has been completed between the Washington Colonials and the Philadelphia Hobos. The Philadelphia Hobos receive Bill Dygert from the Washington Colonials in exchange for Jack Dyer, Andy Thurmond.