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Dale Murphy League
4-1-2050
Bill Acosta Left Field
Retired (2007, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .253 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .725 Status Deceased (2044) Option Years 0  
H 561 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 05-19-1971
HR 71 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1992)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(41 games)
RBI 302
SB 60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D  (17.6%) Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.3%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% 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 
1992 Minors 21 32.00 4 / 6 2 / 3 4 / 5 3 / 3 1 / 6 5 / 5 4 / 4 23 / 32
1993 Minors 22 22.00 1 / 1 2 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 4 5 / 6 1 / 1 3 / 3 17 / 22
1994 Minors 23 39.00 4 / 8 2 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 7 1 / 5 3 / 3 6 / 6 22 / 39
1995 Minors 24 57.00 1 / 4 7 / 11 6 / 9 3 / 7 0 / 9 6 / 9 5 / 8 28 / 57
1996 Minors 25 26.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 6 6 / 26
1997 Minors 26 15.00 2 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 7 / 15
1997 Majors 26 7.54 33 9 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 7
1998 Majors 27 27.96 155 25 7 0 / 2 2 / 5 2 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 5 4 / 5 0 / 2 12 / 27
1999 Majors 28 43.66 158 74 0 1 / 7 0 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 6 0 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 9 10 / 43
2000 Majors 29 62.85 162 135 0 1 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 8 2 / 8 1 / 13 5 / 62
2001 Majors 30 12.74 63 8 24 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 12
2002 Majors 31 48.23 162 76 0 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 11 0 / 48
2003 Majors 32 41.10 162 39 0 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 9 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 10 2 / 41
2004 Majors 33 43.33 138 58 24 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 7 1 / 43
2005 Majors 34 42.10 162 42 0 -3 / 5 -5 / 2 -4 / 6 -4 / 4 -6 / 10 -1 / 6 0 / 9 -23 / 42
2006 Majors 35 31.94 134 28 11 -5 / 5 -1 / 6 -5 / 2 -3 / 4 -8 / 5 -3 / 5 -1 / 4 -26 / 31
2007 Majors 36 15.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 15
Total 1329 494 66 7 / 71 9 / 70 13 / 84 13 / 83 -4 / 91 22 / 66 26 / 97 86 / 562
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2007-11-01Bill Acosta has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2007-04-01The Atlanta Braves have promoted Dallas Barr to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have promoted Red Bowen to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have designated Francisco Cordova for assignment. The Atlanta Braves have waived Bill Acosta.
2006-08-30Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2004-05-10Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2002-03-07A trade has been completed between the Texas Ropers and the Montreal Expositos. The Montreal Expositos receive Bill Acosta, Lars Mikkelsen, Joe Felix from the Texas Ropers in exchange for Rinty Mahady, Bill Remlinger. Protest This Trade.
2001-08-05The Texas Ropers have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
2001-08-01The Oakland Athletics have promoted Marty Leber to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
2001-04-12Bill Acosta of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1999-07-06The Oakland Murder City Devils have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
1999-07-02The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Mark Walbeck for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Charlie Jones for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
1998-04-04Bill Acosta of the Cincinnati Classy Characters is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1998-03-03The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Johnny Covington to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Eddie Clark to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Keith Scheibeck for assignment.
1997-10-13The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Bill Acosta to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Mike Kucek to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Eddie Clark to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Ray Retzer to the minors.
1997-08-26The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors.
1997-08-25A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Classy Characters and the Milwaukee Bears. The Milwaukee Bears receive Jack Fisher from the Cincinnati Classy Characters in exchange for Bill Acosta.