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Jonas Salk Right Field
Retired (1966, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .704 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
H 627 Age at Death 87 Date of Birth 05-03-1931
HR 43 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(138 games)
RBI 236
SB 67
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D+ Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B  (61.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF F  (1.8%)   Health A  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   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 29.00 5 / 5 4 / 4 4 / 7 4 / 4 2 / 3 4 / 4 1 / 2 24 / 29
1950 Pos (SS) 19 150.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 150
1951 Minors 20 49.00 7 / 8 7 / 9 4 / 7 5 / 10 5 / 7 2 / 3 4 / 5 34 / 49
1951 Pos (SS) 20 162.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 162
1952 Minors 21 54.00 8 / 11 5 / 6 4 / 7 7 / 13 2 / 4 5 / 8 2 / 5 33 / 54
1952 Pos (SS) 21 7.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 7
1953 Minors 22 49.00 6 / 11 1 / 4 5 / 7 5 / 9 3 / 4 5 / 8 4 / 6 29 / 49
1953 Majors 22 7.44 60 6 0 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 7
1954 Majors 23 24.20 162 22 0 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 6 1 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 3 14 / 24
1955 Minors 24 18.00 2 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 3 6 / 18
1955 Majors 24 11.94 66 7 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 11
1956 Minors 25 31.00 1 / 2 3 / 6 2 / 6 1 / 2 0 / 2 4 / 8 3 / 5 14 / 31
1957 Minors 26 30.00 1 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 8 0 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 2 3 / 5 8 / 30
1958 Minors 27 11.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 11
1959 Minors 28 9.00 0 / 0 3 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 3 / 9
1960 Majors 29 24.41 144 17 0 0 / 3 1 / 7 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 24
1961 Majors 30 31.82 162 23 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 31
1962 Majors 31 34.64 162 38 0 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 34
1963 Majors 32 63.17 162 158 0 0 / 14 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 5 2 / 63
1964 Majors 33 64.98 162 158 0 0 / 14 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 11 1 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 8 2 / 64
1965 Majors 34 58.73 149 140 13 -4 / 9 -5 / 11 -2 / 7 -6 / 7 -5 / 8 -2 / 5 -3 / 11 -27 / 58
1966 Minors 35 16.00 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 7 1 / 16
1966 Majors 35 6.66 30 5 0 -4 / 0 -5 / 1 -3 / 0 -6 / 0 -5 / 2 -4 / 0 -2 / 3 -29 / 6
Total 1259 574 13 24 / 108 21 / 100 20 / 87 15 / 86 9 / 74 18 / 75 19 / 88 131 / 937
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Jonas Salk has retired from the Florida Flamingos
1966-08-16The Florida Flamingos have designated Jonas Salk for assignment.
1966-07-13The Florida Flamingos have promoted Bob Sockalexis to the major league team. The Florida Flamingos have promoted Jonas Salk to the major league team.
1966-07-13The Florida Flamingos have acquired Jonas Salk from the waiver wire.
1966-06-08The Boston Sand Cats have waived Jonas Salk.
1966-04-15The Boston Sand Cats have acquired Jonas Salk from the waiver wire.
1966-04-08The Chicago Mob have waived Jonas Salk.
1966-04-01The Chicago Mob have promoted Ed Crowell to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Weldon Hermoso to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Kevin Johns to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have designated Bob Sockalexis for assignment. The Chicago Mob have designated Lou Vizquel for assignment. The Chicago Mob have designated Jonas Salk for assignment.
1965-05-21Jonas Salk of the Chicago Mob is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1964-06-29The Chicago Mob have placed Jonas Salk on the trade block.
1960-04-21The Chicago Mob have promoted Jonas Salk to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Tim Sutcliffe to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Alex Foster to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have sent Art Bigler to the minors. The Chicago Mob have sent Carl Whitcher to the minors. The Chicago Mob have sent Lew Moreland to the minors.
1955-06-15The Los Angeles Stars have sent Jonas Salk to the minors.
1953-07-29The Los Angeles Stars have promoted Jonas Salk to the major league team. The Los Angeles Stars have designated Heinie Matias for assignment.
1953-07-29A trade has been completed between the Arizona American Heroes and the Los Angeles Stars. The Los Angeles Stars receive Jonas Salk, Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 ARI (Mike Hayden) from the Arizona American Heroes in exchange for Leo Stovey.
1953-07-29The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jonas Salk to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have renamed Ron Perezchica to Jonas Salk.
1950-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Dave Katz to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Doc McFarland to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Chris Chavarria to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jocko Dellucci to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted March Cordova to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Joey Ferens to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jack McCaffery to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted John Unser to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Billy Freese to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ray McMahon to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Haddie Sudakis to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Rex Miller to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Cupid Timlin to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Shovel Alvarado to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ron Perezchica to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Bill Leiter to the minors.