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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Buster Hoover Catcher
Retired (1962, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .262 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .746 Status Retired (1962) Option Years 0  
H 846 Age 54 (OS 55) Date of Birth 07-04-1925
HR 129 Drafted Round 4, Pick 49
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(66 games)
RBI 511
SB 7
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B 
Speed B- Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* 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
1953 Away 15 36 2 4 0 0 1 2 3 17 0 0 1 .374 .179 .194 .083 .111
1953 Home 13 30 4 8 1 0 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 .767 .267 .500 .233 .267
1954 Away 17 67 7 14 1 1 1 3 3 10 0 1 1 .541 .243 .299 .090 .209
1954 Home 54 108 22 36 3 2 7 23 7 19 2 2 1 .977 .385 .593 .259 .333
1955 Away 32 121 21 39 7 1 3 12 10 28 2 1 1 .845 .374 .471 .149 .322
1955 Home 49 142 23 41 7 3 9 34 7 35 3 3 1 .890 .320 .570 .282 .289
1956 Away 63 254 34 79 16 1 12 54 17 61 0 0 1 .874 .350 .524 .213 .311
1956 Home 65 252 44 77 8 4 13 52 12 42 0 0 1 .863 .340 .524 .218 .306
1957 Away 59 238 39 70 15 1 11 36 16 59 0 0 3 .847 .342 .504 .210 .294
1957 Home 51 196 23 48 8 0 7 28 13 51 0 0 2 .683 .290 .393 .148 .245
1958 Away 63 239 29 62 11 2 8 33 27 53 0 0 1 .760 .337 .423 .163 .259
1958 Home 65 237 35 58 10 3 9 33 19 56 0 0 1 .728 .302 .426 .181 .245
1959 Away 66 210 23 43 9 1 6 27 18 54 0 0 2 .610 .268 .343 .138 .205
1959 Home 61 195 24 54 11 1 7 32 20 52 0 0 2 .794 .343 .451 .174 .277
1960 Away 66 240 22 47 6 1 10 37 10 58 0 0 0 .581 .227 .354 .158 .196
1960 Home 64 219 20 56 7 2 11 40 9 53 0 0 3 .744 .287 .457 .201 .256
1961 Away 43 157 20 43 7 1 5 19 6 45 0 0 1 .727 .301 .427 .153 .274
1961 Home 43 152 12 38 3 1 5 19 8 36 0 0 1 .669 .287 .382 .132 .250
1962 Away 19 71 5 15 1 0 1 10 3 14 0 0 0 .508 .240 .268 .056 .211
1962 Home 20 66 7 14 2 0 1 10 3 20 0 0 1 .545 .257 .288 .076 .212
Total Away 443 1633 202 416 73 9 58 233 113 399 2 2 11 .720 .303 .417 .162 .255
Total Home 485 1597 214 430 60 16 71 278 98 371 5 5 13 .773 .313 .460 .191 .269
Total 928 3230 416 846 133 25 129 511 211 770 7 7 24 .746 .308 .438 .176 .262
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Buster Hoover has retired from the Tampa Bay River Cats
1962-04-13A trade has been completed between the New York Nights and the Tampa Bay River Cats. The Tampa Bay River Cats receive Buster Hoover, Draft Pick 1963 Round 2 NYN (Johnny Albanese) from the New York Nights in exchange for Gat Loucks. Protest This Trade.
1961-06-21Buster Hoover of the New York Nights is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1957-08-27Buster Hoover of the New York Nights is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1955-08-01A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Jakes and the New York Nights. The New York Nights receive Buster Hoover, Ed Goodwin from the San Francisco Jakes in exchange for Paul Jackson, Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 NYN (Keith Gochnauer). Protest This Trade.
1953-07-22The San Francisco Jakes have promoted Buster Hoover to the major league team.
1950-04-01The San Francisco Jakes have placed Buster Hoover on the trade block.