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Tris Speaker League
4-1-2021
Molasses Charles Left Field
Retired (2017, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .277 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .806 Status Retired (2017) Option Years 0  
H 3029 Age 42 (OS 43) Date of Birth 12-14-1978
HR 496 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1997)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(28 games)
RBI 1766
SB 296
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (1.9%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 11
* 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
2000 CHN
160
615
67
140
25
4
23
76
36
140 1 2
11
2 3
.664
.271
.393
.166
.228
2001 CHN
160
618
79
154
19
8
24
93
32
138 2 7
6
8 3
.708
.285
.422
.173
.249
2002 CHN
160
651
100
166
24
9
37
112
39
160 2 4
18
7 10
.787
.297
.490
.235
.255
2003 CHN
160
660
106
183
25
4
36
113
54
148 1 3
16
2 6
.822
.331
.491
.214
.277
2004 CHN
160
636
95
166
29
7
26
108
56
142 2 5
20
6 3
.772
.320
.451
.190
.261
2005 CHN
160
663
126
218
43
6
30
108
57
131 2 1
18
3 4
.931
.383
.548
.219
.329
2006 CHN
160
663
111
190
29
5
46
134
55
158 2 2
17
3 6
.896
.342
.554
.267
.287
2007 CHN
160
659
130
198
30
8
35
110
62
154 3 3
27
3 1
.891
.362
.530
.229
.300
2008 CHN
160
651
98
171
33
3
29
101
44
133 0 3
14
9 3
.764
.308
.456
.194
.263
2009 CHN
160
672
112
208
34
8
32
111
45
144 4 5
31
9 4
.881
.354
.527
.217
.310
2010 CHN
160
649
112
200
26
13
33
129
58
139 1 6
22
8 4
.904
.363
.541
.233
.308
2011 CHN
160
641
102
186
23
7
29
90
44
142 0 3
28
8 3
.818
.334
.484
.193
.290
2012 CHN
160
632
93
177
26
6
29
104
54
158 3 3
22
8 4
.816
.338
.478
.198
.280
2013 CHN
160
624
86
165
24
9
24
96
41
134 3 2
12
10 3
.759
.312
.447
.183
.264
2014 CHN
159
638
111
185
26
5
23
90
53
134 3 5
15
8 4
.799
.345
.455
.165
.290
2015 CHN
158
608
86
170
38
5
19
105
59
132 3 2
11
5 2
.798
.345
.452
.173
.280
2016 CHN
156
643
79
151
29
3
21
86
38
161 1 1
8
8 2
.665
.278
.387
.152
.235
2017 CHN-PIT
5
5
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2 0 0
0
0 0
.600
.200
.400
.200
.200
2017 CHN
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
2017 PIT
3
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2 0 0
0
0 0
.750
.250
.500
.250
.250
Total
2718
10928
1693
3029
484
110
496
1766
827
2450 33 57
296
107 65
.806
.328
.478
.201
.277
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2017-11-01Molasses Charles has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2017-10-03The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Molasses Charles.
2017-10-03The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Molasses Charles from the waiver wire.
2017-05-31The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Hank Grich to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Molasses Charles.
2017-05-13The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Molasses Charles to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Hank Grich to the minors.
2017-05-13The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Molasses Charles from the waiver wire.
2017-04-08The Chicago Cubs have designated Eddie Doyle for assignment. The Chicago Cubs have designated Willie Doscher for assignment. The Chicago Cubs have designated Jonathan Kline for assignment. The Chicago Cubs have sent Don Matuszek to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have designated Molasses Charles for assignment. The Chicago Cubs have sent Van Osborn to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Pop Sabel to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Jim Carroll to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Rich Cudworth to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Max Stouch to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ed Pruett to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Al Brock to the major league team.
2016-08-30Molasses Charles collected his 3000th career hit.
2012-05-10The Chicago Jiveur have removed Molasses Charles from the trade block.
2011-05-31The Chicago Jiveur have placed Molasses Charles on the trade block.
2000-03-07The Chicago Jiveur have promoted Molasses Charles to the major league team.
1998-04-01The Chicago Jiveur have renamed Nelson Moore to Molasses Charles.
1997-04-08The Chicago Jiveur have renamed Duncan "Sly" Moore to Nelson Moore.
1997-04-06The Chicago Jiveur have renamed Dunca "Sly" Moore to Duncan "Sly" Moore.
1997-04-06The Chicago Jiveur have renamed Nelson Moore to Dunca "Sly" Moore.