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Jim Edmonds League
5-16-2163
Joe Townsend Third Base
Retired (1981, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .731 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 1467 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 07-14-1943
HR 131 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1964)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(123 games)
RBI 667
SB 39
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 2
1B --- LF A+ (97.1%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 3
2B A- (80.0%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B A+ (100%) RF A- (82.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1966 CF PIT 3 3 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.38 1.000
LF PIT 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
RF PIT 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
2B PIT 4 0 5.0 6 2 4 0 2 0 10.80 1.000
1967 SS PIT 2 2 17.0 10 4 5 1 2 0 4.76 .900
3B PIT 1 1 8.1 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.24 1.000
2B PIT 5 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.86 1.000
1968 2B PIT 5 5 45.0 33 16 17 0 7 -1 6.60 1.000
SS PIT 4 4 37.0 19 8 11 0 4 +1 4.62 1.000
3B PIT 1 1 11.0 6 1 5 0 0 0 4.91 1.000
1969 2B PIT 21 21 182.0 121 47 69 5 23 +4 5.74 .959
3B PIT 20 20 174.2 44 10 33 1 3 +1 2.22 .977
SS PIT 13 13 115.0 69 27 40 2 8 +4 5.24 .971
1970 3B PIT 114 114 1010.0 330 75 245 10 16 +13 2.85 .970
2B PIT 7 7 62.2 36 15 19 2 6 +1 4.88 .944
SS PIT 3 3 27.0 20 4 16 0 2 0 6.67 1.000
1971 3B PIT 139 139 1255.1 375 78 285 12 20 +18 2.60 .968
1972 3B PIT 139 139 1241.0 391 107 271 13 12 +12 2.74 .967
1973 3B PIT 124 124 1111.2 343 80 249 14 8 +22 2.66 .959
1974 3B PIT 85 80 720.1 204 44 157 3 7 +12 2.51 .985
SS PIT 6 6 53.0 29 11 17 1 6 0 4.75 .966
2B PIT 4 4 37.2 25 14 9 2 3 0 5.50 .920
1975 1B PIT-MIL 25 25 210.1 223 214 8 1 13 -2 9.50 .996
SS PIT-MIL 13 13 119.0 72 27 42 3 6 0 5.22 .958
3B PIT-MIL 10 9 85.1 33 3 29 1 2 +5 3.38 .970
2B PIT-MIL 7 7 62.0 27 14 13 0 1 -2 3.92 1.000
1976 1B MIL 134 134 1180.1 1212 1162 49 1 83 +10 9.23 .999
1977 SS MIL 84 84 737.0 360 128 220 12 40 -23 4.25 .967
2B MIL 53 53 458.2 255 104 147 4 29 -6 4.93 .984
1978 LF MIL 75 75 644.2 139 136 0 3 0 +1 1.90 .978
CF MIL 15 15 131.0 52 52 0 0 0 -2 3.57 1.000
SS MIL 14 14 119.0 61 21 36 4 7 -3 4.31 .934
1B MIL 10 10 85.2 78 75 3 0 4 -1 8.20 1.000
2B MIL 7 7 59.0 34 13 20 1 4 0 5.03 .971
1979 LF MIL 74 70 608.1 142 142 0 0 0 +6 2.10 1.000
1B MIL 26 26 233.2 246 237 8 1 22 -4 9.44 .996
2B MIL 17 17 145.1 94 36 56 2 11 -2 5.70 .979
RF MIL 14 14 119.2 29 29 0 0 0 +1 2.18 1.000
1980 1B MIL 51 51 448.2 446 428 15 3 31 +2 8.89 .993
LF MIL 48 48 417.0 88 87 0 1 0 +4 1.88 .989
2B MIL 26 26 223.2 131 45 81 5 15 -2 5.07 .962
1981 1B MIL 18 14 130.2 124 121 3 0 12 -1 8.54 1.000
LF MIL 9 9 87.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 1.76 1.000
RF MIL 3 3 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.50 1.000
3B MIL 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 3B 634 628 5625.2 1729 399 1276 54 69 +83 2.68 .969
1B 264 260 2289.1 2329 2237 86 6 165 +4 9.13 .997
LF 207 203 1766.0 390 386 0 4 0 +11 1.97 .990
2B 156 147 1288.0 765 307 437 21 102 -8 5.20 .973
SS 139 139 1224.0 640 230 387 23 75 -21 4.54 .964
CF 18 18 157.0 56 56 0 0 0 -2 3.21 1.000
RF 18 18 152.2 34 34 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
Total 1436 1413 12502.2 5943 3649 2186 108 411 +67 4.20 .982
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Joe Townsend has retired from the Milwaukee Braves
1980-07-31Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1978-05-30Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1976-08-24Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1975-08-13The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Joe Townsend from the waiver wire.
1975-08-03The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Randy Stegelmeyer to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Joe Townsend for assignment.
1974-07-09Joe Townsend of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1973-09-11Joe Townsend of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1969-04-01The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Barney Lumpe for assignment.
1968-07-02The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1968-05-31The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1967-08-13The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1967-07-22The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1967-04-21The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1967-04-10The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1966-07-13The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1966-03-25The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1964-04-01The Pittsburgh Panthers have renamed Walter Smith to Joe Townsend.