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Tris Speaker League
4-1-2021
Max Von Essen First Base
Retired (2016, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .286 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .847 Status Retired (2016) Option Years 0  
H 2321 Age 44 (OS 44) Date of Birth 03-22-1977
HR 445 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(2000)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(66 games)
RBI 1584
SB 39
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed D+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 8
* 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 LAN
53
160
15
39
7
0
6
21
14
43 0 2
0
0 6
.701
.301
.400
.156
.244
2001 LAN
124
448
51
119
15
2
24
68
48
90 2 3
1
2 4
.806
.337
.469
.203
.266
2002 LAN
134
511
61
139
24
2
22
67
44
98 3 2
3
4 15
.788
.332
.456
.184
.272
2003 LAN
148
594
81
172
30
1
34
104
61
108 1 4
1
6 7
.870
.355
.515
.226
.290
2004 MON
128
516
65
140
19
2
20
76
43
102 3 4
3
4 3
.761
.329
.432
.161
.271
2005 MON
148
600
92
171
22
1
41
121
45
122 1 5
4
6 5
.863
.333
.530
.245
.285
2006 MON
148
604
89
193
30
1
39
146
52
107 2 6
4
2 7
.938
.372
.566
.247
.320
2007 MON
149
594
104
198
36
5
36
147
61
112 2 8
9
6 6
.985
.392
.593
.259
.333
2008 MON
148
589
92
172
24
3
33
130
64
120 2 8
11
4 3
.870
.359
.511
.219
.292
2009 MON
148
599
78
173
21
4
31
127
41
119 6 10
3
3 5
.828
.335
.492
.204
.289
2010 MON
149
617
99
179
22
6
39
139
39
136 3 4
0
0 4
.868
.333
.535
.245
.290
2011 MON
137
521
92
148
22
2
31
106
52
96 2 3
0
0 3
.862
.349
.512
.228
.284
2012 MON
146
574
67
144
20
4
27
105
60
127 0 3
0
0 1
.761
.320
.441
.190
.251
2013 MON
116
323
54
91
18
0
18
65
29
66 2 2
0
0 5
.847
.343
.505
.223
.282
2014 MON-CLE
127
457
76
144
19
1
26
93
56
89 2 1
0
3 3
.923
.391
.532
.217
.315
2015 CLE
106
359
43
89
14
0
15
62
29
82 1 0
0
0 4
.718
.306
.412
.164
.248
2016 CLE-PIT
35
46
10
10
0
0
3
7
8
11 0 0
0
0 0
.746
.333
.413
.196
.217
Total
2144
8112
1169
2321
343
34
445
1584
746
1628 32 65
39
40 81
.847
.346
.501
.215
.286
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2016-11-01Max Von Essen has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2016-07-16The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Hank Grich to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Max Von Essen.
2016-07-04The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Max Von Essen to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Hank Grich to the minors.
2016-07-04The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Max Von Essen from the waiver wire.
2016-06-11The Cleveland Tribesmen have waived Max Von Essen.
2016-06-04The Cleveland Tribesmen have promoted Paul Humphries to the major league team. The Cleveland Tribesmen have designated Max Von Essen for assignment.
2015-06-12Max Von Essen of the Cleveland Tribesmen is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
2014-04-15The Cleveland Tribesmen have acquired Max Von Essen from the waiver wire.
2014-04-11The Montreal Greys have promoted Mark Dunlap to the major league team. The Montreal Greys have designated Max Von Essen for assignment.
2014-03-13The Montreal Greys have removed Max Von Essen from the trade block.
2011-10-11The Montreal Greys have placed Max Von Essen on the trade block.
2011-06-04Max Von Essen of the Montreal Greys is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2004-04-05Max Von Essen of the Montreal Quebecois is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
2002-05-19Max Von Essen of the Los Angeles Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
2000-04-01The Los Angeles Dogs have renamed Mac Velazquez to Max Von Essen.
2000-04-01The Los Angeles Dogs have promoted Mac Velazquez to the major league team. The Los Angeles Dogs have designated Jimmy Hendrick for assignment.