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Cool Papa Bell League
5-3-2061
Joe Fishburn Third Base
Retired (1993, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .791 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 2099 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 05-15-1955
HR 222 Drafted Round 1, Pick 4
(1976)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(33 games)
RBI 927
SB 309
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D- (6.9%) Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF B+ (73.6%) Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF (0.4%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 5
3B A+ (100%) RF (2.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1977 CF CIN 71 67 598.2 155 150 1 4 1 -5 2.27 .974
LF CIN 3 3 26.0 9 7 0 2 0 -1 2.42 .778
1978 CF CIN 131 131 1159.2 331 322 5 4 5 -11 2.54 .988
1979 CF CIN 106 106 939.1 258 252 2 4 2 -2 2.43 .984
3B CIN 33 33 286.1 94 21 69 4 4 -8 2.83 .957
1980 3B CIN-MIN 92 91 787.1 240 53 166 21 13 -18 2.50 .912
LF CIN-MIN 24 24 208.0 63 61 0 2 0 -3 2.64 .968
SS CIN-MIN 22 22 194.0 80 27 52 1 7 -9 3.66 .988
1981 3B MIN-BAL-DET 55 55 504.2 144 40 98 6 7 +1 2.46 .958
CF MIN-BAL-DET 44 40 357.0 86 84 1 1 1 -2 2.14 .988
LF MIN-BAL-DET 6 4 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 +1 1.59 1.000
RF MIN-BAL-DET 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1982 3B DET 51 47 434.0 123 31 88 4 4 -2 2.47 .967
CF DET 33 31 282.0 83 81 1 1 0 -4 2.62 .988
LF DET 19 19 172.0 30 27 2 1 1 +1 1.52 .967
1983 3B DET 58 48 446.1 138 30 102 6 7 0 2.66 .957
LF DET 32 32 287.2 49 48 1 0 0 -1 1.53 1.000
CF DET 28 28 246.0 63 60 2 1 0 0 2.27 .984
1984 3B DET 116 116 1029.2 299 66 223 10 15 +4 2.53 .967
LF DET 5 5 42.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
CF DET 3 3 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.88 1.000
1B DET 1 1 9.0 13 13 0 0 1 0 13.00 1.000
SS DET 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4.50 .500
1985 3B DET 128 127 1150.0 351 58 278 15 15 -5 2.63 .957
2B DET 4 4 33.0 18 8 9 1 2 0 4.64 .944
LF DET 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1986 3B DET 133 124 1043.1 298 60 234 4 18 +2 2.54 .987
LF DET 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1987 3B DET 94 92 782.1 243 45 194 4 14 +5 2.75 .984
LF DET 18 18 164.0 46 44 0 2 0 -1 2.41 .957
SS DET 2 0 5.0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3.60 .667
1988 3B DET-STL 100 96 821.1 241 67 169 5 6 -3 2.59 .979
LF DET-STL 25 24 218.2 57 55 0 2 0 -1 2.26 .965
SS DET-STL 2 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 4.50 1.000
1989 LF MIN 25 23 199.2 49 48 1 0 0 0 2.21 1.000
3B MIN 19 19 171.0 47 11 35 1 1 +2 2.42 .979
RF MIN 7 7 61.0 10 9 1 0 1 -1 1.48 1.000
1B MIN 2 2 17.0 16 16 0 0 3 0 8.47 1.000
C MIN 3 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 6.75 1.000
SS MIN 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1990 3B MIN 60 60 530.0 169 55 105 9 3 +2 2.72 .947
LF MIN 38 38 332.2 84 77 5 2 0 +1 2.22 .976
C MIN 3 0 11.0 11 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
SS MIN 2 0 5.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 5.40 .750
1991 3B MIN 113 113 1015.1 362 83 271 8 14 +3 3.14 .978
1B MIN 3 1 16.0 14 14 0 0 1 -1 7.88 1.000
C MIN 2 0 8.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0 6.75 1.000
1992 2B MIN 113 113 965.0 543 239 285 19 50 0 4.89 .965
3B MIN 6 2 25.2 9 0 9 0 1 -1 3.16 1.000
1993 3B BOS 8 8 72.0 32 6 24 2 1 -3 3.75 .938
2B BOS 13 6 68.2 45 17 28 0 3 -1 5.90 1.000
CF BOS 6 6 52.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 1.38 1.000
SS BOS 6 6 51.0 23 9 14 0 2 0 4.06 1.000
RF BOS 2 2 17.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 2.12 .800
LF BOS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 3B 1066 1031 9099.1 2790 626 2065 99 123 -21 2.66 .965
CF 422 412 3658.2 989 962 12 15 9 -25 2.40 .985
LF 199 192 1703.2 408 387 10 11 1 -4 2.10 .973
2B 130 123 1066.2 606 264 322 20 55 -1 4.94 .967
SS 37 28 264.0 116 41 71 4 9 -10 3.82 .966
RF 11 9 81.0 15 13 1 1 1 -1 1.56 .933
1B 6 4 42.0 43 43 0 0 5 -1 9.21 1.000
C 8 0 23.0 20 20 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.0% 0 7.83 1.000
Total 1879 1799 15938.1 4987 2356 2481 150 203 1 7 0 0.0% -63 2.73 .970
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Joe Fishburn has retired from the Boston Americans
1989-05-20Joe Fishburn of the Minnesota DareDevils is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1989-04-01Trade #1139255 has been completed between the Minnesota DareDevils and the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Browns receive Fritz Hegan from the Minnesota DareDevils in exchange for Joe Fishburn. Protest This Trade.
1989-04-01The St. Louis Browns have placed Joe Fishburn on the trade block.
1988-09-13Joe Fishburn of the St. Louis Browns is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1988-08-23Trade #1132960 has been completed between the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Autoworkers. The Detroit Autoworkers receive Walter Drabowsky, Draft Pick 1990 Round 1 STL (Paul Tucker) from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Joe Fishburn, Gene Bates, Draft Pick 1990 Round 2 DET (Hugo Guerra). Protest This Trade.
1988-08-20The Detroit Autoworkers have placed Joe Fishburn on the trade block.
1987-08-27The Detroit Autoworkers have removed Joe Fishburn from the trade block.
1987-04-21Joe Fishburn of the Detroit Autoworkers is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1987-03-01The Detroit Autoworkers have placed Joe Fishburn on the trade block.
1984-04-25Joe Fishburn of the Detroit Autoworkers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1983-08-31Joe Fishburn of the Detroit Autoworkers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1982-04-25Joe Fishburn of the Detroit Autoworkers is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1981-06-28A trade has been completed between the Detroit Autoworkers and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Jerry Mashore, Rube Jones, Draft Pick 1982 Round 2 DET (Frank Williams) from the Detroit Autoworkers in exchange for Larry Look, Joe Fishburn. Protest This Trade.
1981-05-19A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Savage Snowmen and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Bill Burrows, Ralph Decker, Joe Fishburn from the Minnesota Savage Snowmen in exchange for Rabbit Renko, Fred Green. Protest This Trade.
1981-05-08Joe Fishburn of the Minnesota Savage Snowmen is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1980-05-12A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Savage Snowmen and the Cincinnati Bengals. The Cincinnati Bengals receive Tom Garcia, Ping Stuart from the Minnesota Savage Snowmen in exchange for Joe Fishburn. Protest This Trade.
1978-09-20Joe Fishburn of the Cincinnati Bengals is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1977-09-09The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Joe Fishburn to the major league team.
1977-08-19The Cincinnati Bengals have sent Joe Fishburn to the minors.
1977-08-19The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Dave Stephens to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Joe Fishburn to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Rocky McKnight for assignment. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Jeff Gilbert for assignment.
1977-07-17The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Gale Bratcher to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have sent Joe Fishburn to the minors.
1977-04-18The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Joe Fishburn to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Sam Choteau for assignment.
1977-04-11The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Ferris Long to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Ed James to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have sent Joe Fishburn to the minors. The Cincinnati Bengals have sent Gale Bratcher to the minors.
1977-04-01The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Joe Fishburn to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Gale Bratcher to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Skeeter Hunt for assignment. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Hal Johnson for assignment.