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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Don Birkle Left Field
Retired (1983, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .808 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 1768 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 09-15-1946
HR 285 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1967)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(112 games)
RBI 958
SB 124
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B C  (41.1%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B  WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF B- (53.2%)   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
1969 Away 11 47 7 14 0 1 3 4 3 8 0 0 2 .872 .340 .532 .234 .298
1969 Home 14 55 10 16 3 3 2 9 6 13 0 0 0 .924 .361 .564 .273 .291
1970 Away 61 242 30 67 10 4 8 36 11 45 6 1 1 .758 .307 .450 .174 .277
1970 Home 41 157 16 41 3 1 3 19 17 28 2 0 2 .684 .333 .350 .089 .261
1971 Away 69 284 31 77 11 2 12 35 14 69 2 1 2 .754 .303 .451 .180 .271
1971 Home 66 254 35 66 7 2 8 36 26 48 5 0 1 .732 .335 .398 .138 .260
1972 Away 69 285 35 78 7 3 7 36 20 69 9 3 4 .712 .319 .393 .119 .274
1972 Home 66 267 46 75 12 2 15 42 22 56 8 1 0 .848 .339 .509 .228 .281
1973 Away 69 285 38 75 13 4 8 44 30 60 7 1 2 .752 .331 .421 .158 .263
1973 Home 66 263 42 65 13 1 9 33 26 57 7 0 1 .723 .316 .407 .160 .247
1974 Away 66 283 45 73 12 5 9 29 22 54 8 2 2 .745 .314 .431 .173 .258
1974 Home 69 291 45 83 18 1 16 56 25 62 6 2 3 .860 .341 .519 .234 .285
1975 Away 65 278 39 72 10 6 14 37 18 66 4 1 2 .793 .303 .489 .230 .259
1975 Home 53 211 32 56 7 3 10 28 20 42 5 1 2 .798 .329 .469 .204 .265
1976 Away 52 204 30 50 9 2 11 29 17 42 0 3 0 .774 .304 .471 .225 .245
1976 Home 61 240 51 79 11 3 13 36 24 44 6 2 0 .953 .390 .562 .233 .329
1977 Away 73 311 44 77 9 4 11 44 27 67 6 2 2 .717 .309 .408 .161 .248
1977 Home 62 255 36 76 8 2 16 42 15 64 7 1 0 .870 .337 .533 .235 .298
1978 Away 36 147 31 39 7 1 6 18 14 34 4 1 1 .782 .333 .449 .184 .265
1978 Home 56 217 39 60 8 2 15 38 24 46 2 0 2 .885 .346 .539 .263 .276
1979 Away 58 237 36 69 11 5 7 47 26 56 5 4 1 .833 .365 .468 .177 .291
1979 Home 54 213 44 66 9 1 16 46 21 37 3 1 2 .960 .373 .587 .277 .310
1980 Away 69 294 57 90 15 4 17 48 27 56 10 3 1 .926 .368 .558 .252 .306
1980 Home 66 264 61 84 11 2 17 42 23 47 7 1 1 .941 .373 .568 .250 .318
1981 Away 72 110 17 33 7 2 5 18 9 27 0 0 3 .889 .353 .536 .236 .300
1981 Home 74 118 25 39 6 4 4 18 8 24 2 0 0 .926 .375 .551 .220 .331
1982 Away 77 165 21 38 9 2 3 21 17 30 0 0 0 .666 .302 .364 .133 .230
1982 Home 75 126 23 37 3 2 5 17 10 29 0 0 1 .814 .346 .468 .175 .294
1983 Away 68 143 21 42 5 0 11 25 17 31 1 0 1 .932 .373 .559 .266 .294
1983 Home 72 150 23 31 3 0 4 25 14 21 2 0 1 .573 .266 .307 .100 .207
Total Away 915 3315 482 894 135 45 132 471 272 714 62 22 24 .783 .326 .457 .187 .270
Total Home 895 3081 528 874 122 29 153 487 281 618 62 9 16 .835 .344 .491 .207 .284
Total 1810 6396 1010 1768 257 74 285 958 553 1332 124 31 40 .808 .334 .473 .197 .276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Don Birkle has retired from the Colorado Crush
1979-06-08Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1978-08-17Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1978-04-26Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1976-07-29Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1976-06-02Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1975-08-31Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1970-04-04Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1970-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-09-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Lefty Garcia to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Don Birkle to the minors.
1969-07-29The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-04-02The Colorado Crush have renamed Gunther Applegate to Don Birkle.
1968-05-25A trade has been completed between the Texas Wranglers and the Colorado Crush. The Colorado Crush receive Gunther Applegate, Chris Vines, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 TEX (Johnny Moran) from the Texas Wranglers in exchange for Ed Robertson, Andy Derrington, John Field.
1968-04-28The Texas Wranglers have renamed Ray Budnick to Gunther Applegate.
1966-07-30A trade has been reversed between Cincinnati Mavericks and Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers have re-acquired Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie). The Cincinnati Mavericks have re-acquired Socks Watson, Jack Kish, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster).
1966-07-13A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Mavericks and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Jack Kish, Socks Watson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster) from the Cincinnati Mavericks in exchange for Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie).