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Harold Baines League 4-1-2053 |
| Don Birkle |  Left FieldRetired (1983, Age 37) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .276 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/R | |
| OPS | .808 | Status | Deceased (2017) | Option Years | 0
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| 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) |
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| RBI | 958 | |||||
| SB | 124 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 2 | |||
| 1B | (41.1%) | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 2 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 5 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (53.2%) |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 1 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | League | Award |
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| 1970 | NL | Rookie of the Year |
| 1976 | NL | Gold Glove (LF) |
| 1977 | NL | Gold Glove (LF) |
| 1980 | NL | All Star Reserve (OF) |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1983-11-01 | Don Birkle has retired from the Colorado Crush |
| 1979-06-08 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 28 days. |
| 1978-08-17 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 50 days. |
| 1978-04-26 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1976-07-29 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 7 days. |
| 1976-06-02 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 19 days. |
| 1975-08-31 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 26 days. |
| 1970-04-04 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 46 days. |
| 1970-04-01 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team. |
| 1969-09-01 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Lefty Garcia to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Don Birkle to the minors. |
| 1969-07-29 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team. |
| 1969-04-02 | The Colorado Crush have renamed Gunther Applegate to Don Birkle. |
| 1968-05-25 | A 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. |
| 1968-04-28 | The Texas Wranglers have renamed Ray Budnick to Gunther Applegate. |
| 1966-07-30 | A 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). |
| 1966-07-13 | A 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). |