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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1967 Minors 21 67.00 4 / 12 2 / 7 7 / 10 6 / 8 0 / 9 8 / 11 7 / 10 34 / 67
1968 Minors 22 56.00 4 / 7 4 / 9 6 / 7 5 / 8 0 / 6 10 / 10 8 / 9 37 / 56
1969 Minors 23 52.00 5 / 9 1 / 7 2 / 4 5 / 10 0 / 8 4 / 5 7 / 9 24 / 52
1969 Majors 23 11.62 30 25 0 0 / 1 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 6 / 11
1970 Majors 24 54.92 121 102 40 2 / 8 0 / 7 3 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 4 7 / 14 1 / 6 13 / 54
1971 Majors 25 64.69 162 135 0 1 / 13 0 / 6 2 / 5 4 / 12 0 / 5 2 / 12 6 / 11 15 / 64
1972 Majors 26 59.62 162 135 0 1 / 10 2 / 8 2 / 11 2 / 9 1 / 10 3 / 6 1 / 5 12 / 59
1973 Majors 27 64.29 162 135 0 2 / 8 5 / 15 5 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 8 3 / 6 7 / 11 23 / 64
1974 Majors 28 64.74 162 135 0 1 / 11 2 / 12 1 / 10 2 / 13 0 / 3 1 / 7 0 / 8 7 / 64
1975 Majors 29 58.85 140 118 22 0 / 6 0 / 2 4 / 16 3 / 7 0 / 11 4 / 11 1 / 5 12 / 58
1976 Majors 30 55.46 134 113 23 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 10 1 / 2 0 / 13 2 / 55
1977 Majors 31 67.32 162 135 0 2 / 4 2 / 9 1 / 6 4 / 14 0 / 13 4 / 15 3 / 6 16 / 67
1978 Majors 32 45.89 109 92 53 1 / 9 0 / 6 4 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 1 5 / 11 0 / 5 12 / 45
1979 Majors 33 55.86 135 112 25 0 / 1 0 / 13 1 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 55
1980 Majors 34 67.22 162 135 0 0 / 16 -6 / 6 0 / 10 -4 / 14 -8 / 4 -1 / 9 -1 / 8 -20 / 67
1981 Majors 35 37.72 162 30 0 -1 / 5 -7 / 6 -2 / 7 -3 / 5 -7 / 5 -1 / 3 -1 / 6 -22 / 37
1982 Majors 36 47.84 162 53 0 -2 / 9 -1 / 7 -3 / 7 -5 / 8 -10 / 2 -1 / 9 -1 / 5 -23 / 47
1983 Majors 37 49.17 162 66 0 -2 / 9 -7 / 10 -1 / 4 -4 / 5 -8 / 9 0 / 7 -3 / 5 -25 / 49
Total 2127 1521 163 18 / 143 -2 / 137 34 / 140 19 / 154 -31 / 119 49 / 147 37 / 131 124 / 971
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).