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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   Series G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1979 LCS
5
17
4
5
0
0
1
5
3
 3 0 0
0
 0 0
.871
.400
.471
.176
.294
1980 LCS
6
28
4
8
1
0
1
3
2
 5 0 0
0
 0 0
.762
.333
.429
.143
.286
1981 LCS
4
14
2
5
0
0
2
4
1
 1 0 0
0
 1 1
1.186
.400
.786
.429
.357
1981 WS
7
6
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.452
.286
.167
.000
.167
1982 LCS
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1982 WS
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.500
.250
.250
.000
.250
1983 LCS
7
24
3
4
1
0
0
1
1
 4 0 0
1
 0 0
.408
.200
.208
.042
.167
Total
36
96
16
24
2
0
4
13
8
 14 0 0
1
 1 1
.704
.308
.396
.146
.250
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).