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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 H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1969 LHP 8 14 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 1.324 .467 .857 .429 .429
1969 RHP 24 88 24 2 3 4 12 8 19 .833 .333 .500 .227 .273
1970 LHP 25 62 19 2 1 1 8 9 10 .803 .384 .419 .113 .306
1970 RHP 94 337 89 11 4 10 47 19 63 .714 .305 .409 .145 .264
1971 LHP 35 95 18 5 0 1 6 8 23 .540 .267 .274 .084 .189
1971 RHP 124 443 125 13 4 19 65 32 94 .788 .330 .458 .176 .282
1972 LHP 42 115 24 3 0 3 17 8 29 .579 .266 .313 .104 .209
1972 RHP 118 437 129 16 5 19 61 34 96 .830 .345 .485 .190 .295
1973 LHP 55 140 42 7 2 7 24 16 34 .898 .369 .529 .229 .300
1973 RHP 114 408 98 19 3 10 53 40 83 .683 .308 .375 .135 .240
1974 LHP 55 145 39 8 0 4 22 12 25 .736 .329 .407 .138 .269
1974 RHP 117 429 117 22 6 21 63 35 91 .826 .327 .499 .226 .273
1975 LHP 52 135 34 4 2 9 23 8 31 .805 .294 .511 .259 .252
1975 RHP 101 354 94 13 7 15 42 30 77 .791 .322 .469 .203 .266
1976 LHP 45 114 32 5 2 5 13 11 25 .832 .341 .491 .211 .281
1976 RHP 100 330 97 15 3 19 52 30 61 .884 .354 .530 .236 .294
1977 LHP 46 103 23 5 1 2 13 7 23 .622 .273 .350 .126 .223
1977 RHP 125 463 130 12 5 25 73 35 108 .822 .332 .490 .210 .281
1978 LHP 31 71 12 0 0 4 7 10 19 .610 .272 .338 .169 .169
1978 RHP 87 293 87 15 3 17 49 28 61 .901 .358 .543 .246 .297
1979 LHP 52 106 39 9 2 6 22 9 14 1.084 .424 .660 .292 .368
1979 RHP 104 344 96 11 4 17 71 38 79 .834 .352 .483 .203 .279
1980 LHP 53 117 39 3 3 4 13 13 21 .913 .400 .513 .179 .333
1980 RHP 122 441 135 23 3 30 77 37 82 .938 .362 .576 .270 .306
1981 LHP 33 36 13 4 2 1 5 3 9 1.077 .410 .667 .306 .361
1981 RHP 121 192 59 9 4 8 31 14 42 .877 .356 .521 .214 .307
1982 LHP 44 60 15 3 0 2 9 11 13 .766 .366 .400 .150 .250
1982 RHP 123 231 60 9 4 6 29 16 46 .719 .308 .411 .152 .260
1983 LHP 34 55 14 2 0 3 9 7 9 .793 .339 .455 .200 .255
1983 RHP 121 238 59 6 0 12 41 24 43 .738 .313 .424 .176 .248
Total LHP 610 1368 369 61 16 53 192 133 287 .790 .336 .454 .184 .270
Total RHP 1595 5028 1399 196 58 232 766 420 1045 .813 .334 .479 .200 .278
Total 1810 6396 1768 257 74 285 958 553 1332 .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).