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Art Bigler First Base
Retired (1973, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .251 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .709 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 500 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 12-13-1939
HR 58 Drafted Round 2, Pick 26
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(127 games)
RBI 242
SB 28
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt D- Control F    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B B  (62.0%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% 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 
1960 Minors 21 36.00 5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 7 5 / 6 5 / 5 3 / 3 5 / 5 33 / 36
1960 Majors 21 1.72 16 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1961 Minors 22 40.00 2 / 2 7 / 10 3 / 9 3 / 6 2 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 3 24 / 40
1962 Minors 23 33.00 2 / 2 2 / 5 3 / 6 1 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 6 18 / 33
1962 Majors 23 6.08 33 5 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 6
1963 Minors 24 24.00 2 / 5 3 / 7 1 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 1 11 / 24
1963 Pos (1B) 24 93.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 93
1964 Minors 25 29.00 1 / 1 3 / 8 1 / 2 3 / 5 2 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 5 15 / 29
1964 Pos (1B) 25 108.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 108
1965 Minors 26 12.00 0 / 0 2 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 2 5 / 12
1966 Minors 27 22.00 1 / 1 2 / 6 0 / 2 1 / 7 0 / 0 2 / 4 1 / 2 7 / 22
1966 Majors 27 34.66 78 44 0 2 / 4 3 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 4 10 / 34
1967 Majors 28 75.73 162 125 0 0 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 10 2 / 14 1 / 10 1 / 7 6 / 16 13 / 75
1968 Majors 29 40.37 162 30 0 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 9 0 / 4 3 / 7 0 / 1 1 / 8 5 / 40
1969 Majors 30 35.53 156 17 6 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 7 3 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 5 4 / 35
1970 Majors 31 51.41 162 64 0 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 51
1971 Majors 32 47.13 162 59 0 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 8 1 / 11 1 / 12 2 / 47
1972 Majors 33 40.35 145 51 17 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 11 3 / 40
1973 Majors 34 40.50 162 30 0 -2 / 4 -2 / 10 -2 / 4 -7 / 5 -2 / 4 -3 / 8 -1 / 5 -19 / 40
Total 1238 425 23 13 / 52 27 / 97 14 / 81 11 / 84 24 / 79 19 / 79 24 / 93 152 / 766
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01Art Bigler has retired from the Atlanta BraveSox
1972-08-11Art Bigler of the Atlanta BraveSox is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1969-07-19Art Bigler of the Atlanta BraveSox is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1966-07-05The Atlanta BraveSox have promoted Art Bigler to the major league team. The Atlanta BraveSox have designated Les Franks for assignment.
1965-08-12The Atlanta BraveSox have acquired Art Bigler from the waiver wire.
1965-06-17The Boston Sand Cats have waived Art Bigler.
1965-06-17The Boston Sand Cats have acquired Art Bigler from the waiver wire.
1965-04-15The Chicago Mob have waived Art Bigler.
1962-06-11The Chicago Mob have sent Art Bigler to the minors.
1962-05-05The Chicago Mob have promoted Art Bigler to the major league team.
1960-04-21The Chicago Mob have promoted Jonas Salk to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Tim Sutcliffe to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have promoted Alex Foster to the major league team. The Chicago Mob have sent Art Bigler to the minors. The Chicago Mob have sent Carl Whitcher to the minors. The Chicago Mob have sent Lew Moreland to the minors.
1960-04-03The Chicago Mob have auto-promoted Art Bigler to the major leagues.