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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Gary Vail Center Field
Retired (1970, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .249 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .720 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
H 1884 Age at Death 84 Date of Birth 09-24-1931
HR 303 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1951)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(18 games)
RBI 1017
SB 218 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1970
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ 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 A+ WS Rings 0
1B D  (17.0%) LF A  (85.9%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B D+ (25.1%) CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF A  (90.5%)   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 
1951 Minors 20 65.00 12 / 12 6 / 7 7 / 8 9 / 14 6 / 7 8 / 10 6 / 7 54 / 65
1952 Minors 21 60.00 7 / 7 6 / 7 7 / 11 9 / 13 8 / 11 4 / 7 4 / 4 45 / 60
1953 Minors 22 59.00 9 / 11 8 / 11 1 / 5 5 / 10 1 / 5 8 / 10 6 / 7 38 / 59
1954 Minors 23 61.00 6 / 9 6 / 11 6 / 9 4 / 9 2 / 5 6 / 8 4 / 10 34 / 61
1955 Majors 24 46.01 134 107 28 2 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 12 4 / 6 14 / 46
1956 Majors 25 54.30 162 146 0 2 / 9 4 / 8 4 / 8 0 / 8 3 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 4 17 / 54
1957 Majors 26 58.53 162 146 0 2 / 4 2 / 6 5 / 6 0 / 6 4 / 13 2 / 13 1 / 10 16 / 58
1958 Majors 27 70.83 153 139 9 4 / 9 4 / 14 1 / 5 0 / 12 2 / 12 5 / 12 0 / 6 16 / 70
1959 Majors 28 61.59 140 127 22 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 7 3 / 11 0 / 12 4 / 61
1960 Majors 29 65.33 162 146 0 1 / 8 0 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 11 2 / 9 0 / 9 7 / 65
1961 Majors 30 64.50 162 140 0 3 / 12 0 / 11 1 / 13 0 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 5 / 64
1962 Majors 31 65.79 163 145 0 1 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 12 1 / 65
1963 Majors 32 58.62 144 131 18 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 58
1964 Majors 33 65.33 162 146 0 1 / 9 0 / 20 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 65
1965 Majors 34 65.28 162 146 0 -3 / 7 -6 / 12 -2 / 12 -7 / 9 -9 / 11 -1 / 8 -1 / 6 -29 / 65
1966 Majors 35 65.33 162 146 0 -1 / 9 -5 / 8 -4 / 6 0 / 11 -4 / 13 -1 / 5 -2 / 13 -17 / 65
1967 Majors 36 54.94 162 123 0 -3 / 4 -1 / 12 0 / 8 -4 / 8 -3 / 2 -3 / 10 0 / 10 -14 / 54
1968 Majors 37 50.92 162 88 0 -1 / 6 -2 / 6 -3 / 8 -5 / 8 -2 / 13 -3 / 6 -2 / 3 -18 / 50
1969 Majors 38 57.13 162 82 0 0 / 6 -5 / 8 -1 / 7 -6 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 10 -1 / 6 -13 / 57
1970 Majors 39 10.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 10
Total 2354 1958 77 42 / 148 18 / 184 28 / 154 5 / 176 12 / 162 34 / 175 22 / 153 161 / 1152
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Gary Vail has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1969-03-30The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Gary Vail to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Shano Skok to the major league team.
1969-03-30Gary Vail has signed with the Los Angeles Lebowskis for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1968-03-31The New York Knights have promoted Floyd Chaney to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Luke Jones to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Bo Tejada to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Gary Vail to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Charlie Angelini to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted Bruce Fishburn to the major league team. The New York Knights have promoted John Snyder to the major league team.
1968-03-31Gary Vail has signed with the New York Knights for $0.75M per year for 1 year.
1963-08-25Gary Vail of the Oakland Oaks is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1960-03-29The Oakland Athletics have promoted Harry Chapman to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Grover Marriott to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Gary Vail to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Jim Nielsen to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Drew Oliver to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team.
1960-03-29Gary Vail has signed with the Oakland Athletics for $3.81M per year for 8 years.
1959-06-02Gary Vail of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1959-05-08Gary Vail of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1958-05-31Gary Vail of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1958-03-30A trade has been completed between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Pinstripers. The New York Pinstripers receive John Hughes, Bob Concepcion from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Freddy Stewart, Gary Vail. Protest This Trade.
1958-03-28The New York Pinstripers have placed Gary Vail on the trade block.
1955-09-09Gary Vail of the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1955-06-04Gary Vail of the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1955-04-01The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted Akihiko Tanaka to the major league team. The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted Jim Navarro to the major league team. The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted Dwight Scharein to the major league team. The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted Gary Vail to the major league team. The Los Angeles Mudd Soxs have promoted Bill Leftwich to the major league team.
1950-05-10A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs and the Toronto Faceless Corporation. The Toronto Faceless Corporation receive Frank Nyman, Jim Katz from the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs in exchange for Draft Pick 1951 Round 1 TOR (Gary Vail), Draft Pick 1951 Round 2 TOR (Jim Grantham).