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Name Team Age
Snipe Gates Retired (2005, Age 41) Died (2049, Age 85)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1983)		 CF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League 0 17 years (143 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  A- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 3/14/1964
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.1 %) A  (85.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1986 CLE 61 245 24 47 10 2 3 15 15 50 1 1 1 .524 .238 .286 .192
1987 CLE 144 580 76 157 15 4 25 90 41 121 4 2 3 .759 .319 .440 .271
1988 CLE 143 507 56 129 15 2 20 86 41 98 9 4 0 .721 .310 .410 .254
1989 CLE 98 353 41 99 9 2 16 64 23 67 9 5 2 .781 .328 .453 .280
1990 CLE 144 526 66 121 22 4 14 56 50 113 6 5 0 .663 .296 .367 .230
1991 CLE 144 526 97 162 28 2 23 65 65 96 12 2 2 .884 .384 .500 .308
1992 CLE 144 568 93 163 34 5 18 71 49 108 17 2 4 .804 .344 .460 .287
1993 SEA 143 569 115 166 28 2 36 93 67 111 22 5 4 .904 .366 .538 .292
1994 SEA 144 563 96 166 28 8 31 107 59 88 7 3 1 .897 .359 .538 .295
1995 SEA 144 577 92 180 41 7 24 83 54 113 25 7 4 .905 .373 .532 .312
1996 SEA 146 607 85 177 26 3 25 92 53 101 18 13 3 .817 .349 .468 .292
1997 SEA 144 583 101 173 25 11 31 95 62 126 16 9 2 .902 .365 .537 .297
1998 SEA 102 411 84 134 22 4 21 84 46 72 16 7 4 .945 .393 .552 .326
1999 OAK 109 421 58 124 28 0 19 69 42 74 2 1 0 .853 .357 .496 .295
2000 OAK 148 534 76 152 28 1 28 101 49 97 11 1 7 .843 .345 .498 .285
2001 WAS 119 401 50 117 20 6 5 35 45 72 13 5 5 .771 .362 .409 .292
2002 WAS 110 417 65 110 13 4 13 48 35 83 15 6 3 .731 .323 .408 .264
2003 CHN 133 487 54 115 24 4 6 61 44 108 5 1 6 .638 .300 .339 .236
2004 DET 76 218 31 53 10 2 7 26 19 54 5 5 2 .707 .304 .404 .243
Total 2396 9093 1360 2545 426 73 365 1341 859 1752 213 84 53 .805 .342 .463 .280
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2005-11-01Snipe Gates has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2004-04-01The Detroit Shock have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have promoted Frank Durham to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have designated Jesse Douglass for assignment.
2004-04-01The Detroit Shock have acquired Snipe Gates from the waiver wire.
2003-04-01The Chicago Sweet Jesus have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team. The Chicago Sweet Jesus have designated Joe Tappan for assignment.
2003-03-31Snipe Gates has signed with the Chicago Sweet Jesus for $1.1M per year for 1 year.
2002-04-30Snipe Gates of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
2002-03-29The Washington Athletics have promoted Dave Cooper to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team.
2002-03-28Snipe Gates has signed with the Washington Athletics for $2.5M per year for 1 year.
2001-08-04Snipe Gates of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
2001-05-19Snipe Gates of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
2001-03-31The Washington Athletics have promoted Jesse Markland to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Dave Cooper to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Ken Testa to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Roy Armbruster to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Larry Wallace to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team.
2001-03-30Snipe Gates has signed with the Washington Athletics for $4.0M per year for 1 year.
1999-06-23Snipe Gates of the Oakland Black Hole is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1998-09-18The Seattle Reign have removed Snipe Gates from the trade block.
1998-05-07The Seattle Reign have placed Snipe Gates on the trade block.
1998-04-09Snipe Gates of the Seattle Reign is injured and is expected to be out 55 days.
1993-03-29Trade #1181799 has been completed between the Seattle Reign and the Detroit Shock. The Detroit Shock receive Draft Pick 1996 Round 2 SEA (Brian Vizcaino) from the Seattle Reign in exchange for Snipe Gates, George Knowlton.
1993-03-29The Detroit Shock have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team.
1993-03-29Snipe Gates has signed with the Detroit Shock for $7.29M per year for 8 years.
1989-06-17Snipe Gates of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
1988-06-10The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Dave Ford for assignment.
1988-06-10The Cleveland Spiders have sent Snipe Gates to the minors. The Cleveland Spiders have sent Pete Rabbitt to the minors.
1986-10-01Snipe Gates of the Cleveland Clowns is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1986-07-31The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team.
1986-05-19The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Keith Salazar to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have sent Snipe Gates to the minors.
1986-05-02The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team.
1986-04-01The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Keith Salazar to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have sent Snipe Gates to the minors.
1986-03-28The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Germany Dransfeldt to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Len Edge to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Keith Salazar to the major league team.