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Name Team Age
Fireball Ettles Retired (1970, Age 38) Died (2021, Age 89)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 42
(1950)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AA) 0 5 years (141 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- F  C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
F  D- A 
Endurance Velocity Control
D+ B+ B-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
A- A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 10/30/1932
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 3
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1950 PHI 0 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 23.1 32 22 22 0 13 13 1.93 8.49
1951 PHI 4 3 42 3 0 0 12 0 46.2 53 27 24 0 28 33 1.74 4.63
1952 PHI 6 6 42 11 0 0 9 0 72.0 84 53 49 1 42 48 1.75 6.13
1953 PHI 5 5 53 12 0 0 12 0 93.1 94 44 42 5 43 65 1.47 4.05
1954 PHI 6 6 81 0 0 0 41 0 75.2 68 24 23 0 28 56 1.27 2.74
1955 PHI 8 6 54 13 1 0 16 0 109.1 110 54 54 1 55 78 1.51 4.45
1956 PHI 6 3 75 0 0 0 36 0 75.2 64 28 26 0 41 60 1.39 3.09
1957 PHI 9 9 59 13 1 0 22 0 110.1 115 68 66 2 43 76 1.43 5.38
1958 PHI 8 3 75 0 0 0 35 0 62.2 55 29 29 3 27 53 1.31 4.16
1959 PHI 3 3 70 0 0 0 27 0 64.0 75 40 40 0 25 50 1.56 5.63
1960 PHI 6 3 72 0 0 0 14 0 68.1 67 26 24 0 21 57 1.29 3.16
1961 PHI 7 5 69 3 0 0 18 0 72.1 71 39 38 1 40 60 1.53 4.73
1962 PHI 5 10 66 0 0 0 33 0 59.2 60 32 30 1 21 42 1.36 4.53
1963 PHI 8 7 78 0 0 0 40 0 73.0 63 29 29 0 34 48 1.33 3.58
1964 PHI 11 4 67 0 0 0 35 0 64.1 48 13 12 0 13 65 0.95 1.68
1965 PHI 5 6 75 0 0 0 43 0 69.1 61 24 22 1 24 55 1.23 2.86
1966 PHI 7 4 69 0 0 0 41 0 66.1 59 26 24 3 30 38 1.34 3.26
1967 PHI 9 5 78 0 0 0 3 0 80.0 71 36 35 1 37 60 1.35 3.94
1968 PHI 5 5 65 0 0 0 3 0 66.0 66 36 33 1 35 51 1.53 4.50
1969 PHI 3 2 91 0 0 0 0 0 102.2 107 53 52 2 40 68 1.43 4.56
1970 PHI-DET 6 6 61 0 0 0 5 0 65.2 73 39 39 1 19 39 1.40 5.35
2206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 127 101 1362 55 2 0 447 0 1518.2 1496 742 713 23 659 1115 1.42 4.23
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Fireball Ettles has retired from the Detroit Mud Kings
1970-05-07A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Slushbuckets and the Detroit Mud Kings. The Detroit Mud Kings receive Mullet Miller, Spud Hesterfer, Fireball Ettles, Draft Pick - 1971 Round 5 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1971 Round 4 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Slushbuckets in exchange for Germany Battey, Mel Manda, Bill Thompson.
1952-07-15The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Rockets Raabe to the minors.
1952-06-05The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Rockets Raabe to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors.
1952-05-09The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Babyface Murphy to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Julio Granger to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Reggie Gorman to the minors.
1952-05-01The New York Slushbuckets have promoted March Albosta to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Slingshot Sosa to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Plugger Cole to the minors.
1951-09-23The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Slingshot Sosa to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Cap Dillon to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Reggie Gorman to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Austin Clarkson to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Fred St.Vrain to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Whitey Campbell to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Oscar Tennant to the minors.
1951-09-18The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Wildman Williams to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors.
1951-09-17The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Rockets Raabe to the minors.
1951-08-09The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Oscar Tennant to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have promoted Kevin Bowman to the major league team. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors. The New York Slushbuckets have sent Cap Dillon to the minors.
1951-04-01The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Rockets Raabe to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Luis Kuczynski to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Dan Nosek to the minors.
1950-10-03The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Dan Morales to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Dave Johnson to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Red Bluhm to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Crank Campbell to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Fred St.Vrain to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Ripper Rondon to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Rockets Raabe to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors.
1950-09-23The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Rockets Raabe to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Red Bluhm to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Crank Campbell to the minors.
1950-08-08The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Reggie Gorman to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Dan Nosek to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Rockets Raabe to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Fireball Ettles to the minors.
1950-06-24The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Cap Dillon to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Rabbit Rapp to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Rockets Raabe to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Kick Kelleher to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Fireball Ettles to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Charlie Stanka to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Mike Gerhart to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Dan Nosek to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Allen Carey to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Dave Johnson to the minors.
1950-04-05The St. Louis Slushbuckets have renamed Fred Ettles to Fireball Ettles.
1950-04-01The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Freddie Orrell to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have promoted Jim Fisher to the major league team. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Steve Raabe to the minors. The St. Louis Slushbuckets have sent Fred Ettles to the minors.