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Name	Team	Age
Gary Sommers	Retired (1962, Age 38)	Died (2006, Age 82)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10 (1942)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ashburn Crawford League	0	15 years (4 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	7/8/1924
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.9 %)	A+ (98.9 %)	C+ (47.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Majors

51.32

128

112

34

4 / 8

1 / 5

1 / 7

1 / 6

3 / 9

3 / 9

2 / 7

15 / 51

1951

Majors

64.06

162

140

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 12

2 / 6

5 / 12

9 / 64

1952

Majors

66.07

162

142

0

0 / 8

5 / 20

0 / 5

4 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 8

11 / 66

1953

Majors

54.18

162

95

0

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 3

1 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 54

1954

Majors

65.76

162

140

0

0 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 14

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 65

1955

Majors

64.32

162

139

0

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 16

1 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 64

1956

Majors

54.95

135

118

27

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 54

1957

Majors

64.90

162

142

0

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 64

1958

Majors

58.09

144

125

18

-2 / 9

-2 / 11

0 / 3

-6 / 10

-7 / 8

-1 / 6

-4 / 11

-22 / 58

1959

Majors

54.15

133

118

28

-4 / 13

-5 / 5

-3 / 6

-3 / 10

0 / 8

-3 / 8

-3 / 4

-21 / 54

1960

Majors

54.73

150

110

12

-2 / 8

-4 / 10

-3 / 4

-3 / 9

-6 / 7

-1 / 10

0 / 6

-19 / 54

1961

Majors

58.83

162

107

0

-2 / 11

-3 / 8

-3 / 9

-5 / 12

-2 / 8

-2 / 4

-4 / 6

-21 / 58

1962

Majors

23.94

153

14

0

-3 / 4

-6 / 5

-6 / 0

-7 / 4

-6 / 2

0 / 7

-1 / 1

-29 / 23

Total

1977

1502

119

-9 / 109

-14 / 104

-13 / 88

-17 / 117

-16 / 115

-1 / 102

-3 / 94

-73 / 729

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1962-11-01	Gary Sommers has retired from the Cleveland Cannibals
1962-05-02	The Cleveland Cannibals have promoted Gary Sommers to the major league team. The Cleveland Cannibals have designated Lew Taber for assignment.
1962-05-01	Trade #1391947 has been completed between the Cleveland Cannibals and the Boston Harbor MistCats. The Boston Harbor MistCats receive Draft Pick 1963 Round 4 CLE (Angel Deidel) from the Cleveland Cannibals in exchange for Gary Sommers.
1962-04-26	The Boston Harbor MistCats have promoted Bill Boone to the major league team. The Boston Harbor MistCats have designated Gary Sommers for assignment.
1962-04-26	The Boston Harbor MistCats have acquired Gary Sommers from the waiver wire.
1962-04-22	The Tampa Bay Tangos have promoted Dave DeVoy to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tangos have designated Gary Sommers for assignment.
1960-09-18	Gary Sommers of the Toronto Tigers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1960-08-05	Trade #1373022 has been completed between the Toronto Tigers and the Cleveland Cannibals. The Cleveland Cannibals receive Michio Hayashi, Billy Dillman, Billy Campbell, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 4 (TOR) from the Toronto Tigers in exchange for Gary Sommers, Amos McRae, Draft Pick 1961 Round 3 CLE (Joe Aldridge).
1959-06-27	Gary Sommers of the Cleveland Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1959-05-05	The Cleveland Cannibals have removed Gary Sommers from the trade block.
1959-03-03	The Cleveland Cannibals have placed Gary Sommers on the trade block.
1958-06-18	Gary Sommers of the Cleveland Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1956-05-22	Gary Sommers of the Cleveland Cannibals is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1953-08-23	Trade #1273995 has been completed between the San Francisco Bay Sharks and the Cleveland Cannibals. The Cleveland Cannibals receive Gary Sommers, Wayne Stults from the San Francisco Bay Sharks in exchange for Gene Daniel, Brad Sanchez.
1950-06-19	Gary Sommers of the San Francisco Bay Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.