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Name Team Age
Matt Ayers Retired (1982, Age 39) Died (2021, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3
(1961)		 3B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League 0 17 years (150 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 9/27/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
5 5 7
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (99.0 %) A  (89.0 %) A  (86.7 %)

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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 
1961 Minors 70.00 6 / 7 11 / 12 6 / 10 10 / 12 8 / 11 10 / 10 8 / 8 59 / 70
1962 Minors 60.00 7 / 9 5 / 7 1 / 7 8 / 13 2 / 7 6 / 6 11 / 11 40 / 60
1963 Minors 70.00 6 / 10 8 / 10 5 / 10 4 / 9 4 / 11 8 / 9 11 / 11 46 / 70
1964 Minors 59.00 6 / 11 4 / 5 1 / 5 3 / 10 5 / 10 9 / 10 8 / 8 36 / 59
1964 Majors 14.29 32 28 0 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 14
1965 Minors 66.00 3 / 8 2 / 7 3 / 7 3 / 14 1 / 9 9 / 14 4 / 7 25 / 66
1966 Majors 70.67 162 139 0 2 / 11 3 / 11 2 / 11 2 / 7 4 / 12 5 / 8 4 / 10 22 / 70
1967 Majors 66.79 162 139 0 2 / 8 2 / 10 2 / 7 3 / 9 5 / 11 3 / 8 7 / 13 24 / 66
1968 Majors 64.67 162 139 0 1 / 7 4 / 9 1 / 10 1 / 7 3 / 13 1 / 6 4 / 12 15 / 64
1969 Majors 65.82 162 139 0 2 / 14 3 / 11 1 / 7 2 / 5 2 / 11 3 / 11 1 / 6 14 / 65
1970 Majors 62.76 162 139 0 1 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 11 1 / 12 0 / 7 3 / 9 0 / 4 6 / 62
1971 Majors 67.11 162 139 0 0 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 17 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 14 1 / 4 3 / 67
1972 Majors 66.28 162 139 0 1 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 5 2 / 66
1973 Majors 66.28 162 139 0 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 10 2 / 66
1974 Majors 56.12 136 116 26 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 17 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 56
1975 Majors 58.66 142 123 20 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 58
1976 Majors 58.60 150 129 12 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 58
1977 Majors 63.64 162 139 0 -2 / 11 -5 / 10 -3 / 14 -4 / 10 -1 / 5 -3 / 7 -3 / 6 -21 / 63
1978 Majors 63.54 162 139 0 0 / 9 -6 / 12 -2 / 11 0 / 11 -2 / 9 -1 / 5 -4 / 6 -15 / 63
1979 Majors 51.55 147 116 15 -2 / 9 -3 / 10 -2 / 4 -5 / 5 -9 / 8 -4 / 8 -2 / 7 -27 / 51
1980 Majors 49.43 162 77 0 -4 / 9 -2 / 4 -4 / 7 -2 / 7 -2 / 6 -1 / 7 -3 / 9 -18 / 49
1981 Majors 58.08 157 120 5 -4 / 7 -2 / 7 -2 / 10 -6 / 10 -7 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 8 -21 / 58
1982 Majors 36.25 162 50 0 -3 / 5 -2 / 3 -4 / 4 -3 / 6 -1 / 5 0 / 8 -1 / 5 -14 / 36
Total 2708 2149 78 22 / 201 24 / 190 6 / 196 17 / 209 13 / 191 50 / 195 48 / 175 180 / 1357
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Matt Ayers has retired from the Philadelphia
1981-05-25Matt Ayers of the Philadelphia Nizzles is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1979-06-23Matt Ayers of the Philadelphia Nizzles is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1979-04-11Trade #1365865 has been completed between the Philadelphia Nizzles and the Cincinnati Carnage. The Cincinnati Carnage receive Darryl Dockins, Joe Garciaparra, Ben Gerber, Brad Look, Calvin Ohka, Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 PHI (Fernando Fandango) from the Philadelphia Nizzles in exchange for Bob Daney, Larry Pagliaroni, Rip Wilkins, Matt Ayers, Dave Downey.
1976-09-18Matt Ayers of the Cincinnati Carnage is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1975-05-29Matt Ayers of the Cincinnati Carnage is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1974-04-19Matt Ayers of the Cincinnati Carnage is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1966-03-25The Colorado Smokies have promoted Chick Shea to the major league team. The Colorado Smokies have promoted Matt Ayers to the major league team. The Colorado Smokies have sent Henry Mele to the minors. The Colorado Smokies have sent Jim Johnson to the minors.
1964-06-17The Colorado Smokies have promoted Eli Greene to the major league team. The Colorado Smokies have sent Matt Ayers to the minors.
1964-06-17Trade #1291291 has been completed between the Colorado Smokies and the Minnesota PULSE. The Minnesota PULSE receive Irving Inge, Bam Bam Miller, Jorge Johnson, Bud Bundy, Heinie Hardy from the Colorado Smokies in exchange for Matt Ayers.
1964-05-12Trade #1290350 has been completed between the Cleveland Lake Barons and the Minnesota PULSE. The Minnesota PULSE receive Matt Ayers from the Cleveland Lake Barons in exchange for FRANSISCO ESCOBAR, Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (SF).