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Name Team Age
Bill Fitzsimmons Retired (1987, Age 35) 36
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 65
(1973)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League 0 8 years (111 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- A+ C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C- C+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  F  F 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 8/30/1952
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
D  (12.7 %) F  (1.2 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1975 AHP 18 21 8 1 0 0 1 3 5 .887 .458 .429 .381
1975 HHP 13 15 4 1 1 0 3 1 3 .779 .312 .467 .267
1975 LHP 10 10 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .717 .417 .300 .300
1975 RHP 21 26 9 2 1 0 3 2 5 .893 .393 .500 .346
1976 AHP 43 98 21 1 1 0 8 10 21 .538 .294 .245 .214
1976 HHP 48 129 28 2 0 0 6 19 31 .553 .320 .233 .217
1976 LHP 27 48 7 0 0 0 2 7 9 .400 .255 .146 .146
1976 RHP 80 179 42 3 1 0 12 22 43 .586 .324 .263 .235
1977 AHP 57 161 37 3 0 1 7 13 34 .554 .287 .267 .230
1977 HHP 47 135 27 4 1 2 10 13 23 .562 .273 .289 .200
1977 LHP 36 67 11 1 0 0 0 13 15 .488 .309 .179 .164
1977 RHP 89 229 53 6 1 3 17 13 42 .577 .272 .306 .231
1980 AHP 42 140 23 0 1 1 6 10 30 .417 .217 .200 .164
1980 HHP 38 119 30 8 0 1 10 12 27 .668 .323 .345 .252
1980 LHP 35 60 17 0 0 1 5 5 13 .677 .343 .333 .283
1980 RHP 72 199 36 8 1 1 11 17 44 .489 .243 .246 .181
1981 AHP 20 75 13 3 0 0 5 6 13 .448 .235 .213 .173
1981 HHP 25 81 15 1 2 0 8 8 19 .514 .267 .247 .185
1981 LHP 15 22 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 .303 .167 .136 .091
1981 RHP 43 134 26 3 2 0 13 12 28 .512 .265 .246 .194
1982 AHP 17 65 13 3 0 0 4 6 16 .524 .278 .246 .200
1982 HHP 22 84 16 3 1 2 11 4 22 .549 .227 .321 .190
1982 LHP 20 47 13 2 1 1 8 3 13 .746 .320 .426 .277
1982 RHP 34 102 16 4 0 1 7 7 25 .444 .218 .225 .157
1983 AHP 10 17 5 0 0 0 2 3 4 .694 .400 .294 .294
1983 HHP 8 20 7 2 0 0 5 2 3 .859 .409 .450 .350
1983 LHP 5 11 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 .916 .462 .455 .364
1983 RHP 16 26 8 1 0 0 6 3 4 .725 .379 .346 .308
1984 AHP 44 93 23 8 0 1 13 9 19 .676 .311 .366 .247
1984 HHP 45 105 23 3 1 1 11 9 23 .573 .278 .295 .219
1984 LHP 14 19 5 3 0 0 5 0 5 .684 .263 .421 .263
1984 RHP 81 179 41 8 1 2 19 18 37 .615 .296 .318 .229
1985 AHP 27 50 10 1 0 0 3 3 6 .465 .245 .220 .200
1985 HHP 20 35 13 0 0 2 8 2 4 .948 .405 .543 .371
1985 LHP 32 57 16 0 0 1 5 5 6 .672 .339 .333 .281
1985 RHP 18 28 7 1 0 1 6 0 4 .643 .250 .393 .250
1986 AHP 45 60 17 0 0 1 6 6 16 .672 .338 .333 .283
1986 HHP 47 68 13 2 0 0 5 6 15 .477 .257 .221 .191
1986 LHP 31 41 11 0 0 1 3 4 11 .668 .326 .341 .268
1986 RHP 50 87 19 2 0 0 8 8 20 .523 .281 .241 .218
1987 AHP 8 10 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .900 .400 .500 .400
1987 LHP 4 8 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.125 .500 .625 .500
1987 RHP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total AHP 331 790 174 21 2 4 57 69 166 .550 .283 .267 .220
Total HHP 313 791 176 26 6 8 77 76 170 .593 .293 .301 .223
Total LHP 229 390 93 9 1 4 32 43 82 .613 .316 .297 .238
Total RHP 505 1191 257 38 7 8 102 102 254 .558 .278 .280 .216
Total 644 1581 350 47 8 12 134 145 336 .572 .288 .284 .221
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Bill Fitzsimmons has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
1987-10-02The Kansas City Monarchs have acquired Bill Fitzsimmons from the waiver wire.
1987-04-11The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Dan Haynes to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Bill Fitzsimmons.
1986-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Roberto Thompson. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Joe Haines. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Les Malone.
1985-08-28The Kansas City Monarchs have designated Bill Fitzsimmons for assignment.
1985-05-06The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major league team.
1985-05-06The Kansas City Monarchs have acquired Bill Fitzsimmons from the waiver wire.
1985-04-15The Milwaukee Socialists have waived Bill Fitzsimmons.
1985-04-05The Milwaukee Socialists have designated Bill Fitzsimmons for assignment.
1984-08-20Trade #1534592 has been completed between the Colorado High Fliers and the Milwaukee Socialists. The Milwaukee Socialists receive Bill Fitzsimmons, Rich Morris, George Souchock from the Colorado High Fliers in exchange for Ryan Hurst, John Rudolph, Lou Sedaris.
1983-08-29The Colorado High Fliers have promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major league team. The Colorado High Fliers have designated Larry Terry for assignment.
1983-08-28The Colorado High Fliers have acquired Bill Fitzsimmons from the waiver wire.
1983-04-21The Los Angeles Stars have waived Bill Fitzsimmons.
1983-04-11The Los Angeles Stars have promoted Tom Canale to the major league team. The Los Angeles Stars have designated Bill Fitzsimmons for assignment.
1980-05-12The Los Angeles Stars have acquired Bill Fitzsimmons from the waiver wire.
1980-05-08The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Bill Fitzsimmons for assignment.
1980-04-01The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major league team.
1978-04-01The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have auto-demoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the minor leagues.
1976-04-05The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Joe Olson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have sent Carl McCarthy to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have sent Bobby Schorr to the minors.
1976-04-05The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have demoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the minor leagues.
1975-08-12Bill Fitzsimmons of the Cincinnati Big Red Machine is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1975-05-29The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have auto-promoted Bill Fitzsimmons to the major leagues.