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Name Team Age
J.B. Books Retired (2151, Age 40) Died (2176, Age 65)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1
(2133)
2B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 18 years (25 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+ C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 6/15/2111
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 5 11
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---)
B- (57.7 %) D- (4.1 %) (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
2133 PHI 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .167 .167 .167
2134 PHI-BRO 130 519 89 157 27 5 31 81 63 73 0 2 22 .934 .381 .553 .303
2135 BRO 130 502 88 150 20 2 26 86 54 92 4 2 3 .866 .364 .502 .299
2136 BRO 130 530 89 166 24 3 26 70 54 77 5 3 15 .893 .376 .517 .313
2137 BRO 119 471 88 134 21 5 30 80 61 72 5 5 11 .913 .372 .541 .285
2138 BRO 130 508 85 154 14 4 29 84 70 100 5 3 13 .905 .387 .518 .303
2139 BRO 97 374 65 108 23 0 13 49 46 55 2 4 13 .822 .367 .455 .289
2140 BRO 130 513 93 169 25 4 29 103 52 91 7 2 10 .956 .392 .563 .329
2141 BRO 130 511 91 165 19 6 25 101 56 79 8 1 3 .923 .393 .530 .323
2142 BRO-PHI 124 515 109 185 32 0 33 105 59 82 9 2 6 1.041 .427 .614 .359
2143 PHI 116 478 106 179 33 7 33 106 72 65 16 5 11 1.131 .451 .680 .374
2144 PHI 130 558 134 190 33 7 33 101 75 101 20 5 12 1.025 .423 .602 .341
2145 PHI 127 509 113 174 33 5 21 72 66 78 14 9 15 .973 .423 .550 .342
2146 PHI 108 423 84 149 28 4 20 72 65 77 6 4 4 1.019 .440 .579 .352
2147 PHI 128 511 102 158 27 2 26 81 56 81 8 4 9 .904 .382 .523 .309
2148 PHI 117 355 53 93 13 1 9 30 50 67 10 2 9 .737 .356 .380 .262
2149 PHI-CIN 133 402 64 122 25 5 16 59 47 75 7 0 17 .884 .374 .510 .303
2150 CIN 117 400 55 120 26 6 11 58 44 72 2 4 9 .846 .368 .477 .300
2151 CIN 54 69 9 19 5 0 3 14 6 10 0 0 0 .812 .333 .478 .275
Total 2155 8154 1518 2593 428 66 414 1353 996 1349 128 57 182 .933 .394 .539 .318
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2151-11-01J.B. Books has retired from the Cincinnati Cubs
2151-06-01J.B. Books of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2150-05-31J.B. Books of the Cincinnati Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2149-06-17Trade #1585614 has been completed between the Philadelphia BodySnatchers and the Cincinnati Cubs. The Cincinnati Cubs receive Lew Zisk, Lin McAdam, J.B. Books from the Philadelphia BodySnatchers in exchange for Draft Pick 2150 Round 2 CIN (Tim Smyth), Draft Pick 2150 Round 3 CIN (Hal Nieves).
2146-08-08J.B. Books of the Philadelphia BodySnatchers is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
2143-06-08J.B. Books of the Philadelphia BodySnatchers is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
2142-06-15J.B. Books of the Philadelphia BodySnatchers is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
2142-04-19Trade #1562261 has been completed between the Philadelphia BodySnatchers and the Brooklyn Bandits. The Brooklyn Bandits receive Barry Grove, Draft Pick 2145 Round 1 PHI (Pierre LaForge) from the Philadelphia BodySnatchers in exchange for J.B. Books.
2142-03-26The Brooklyn Bandits have placed J.B. Books on the trade block.
2139-08-16J.B. Books of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
2137-07-15J.B. Books of the Brooklyn Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
2134-08-12Trade #1537370 has been completed between the Philadelphia Body Snatchers and the Brooklyn Bandits. The Brooklyn Bandits receive J.B. Books, Draft Pick 2135 Round 2 PHI (Russ Arocha) from the Philadelphia Body Snatchers in exchange for Barry Grove, Otto Becker.
2134-04-11The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have renamed Mike Somerville to J.B. Books.
2134-04-01The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have promoted Yusniel Poll to the major league team. The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have promoted Mike Somerville to the major league team.
2133-04-11The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have promoted Mike Bolin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have sent Mike Somerville to the minors.
2133-04-03The Philadelphia Body Snatchers have auto-promoted Mike Somerville to the major leagues.