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Name Team Age
Spec Helms Retired (1989, Age 35) Died (2019, Age 65)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15
(1976)		 2B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Santo Rodriguez League 0 11 years (55 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- F 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 1/8/1954
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 2 4
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (99.0 %) A+ (93.3 %) D- (9.1 %)

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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 
1976 Minors 9.00 2 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 6 / 9
1976 Majors 36.55 130 57 0 3 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 2 3 / 10 4 / 4 4 / 7 5 / 5 21 / 36
1977 Minors 49.00 3 / 11 2 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 3 2 / 3 5 / 11 3 / 10 16 / 49
1978 Majors 23.53 162 0 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 8 / 9 1 / 3 3 / 3 13 / 23
1979 Majors 50.88 148 73 14 0 / 7 2 / 5 2 / 11 1 / 6 5 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 6 13 / 50
1980 Majors 71.26 162 130 0 2 / 9 3 / 16 0 / 10 1 / 12 0 / 6 7 / 10 4 / 8 17 / 71
1981 Majors 71.99 162 130 0 2 / 15 2 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 8 1 / 11 2 / 9 11 / 71
1982 Majors 31.05 125 33 24 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 2 2 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 4 3 / 31
1983 Majors 51.19 162 69 0 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 51
1984 Majors 52.69 162 72 0 2 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 52
1985 Majors 28.39 99 31 21 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 28
1986 Majors 33.23 152 19 10 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 7 1 / 33
1987 Majors 41.31 148 48 14 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 41
1988 Minors 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 8
1988 Majors 27.42 119 29 0 -3 / 9 -4 / 3 -5 / 3 -6 / 3 -2 / 2 -1 / 3 -2 / 4 -23 / 27
1989 Minors 20.00 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 20
1989 Majors 8.04 42 9 0 -2 / 2 -7 / 0 -2 / 1 -7 / 1 -7 / 2 -3 / 1 -1 / 1 -29 / 8
Total 1773 700 83 9 / 104 1 / 92 -3 / 80 -6 / 72 17 / 88 16 / 94 17 / 78 51 / 608
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Spec Helms has retired from the Oakland Opossum
1989-10-03The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-09-24The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have promoted Tom Williams to the major league team.
1989-07-30The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-07-24The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have sent Rich Withem to the minors.
1989-07-24The Oakland Opossum have acquired Spec Helms from the waiver wire.
1989-06-02The Oakland Opossum have waived Spec Helms.
1989-05-26The Oakland Opossum have removed Spec Helms from the trade block.
1989-05-05The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1989-03-25The Oakland Opossum have placed Spec Helms on the trade block.
1988-05-22The Oakland Opossum have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.
1988-04-20The Oakland Opossum have promoted Tom Wilson to the major league team. The Oakland Opossum have designated Spec Helms for assignment.
1988-04-18The Oakland Opossum have acquired Spec Helms from the waiver wire.
1988-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Takeshi Nohmi to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Bill Fullmer to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted George Keller to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Masakazu Yamamoto to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Bill Turner for assignment. The San Francisco Seals have waived Spec Helms. The San Francisco Seals have waived Beiker Rivera. The San Francisco Seals have waived Jess Pond.
1987-07-30Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1986-08-21Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1985-06-06Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1983-10-01Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1982-04-30Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1980-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Bill Wright for assignment.
1980-03-25The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors.
1979-05-24Spec Helms of the San Francisco Seals is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1978-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have promoted Brent LaRocca to the major league team. The San Francisco Seals have designated Solly Engle for assignment.
1977-03-25The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors. The San Francisco Seals have sent Frank Lytle to the minors.
1976-09-09The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.
1976-08-04The San Francisco Seals have sent Spec Helms to the minors.
1976-04-01The San Francisco Seals have promoted Spec Helms to the major league team.