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Name	Team	Age
Bill McCracken	Retired (1963, Age 36)	Died (2004, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28 (1952)	2B	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	5 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	B-	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	8/17/1927
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (80.6 %)	D+ (24.1 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

1952

Minors

65.00

3 / 8

3 / 9

3 / 7

4 / 10

6 / 11

2 / 10

8 / 10

29 / 65

1953

Minors

55.00

3 / 11

1 / 5

1 / 8

1 / 4

5 / 7

8 / 10

5 / 10

24 / 55

1954

Minors

54.00

2 / 6

3 / 13

1 / 4

4 / 8

3 / 9

4 / 5

5 / 9

22 / 54

1955

Minors

60.00

4 / 9

0 / 5

4 / 17

4 / 11

3 / 5

3 / 7

3 / 6

21 / 60

1956

Minors

44.00

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 4

3 / 10

5 / 6

4 / 8

4 / 6

16 / 44

1957

Minors

50.00

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 5

0 / 4

2 / 11

2 / 11

2 / 11

7 / 50

1958

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1958

Majors

52.33

160

87

0

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 1

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 52

1959

Majors

57.77

162

121

0

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 8

2 / 57

1960

Majors

57.81

162

121

0

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 57

1961

Majors

61.75

162

118

0

-1 / 5

-7 / 12

-2 / 10

-2 / 6

-9 / 10

1 / 10

-3 / 8

-23 / 61

1962

Majors

50.09

162

83

0

-1 / 9

-7 / 9

-3 / 8

-5 / 5

0 / 4

-4 / 6

-3 / 9

-23 / 50

1963

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1963

Majors

0.18

2

0

0

-2 / 0

-7 / 0

-5 / 0

-2 / 0

-5 / 0

-2 / 0

-4 / 0

-27 / 0

Total

810

530

0

8 / 79

-14 / 85

0 / 96

7 / 83

11 / 77

18 / 97

18 / 91

48 / 608

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1963-11-01	Bill McCracken has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1963-05-05	The Cleveland Cobras have waived Bill McCracken.
1963-04-03	The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Richie Bokelmann to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have designated Bill McCracken for assignment.
1958-04-03	The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Bill McCracken to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Richie Bokelmann to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have promoted Luis Earnshaw to the major league team. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Roy Amaro to the minors. The Cleveland Cobras have sent Walter Moore to the minors.