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Name	Team	Age
Ernie Driessen	Retired (1977, Age 34)	Died (2008, Age 65)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1963)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	12 years (27 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
A-	A+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	6/25/1943
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	7
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (2.7 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

1963

Minors

67.00

10 / 12

7 / 10

4 / 8

6 / 9

8 / 8

13 / 15

4 / 5

52 / 67

1964

Minors

54.00

6 / 7

4 / 8

2 / 5

5 / 9

8 / 8

8 / 12

3 / 5

36 / 54

1965

Minors

59.00

2 / 11

3 / 12

6 / 10

1 / 7

6 / 6

4 / 6

6 / 7

28 / 59

1966

Majors

58.53

141

119

21

2 / 11

2 / 7

2 / 5

4 / 12

6 / 8

6 / 7

4 / 8

26 / 58

1967

Majors

67.00

162

135

0

2 / 7

3 / 10

3 / 9

1 / 11

4 / 10

3 / 7

8 / 13

24 / 67

1968

Majors

63.96

151

127

11

5 / 13

2 / 10

0 / 8

1 / 7

2 / 9

5 / 9

2 / 7

17 / 63

1969

Majors

66.75

157

131

5

1 / 4

2 / 4

1 / 10

2 / 14

4 / 13

3 / 10

3 / 11

16 / 66

1970

Majors

68.10

162

135

0

3 / 13

2 / 13

1 / 13

0 / 12

1 / 5

2 / 8

1 / 4

10 / 68

1971

Majors

67.33

162

135

0

0 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 5

2 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 18

5 / 67

1972

Majors

40.04

94

78

68

1 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 7

4 / 40

1973

Majors

63.83

153

128

9

1 / 16

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 63

1974

Majors

58.66

162

102

0

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 58

1975

Majors

48.82

158

75

4

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 48

1976

Majors

36.84

162

25

0

0 / 4

0 / 8

1 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 2

1 / 36

1977

Majors

40.04

162

33

0

-3 / 9

-6 / 9

-2 / 2

-8 / 3

-3 / 8

-3 / 4

-3 / 5

-28 / 40

Total

1826

1223

118

30 / 137

21 / 125

18 / 109

13 / 126

38 / 116

42 / 124

30 / 117

192 / 854

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Ernie Driessen has retired from the New York Knockers
1975-09-27	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1973-10-14	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1973-05-07	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1972-09-17	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-06-10	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1972-04-12	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1969-09-26	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1968-07-09	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1966-05-09	Ernie Driessen of the New York Knockers is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1966-04-01	The New York Knockers have promoted Ernie Driessen to the major league team.
1962-06-21	Trade #1641016 has been completed between the New York Knockers and the San Diego Wizards. The San Diego Wizards receive Mike Retzer, George Crawford from the New York Knockers in exchange for Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 SD (Ernie Driessen), Draft Pick 1964 Round 1 SD (Kevin Conzelman).